Uncle Sam's Champion Juvenile Corn Growers
United States government launches a plan to boost corn production by increasing yields per acre and expanding the corn belt. Officials aim to avert foreign trade losses as population grows, moving toward two blades of grass for every one. The program, overseen by the Department of Agriculture, targets expansion of growing areas beyond the traditional Midwest core.
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United States
Department of Agriculture
Taft
White House
Washington
Wilson
Uncle Sam
Middle West
Mississippi
South Carolina
Jerry Moore
Winona
S. C
Steve Henry
Louisiana
Joe Stone
Georgia
Government corn clubs boost southern yields with boy growers
The agriculture department organized nationwide corn clubs where 46,000 farm youths demonstrably showed parents how to double or triple production. Prizes funded by banks, boards of trade, and chambers of commerce incentivized yields, efficiency, and economical farming nationwide, with Taft praising winners at the White House.
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West
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Nebraska
America
South
Mason and Dixon
Uncle Sam's Agricultural Corps
Farmer Boys
Agricultural Department
Washington
Uncle Sam
Department of Agriculture
Boards of Trade
County Superitndents of Education
Chambers of Commerce
Division of Farmers
Eld
S. A. Knapp
Solomon
Those Church Suppers Highlight Community Dining Traditions
A Toledo Blade quote emphasizes church suppers as economic and social glue. A homemaker recounts attending roast beef, progressive, turkey, and other church dinners across denominations, noting they provide rest from daily cooking and keep families fed and engaged.
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Edna K. Wooley
Toledo Blade
Unitarian Church
Rebecca in Ivanhoe Inspired by Rebecca Gratz of Philadelphia
Scott based the character Rebecca in Ivanhoe on Miss Rebecca Gratz a Philadelphia Jewish lady whose steadfastness to Judaism impressed Washington Irving and influenced the novelist to create one of his finest characters.
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Scott
Rebecca
Rebecca Gratz
Philadelphia
Judasm
Washington Irving
Cold warning and dubious cures in a rustic warning
A terse health note warns that chest fullness signals a lung cold and urges a mysterious cure called Hamlinsizard Oi Oil before consumption. It adds that preaching fails due to public apathy and that delays breed difficulties as barnacles on duties.
The Heart as a Double Pump and Dr Pierce’s Tonic
The article explains the heart as a double pump circulating blood at speed and likens bodily strain to engine wear without oil. It notes Dr. R V Pierce after years of medical practice used a glyceric extract tonic to correct stomach disorders and impure blood, labeling it a remedy.
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R. V. Pierce
Dr. Pierce Medical Discovery Promoted To Aid Digestion
Advertising copy claims Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery helps stomach digestion without alcohol and treats dyspepsia. It is said to aid convalescence from fevers, thin blood, and those prone to colds. The ad notes Common Sense Medical Adviser offer with 31 stamps and Buffalo address.
Resinol Ointment Publicizes Eruption Remedy and Ocean Facts
An advertisement-style piece touts Resinol Ointment as a remedy for poison ivy and wood poison eruptions with user testimonial from Jno H Kohl of Benton Kansas. The text also presents astonishing ocean size and capacity figures including Pacific and Atlantic volumes and Niagara water flow, in a stream of numerical curiosities.
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Pacific Ocean
Atlantic
Indian
Arctic
Antarctic
Pacific
Niagara
Jno
H. Kohl, Benton, Kan
Cheap Form of Fuel in Welsh Rabbit Dish Experiment
A Welsh rabbit may be cooked on an electrical chafing dish at an expense of 1 percent cents for current. The item notes the feasibility of electric heating for a simple dish and implies low energy cost.
Dr. Pierce Pellets Promise Easy Digestion Aid
Ad copy touts Dr. Pierce's Pellets as small sugar coated candies that regulate and invigorate the stomach liver and bowels and cure constipation.
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Dr. Pierce
There's Many a Slip meet me in heaven line
A quoted exchange centers on a song title offered by a lady as Meet Me in Heaven. The conversation questions whether she is overconfident, reflecting a sly social moment.
Twain's prolific output tied to heavy smoking
The remark speculates that Mark Twain produced much writing because he smoked a lot. The exchange notes his not widely read status yet questions how he created so much, implying smoking as a possible reason.
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Mark Twain
England's Oldest School Debate Sets Canon of Early Founders
In England a dispute over the oldest school centers on two early seventh century foundations. The King's School Rochester traces to Justus 604 with cathedral ties. Augustine founded the Canterbury school around the same period. Saint Peter's York reaches back to the eleventh century.
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England
King’s School
Rochester
Canterbury
Justus
Augustine
St. Peter’s
York
Puccini Reflects on Early Growth and Longevity
Signor Puccini, famed for world renown operas, notes luck and timing shape recognition. He recalls a centenarian composer who enjoyed late appreciation after enduring years of obscurity and neglect, and a London visitor who learned the value of timing from Rome.
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Signor Puccini
New York
Rome
London
Afflictions mark the difference be tween iron and steel
Garfield Tea advertised as a remedy to awaken a sluggish liver with druggist sales. A cautionary note on fire safety urges using milk to quell lamp oil fires while water spreads burning oil.
Promote Quick Cold Cure or Laxative Advertising
An old advertisement asserts one day cure for a cold with laxatives and Quinine druggists refund if it fails. It features a signature on each box and promotes Garfield Tea as a natural laxative. Quotations from Hopkins and Brooks appear about virtue and race.
Unclear Exchange Cited Between Hewitt and Jewett
A fragmentary dialogue shows Hewitt asserting identity and Jewett denying knowledge, with an aside about a woman's curiosity. The text provides no context, date, or location.
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Hewitt
Jewett
Preacher Files Petition on Crime Rise in Georgia Town
An earnest Georgia preacher, known for praying with current events, launches a petition against increasing wickedness in his town. He declares he can prove rising crime by statistics, appealing to the Lord for help and revival.
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Georgia
Everybody's Magazine
Not Quite the Same After a Day’s Fishing
Abby notes better rest after a day’s fishing while Wifey observes easier lying afterward. The exchange centers on a humorous contrast in behavior linked to fishing days.
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Abby
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