Birthplace Monolith Unveiled For English Cricket
A granite monolith marking the birthplace of English cricket was unveiled at Hambledon Hampshire. Hambledon men pioneered cricket a century and a half ago as twelve All England players witnessed the ceremony. Dr W G Grace was expected to unveil but did not appear while famous cricketers in blazers and caps paid silent homage.
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Hambledon
Vilage
Hampshire
England
W. G. Grace
Harper's Weekly
Anecdotes on Notes and a Hambledon Cricket Tale
A collection of antiquated notes about preaching restraint with manuscripts, a Hambledon cricket visit by a Grace lookalike, and a memorial inscription. The piece recounts Dr Grace’s arrival and the mistaken double, the Hambledon ground’s granite marker, and a funeral eulogy noting references to notes and famous names. It closes with a Vogue item on a brass house candlestick with a built in match box.
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Dr. Grace
Hambledon
Cricket Ground
Grace
Cricket
C. B. Fry
An Impending Calamity Sketch
A dramatic sketch features Miss Smith warning of a looming calamity and insisting that her name must endure beyond death as she remarks on the uses of children to perpetuate the Smith lineage. The dialogue centers on legacy, family name, and mortal fear of oblivion.
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Smith
Faith in God as Love Shapes Modern Worship
The Rev. Howard C. Ives of All Souls Union Church argues God has evolved from a wrathful deity to a God of love. He cites scientific thought and history, saying faith in God grows as humanity learns to live selflessly, making heaven on earth through love and service.
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New York City
Howard C. Ives
All Soul
Unitarian Universalist Church
New London
Ives
Earth
Senate
Supplication for a meek and patient spirit by Bishop Wilson
The reflecting prayer asks for mildness peace and humility to bear with others rebuke with patience and gravity. It seeks lowliness of self and constancy toward all men, inviting gentleness and ease in being entreated. The 1722 bishop meditation emphasizes self control and charity.
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Wilson
Raising Ducks Without Water Proved Profitable in This Case
A duck farmer reports raising 200 Mammoth Pekins in 1906-07 without water access other than drinking. Ducks still sought water, but remained healthy and disease free after weeks grazing near a brook. The author argues breeding stock should have free water access for higher fertility and vigor.
Alarm For Poultry House
A device uses a wire passed from the hen house door to a veranda bell as shown in the illustration to give warning when the condition is met.
Poultry House Alarm System Advised by Prairie Farmer
Prairie Farmer recommends a door bell alarm for poultry houses. A man can close the hen house door from the veranda by pulling a wire attached to the bell. Daytime disconnection relieves the bell of duty, or place the bell in a weatherproof box to sound louder.
Cost of Food for Chicks and Capons
The New York Agricultural Experiment Station reports ground grain costs three cents per pound of chick feed, while whole grain costs three and seven tenths cents. Tests show ground grain more profitable for growing chicks and capons of equal weight and age, with no health or vigor differences observed between the two rations.
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New York Agricultural Experiment Station
A Prize Bird Feed Guide for Morning Use
A simple two parts oats two parts cracked corn and one part wheat mix is recommended as a morning feed to scatter in litter. It keeps fowls busy until noon with about a quart for ten birds, though amounts vary by breed. Beginners may stumble but experience reveals an easy method to overcome these blocks.
Uniform road laws aim to ease cross state car use
The New York Times argues for uniform automobile laws across New York Connecticut and New Jersey. It notes the benefits of standardized licensing reciprocity and penalties for reckless driving while urging roads be modernized to handle rising car use and wear.
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New York
Connecticut
New Jersey
Jon
Macadam
New York Times
Central Kansas farmers seek durable road paving from salt crust mix
In Ellsworth and nearby towns farmers push for better roads. A local treatment uses coarse and fine cinders with a salt and alkali crust from salt pans, forming a three inch layer over three inches of cinders. The material resembles asphalt when clean and improves busy streets.
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Kansas
Douglass Avenue
Ellsworth
Eidsworth
Kansas City Star
United States road maintenance claim by official
Logan Walter Page of the Department of Agriculture argues that U S roads are best built but poorly maintained. He cites France as an example where upkeep keeps roads superior and stresses maintenance as key to road quality.
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United States
Logan Walter Page
Department of Agriculture
Page
Dragons Duel Over Sausage On Good Friday
Two dragon lieutenants fought a duel at Carcassone after one ate a sausage on Good Friday. One combatant appeared to court death, per the London Globe.
Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound credited with curing illness
Chicago woman testifies two surgeries failed to help before Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound relieved inflammation and a small tumor after three bottles. She urges others to build the feminine system and avoid unnecessary operations. She notes the remedy has helped thousands of women with displacements ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities backache and nervous prostration.
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Chicago
Ill
Lydia E. Pinkham
Africa
Lydia
Pinkham
Alvena Sperling
Langdon Street
Lydia Pinkham
Fick's Capupinm Best Remedies Cold and Grip
For COLDS and GRIP Fick's Capupinm is the best remedy relieving aching and feverishness curing the cold and restoring normal conditions. Its liquid effects are immediate. Price 25c and 50c at drug stores.
Law and Optimist view on eighteenth century laws
A Philadelphia Bulletin quote contrasts Blackstone era punishments with modern reform. It cites 160 death penalties for offenses like tobacco growing and linen theft, arguing laws lag behind prevailing morality and progress, and that cruel measures persisted into the past.
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Blackstone
Lecky
Philadelphia Bulletin
No Tender Missives and the Postcard Habit
A wry aside from the Louisville Courier Journal notes a breach of promise joke about sentimentality. The banter centers on a man dismissing a stockyards photo as unworthy of feeling.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Grape-Nuts Helps Denver Woman Restore Health
A Denver woman recounts severe after meal illness, loss of appetite, and weight loss. After trying Grape-Nuts she improves quickly, gains 12 pounds, and feels like her old self. She credits the food and notes the pamphlet The Road to Wellville.
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Denver
Someon
Wellville
Plogs
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