Apple Tart Intrigue Upsets Thanksgiving at Green Gables
In a quiet suburb, Thanksgiving at Green Gables turns lively when Uncle Chester identifies a baker as Aunt Addie. Olney pursues a flirtation with Rosa Rand while Mrs. Sloane frets over pastry, only to see two weddings bloom amid family uproar. A separate note reports Dr. Vernon Paul killed by a loaded gun in a hunting trip mishap.
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Green Gables
Katy
Mr. Sloane
Richard
Olney
Suburbia
Statira Sloane
Mrs. Sloane
Mary
Woman's Educational and Industrial Union
Statira
Chester Sloane
Addie
Robert
Chester
Uncle Chester
Sandwich
Aunt Addie
Rand
The
Aquitaine
Rosa Rand
Vernon Paul
Paris Engineer Claims Copper Steel Wire Breakthrough
A Parisian metallurgical engineer reports a perfected welding process uniting copper and steel wire to form a noncorrosive coating. The innovation promises high tensile strength and elasticity with reduced surface exposed to wind and sleet, benefiting long spans and pole intervals.
Cheap and Comfortable House for the Poultry
A practical design for a small poultry house with a roosting room kept dark until feeding. Includes a heavy muslin curtain, a tongue and grooved dropping board, roosts eight inches above the board, nest boxes, storage for dry leaves or straw, a hinged cleaning board, front windows for light, and a ten by ten foot scratching shed for thirty fowls per Farmers' Review.
City man’s garden triumph spurs farming pull to plant
An urban gardener near Chicago proves home growing is feasible for any farm. He fed a family of six from spring to fall with continuous radish sowings, peppers tomatoes and cauliflower started in a basement, and a diverse harvest including corn, squash, beans, carrots and more. He worked the plot daily from sunrise to dusk and plans cold frames for next season, urging farmers to replicate his results.
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Morgan Park
Chicago
Why You Should Wipe the Udder Digest on Milking Hygiene
The article explains moistening the udder with a damp cloth before milking to prevent dirt from entering the pail. Tests show cows with dampened udders have fewer bacteria. brushing the udder stirs dirt and dust, increasing bacterial presence on the milk walls.
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Teria
Grand Trunk Reveals Generous Pension Plan For Staff
Grand Trunk announces details of a new pension system funded entirely by the company with no employee contributions. The plan covers all staff from top executives to rank and file and provides a minimum of 200 dollars per year, plus annuities based on years of service and salary. The nucleus of 200,000 dollars was approved at the last shareholders meeting, with annual supplementation expected between 70,000 and 75,000 dollars.
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Grand Trunk
Charles M. Hays
Grand Trunk Pension Fund
Pension Fund Committee
London bishop’s dinner tale on tobacco ends in coughs
At a Washington dinner the bishop of London recounted a train joke about his predecessor Dr Creighton. He recalled Creighton, a tobacco lover, pulling out his cigar case and asking permission to smoke. The curate bowed and replied he would be sick if the bishop smoked.
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London
Washington
One Hundred Dollars Reward for Catarrh Cure Claim
The text offers a reward for a cure Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot provide and includes endorsements from Waiving, Kinnan & Manvin druggists of Toledo. It claims the cure acts on blood and mucous surfaces and advertises testimonials, price per bottle, and family pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Ble Drei
Waving
Kinnan & Manvin
Hali
Dream Proposal Says More While Sleeping
A playful exchange shows Practical Girl teasing Freddy after he confesses dreaming of proposing. He nervously explains the dream while she humorously labels the implication as “mean.” The dialogue highlights their differing approaches to romance.
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Freddy
Last Wishes and Burial Arrangements in London Punch
In a London Punch style snippet an old woman requests that Martha Higgins be buried at two o’clock tomorrow afternoon. A vicar is momentarily away, and a messenger offers to relay the message upon his return. The text also contains odd ad snippets and garbled medical claims presented in a vintage newspaper voice.
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Martha Higgins
London
Defiance Starch Promises Softer Laundry Finish
A sales pitch discusses household starch and fabric care. It argues that Defiance Starch provides greater strength, allowing thin applications for stiffness without obscuring fabric beauty, reducing wear and laundry paste issues. It contrasts with typical starching causing paste build up and poorer wear.
Snakes Seen While Drinking Multiply in Adder Joke
The speaker ponders why snakes a man sees after drinking multiply and answers with a pun about adders. The exchange frames a light humor about intoxication and wordplay.
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W. E. & I. Union
Olney Sloane
Storf
Adeline Tucker
Adelaide Payson
Dog Shoots Man
J. Wesley Griffin
Kentucky
Lewis
Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
Ill
Griggs
Briggs
Carters
ALN. K.—A
Jacobs
Ryan Bora
Borax
Icc
Pacific Coast Borax CO
Defiance
Defiance Starch Company
Albh
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