Global Farmers Practice Cooperative Experiments Across Countries
The Forum notes thousands of cooperative field trials led by agricultural experiment stations across the nation and beyond, testing crops such as wheat grasses sugar beets vegetables and fruit and evaluating fertilizers. Other items report hail suppression efforts in Budapest experiments with birds in the Philippines and the importation of martins by Spain, plus varied notes on local industry transport and public works.
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Meterological Institute of
Budapest
Philippines
Martin
North
Missouri
London
College Hill
Cincinnati
Houston and Texas Central Railway
Grosebeck
Dallas
Texas
Michigan
Germany
Daughters of the Revolution of
Tacoma
Wash
Narcissa Prentiss Whittan
Russia
Great Britain
England
Belgium
United States
Tyrol
Popular Maxims From A Candid Reporter
A compilation of aphorisms on virtue, health, wealth, politics, and daily life. It contrasts prudent restraint with vain overreach, urging practical sacrifices, health preservation, and thoughtful conduct in money, love, and social affairs.
SARGENT PAINTS DUSE PORTRAIT AFTER RETURN TO ITALY
The American artist John Sargent sought to paint Italian actress Eleonora Duse after admiring her in London. She initially balked at posing due to fatigue, then agreed only after learning of his eminence, inviting him to Venice for as many sittings as needed when she had leisure.
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Eleanor Duse
London
John Sargent
Case
Sargent
Italy
Duse
Mr. Sargent
United States
Venice
Duke of Marlborough Tours Chicago Cable Line
During a visit in the United States the Duke of Marlborough inspected a Chicago cable line and met a Connecticut born driver. He asked to stop the car quickly, the driver boasted he could in two yards. The car halted suddenly, throwing the Duke into a sandbank. The driver quipped, asking if the Duke was hurt and implying he can stop it instantly.
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United States
Duke of Marlborough
Chicago
Connecticut
Duke
Mr. Duke
Baby Born With 131-Letter Name in Boston
A Boston baby received a record long name Charles Henry Menes Sida Andohoha faugatenary Alamakahawenetikina justsisan Tsemanapitsotranjarivona karohaza Chinko Chula Hamadoe Francis. Registrar Whitmore in City Hall entered the full name in the official birth records as reported by the New York World.
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Boston
Charles Henry Menes Sida
No Lawyer for Old Prisoner Describes Court Moment
A Hastings Court prisoner, long a familiar figure, faces the judge with a grave expression. Asked if he has a lawyer, he replies he has none due to lack of funds, and offers to throw himself on the court's mercy. The Nashville American reports the exchange.
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Darkey
Hastings Court
Nashville American
Standing Room Only Sign Suggested by Theatre Manager
A manager asks if the house is full as the actor notes few seats are taken. The manager declares it not full yet and triumphantly says he will put out the Standing Room Only sign to create urgency and boost attendance.
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New York World
Horrible Proposition and Father Trade Quips
A jovial exchange from Cincinnati Enquirer and Puck quips contrasts a distressed ask for pennies for a sick father with a sharp retort about buying able-bodied fathers and a joke about a new steam engine. The dialogue illustrates humorous newspaper witticisms from the era.
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Perry Patettic
Cincinnati
Start and Stop: a young boy’s procrastination lesson
A writer in Youth's Companion recalls a boy nicknamed Start-and-Stop who starts tasks then pauses until urged to hurry. His mother, teacher, and uncle try to fix the habit with a dime incentive, illustrating how to curb delays and encourage steady work. The tale ends urging publication to help other Starts-and-Stops.
Origin of Blind Maion Bath and Buff from Colin Maillard
The article traces blind man's buff origins to French Colin Maillard a warrior famed in 999 who lost his sight in battle. It notes his fame reached Robert of France and inspired pantomime and early children’s play, shaping the blindfold pursuit as a sport with roots in Norman era exploits.
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Blind Maion
Bath
Blind Man
England
Colin Maillard
Liege
Jean Colin
Maillard
Count de Tourain
Robert of
France
Colin
Conundrums and quick-fire puns from a reader
A string of humorous wordplay questions and punchlines. The Q asks about a writer close to readers, a fur bearing animal, candy and horse speed, color clues, a Congressman, a florist, Christmas shopping, materials for soldiers, newspapers, preachers, celestial motion, and various homely personifications.
Language of Sealing Wax Translated by Buyer or Seller
A source notes wax color meanings linked to correspondence with red for business and gray for letters, blue for lovers, yellow for jealousy, white for wedding replies, black or violet for condolence or death calls, coffee color for dinner invitations, and green for admired suitors.
The Secret of How to Make Them Beautiful Hands
A period article advises daily hand and nail care for beauty. It emphasizes constant grooming, practical tools, and home treatments like almond cream paste and oatmeal water for whitening and softening the skin. It notes red hands from circulation or tight lacing and suggests addressing the cause.
Corner Mirror Arrangement For Small Rooms
The corner is ideal for a tiny hall with a two foot wide looking glass reaching from fourteen inches above the floor to the cornice. If the glass is unaffordable, drop to the frieze or twelve inches below the cornice. A wood cap keeps dust from the corner. A plain moulded frame and matched woodwork finish the look. A wooden seat at the glass foot can store music and papers or be padded into a floor length frill. A front rail, tall palm and ferns behind, and a hanging lamp about eighteen inches below the top add charm. Silk or velveteen draped around the frame adds color.
The Ideal Mother in a Calm Neighborhood Setting
A comfortable woman embodies the ideal mother. She avoids nerves from rowdy children and listens to stories. She sympathizes when Tom returns home with a black eye after defending a kitten from Jack Jones. Her home yard serves as a communal rally point, ensuring she knows what her children do after school.
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Tom
Jack Jones
The French Workman and His Unsettled Loyalties
An analysis of the French workman as creature of street joy and home hardship. Two forces contend for him: law and revolt. The state church and self help groups offer paths to order while utopian dreams push toward socialism and anarchy, shaping modern French history through compromise between faubourg and world. Richard Whiteing in Century.
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Richard Whiteing
August Flower touted as universal cure in old ad line
An old advertisement claims Green's August Flower is the largest selling medicine, used for indigestion, biliousness, and general malaise. It markets sample bottles at Joseph Emmert's, successor to Emmert & Burrell, urging readers that few doses prove nothing serious is wrong.
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Green
Joseph Emmert’s
Emmert & Burrell
Misunderstood Patriotism Recalls Civil War Cotton Gaffe
Professor Alfred B Adams recalls a Red River campaign episode where Union troops captured a southern garrison and seized a cotton stash bound for Europe. The cotton bales bore C S A markings later repainted U S A, prompting a southern officer to misread as American Cotton Stealing Association.
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Alfred B. Adams
New York
Red River
Nathaniel LD. Wihioe
Europe
Banks
Lowes
Otheer
Yank
United States of America
Confederate States of America
United States of American Cotton Stealing Association
Saturday Evening Post
Rheumatism Cured by Chamberlains Pain Balm
A Red Creek New York merchant says Chamberlains Pain Balm gives great rheumatic relief and is a splendid liniment for household use. Mrs. Cuvier reports strong results and the Red Creek Herald editor notes local prominence. Sold by Joseph Emmert, druggist.
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Chamberlain
W. J. Cuvier
Red Creek
N. Y
Cuyier
W. G. Puirry
A Bit of the Colonial Quaintness and Cough Remedy Endorsement
A Detroit Journal note quotes quaint colonial speech and hints at Mercy’s independence. The piece then cites trust in knowledge from experience, and endorses Chamberlain's Cough Remedy via W. M. Terry of Elkton Kentucky, claiming it is the best by local druggist Joseph Emmert.
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Ezekiel
Mercy
Alercy
Detroit Journal
W. M. Terry
Chamberlin
Elkton
Joseph Emmert
Grain-O ad offers a grain based coffee substitute
An advertisement promotes GRAIN-O as a coffee substitute made from pure grains with rich brown color like Mocha and Java. It claims it is safe for children and adults with sensitive stomachs and priced at four for coffee equivalents. Sold by all grocers.
Dodd's Dyspepsia Tablets Offer Digestion Relief
A persuasive advertisement argues modern stomach slavery harms sleep and health. It claims Dodd's Dyspepsia Tablets digest food without stressing the stomach, regulate bowels, prevent gas, and prepare the stomach for the next meal.
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Dodd
Public questions and party editorials praised in Tribune ad
A fragment discusses Republican editorial support and the Tribune’s Tri Weekly and Daily editions. It extols protection and sound money, notes circulation reach, and promotes The New York Tribune as a leading Republican publication with a 20 page illustrated supplement.
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Althi
Afalra
Thi
Iaaly
Cleveland
United States
Obj the Tribune
New York
Tribune
U Pr
Tri-Weekly Tribune
The
New York Tribune
Daily
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