Fond Mother and Spoiled Daughter Clash Over Marriage
A dramatic ventriloquized scene shows a spoiled daughter threatening violence to a brother over a doll then marriage to Mr Goodgoul. The fond mother laments the sudden engagement and later reveals the daughter and her husband have separated amid gossip of a scandal.
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Lew Orew
Goodgoul
Alwaya
Angel
New York Weekly
Conversation Sparks Between Mrs Green And Mrs Brown
In a humorous exchange the two women recall past jealousy and marriage. Mrs Brown admits she married her husband after an incident, while Mrs Green questions what happened. The lighthearted dialogue reflects social norms and wit.
Dramatic Art Dilemmas Highlight Time and Language
Mr. Stormington Barnes notes a key challenge in drama is balancing a timetable date book box office figures and the poet's language while interpreting a play. Washington Star perspective reflects theatrical difficulties.
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Stormington Barnes
Washington Star
Think Twice Before Believing Cold Storage Claims
A debate unfolds between a pure food advocate and an epicure over deception by cold storage products. Washington out plans gone awry prompts reflections on summer travel and budget constraints as Mr Litewate explains spending on sports gear left him unable to cover railway and hotel costs.
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Washington
Mr. Litewate
Washington Star
Sympathetic remark on long lodge meeting
A Chicago Record Herald note recalls a man explaining his late home due to a protracted lodge meeting. He criticizes two men as the worst fools imaginable, prompting his wife to ask who the other was and to express sympathy for his wife.
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Chicago Record. Herald
Not Too Loud Dame Warns of Bold Kiss Incident
In a brief dramatic exchange, a mother laments not alarmed by a bold young man who kissed her, while a daughter quietly notes she did give a warning, and a brother dismisses it as a quiet alarm in a Baltimore American brief.
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Staylale
Big Brother
The Use of Classics in Oratory
Senator Sorghum debates the decline of classical quotations in modern rhetoric. A Washington Star snippet notes the difficulty of hiring stenographers who can maintain English while avoiding Latin and Greek quotes.
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Sorghum
Washington Star
Family Feud Over Church Pew Ends In Ten Year Battle
In Littleton Massachusetts a long running dispute over the ownership of a small church pew in the First Congregational Church has concluded. The pew once valued at about 150 dollars remained tied to the Fletcher estate while litigation stretched across a decade. The widow Mrs Fletcher sold the pew to her son Walter Titcomb for 20 dollars, ending the contest and leaving the pew in the Titcomb line. The case centered on whether the pew constituted real estate and whether the estate should include it in settlement.
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Littleton
Mass
First Congregational Church
Theodore C. Fletcher
Fletcher
Hammond
Daniel
Titcomb
Ora
Walter
Hammond Fletcher
Ora Titcomb
East Cambridge
Lawton
Keeping Fowls Confined For 100 Hens
A country resident seeks guidance on housing and yard space for a hundred fowls. Recommend a 14 by 30 foot south facing house with two equal pens for 50 birds, plus four yards split north and south. Use half an acre for green forage. rotate yard use seasonally and plow or sow green crops in unused yards. If space allows, feed down to grass for best results.
Movable poultry units could curb farm insect pests
A Farmers' Review writer argues for portable poultry setups to graze different fields weekly. He notes hens forage on plowed furrows pulling worms and grubs, estimating 50 grasshoppers per bird and up to 6000 insects daily per 100 hens. He urges greater use of fowls for insect control.
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Farmers’ Review
Cousins Uncover Summer Visit Plan Amid City Shopping Talks
In a folded exchange, Maria confirms kinship ties with a group discovering they are cousins as they plan a summer visit. Valtimore Amertonan notes the kinship emerges while discussing who will handle their city shopping.
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Maria
Valtimore Amertonan
Weather Forecaster Dilemma Cited in Press Verse
Weather forecaster voices doubt as scientific results predict clear skies while personal test coins imply rain. The Philadelphia Press quotes the exchange highlighting conflicting signals between data and intuition.
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Philadelphia Press
History quotes shape inexact judgments from history
A Washington Star quotation explores how history judges figures by compromise rather than absolutes, noting that history often finds someone not as bad as enemies claim nor as good as friends claim. The dialogue features Senator Sorthum debating whether historical judgment is convincing.
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Senator Sorthum
Washington Star
Point Worth Considering Moral Query Sparks Debate
A Chicago Record moral column questions whether a woman would marry a man who attacks her. The conversation imagines two scenarios: one where the partner strikes and another where he remains silent when she seeks conversation.
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Chicago
Repartee Between Misa Younger and Miss Elder
A playful exchange features Misa Younger asking if she will lose her jocks at age and Miss Elder replying that she would be lucky to. The quip captures a light age joke between two women in a lighthearted vignette.
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Misa Younger
Miss Elder
Kin to Cleveland and Taft found in Fort Wayne dealer
Fort Wayne newsdealer Charles A. Phelps runs a stand in the Arcade and founded the Newsboys' union. He is a third cousin of Grover Cleveland and related to William Howard Taft through their grandfathers. Phelps's mother lives at 324 Creighton Avenue. He has not met either president, but notes the familial ties with both.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Grover Cleveland
Newsboya’ Union
Charles A. Phelps
Mr. Phelpss
William Howard Taft
Mr. Phelps
Mr. Cleveland
Nancy Cleveland Wood
Creighton Avenue
Phelps
Mr. Taft
Charles Phelps Taft
William T. Taft
Mr. Tat
raft load carries Appleton family through Missouri flood
J W Appleton and family travel on a makeshift raft down the Mississippi, accompanied by 12 pigs three cows and poultry. The improvised raft built two weeks earlier rides the rising waters as the river overflows, with a waking keeping cattle from the current. Food and supplies for days are aboard for both people and animals.
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Missouri
Point
J. W. Appleton
Mississippi River
Appleton
Desperate Dog Control Clash In Bellingham
In Bellingham Washington a battle between the humane society and Dog Catcher McNab escalates over killing dogs. Morphine experiments failed to dispatch canines and chloroform is tried as a new method to dispose of unclaimed animals at the dog pound.
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Humane Society
Law
Bellingham
Wash
Mc- Nab
McNab
The
Improved Chicken Coop Diagram Guides Easy Construction
A diagram outlines a simple coop design for the poultry yard. It shows a box built with correct dimensions, a hole at one end, and narrow wood strips added along the sides to reinforce the structure. The entry features a door mechanism for convenient access.
Hingeless Chicken Coop Door Aids Easy Access
A farm note describes a simple hinged free door built as a groove to aid opening and closing. The coop front uses lath spaced 2 1/4 to 3 inches apart, with roofed waterproofing. Farm and Home suggests overall coop dimensions of 2 to 20 feet long, 16 inches deep, and at least 20 inches high, preferably two feet.
Water for Chickens in Warm Weather Must Be Ample
Farmers should supply ample clean water for both old and young chickens in hot weather. Birds drink heavily and restricting water leads them to foul pools, risking disease. Keep water plentiful to prevent illness.
Look After the Broods Be Sure Coop Is Secure
Bee emphasizes securing brood coops each night to prevent rats or skunks from getting the chicks before morning.
The Pure Bred Poultry Update for Farmers
A farm feature urges farmers to adopt pure bred poultry to boost winter egg production. It cites Minorca and Leghorn as heavy layers, stresses vermin control and good chick care, and shares a farmer's success with purebreds, noting higher egg and meat value and a ready market.
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Grange Judd
Cigar Box Egg Tester Instructions
Build a simple egg tester from a cigar box using two end boards with specified holes and sizes. Place boards at measured distances, tack thin spacers to create a channel, and paint ends black and white. Eggs are tested by sun or lamp light and will not roll if properly supported.
Breeding Standards for Poultry and Care of Late Chicks
The article urges secure wire netting to deter rats, suggests cement flooring under enclosures, and stresses strong vigor in breeding stock. It notes ragged neck feathers signal lice and advises immediate treatment, discusses late September broods and February laying Plymouth Rocks, and recommends a mixed ration rich in ground bone and meat for rapid growth.
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Plymouth Rock
Vitality of Chicks and Hen Management
The article argues that chick vitality depends on exercising breeding hens and feeding them to build strong heart muscles. It contends eggs from hens kept pampered on fatty foods without exercise yield weaker chicks.
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