Age and will power in old age and a curious mix of notes
The column argues that aging affects the mind more than the body and that a strong will can mitigate sadness and decay. It contrasts grave musings on mortality with the idea that time is a chance for growth, urging strength of will as a guide through advancing years. Other items mention a circus day in Marblehead, clothing wash effects of hard water, an earth torpedo concept, Lithuanian courtship customs, and a new insulating material.
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Ingun
Woodewerth
Coe
Nosnday
New England
Marblehead
Eatonic
Maryslom Celle
Batonig
Sohn Asueeiet
Tnt Sf Met
Wattatane
Weatherproof hollow tile barn article promotes health and efficiency
An old farming note extols hollow tile barns with air spaces for insulation, fire resistance, and durability. It describes water systems, roof integration, and a top water tower for farm supply, plus abundant windows for sunlight and ventilation to improve livestock health and ease winter care.
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Bat
Geraldine Farrar
Dairy Barn Style Puts Farmers Prosperous In West
A Rochester Post Express item describes gambrel roof barns popular in the Corn Belt. It praises durability and space, detailing cow stalls, horse sections, a central litter alley, and a silo corner. It notes cost up front but long term savings from labor, crops, and livestock protection.
Barn design notes and a curious, long named lake claim
The excerpt details barn layouts with stalls, gutters, wash facilities, and ventilation. It also includes a monologue about a boy resisting a dare, a mistaken name for Lake Charg e Ragoma, and a note on Lake Webster’s name change. It closes with a reflection on education and innate talent.
The Camel's Swiftness and a Bootlegger's Claim
A disjointed piece links an Eastern proverb about a camel’s swiftness to a comic exchange with a nervous Indy rider. It notes a bootlegger’s profits are supposedly large, but argues they cannot be sufficient to cover consequences if caught.
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Uncle Brion
Kitchen cabinet guide to nourishing meals and leftovers
A domestic health column offers practical recipes for broth from chicken or mutton neck, sweetbreads in cream sauce, lemon jelly, plain sponge cake, and methods to use leftovers cleverly. It emphasizes mood, serving finesse, and balanced meals for hot weather, with urging to chew thoroughly and enjoy moderation.
Emergency Dishes For Quick, Hospitable Hosting
A practical guide to readying an emergency shelf with staples like crackers cheese pickles olives jelly and preserves plus canned fruit for quick desserts and salads. Include marshmallows maraschino cherries and coconut to dress up dishes. For rural hosts eggs butter cream chicken vegetables berries provide comforting country fare. An omelet with varied fillings offers a swift main or dessert option. The piece closes with a reflection on wise, quiet travelers.
Hot Weather Menus for Nourishing Cooling Meals
A guide to cooling hot day menus favors reduced meat and veggie croquettes with sauces, cold fruit soups salads and iced drinks. Luncheon ideas include sandwiches roast beef olives radishes and ice cream. Dinner suggests vegetable soup omelet creamed potatoes peas tomato salad sponge cake custard and coffee. Rhubarb pudding or berry desserts are recommended. avoid rich sauces and fatty meats. A rice egg dish offers economical supper, plus a quip about election bets and cartoons.
In the Hands of His Friends
Dialogues reveal tensions over punishment for the Kaiser and political maneuvering. A sharp exchange questions future action, legality, and gravity as characters debate support, visitors, and exclusive access while debating League of Nations ties and strategy.
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Tormuer Kaiser
Berlin
Lift Off Corns and Enamel Care Ad Card
A vintage ad-style note promotes Freezone for corn and callus removal with drops applied to the affected area. It also warns to install tire enamel covers right side up to ensure rain-shedding. A fragrance-forward feature highlights a Lady of Distinction using perfume, and Cuticora soap and talcum powder for clear skin.
Too Much For The Oculist And A Canning Club Request
A Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph joke about an oculist asked to diagnose a husband’s short sight. A Vigo county school plans a canning club invite mothers to a meeting, a student asks if samples will be provided.
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Vigo County
Indianapolis
Applied Brakes and Restitution in Daily Life
Quotes from Judge White on responsibility and caution compare to a chauffeur who owns his own car. A Los Angeles Times note remarks on restraint. A Brazil rice export shift is noted as a major change in trade. A light tale shows a pupil gifting flowers to a girl rather than his teacher in school.
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Judge White
Athletic Club
James
Los Angeles Times
Tommy
Jane
Chicago Tribune
The Busy Cow Ice Cream Soda Fountain
The Busy Cow reports enormous business for its ice cream soda fountain. The piece notes cows are overworked this year as the shop handles a surge of thirst from customers, taking on a larger share of demand historically met by breweries.
Courtship Hours Decline as Battleship Fate Looms
A terse article notes that the duration of a courtship has stretched into years amid strategic delays and looming battleship prospects. The piece emphasizes prolonged engagement and shifting public interest as naval decisions near.
Gold Medal Jam Oil Capsules Remedy Ad
Gentle relief claimed from sleeplessness nervousness backache and rheumatism. Warns against unsafe substitutes and promises safe gold medal imported remedy in three sizes, sealed packages, available at all drug stores.
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Frener
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Theo
Mosern Building
Mo UL
Mort Minke
America
Lennd Stanford Junior University
House of Hohenzollern
Frederick Hohen
Rochester Post Express
Jimmy
Helf
Toas
Terp Alutr
Livtea Avcey
Tero Ally
Massachusetts
Lake Webster
Tom Uttle
Horace Fletcher
Iris
Thete
Hutpin
Cartoons Magazine
Tf the Hons
League of Nations
Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph
Department of Housekeeping
Chas. H. Fletcher
Castoria
Brazil
Mane Niet
Thane
Sling Out the Sidney
Mitchell
Beecham’s
Denare
Ohio
Telephams
Handy
Midland
View
John BE
KERN
Mick
W.N. U
Fort Wayne
Kentucky
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