Wheat grower advocate speaks at Equity convention in Indianapolis
Carl P. Rakow of Wheatland outlines the need for protection of wheat growers and fair profit, criticizing draw back provisions and urging farmer control of his business. He cites crop data from 1907 and notes Minneapolis discussions with milling leaders and grain exchange funding for the Society of Equity. Seventeen year locusts are described with notes on regional differences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl P. Rakow
Wheatland
Society of Equity
Indianapolis
Rakow
Mrt
Rakaw
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Department of Grain Growers
Scottish clergyman meets railway worker tale of skill
A well known Scottish clergyman chats in a railway carriage with a worker who says he has worked at the railway for years. The worker boasts he can couple cars, and the clergyman counters that he too has long experience, implying a challenge in a humorous exchange.
A Mortal Insult in a Doctor-Patient Exchange
Mrs Dimpleton complains to her husband about a doctor who insists on treating him like a human being. The bit centers on a quarrel over professional bedside manner and the medical staff’s conduct toward patients.
Tirly and Her Woders in Mountain Romance
In a sunlit mountainside scene Tirly sits with a sunbonnet beside a log as a six foot barefoot woodsman named Hoke approaches. Tirly debates marriage and independence while a stranger arrives from the woods amid whispers of past suitors and local dangers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank H. Sweet
American Press Association
Boy waits on London Bridge eight hours for father
Story recalls General Havelock as a boy left on London Bridge with orders to wait if his father returned. The father forgot him, eight hours passed before relief came, and the boy learned to obey, later demonstrating steadfast duty in respect to his responsibilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havelock
London Bridge
Harry
Fortune Founds a Mining Vein on Two Cents
A desperate miner with two cents hears of a pay ore vein and trades on insider tips. He buys stock in the Constant mine via a confidant, bankrolling purchases that lift the share price to five dollars. The scheme yields big gains for insiders while the family suffers poverty at home.
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Louise &. Cummings
American Press Association
Bam Calkina
Uli
Sandwich Hotel
Tany
Torether
Mough
Curkins
Calkins
Bret
Torth
Caulkins
Fisher
Mining Exchange
Fortune
Exchange
Digger Bee Described by Dr Smith in London Mail
Dr John B Smith names a blue green metallic bee a digger bee. Female bees dig tunnels a quarter inch in diameter and extend them down to four feet or more. They create lateral breeding cells at depth and die after provisioning their offspring.
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John B. Smith
London Mail
Daniel and the Lions in Biblical Zoology
An old Kentucky preacher sermonizes on biblical events with zoological notes. He describes Noahs ark Jonah Balaam and Daniel in the den of lions and claims their survival proves authenticity. A younger listener asks if the lions were like the ones they have. The preacher replies they were ancient beasts.
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Daniel
Kentucky
Jonah
Balaami
Mons
B. C
Buffalo Commercial
His Idea of Economy
A wife chides her husband for preaching economy while noticing he spends more on cigars and his own pleasures when cuts are made. He replies that he aims to economize for his own purpose, in a Chicago Record-Herald item.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Bore Becomes History Through Honest Strategy
The famous Mr M M relates how a persistent bore annoyed him until he discovered the man sought the secretary’s job. Once revealed, the bore's visits ceased. The secretary, Parton, admitted he could not explain Smith’s visits until the hatchet fell. The tale ends with the bore no longer a problem.
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Parton
Smith
London
The Nature Student Recalls the Thrush Cage Tragedy
A nature student tells of placing three thrushes in a gilt cage near a window. The mother fed them for days with worms and grasshoppers before returning with a sprig of deadly larkspur. The birds died and the crowd murmurs in sympathy and disbelief.
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Abe
Fragmentary Quip Reflects coat dilemma and ridicule
A brief, garbled exchange shows a man offering a new coat and a woman noting a need to wear the old one next season. The text hints at ridicule of others but lacks clear event or full names.
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Golden Valley Chronicle
J.W. Brinton
Trank H. Wilson
Beach
N. Dak
Ohio River
Omaha World-Herald
Uncle Eben
Washington Star
Tirly
Bear Lick
Nurey
Huke
Merrient
Grenad
Sam
Allen
Hoke
Tirzy
Tizzy
Cuba
Woodward Bros
Our
Don Cameron
Nichols & Whitaker
Feed and Sale
First Ave
Beach, N. D
Golden Valley Lumber Yard
R. Thompson
A. R. Thompson
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