Noted Authors and Events Highlight Prolific Exposition Year
The piece reports on measures against vagabonds in Luxembourg, Trowbridge’s Naples visit and upcoming book release, Hawaiian fruit display at the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition, a Southern policy article in North American Review, motor boat participation at the expo, and Lothrop Lee to publish a revised Correspondent's Manual by February 15.
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The
North American Review
Hannis Taylor
Taylor
Hawaii Tropical Garden Adjoins Alaska Expo Building
Hawaii plans a tropical garden next to the Alaska Yukon Pacific exposition building. It will feature all kinds of tropical flowers and shale trees on display.
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Hawaii
Louise and Lula Dialog Sparks Hair Bleach Dilemma
In a humorous exchange from Harper's Bazaar, Louise laments running short on hair bleach and fears Nelson’s arrival tonight. Lula quips to face the guest with the remaining product, a witty perox-side pun adding lightness to the moment.
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Louise
Nelson
Lula
Norway’s Industries and Alaska Exhibition Plans
The text notes Norway’s small fisheries share about six percent of the population’s livelihood, with nearly half supported by agriculture and forests. It also reports Canada’s government planning a large exhibit building at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition and mentions Katharine H. Newcomb’s metaphysical work Slept Along the Path to be reviewed by Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co. on February 16.
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Norway
Katharine H. Newcomb
Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co
Proverb and Exposition Fence Noted in Fragment
A Victorian style note features a French proverb about favor and justice alongside a mention of a fence enclosing the Alaska Yukon-Pacific exposition grounds. The text also alludes to climbing flowers covering a will.
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Alaska Yukon
Imperfect Man and Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Expo Bloom
The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition will bring a flood of "Imperfect Man" sayings as Cactus Cahillos, its official owner, predicts a proliferation of the theme in Seattle neighborhoods during the exposition season.
The Freeman's Oath and Hawaii Boys at Alaska Expo
The Oral book printed in the United States titled The Freeman's Oath is noted. Hawaiian slingers will present daily concerts in the Hawaii Building at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition next summer.
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United States
Hawaii
Alaska-Yukon-Pacifiic Expostion
Vendetta Plot Delays Corsican Rescue and Elopes for Love
Wealthy American Burton W. Barnes saves English lieutenant Edward Anetruther and Marina, daughter of the Paolis, from a Corsican vendetta. Pursued to Nice and Marseille, the party faces intrigue aboard a French yacht as Corregio Danella and Ballcet schemes unfold. Barnes, aided by detective Seager, learns of murder plots and a kidnapping, leading to a cliffhanger marriage and Marina’s disappearance to Corsica.
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Burton W. Barnes
Corsica
Edward Gerard Anetruther
Marina
Paolis
Einid Anstruther
Leutenant
Ajacelo
Marnellen
Constantine
London
Marseilles
Barnes
Lady Chartrin
Nice
Suapiconim
Corregio Danella
Feon
Marina Ie
Alan
Miarka
Tocal Landing
Corregio
Bt. Tropes
Peer
Enid
Ete Daan Ana Nune
Make Chartria
Barner Bettaa Tafeeer
Seager
Lake Brackwood
Niventatene
Finid Unie
Reid
Abaddora
Monsieur Anatruther
Thia
Danella
Signore
Anstruther
Burton
English officers plan Corsican pursuit and rescue
Barnes orders Graham to sail a lateen vessel with Italian crew while Scottish and English forces guard Edwin and his wife Marina. Anstruther and Danella debate Enid’s fate and Marina’s readiness to venture to Corsica, amid deadly Corsican feuds and a looming rescue plan.
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Pish
Barnes
Anstruther
Antonio
Enid
Graham
Edwin
Danella
Chartris
Marina
Kawin
Engleh
Marina and Barnes aboard in peril on the Italian coast
Marina and Edwin Anstruther face a perilous plot on a remote Italian coast as Marina hints at danger to protect Barnes. Barnes and Burton uncover a deadly scheme involving letters, deception, and a kidnapping attempt aimed at forcing Marina to abandon Edwin.
Berlin's Woman Chauffeur Drives for Kaiserhof Visitors
Frau von Papp, Berlin's female chauffeur, operates an electro droschke for Bedag company and transports Kaiserhof hotel guests. Widowed with three children, she pursued driving after her lawyer husband died, and she proves skilled and self sufficient, providing for her family.
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Berlin
Frau von Papp
Bedag Company
Kaiserhof
Boy hunter bags thief in barn trap tale
John Simple, 14, Cade den Alm, set a trap after spotting a suspicious man near a barn. He found the thief in the morning, who had entered to threaten a horse but fell into the trap. The man was a noted thief with a $600 reward offered, and John pursues the reward.
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John Simple
Cadeden
Alm
John Simple Io
Harper's Bazaar Reach for Homes and Rights
The excerpt envisions expanding power for homes through beauty companionship intelligence and charity, asserting a widespread goal to empower every dwelling whether large or small and to advance the rights of others within reach of Harper's Bazaar.
Minnesota dairying notes on silage and roughage for small herds
At the Minnesota State Dairymen's association meeting A D Wilson urged small Minnesota dairy farms to focus on overall farm profits. He advised growing grass and clover, using hay and roots rather than silage for a few cows, and suggested mangels rutabagas and stock carrots as root crops. He warned silage structures are costly for small herds.
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Northwest
Minnesota
Minnesota State Dairymen's Association
A. D. Wilson
Wilson
Starting a Dairy Breeding: Selecting Females and Environment
The article advises careful selection of young females to maintain and increase a dairy herd. It discusses pure bred versus grade stock, testing female merit, selecting cows responding to improved environments, and the role of the bull. It emphasizes that proper feeding, water, and sanitary stables are essential alongside breeding.
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Dama
Powalble
Lowt
Carman
Use of Brains Drives Dairy Industry Progress
The text argues that dairy industry success depends on higher intelligence and efficiency in selecting and breeding cows, along with improved feeding and care. It emphasizes that advancement in dairy hinges on smarter practices and better management of cattle.
One Kidney Gone But Cured After Doctors Said No Hope
Sylvanus Verrill of Milford Maine recounts a kidney ailment from five years earlier that left him paralyzed and in severe back pain. He credits Dean's Kidney Pills for restoring strength and mobility, claiming he recovered in three months and was soon walking without crutches. Sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York for 50 cents a box.
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Sylvanus
Verrill
Milford
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Entertainments Lacking In Centerville This Winter
A dry goods salesman learns Centerville has had no entertainments this winter aside from two concerts by Balome Howe's pupils and two lectures at the Academy on Our National Forests and Stones As I Know Them, with no other events yet.
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Cyrus Craig
Centerville
Craig
Balome Howe
Academy
Deafness Cure Claim Debate Prompts Sale Offer
The fragment discusses catarrh as inflammation of mucous surfaces and cites a one hundred dollar claim related to a cure for deafness. It mentions Hall's Catarrh Cure and a promotional mail offer from CHENEY & CO of Toledo Ohio seeking readers to send for a free circulud.
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Keatnee
Ani
Maria
Hall
Cheney &C
Toledo
Hat
Why It's a Homely Beast in Augustus Thomas Speech
The Atlanta Journal recounts playwright Augustus Thomas describing a hunting trip in the South. He asks a guide what a polecat looks like, noting a polecat is “like a kitten, only prettier.” The guide stumbles, offering the old proverb that “handsome is as handsome does” in reply.
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Augustus Thomas
Mr. Thomas
Sam
Atlanta Journal
Village Ghost Prank Exposed by Landlord’s 14-Year-Old Daughter
In an English village a man cried out of a ghost in a back yard at nine. Fourteen men stayed put while one girl, the landlord’s daughter aged fourteen, stepped forward. She confronted the yard and found a white shirt flapping on a clothes line, not a specter. The tale ends with ghosts usually being ordinary phenomena.
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England
Not Yet Acknowledging Old Flame The Catholic Standard
A saucy interchange unfolds as a pretty young wife dismisses her husband’s suspicions about an old flame. He jeers at her, while she hints at hidden memories but remains coy about any reconciliation in the near future.
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The
Catholic Standard and Times
No Medicine But a Change of Food Gave Relief
Readers learn that nourishment, not drugs, rebuilds nerves with Grape-Nuts cereal. A Wisconsin bride recounts nervous strain before marriage, and how Grape-Nuts improved her condition, preserving her job and aiding others in brain and nerve health.
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Postum
Baio Creak
Mich
Wellville
Ita Tea
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