Reflections of a Bachelor
A collection of wry quips on love, manners, and social foibles. The lines poke fun at women, yachts, tact, and conscience, with satirical takes on marriage, appearances, and everyday habits.
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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1905
Page
8
Cheap Lands Versus Quality Farms and Good Roads
The piece weighs options for buyers with limited funds, arguing land value depends on soil quality, rainfall, markets, roads, schools, and social vitality. It cautions against choosing cheap land with poor productivity and notes that good roads stimulate traffic, car shortages arise, and farmer prices drop at central markets.
The Dairy Business Dairying Cleanliness and Modern Methods
The article argues that dairying is harsh when done dirty and old fashioned. It praises the Danes Dutch in Holland French and other modern dairymen for using absolute cleanliness and scientific methods. Proper barns equipment and well kept cows remove objections to the business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland
Value of good roads drives rural town prosperity
The Burlington route funds a Good Roads crusade using pamphlets on the split log drag. It argues improved rural highways boost farm trade, keep merchants busy, and prevent towns from dying as farmers divert traffic to better roads and rival towns. Railroads back the plan to protect regional commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Middle West
Iowa
Fresh Air in Sleeping Rooms
Advice from Success magazine on improving ventilation in small bedrooms. A hinged five inch board fits windows to leave a gap between sashes, allowing indirect fresh air all night. A reader shares a practical method to air sleeping rooms when full ventilation is hard in small apartments.
A Bright Successful Boy from Madison Ind
A Madison Indiana resident recalls David Graham Phillips as a quick bright boy who always sought sane good things. As a child he turned a cent into a two cent cheese purchase by slicing a two cent piece and walking away with a bite, proving his early wit and practicality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Ind
David Graham Phillips
Sonny
Why Men Die Too Fast
A Kansas City Journal excerpt laments reckless living among leaders and elites. It asserts that heavy drinking, overwork, and fast living shorten lifespans while sane, rational habits lead to longer, peaceful deaths. The piece notes society ignores this reality because the powerful are not missed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Murdock
Prate
Kansas City Journal
Way of Wicked World print choice echoes doomsday tone
A Hampton Mercury remark laments readership habits, contrasting grand sermons with sensational gossip. It notes 99 percent of the elite would chase a scandal about high society or a sensational divorce, devour every word, then condemn worldly wickedness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hampton
Mercury
Self-possessed mastery in dispute and control
The excerpt argues that losing self control undermines any position and that even in disagreement one should remain calm. It cites a lawyer's quip that possession is nine points of the law, but self possession is ten, underscoring the value of composure in legal and personal conflicts.
Household and Kitchen Recipes and Tips
A collection of home cooking and grooming instructions including French Cream Frosting Quick Tea Cakes Waffles Without Eggs Rice Water Summer Tea Raspberry Shrub Cider Cup and cleaning Ivory Hair Brushes plus note on Golden State train services. The recipes cover frosting, baked goods beverages and home care with practical steps and measurements.
To Hang Dress Skirts in Walking Length
Instructions advise measuring from waist to ground then deducting one and a half inches to keep the skirt above the ground. The plan ensures the skirt never touches the floor and presents a walking length.
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