Desperate Game At Moriarty Maisonette
Barney Moriarty runs a nine story Harlem apartment house He loans a fifth floor unit to Cordelia Byrne a destitute flirt who charms residents with Paderewski tunes Her sister Lou arrives and Cordelia writes of playing a desperate game for a home and possible marriage Moriarty confronts the tenants and pledges protection while courtship unfolds under watchful eyes.
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Barney Moriarty
Moriarty Maisonette
Barney
Ecards
Florence
Cordelia Hyme
Colossus Department Store
Harlem
Moriarty
Miss Byrne
Cordelia Byrne
Paderewski
Mr. Mahoney
Mr. Moriarty
Mahoneys
Merceau
Lou
Cash
Cordelia
Mise Byrne
St. Catherine's
Cement Watering Trough Built By Farmer For Longevity
A farmer on August Grove joins a cement trough project to replace a leaking wooden water trough. He details frame construction, foundation, wall casting, wiring, plastering, and finishing steps aiming for a durable tank that should last a century.
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Orange Judd Farmer
Dia
Henry Keeps Peace With Soft Answer at School
Henry recalls a proverb and promises his mother he will not fight. At lunch Tommy Jones asks to lick him. Henry says he used a soft answer but admits he hit Tommy in the eye with a rotten apple, leaving his mother pleased.
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Henry
Tommy Jones
Exposition Planned in Brussels for Electrical Show
An international exposition is contemplated in Brussels with a broad scope focusing largely on electrical matters. A special hall will display small motors and household electrical appliances. The grounds cover 200 acres near the Bois de Cambre.
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Brussels
Bois de Cambre
Ancient and Modern Fiction Methods Compared Across Eras
A Chicago Daily News excerpt surveys Freeman and Harper's Weekly takes on how writers in different ages use suspense and installments. It contrasts early 17th century French novel publication with Milie and Malherbe verse, noting patience in narrative rise and the social context of fiction.
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Harper's Weekly
Malherbe
Dega
Hearsay Quip on Banana and Potato Similarities
A coy Yonkers Statesman exchange notes that banana and potato are similar in composition. The banter focuses on practical differences as people avoid street eating and littering habits.
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Yonkers Statesman
Finnerty and the Saloon Papers in a Humorous Exchange
In a humorous line from Puck, Mrs. Finnerty argues that saloon papers always wear fine clothes and a dimint ring, while Finnerty notes a dash of skepticism about scientific claims of improvement. The dialogue reflects satirical views on progress and social pretensions.
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Finnerty
Fragmentary Verse Snippet Mentions Unclear Headache Imagery
A garbled passage describes a person with a pain in the head and strange thoughts. The text alludes to physical discomfort with awkward phrasing and unclear imagery.
Poor Weather Cattle Care and Feeding Costs
Farmers debate winter cow management noting warm stables reduce feed needed for body heat and improve herd health. Proposals suggest culling diseased or unproductive stock to cut losses, with emphasis on winter shelter and yard access on milder days.
The Dairy Business Gains Ground in Fertile Land
The dairy industry grows as demand for good cows rises. Four factors drive progress: cooperative butter and cheese making, improved education and dairy press, inventions like the separator and milking machine, and importation of pure bred cattle. Future gains hinge on cost efficient production through intelligent feeding, humane care, cow selection, and smarter breeding.
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C. L. Beach
Babcock
Improve the Farm Dairies Urgently for Profit and Ease
The article argues to improve farm dairies quickly to maximize on farm produced milk. It notes farm butter has simpler production, avoids hauling, and could let farmers enjoy life more, but price gaps with creamery butter force improved on farm dairies to enable butter making.
Barn Window Ventilator Device Illustration
An accompanying illustration depicts a device to hold barn or hog house windows open for thorough ventilation. The windows are shown hinged in their frames to open from the bottom.
Beveled Wood Method Guides Frame Fastening
A short note describes cutting a piece of wood to the desired length, beveling one end, and fastening it to the frame as an easy effective technique for assembly.
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Freeman
France
Ad of the Fourth and Fifth Parts. ' Bhouwt
Mile
Ike
Dairy Notes Urge Dairy Convention Attendance and Proper Cow Care
Farmers are urged to attend the state dairy convention and the Northfield meeting in January. Emphasizes cow cleanliness, immediate cooling after separating milk, and strain the milk for the creamery. Warns against overpaying for corn and stresses balanced rations and consistent feeding for steady milk flow.
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Northfield
Minnesota
Marketing Product of Dairy Farm
Distance to a market or a shipping station shapes cream selling as it does grain selling, but less so. A ten dollar value of cream barely fills a light rig, yet loads a lumber wagon if it is corn. Hoisting dairy products to market proves easier than grain products.
Boston Brothers Strike It Rich In New York Bond Bids
Charles A. Baldwin and W. A. Baldwin of Boston bid for over 4 million dollars of New York city bonds at 104 and will accept a New York bond house offer of 107. Their option attracted seven offers, with a 168000 check guaranteed by the Massachusetts Loan and Guarantee Company.
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New York
Charles A. Baldwin
W. A. Baldwin
Boston
New York City
Massachusetts Loan and Guarantee Company
Stephen L. Tingley
A. E. Reid
Baldwin
Metz
New York Clearing House
Wall Street
Massachusetts
National Shawmut Bank of Boston
Mystic cave to be explored by Goulds geology class
Herman Douthitt reports that Prof Gould and his geology class will arrive in Sulphur to thoroughly explore Mystic cave. They plan multi day exploration with boats life preservers torches and scientific gear into uncharted river chambers to study unseen cave life and the Cyclone Chamber.
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Okla
Herman Douthitt
Gould
Mystic Cave
Mystic River
River
Shota
Paris Tax Authorities Use Barking Decoys
Paris revenue officers deploy human voice actors who imitate dogs to trap owners by barking outside suspected homes. If a dog answers, the owner is identified for tax collection. The barkers are paid thirty dollars monthly.
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Paris
Medals Awarded to Soldiers for Long Service
In St Paul and at Fort Snelling officers and enlisted men who have seen service in wars since the Civil War are receiving bronze campaign medals issued under a recent congressional act. All recipients get the same bronze medallion with a uniform reverse reading For Service and a distinct obverse design featuring Spain and a castle entrance. The medals hang from silk ribbons and honor those who have served in campaigns up to the present.
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St. Paul
Minn
Department of Dakota
Fort Snelling
Spain
Philippine
Spokane settlers land purchases in 1807 totals set at 166934 acres
Reports from the general land office show eastern Washington settlers acquired 166934 acres by purchase and homestead certificates in 1807 at a cost of 301121 dollars. Of this, 98365 acres were sold in the Colville reservation and 7627 acres were taken up by final homestead certificates, valued at about 66 dollars per square mile.
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Spokane
Wash
Washington
General Land Office
Colville Reservation
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Baldwins
Boston Dispatches
Texas
F. A. Rogers & Co
Ludlow Street
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