Domestic Paradise A Writers Partner Chooses Love
Norma Atwood ends their literary partnership with Graham Ford to pursue solo work but later learns to be a homemaker and proves a true partner by cooking and managing a home. Ford proposes marriage, and Norma explains her growth and readiness to share life. He accepts the domestic arrangement.
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Graham Ford
Norma Atwood
Ford
the Arcade
Mills
Norma
Graham
Meadowbrook Arm Notes and Crop Advice
Notes discuss summer goslings and corn cultivation with crop insurance guidance. Dairymen are urged not to neglect breeding and to monitor seed quality, noting dead seed is detectable by color.
Farm guidance on livestock care and poultry farming
Practical notes on dairy cattle, sheep, pigs, horses, and poultry covering feeding, watering, lambing aid, calving, pasture management, dairy processing, vaccination, and husbandry practices. Includes care during lambing and chick brooding, water needs, and barn sanitation.
Rations for Fattening Poultry from Penn State Station
The Pennsylvania State College Agricultural Experiment Station offers fattening rations for poultry. For yellow flesh use cornmeal five parts with ground oats two parts and animal meal one part, mixed with sour milk. For whiter flesh use cornmeal two parts buckwheat two parts oats two parts, mixed with sour milk. Additional blends include barley meal two parts middlings two parts buckwheat two parts cornmeal one part with sour milk, or shredded wheat refuse with sour milk.Provide water daily and grit twice weekly. Feed should be soft and removed 20 minutes after feeding.
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Agricultural Experiment Station
Pennsylvania State College
How to Prepare Speeches Lesson from John Bright
John Bright advised preparation and instinct in oratory. His biographer notes Bright studied topics overnight, memorized key passages, and wrote brief notes for argument lines. He warned against overlong word preparation and recommended concise islands of conclusion per section.
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John Bright
R. B. O’brien
Bright
G. AW. E. Russell
Mr. Russell
Just Baby’s Size on a Crowded Streetcar
An excerpt from the New York Evening Mail describes a man squeezed into a car filled with women. A heavy woman boards with a baby, and the man rises to offer his seat. He politely asks if she will take the seat, noting the space with a wry tone. The woman thanks him, saying it will fit the baby.
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New York Evening Mail
Infertility of Hen Eggs Explained By Illustration
Beginnings testers of fertilized eggs are advised to check eggs at about seven days incubation and discard dead ones. The illustration shows how live germs keep membranes from sticking to the shell, aiding chick birth and informing artificial incubation practices.
Poultry Care and Incubation Tips From Farmers Almanac
Practical guidance on keeping chicks dry and healthy, avoiding rain dampness, proper feeding, use of greens and grain, and the benefits of brooding and incubation. Warns against overfeeding and poor nesting materials, stresses clean coops and fresh nests, and suggests kerosene to control red spider and general sanitation to reduce mortality.
To Make Fruit Jar Rubbers Last
Instructions advise storing rubbers in flour covered jars to extend life. Using two rubbers per jar and tightening lids can eke out another season. Newly filled jars should be inverted until cool to test seals.
Snakes Demolish Crowds in Maine Saloon Feats
In Portland a non resident sent snakes to clear rats from his premises. The snakes demonstrated rapid rat control by killing 15 in minutes. They then emptied two saloons of patrons as crowds dispersed. The episode is related by the Kennebec Journal.
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Prohibition
Maine
Portland
Kennebec Journal
Grape-Nuts Remedy Baffles Ailing Welden Woman
A Welden HL resident recounts severe stomach trouble and headaches last spring. After trying many foods, Grape-Nuts digested well, restored strength, and gained 20 pounds in weeks. She credits Grape-Nuts for her recovery and return to work, calling it a life saver.
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Welden
Doipg
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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