Beaver Island Picnic Escape and Hidden Fare
Blanchard rescues Kitty after a broken mood over a Sunday school trip. They secretly plan a playful picnic with a runaway launch, catch up to the party, and Guy confesses feelings to Mabel, agreeing to share the fare with Kitty. The episode ends with reconciliation and a hopeful kiss.
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Blanchard
Kitty
Lanchard
Beaver Island
Ted
Capain
Guy Binnehrd
Guy
Mabel
Jay
Abel
Republic
Peter Pag
Billy Ben
Pardonable sins of social circles and bragging
A Maryland News fragment notes pardonable sins in social life such as lying about fish length and home occupancy. It cites authorship of bright ideas by a four year old and exaggerations like disguising age or using false hair. The piece mocks common bragging before recounting a street anecdote about a storyteller racing to outdo another.
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Jones
Smith
West
Custer
Baltimore News
Minister Targets Town Drinker in Honest Yarns
A New England town welcomes a minister who sees old Bill Johnson as the sole obstacle to reform. Bill’s drinking sparks a plan to urge temperance, as every drunken spell leads him to recruit others to sign the pledge, a habit locals deem a persuasive—but comic—challenge.
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New England
Old Bill Johnson
Bill
Waal
Parson
Ike
Harpers Weekly
Procrastination and Deals on Love Ages
A London Truth excerpt argues that men delay love more as they age and women become pickier with time. It notes a woman who fixes marriage age targets at twenty five for herself and twenty eight for her future husband often ends up with a markedly different reality.
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London
Wooden Drains for Wet Lands Preserve Farm Profits
Drainage remains a hot topic in the northwest with many farmers ready for more drains if finances allow. Board drains offer solid service lasting years, enabling better crops and eventual tile adoption. Methods include a standard with notched boards and upright posts, allowing one man to build troughs quickly, as shown by a Farmer’s note.
Berry Patch Advice for Blackberry and Strawberry Care
The Berry Patch notes warn against red rust in black caps and advise digging out infected plants and burning them. Remove old raspberry canes after fruiting and burn cuttings, keep cultivating strawberries, manage runners, and prevent sunburn on harvested jackberries. Prepare fall beds with early plowing and frequent raking to reduce weeds and conserve moisture.
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Parm Journal
Two Fine Strawberries Senator Dunlap and Granville
An Ohio grower highlights the Senator Dunlap as an early reliable strawberry, productive like Haverland with good color and flavor, pairing well with Granville as a late variety. Practical tip: mulch straw deeply for winter protection and clean berries during bearing.
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Senator Dunlap
Ohio
The Most Profitable Horse on the Farm
The good brood mare will raise a colt each year and sell for a solid price in fall. With extra care she can work as hard as any horse. The article urges farmers to keep at least one good brood mare and to raise and sell horses for personal benefit.
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Frood
Dosing Fowls Warns Against Harmful Practice
Amelia Agriculturist warns that dosing fowls to keep them healthy is risky and can cause disease. Good management avoids such drugging. the most successful poultrykeepers do not fuss with or caddie their fowls.
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Amelia Agriculturist
Vacation notice for journal subscribers
Notice to subscribers advises forwarding service during summer absences. Readers may leave address at the office or call phone 25 to have newspapers forwarded. Addresses can be changed as often as needed without extra charge. The notice concludes with a light remark about vacation reading.
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Journal
Daily Journal Delivery Offer Mentioned
The Daily Journal announces citywide home delivery at 10 cents per week.
Paris Concierge System Shapes Social Access
The piece explains how Parisian concierges act as gatekeepers in large houses, receiving visiting cards and notes, then guiding guests to appointed times. It contrasts routine social calls with the intrusive effort of spontaneous visits, noting the concierge’s role in shaping personal relations and access to French acquaintances.
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Barrett Wendell
Scribner's
Paris
Pointed Paragraphs On Religion Patience And Etiquette
A collection of pointed musings on reliability politeness money religious liberty and luck. The Atchison Globe notes the paradoxes in how societies judge behavior and the value of patience versus quick gains.
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Atchison Globe
The Value of Diamonds per Carat Scale
The New York Herald notes diamond value rises with size, detailing per carat rates: 0.5 ct at 75, 0.75 ct at 100, 1.25 ct at 140, 1.5 ct at 150, 1.75 ct at 180, and 2 ct at 200. Stones over two carats sell near the two carat rate due to demand limits.
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New York Herald
To Calculate Longevity From Physiognomy Beliefs
A physician cites Bacon’s belief in longevity linked to facial and hair traits. He lists signs of long life and short life, noting that soft hair, fine skin, quick growth, large head, early corpulence, and other features imply a lengthy life, while slow growth, coarse hair, wrinkled skin, deep forehead lines, and hard ears signal shorter life.
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Bacon
Dogs That Worry and the Human Fear of the Future
A reflection on dogs losing their masters and human anxieties. The piece contrasts canine worry with human concerns about bones, sleep, and financial prospects, noting dogs remain free from such foreboding while people fret about future life and money.
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London
Wasted Sympathy and Promising Youth Refer to a Public House Scene
A fragmented comic page mentions Old Mian apologizing to Johnny for a black eye and a mother urging restraint over her son’s behavior. The panel teases a public house setting with characters such as The Dave Tas and The Soltier, all from an Illustrated Bits feature in London Army Graphic.
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Johnny
Dave Tas
the Soltier
London Army Graphic
Kodol Digestive Aid Advertised By Local Vendor
An advertisement promotes Kodol for Indigestion and Dyspepsia as a vegetable acid preparation containing the same stomach juices. It claims to digest what you eat and lists Wim. PF. Jungkunz at 85 Stephenson St as the seller.
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Wim. PF. Jungkunz
Stephenson St
Choice building lots in Arcade addition for sale cheap
Arcade Manufacturing Co offers building lots in Arcade addition for sale at low prices with monthly payments. Apply to Arcade Manufacturing Co. 7 19diw.
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Arcade Manufacturing Co
Wheel of Fortune Turns for Sumner and Conant Heiress
Sumner Conant, initially blocked by his father’s will, gains wealth after his brother Eugene and his ship vanish. He wooes Gertrude Evans, who previously rejected his advances, and after repeated offers ends up marrying him. A Bombay letter reveals Eugene left his fortune to Gertrude, but she and Sumner eventually share the Conant inheritance.
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Sumner
Eugene Conant
Cuba
Eugene
Uke
Sumner Cronant
Gertrude Evans
Orient
Hugene
Gertrude
America
Conant
Europe
India
Africa
Tfe
Ife
Nail
Bombay
Aden
Larriet B. Ler
Pacific Rim Nations Dominate Global Population Share
The United States Department of Commerce and Labor provides statistics showing that well over half of humanity resides in nations bordering the Pacific Ocean. The data exclude the United States itself and cover the major coastal economies around the Pacific basin.
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Pacific Ocean
United States Department of Commerce
Hibor
United
Kennedy Laxative Cough Syrup Promises Gentle Relief
Advertisement claims Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup acts gently on the bowels and tears the system of coughs and colds. It promptly relieves inflammation of the throat and allays irritation. Sold by Wm Jungkunz, Stephenson, for $5.
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Kennedy
Jungkunz
Stephenson
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