Farmers as Bankers in Foynes Ireland Explore Cooperative Loans
In Foynes County Limerick Ireland a cooperative lending group of mud bespattered farmers operates a democratic one vote per member system. Inspectors guide loans for productive use while balancing mercy and business sense, showing farmers can be good bankers with supervision.
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Foynes
County Limerick
Ireland
Wall Street
Bankera
Fsroneno Lgmp
Ture
Elmerick
Limerick
Cromwell
William
Spain
A. M. Riddis
Irish Agricultural Organization Society
Ope
Oia Lide
Royal Kinh Constabutery
Abe
John O'Baien
Drskeman
America
South of Ireland
Friendly Societies Act
I. A. QO
Doctor McCarthy
Germany
France
Italy
Russia
Real Secret of Baldness and the Scalp Condition
The article explains how baldness relates to the scalp anatomy and fat layer beneath. It argues that hair restoration depends on the fat layer’s thickness and its separation from the skull, noting many hope for cures are futile without addressing this underlying condition. The dialogue mentions a convict and missionary parable about chance and hopelessness.
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Woods Hutchinson
Building advice column by William A Radford in Chicago Ill
William A Radford offers free architectural guidance to readers, sharing soil and trenching tips from a past project. He cites a Chicago block case where improper excavation depth caused foundation settlement and a costly dispute, stressing accuracy and accountability in building plans.
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Willam A. Radford
Iltor
William A. Radford
Prairie Avenue
Chicago
Ill
Electric rats target Tacoma docks with new municipal trap
Tacoma officials unveil a novel electric rat trap aimed at dock rats, built by Dock Superintendent Willem Hall and City Electrician Harry T Abbott. The device, designed for low cost use by other cities, emphasizes sanitation from foundations to roofs and stresses practical, non patenting deployment over spectacle.
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Tacoma
Wash
Willem Hall
Harry T. Abbott
City Electrician
Rat trap shocks death in port city safety drive
Tacoma officials install electric floor traps to deter bubonic plague entry, using a plate and vertical spikes to shock rats that touch the activated plate. The piece discusses inspection, contracting, and the need for vigilant oversight by a neutral inspector. It also mentions a cozy four room house plan and a record milk producer cow, Model Maid, in Bristol, plus notes on London's custom houses and Mona Lisa.
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Tacoma
Rat
Thors
Bristol
New York Evening Post
Why of Right Drive and Left in Europe
The article discusses why nations differ in driving sides. It links Europe’s leftward horseman tradition to keeping adversaries on the protected left, while modern right driving arises from road conditions and historical habits. It also references a 1980 joke about Mrs Wombat and mentions a 1913 boycott.
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Europe
Europa
The Makeover of Fred Bamford in Love and Change
Fred Bamford, spoiled son of a rich widow, is tested by a sharp critic Estelle Holbrook. Her rebukes spark a transformation from spendthrift clubman to thoughtful suitor as he confronts morality, money, and ambition, culminating in a planned engagement and a pivot to serious life choices.
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Fred Bamford
Haskell
Fred
Daisy
Estelle
Mr. Bamford
Tome
Faust
Briggs
Bamford
Captain Briggs
Obeseas McClure News
Daerah
Erin
Seeing Ourselves as Babies in the Stars Lecture Quote
A Savilian professor at Oxford imagines viewing humans as babies across space via telescope. The excerpt includes a humorous piece on cows and country life, reflecting on astronomy lectures and rural topics.
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H. H. Turner
Savilian
University of Oxford
Unappreciative Travelers Drift From Paris Louvre
American girls in Paris discuss afternoon plans and dismiss the Louvre as a one time visit. The piece notes the value of European travel and suggests the Magasin Louvre as a more worthy stop for young travelers.
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Lippincott
Paria
Louvre
Magasine Louvre
The Arithmetic of It Pupil Riddle Published
A school exercise asks for the difference between a biped and a quadruped. A boy replies with a witty miscalculation stating a biped has two legs yet the difference between them is in two legs, showcasing humorous arithmetic reasoning.
Years Have Made Little Change In Love Advice
A fragment from a Tennessee mountain hamlet item notes nostalgia for early romance as a man recalls how he used to hover by his beloved’s house and later comments on courage to face small fears. The piece shifts to a mountain town scene with a visitor hiring help and a mountaineer joking about reading and books.
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Society 9
Mountaineer
Smaa
Chico Mountain
Tennessee
Go News
JRUG HOUSE ENJOINED BY FEDERAL COURT
Judge Jeremiah Neterer of a United States district court in Castoria enjoined Stewart & Holmes Drug Company over label ratings of a well known preparation. The decree orders recall of goods under the infringing label, payment of costs, and damages set at 400 dollars.
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Jeremiah Neterer
United States District Court
Castoria
Stewart & Holmes Drug Company
Aim
Honolulu
Seattle
Northwest
Stewart & Holmes Company
Seattie, Wash
Grateful farmer praises Dodd's Kidney Pills adoption
An elderly farmer, Mr. W. D. Smith of Ethel, Hy, testifies that Dodd's Kidney Pills improved his long weakness after a kidney ailment. He credits the pills for backache relief and general health, urges publication and offers his picture for a testimonial. Product details: 60 cents per box from dealers or Dodd's Medicine Co Buffalo N.Y.
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W.D. Smith
Ethel
Dodd
Smith
Lberty
Mr. Smith
Dodd's Medicine Co
Buffalo
Free Advice to Sick Women From Lydia E. Pinkham
A period pamphlet offers confidential guidance to women about private illnesses. Lydia E. Pinkham’s company in Lynn Massachusetts promotes a 80 page text book for those seeking help, with requests to write for more information.
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Lydia E, Pinkham
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Greene, N
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Idinina Re. woxKso
London
Custom House
Thames
Porcy
Rep
Izokio
Fred Samford
Freddie
Freddie Bamford
Besket
Estelle Holbrook
George
JRUG
Pinkham Mike Co
Lynn
Neeeness Gromnan
EL Pinkham
Mums
Om Sig, Inc
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