Girl Wanted Brings Nella Worth Into Morse Office
Abel Morse, a seed merchant, resists modern methods until his nephew Cyril and new employee Nella Worth transform the cramped office. Nella’s efficiency and tact soften Cyril and even inspire affection, as a street thug confrontation ends with Nella saving the day and Cyril proposing with the very card that started it all.
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Abel Morse
Cyril
Abel
Abel Morse & Company
Era
Nella Worth
Morses
Nella
Miss Worth
Lonely Dog of Ypres and the Lost City
A vivid portrait of Ypres once a bustling capital of 200000, now a ruined shell after war. The piece evokes its dramatic exodus and the transformed landscape where grand churches and cherished landmarks lie in rubble alongside improvised shanties.
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Ypres
Andes
Columbus
Denver
Kansas City
Cat Rescued After Sea Storm Finds Mascot on Keg
Captain Carl Hanson and George Fitch return to Redondo Beach California with a large black cat found aboard a drifting keg miles from shore. The animal, exhausted after a gale with winds near 50 mph, clung to the keg and bears a brass plate bearing the name Utanica on its collar.
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Carl Hanson
George Fitch
Redondo Beach
Cal
Utanica
American Poultry Breeds From the United States
The article describes several American chicken breeds including Java Black and Mottled varieties noted for long bodies and leg colors. It covers Dominique Rhode Island Red Buckeye histories, physical traits like comb types and leg colors, egg colors, and standard weights. It highlights hardiness, table suitability, and current rarity of some breeds.
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United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Java
Plymouth Rock
Rhode Island
Incubation Eggs should be uniform size and shell texture
Kansas State Agricultural College Poultry Farm superintendent N L Harris says smooth white or brown eggs are desirable for incubation though irregular shapes hatch nearly as well. Do not mix shell colors, avoid irregular sizes, porous shells reduce hatchability, and fertility or chick sex cannot be determined before incubation.
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N. L. Harris
Kansas State Agricultural College
Harris
Poultry Records Improve Breeder Profits
The article urges poultry breeders to keep simple yet accurate debit and credit accounts for their fowls. It advises charging fowls for all consumption and crediting them for all production to reveal the profit, noting that personal satisfaction from flock keeping is an unmeasured but real part of profit.
Feeding Young Chicks as They Grow
Feeding young chicks requires four feedings daily when two months old for strong growth, then three feedings daily from three months old onward to maintain healthy development.
Dodson's Liver Tone Promises Safe Liver Cleansing
An advertisement extols Dodson's Liver Tone as a gentle, vegetable liver cleanser that replaces calomel. It claims calomel is dangerous mercury, causes bone necrosis, and that the product will improve digestion, relieve headaches, and restore bowel regularity without salivation. The ad asserts a money back guarantee and broad consumer use.
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Dodson
Ady
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By Sara
Pyrignt
Stele Balcom
Chapman
Wzlars
W. L. Douglas
San Francisco
New York
America
Brockton
Mass
Douglas
Boys’ Shoes
W.L. Douglas Shoe Co
Spark St
Brockton, Mass
Saxon Motor Car Corporation
Detroit, Michigan
Southern Saxon Company
Atlanta, Ga
Carter
Pallid
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