The Blue Willow Platter and Two Fateful Encounters
Norma Underwood, jobless but hopeful, longs for a blue willow platter in a Broadway shop. Brice Atterbury, fired from Atterbury & Co., meets her in tears over the shattered piece. He helps arrange a new set, and they head to upstate to secure a fresh blue willow collection together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orma
Norma
Normanderwood
Norman Underwood
Broadway
Brice Atterbury
Brice
Atterbury & Co
Niel
Mr. Atterbury
Mr Atterbury
Brooklyn
Lng House
Erasmus
Libby
Norma Underwood
Atterbury and Co. Survive as New Mrs Atterbury Emerges
Norma muses on one thing she can do better than her "Why" while bidding farewell to the girl. A teasing banter about Miss Kennedy and the aunt leads to a playful plan for a chicken dinner. The couple’s future appears secure as the new Mrs. Atterbury hints the firm Endures with a smile and vow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norma
Miss Kennedy
Mr. Atterbury
Atterbury & Co
Mrs. Atterbury
Fulton Not Inventor of River Steamboat, Howard Says
Jeffersonville Indiana resident James Howard correcting a Houston Post Dispatch interpretation about the river steamboat. He says Fulton built the first practical steam vessel but it was a steamship in the hull. the true steamboat is a keel boat propelled by steam on deck. Henry Shreve created the first practical steamboat in 1817 and all later designs followed that general type. Shreveport is named for him, and Howard asks readers to thank him.
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Fulton
James Howard
Jeffersonville
Ind
Robert Fulton
America
Howard
Hudson River
Ohio
Mississippi
Pittsburgh
New Orleans
Henry Shreve
Wheeling
Mr. Howard
Shreveport
Houston Post-Dispatch
Engine Driver Teaches Wife to Drive Train
A locomotive misbehaved, moving forward and back for ten minutes. Passengers complained as the guard explained the engine driver may be teaching his wife to drive, prompting surprised laughs from the car.
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London
The Modern Girl Chooses Gumsleigh For Love Not Money
A witty cafe chat reveals a young woman plans to marry Gumsleigh citing his charm and country houses. Her friend frets about gossip while the bride asserts she loves him for his manor homes and affection, not wealth.
Tung oil tree roots outside the United States
The tung oil tree did not originate in the United States. Those in the country were brought from China. Southern soil suits cultivation. Nuts are crusted and the oil extracted, with a factory recently erected near Gainnesville, Florida. The Florida Agricultural Extension Station has done considerable work with this tree.
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United States
China
Gnalnesvile
Fla
Florida Agricultural Extension
Miraculous wells and ancient rites across the British Isles
The article recounts beliefs in sacred wells across the British Isles where offerings or wishes supposedly yield answers. In Lancashire at St Helen's well girls toss pins to learn if sweethearts stay faithful, and in Cork at Kilna Greine a legend describes a sun-worship well with a prophecy giving image and trout forms, linked to ancient rituals.
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British Isles
St. Helen's Well
Sefton
Lancashire
Doubt as an Incentive to Truth Inspires Inquiry
A succinct reflection on doubt guiding readers toward truth through patient inquiry, echoing the idea that questions propel progress and understanding. No event, place, or date is specified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hosea Ballon
Dairymen urged to weed out poor producers and cut herds
The De Laval Bureau of Dairying proposes three remedies to the butter surplus: remove the two poorest producers among every eighteen cream cows, apply new farm production methods, and increase on farm feeding efficiency. It notes 40,000,000 extra pounds in storage this year and urges profitable culling, beef sale, and better feeding to stabilize prices and profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Laval Bureau of Dairying
de Laval Bureau
National Dairy Council
United States
Mechanical brooding methods for chicks and their pros
An expert reviews artificial brooding options for chicks, noting no single best system. It covers hover types, kerosene and other heat sources, small lamp Hovers for 50 to 100 chicks, large stove brooders, and the Colony Brooder and Battery Brooding systems. It highlights ease of cleaning, heat distribution, ventilation, disease containment, and regional practices in Texas and the North.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Texas
Expert Deciphers Napoleons Love Story Manuscript
A Paris expert, Charavay’s cryptogramist, deciphers most of Napoleon Bonaparte’s love tale Clisson and Eugenie written at age sixteen. His handwriting, likened to Horace Greeley’s ink crawl, remains partly unreadable yet yields bold, feverish lines. The analyst, praised akin to Oedipus, champions a statue beside Napoleon in the Invalides for reading his script.
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Bonaparte
Napoleon
Maret
Horace Greeley
Greeley
Wen
Paris
Charavay
Oedipus
Champollion
the Invalides
A. Vibert Dougias
Athintle Monthy
Virtue and happiness in Diogenes quote
A philosophical reflection from Diogenes Laertius noting virtue should be pursued for its own sake, free from fear or hope and external influence, and linking virtue to happiness in a concise ancient sentiment.
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Diogenes Laertius
Longevity of Wild Geese Across Regions
The biological survey notes wild geese in China often reach a century. It cites definite records of seventy to eighty years in England and America.
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Biological Survey
China
England
America
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Denton Journal
D. J. Walsh
Sr. L. D. LeGear
S. St. Louis
LeGear
Ontario Veterinary College
Tve
Nationty Anown
Fred B. Nuttle
Frank L. R. Nuttle
Elias W. Nuttle
Hughes Lumber and Coal Co
L. B. Towers and Bro
Nuttle Lumber and Coat Co
Nttle Lumber and Coal CO
Denton, Maryland
J. L. Everngamn
Denton
Seaman’s Hatchery & Poultry Farm
Preston, Md
Premier
Lupton, Gandy
Aroma
W. M. Garey
Horace Adams
Minnie Adams
Circuit Court
Caroline County
Henry R. Lewis
T. Clayton Horsey
Blayton Horsey
Denton- Burrsville State Road
L. Longenecker
W. Dist St
Baltimore
L. Dukes
Carter Block
Reba Sharp
Hillsboro
John T. Carter
Syracuse
Robert Meade
E. T. Orme Farm
G. C. Heberling Company
Bloomington
Market Street
J. L. Everngam
Denton, Md
M. K. Newnam
Anan Amnali Tn
Omer Mer
ALC
Wright
Journal
Goucher Garment CO
GOUCHER GARMENT/COMPANY
Fayetty Hanover Sts
Maryland
Crook’s Pillsbury
Crook
Gorton
Beardsley
Eastern Shore Public Service Company
J. Virgil Moore
Undertaker Denton
Fran Wroten
R. D
Hareinais
Delaware
Williston
Shell Road
Ory Oo
Fale
Guernsey
W. J.martin
Entoes Md
Ye Telephone Company
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