A Maid Refuses Suit in Tit-Bits Verse
A reader poem recounts a man’s courtship of a woman who rejects his proposal. He admires her beauty and flowers while she rebuffs with brief phrases, leading to a resigned end as he resolves to marry but she declines. The exchange repeats the line And that was all she said.
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Bailey Mansions
Katherine
Westatt Westcvtt
Westcutt
Kattyrine
Kathardne
Westcott
Kathrin
Teatherine
Katherne
Bob
Mr. Westcott
Cupid
Cupid in the Elevator Ends in Unexpected Engagement
Katherine and Westcott, trapped in a faulty Bailey Mansions elevator, share chocolates and a tense wait. A chubby elevator boy stirs the plot by betting on their fate, revealing Westcott’s ring and a growing romance as the car finally lands.
Piano music drives files from apartments say science oddities
A Philadelphia Record editorial quotes a man arguing that piano vibrations repel insects and drive them from rooms. He notes sound waves from piano notes can cause glass to hum and speculates intensely on insect discomfort from prolonged tones. The piece plays with quirky theory and closing aphorism.
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Philadelphia Record
Ram breeding requires vigor over price in ram choice
The piece argues high price does not guarantee value in breeding rams. It favors vigor, balanced traits, and proven usefulness over show wins, advising keeping a valuable ram at the head of the flock and selecting a new sire to fill missing ewe faults for steady progress.
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Fred O. Sipley
Principles of Prepotency in Breeding Cattle
Lecture notes discuss three laws of resemblance and heredity in cattle. Emphasis on prepotency, selecting sires with strong immediate lineage, and avoiding cross breeding. Advocate pure bred line breeding to concentrate favorable traits.
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Shaw
Iike
Bette
Feeding Idle Horses on Winter Rations and Care
The article advises keeping idle farm horses off full winter rations by giving them work or pasture when possible, and emphasizes the value of roots, oil meal, bran, and proper digestion. It notes shelter, grooming, and a clean stable as key to maintaining health and preparing for spring work.
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Indianapolis News
Jotted Humour and Lady Doane Echoes in Small Town Talk
In a light untidy vignette, Mrs Binns berates a guest while her daughter Emmeline teases the family's deafness and cleft palate jokes. The scene captures late 19th century small-town chatter about manners and social banter. Also noted is the death of Susan B. Anthony in Rochester at age eighty six after a long suffrage career. Anthony’s life featured early Seneca Falls activism, Westward tours with George Francis Train, and a landmark 1868 Rochester vote case.
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George Elliot
Jane
Eliza
Emmeline
Mrs. Binns
Susan B. Anthony
Rochester
Miss Anthony
Baltimore
West
George Francis Train
East
Stanton
Mres Anthony
Omaha
St. Louis
Chicago
Louisville
Cincinnati
Steinway Hall
New York
Train
United States
Selden and
van Voorhis
Benjamin F. Butler
National Woman's Suffrage Association
Town
Kansas
Nebraska
Berlin
Egg glut hits storage and wholesale markets in mild winter
The open winter has depressed egg prices and expanded cold storage losses. New York sellers report a surplus of about 60,000 cases or 21,600,000 eggs, with storage cases at 6 to 10 cents a dozen and fresh eggs above 14 cents a dozen at wholesale.
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New York City
Mechanical Refrigeration on Rail Ways
A new refrigerated system for freight cars debuts with a per car machine powered by truck gearing. Each unit includes a compressor and condenser. cooling uses gas expansion to absorb heat and compression to release it. Water sources from engine hydrants or roof rainwater support the condenser. Harper’s Weekly notes this breakthrough alongside calendar giveaways and a rejected $20 000 offer for Sysonby.
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Harper’s Weekly
Telegraphic Brevities Roundup From Early Crime And Law
William J. O Connell of Middletown Ohio dies after being shot by a private detective during a raid on his crap game. David Tennysson a Kansas farmer is shot and killed in his home as a window firing hits him near his wife. Florence Adele Borden and father W D Sloane seek injunction in New York to stop Andrew Carnegie from selling adjacent real estate.
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William J. O’connell
Middletown
Ohio
O'Connell
David Tennysson
Frankfort
Kan
Florence Adele Borden
W. D. Sloane
New York
Andrew Carnegie
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Julia Wardsrowe
Seneca Falls
BUSAN
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England
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Dr. Parry
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Potomac
Maryland
Laud
Tower
James II of England
Gibraltar
Minorca
Boston
South Carolina
Washington
Dorchester Heights
Brier Creek
District of Columbia
Masacre
Cairo
Mehemet Ali
Napoleon
Elba
Aannes
Paris
Algiers
Willan
Philadelphia
Congress of United States
Marse
Thames Tennis
London
Department of the Interior
Glasgow
Liverpool
Havana
Covent Garden Theater
Supreme Court
Dred Scottons
Abraham Lincoln
Gen. Beauregard
Aletekene
Tevant
Hannum’s Museum
Arnold
Spangler
Lopez
Paraguay
Aquidaban
Yellowstone Valley
Germany
France
Bank of England
Uot Springs
Ark
Hayes
Canadian Pacific
Grand Trunk
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Mount Etna
China
Chusan Island
Henry Ward Beecher
W. H. Gardner
Gainesville
Ala
R. Druse
Herkimer, N
ISSS
Kansas City
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Quetta
Torres Strait
Australia
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Gladstone
Toronto
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Czar
Russia
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John H. Regan
Sysonby
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