Ellis Parker Butler and his humorous view of life
The article profiles Ellis Parker Butler, famed for Pigs Is Pigs, noting his rise as a popular humorist and author. It covers his modesty, marriage, four children, and twin pair, his wish to fish, interest in tulips, and his broader work including The Tenth Mrs Tulkington with a serious undertone.
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Ellis Parker Butler
United States
Muscatine
Star Author
Mrs. Tulkington
Mary Stewart Cutting
Monotony and Masquerade End in a Palm Beach Reunion
A banker and his wife, fed up with twenty years of routine marriage, hire two friends as stage managers. Susan becomes thirteen disguises in a year, but the tenth trunk shocks the husband and they agree to resume a single, steady life with Amelia’s trunk collection kept for seasoning.
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George Viehers
Susan
Europe
Baldy
George Tithers
George
Long Island
Augustus
Gussie
Sue
Gustus
Amelia
Lord Algy
Lady Mercedes
Tuather
Westminster Abbey
Susie
Mercedes
Solomon
Henry Eighth
Lord Byron
Tithy
Tithers
Cleopatra
Sheba
Hon
Mitter
Self
P. Digeleton
Heavy Sport
Muarell
Winston Bopple
Carey
Fick
TW. P. Diggleton
H. P. Diggleton
P. Diggleton
Amelia Tithers
Mary P. Miller
IL P. Diggleton
Newport
Alaska
Tulkington
H. P
Diggleton
Gus
Aucast
Nome
Portland
Mr. Tulkington
Henry Torker
Las
Hutchins
Bopple
Indies
Horatio Peabody
George Tithpers
Tsay
Henry Esmond
Logan
Hawaii
South Sea Islands
Garden of Eden
Elm Beach
Atte
Windward
Small Families as Rule Among Pygmies
A World Wide Magazine writer notes pygmy families rarely exceed four to five members with one wife and two children as typical. The writer observes decent husbands and fathers though sometimes harsh punishments, while outsiders view pygmies with disdain labeling them as pests or wood rats due to thieving propensities.
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World Wide Magazine
Britain owes much to its scallywags says Telegraph
The London Daily Telegraph argues that James Cook, famed explorer, illustrates how early misbehavior can foretell success. It notes Cook’s youth scaring crows and an apprenticeship near Whitby, suggesting the empire’s debt to “scalawags” who reform and rise.
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Britain
James Cook
Whitby
British Empire
London Daily Telegraph
Most Remarkable Bird of British Guiana Captivity Record
The hoadzin, a remarkable bird from British Guiana, hatches and crawls from the nest using winged forefeet. Its wing “thumb” and forefin ger claws help it climb branches until wings gain strength, after which the claws disappear. The New York Zoological Park just received the first captive specimens.
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Hoadzin
British Guiana
New York Zoological Park
Line Upon Line in Steady Advance Wins Day
A persistent, unflagging effort gives the victory as the team pushes forward with relentless progress and determination across the contest. The narrative emphasizes patience and continual advancement leading to success.
Care of Ewes at Lambing Boosts Market Returns
The USDA emphasizes preparing ewes before lambing to improve lamb quality and market price. Strong vigorous ewes yield healthier, marketable lambs, while thin ewes produce weak lambs that require more feed and sell as culls. Proper diet includes pasture, hay, straw, cottonseed meal, and balanced rations, plus fresh water, salt, exercise, and careful handling to avoid lamb and ewe loss.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Docking Lambs Young for Reduced Shock and Faster Recovery
The article advises docking lambs and castrating males between ten days and three weeks old to minimize shock. Perform in forenoon on a bright warm day, monitor for weakness from blood loss, ensure clean hands, a disinfected knife, and well bedded straw for comfort and safety.
Copperas for Worms in Hogs
Farmers waste feed on hogs infested with hog stomach worm causing thin sickly animals. Remedy is simple and cheap: confine hogs where they cannot drink, then twice daily feed swill with dissolved copperas one teaspoon per hog. Let them drink freely. use mild copperas to avoid dislike of strong tastes.
Authorities urge burning or burying animal remains to curb cholera
Health authorities urge that all animals dying on farms and offal from slaughtered beasts be burned or buried at least four feet deep to prevent attracting dogs that may carry infection. If cholera exists nearby, all dogs should be confined.
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Matrimonial Adventures
Dominic Dean
Philo Gubb
United Feature Syndicate
Tulky
Augustus Tulkington
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