Two Paths of Charity and Wealth in Milton Township
Frances Elizabeth Lanyon sketches Robert Russell, a former laborer who builds a coal yard venture, helps the poor, founds a neighborhood club, and rises to a popular county commissioner bid in Milton township. His wife Lois and cousin Alice Wardell witness his rise from hardship to philanthropy, and a grateful ex‑employee David Warfield helps seal his election victory.
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Norman
Alice Wardell
Lois Russell
Lois
Robert
Alice
Wardell
Russell
John Dayton
Dayton
Grain Exchange
Robert Russell
David Warfield
Milton
Milton Township
Warfield
Hubert Russell
Lazy Man's Land in a Kentucky Tennessee Border Town
William A. Bradley recalls a Sunbeam morning in Sneedville Tennessee where locals rise at 4 a.m. to breakfast and work while the town bustles with idle men on courthouse steps and women in sunbonnets, illustrating regional habits and a sense of place.
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Sneedville
William A. Bradley
Harper's
Orchard Planting Rules From Soil Contour to Tree Selection
The article outlines contour planting to reduce erosion and ease operations for orchards on slopes. It covers spacing by fruit type, block planting for each variety, nursery handling, soil preparation, and the preferred age of trees, plus pruning and staking practices for two and one year olds. It emphasizes site drainage, deep plowing, legume cover crops, and selecting varieties suited to locality.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Look Out for Lumps on Jaws of Cattle
Article by H. B. Eakins from Colorado Agricultural College warns of the loss from condemned cattle heads due to lumpy jaw. Early veterinary treatment is effective, and even advanced cases can be controlled. Do not risk spreading disease. any jaw or neck abscess should be inspected and treated promptly.
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Eakins
Colorado Agricultural College
Fort Collins
Culinary Dishes And Desserts From 19th Century Notes
A collection of kitchen notes and recipes including Austrian coffee with vanilla ice cream, coffee custard, chocolate schnitten, and celery filled with seasoned cheese. Quoted excerpts muse on virtue, nature, and a hickory tree, with lines from Henry Ward Beecher and Helen Hunt Jackson.
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Helen Hunt Jackson
More Good Dishes From Simple Pantry Staples
A collection of kitchen tips and recipes highlighting dates as nutritious ingredients. Includes Oatmeal Date Cookies and Date Waffles with steps for dough, filling, and baking, plus Potato Salad, Chestnut and Tomato Salads, Old-fashioned tarts, and Coconut Candy with guidance on preparation and serving.
Nearer Magweed Looking Ahead
A quip on auto planning compares releasing a 1918 model two years early to the impracticality of fixing a current car. The Life section jokes that garages will still complete minor repairs before the model year changes.
Piped Right In Palm Beach Bath Exchange
A brief dialogue captures a remark about perfumed baths and daily Florida water use cited from Louisville Courts Journal.
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Hiver
Palm Beach
Florida
Louisville Courts Journal
California Syrup of Figs Advertisement Prompt
A nostalgic ad urges giving California Syrup of Figs to constipated children. It claims a teaspoonful will cleanse the stomach liver and bowels within hours without griping, restoring a well playful child. It advertises a 50 cent bottle with full directions for all ages.
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California
Esau Birthright Sacrifice Recalled in The Way of It
A fragment from The Way of It notes Esau traded his birthright for pottage and remarks on the consequences with terse aphorisms. It mentions granular eyelids and Roman Eye Balsam links, hinting at a medicinal trial proving merit. The piece includes stray quips about social clubs and waiter roles.
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Esau
Ady
Skinner’s Macaroni Advised for Mothers and Families
An advertisement urges mothers to cut food bills by serving Skinner's Macaroni and Spaghetti two to three times weekly, claiming it aids health for both children and adults. It offers a free cookbook from Skinner Manufacturing Company in Omaha, Nebraska.
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Skinner Mfg. Co
Omaha
Nebr
Adv
Unclear Snippet on Brom Quin Lore
Fragmentary lines mention Bromo Quin ine and a drug motif with modern slang. They reference names or initials and stray phrases about quashing cold symptoms and urging discretion about aches. The text remains ambiguous and reads like non sequiturs rather than a coherent event.
Pape's Diapepsia Sold as Quick Stomach Remedy
An advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsia as a rapid, harmless cure for indigestion and related stomach distress. The copy claims relief in five minutes and urges readers to buy a fifty cent case from any drug store. It contrasts with war expert forecasts as unreliable like weather predictions.
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Pape
Dandruff and Itching Remedies and Wartime Riddle
The ad promotes Cuticura Ointment for scalp dandruff and itching with Cuticura Soap, urging daily use and offering a free sample by mail from Boston. It ends with a wartime riddle prompt about a combination that wins a war and a final line about a man and a boxer.
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Dept. L
Boston
Small Sums to Charity Highlighted by Comptroller Williams
John Skelton Williams, comptroller of the currency, notes that national charity over the past two years has averaged one twentieth of one percent of total income. He compares this to an annual gift of 76 cents for a $1,500 earner.
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John Skelton Williams
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Hhostlera
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Louisville Courier-Journal
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Sai
Lax
Aunt Ae
Bocker
Fletcher
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