Prince Becomes Hero On Autumn Brookside Walk
Carolyn May and Uncle Joe share a Sunday stroll that ends with Prince the mongrel dog saving Miss Amanda Parlow from a venomous black snake. Joe battles nerves and old regrets as Amanda’s presence rekindles tensions.
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Carolyn May Cameron
Hanna
Carlyn
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Carolyn
Rose
Joe
Stagg
Amanda Parlow
Prince
Miss Minnie
Carolyn May
Afton Driggs
Uncle Joe
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Mr. Stagg
Yee
Caro Lyn May
Frincey
Amos Bartlett
Amos
Amanda
Miss Amanda
Ears Nest
Carlyn May
Geome
Mandy Parlow
Mandy
Carolyn Learns from Chet Gormley About Money Worries
Carolyn discovers troubling details about her finances from Chet Gormley and worries about the implications. The next installment promises further developments and emotional strain as the issue unfolds.
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Carolyn
Chet Gormley
Redd
Dairy Bulls Bring Higher Yields Through Select Breeding
United States Department of Agriculture examines the rise of dairy bull associations since 1916, noting that scrub bulls are replaced by better breeding. New Windsor Maryland reports three years of dam and daughter production, with daughters surpassing dams in milk by 963 pounds and butter fat by 44 percent, while costs stay low due to cooperative ownership.
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Bull Association
New Windsor
Maryland
Daughters of Association
Means Death of Grammar in Modern English Style
The Spokane Spokesman Review laments the decline of grammar as mass media favors concise everyday speech. It recalls Cobbe Coleridge DeQuincey and Hazlitt as hybrid journalists and writers whose eloquence once moved the public. The piece critiques steam electricity and cheap postage shaping sloppy prose and plural verbs with singular nouns.
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Cobbe
Coleridge
DeQuincey
Hazlitt
Lindley Murray
Griammar
Klickitat County Boy Wins State Calf Championship
Alfred Olson of Klickitat county Washington joined the calf club program to gain access to purebred Jersey calves. He earned prize money from his garden crops, bought a month old Jersey heifer, raised her on the range, and her 11 month size beat older calves at the state fair securing the state championship in the boys and girls club class valued at 150 dollars.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Alfred Olson
Klickitat County
Wash
State College of Washington
Arca
Alfred
Jersey
Proposal to require fitness tests for marriage discussed
A Buffalo News note recalls a long abandoned idea from years ago to require physical and mental qualification for marriage. The article mentions a car ride discussion with a prospective groom joking about finalizing nuptials and hints at the plan being dropped in committee.
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Buffalo News
Small-Top Milk Pail Boosts Dairy Cleanliness
Modern dairies use the small-top milk pail to keep dust and dirt out of milk. Experience shows this design greatly reduces bacteria in dairy milk. Many pail types exist, but adding a hood converts an ordinary pail into a small-top model.
For a Rainy Day Dozens of Eggs Are Counted
In a playful exchange Catherine teases Martha about bug counting during a rainy day. Martha claims twenty dozen, while Catherine insists she has a dozen, then they mention caution to not spoil the yellow eggs on the lenives.
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Catherine
Martha
STILL FAITHFUL TO STUARTS IN BRITAIN
A historic circle once kept faith with the Stuart line and marked a Jacobite feast day on January 30. A Living Age writer recalls postage stamps bearing the pretender’s image beside the official stamp, irritating a serious Victoria. Since Maria Theresa’s death, ex Prince Rupert of Bavaria is the official Stuart pretender to Britain’s throne.
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Bavaria
Victoria
Maria Theresa of
Prince Rupert of
Great Britain
Hard Drink Seller, but Safe
A brief item notes a man who stores ice in winter and sells it in summer, countering skepticism about an all-year water drinker. The Boston Evening Transcript reports the exchange showing practical ice storage and seasonal sale.
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Boston Evening Transcript
Misheard Call Triggers Tense Moment In Quiet Home
A fragment suggests a miscommunication occurred when an attempted kiss met with a reply about a mother being present, implying a tense domestic scene. The text ends with a surreal line about perception or power, noting a bulb's strength compared to fingers.
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