Notable Dinner Address On Moral in Receivership
Jacob H. Schiff, aboard the yacht Ramona, urged straight business methods and cited a moral from a receiver story. An elderly stranger at a Sunday gathering asked about the Bible’s longest chapter, prompting a child to answer Psalm 119 with the verse cited by a local boy named Tommy Tucker.
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Jacob H. Schiff
Lettle Boy
Tommy
al Tommy
Ittle
Ap Urchin
Tommy Tucker
Consulting the Playwright Gaffes and Ambitions
A fragmented dialogue hints at a playwright’s quest to build a first class company around a quirky star who can wiggle ears and whistle through teeth. It contrasts with the typical homebound, worried husband and asks how much marital indifference matters.
Seed Corn Planting and Ground Preparation Tips
Farmers should test seed corn and prepare ground meticulously. Discing, harrowing, and multiple diskings create a fine seed bed. Use edge drop planters with sorted seed for an even stand, test planters before field use, and work ground four to six times for best results.
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Bhpersen
Ant Doon
Harrow
Rowe
Crude Crane Setup For Heating Water At Hog Killing Time
A practical note describes using a crane to heat water during hog killing or when suspending a kettle over a fire. It advises setting a heavy ground post, tamping gravel, attaching a bottom iron bar, using an eye bolt and chain, and shaping the rod like a fork to regulate kettle height.
Fertilizer Effects on Celery Disease Studied in Florida
Experiments at the Florida Experiment Station tested six fertilizer formulas on celery to gauge black heart disease. Nitrate of soda and kaluff yielded severe attack, while bone meal, fish scrap, and high grade sulphate of potash produced better results.
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Tifa
Florida Experiment Station
Patash Cave
Care of New Lawn All Now Innys Should Be Covered
Gardeners consider applying manure or other cam gerial fertilizer in late fall. Five hundred pounds of the latter to the acre in a good proportion. Some gardeners think that the use of talette Manuro promotes weeds.
Fertilizers for Fruit Strengthen Trees and Flavor
Commercial fertilizers aid fruit vigor and flavor when used as needed. Applying citrate soda early in the growth stage helps build wood and strengthen trees for better fruit quality.
Beehive Making Touts Simple Home Work for Women
An article extols concrete beehive making as a profitable, amusing occupation suited to women. It highlights small space needs, low cost, and a divided workload with time savings, noting that much equipment can be home made and produced locally where facilities exist.
Concrete beehives gain interest with new molds
The article notes affordable hive options and recent improvements in hive construction, highlighting a concrete hive design. A patent covers concrete hive manufacture, but with basic ingenuity a mold set can produce unlimited hives. Readers are advised to know cement quality and bee habits before building.
Hanging Shelf for Cellar by J Wesley Griffin
The author describes using a curtain around a cellar shelf to vent and protect fruit stored in jars. The curtain tacks to joists along the shelf edge, allowing minimal light, good ventilation, dust and fire protection, and better fruit preservation.
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J. Wesley Griffin
The Gipsy Brown Tail Pest Control Lesson
The piece urges farmers to learn to identify the gipsy brown tail and other pests at night and to be instructed by the data on how to wage war against them. It notes that if neighbor actions allow pests to spread beyond jurisdiction, a farmer cannot gain the upper hand in protecting orchards and trees.
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Paina
Farming notes on stored crops and seasonal practices
The text advises storing onions squash pumpkins and sweet potatoes in a dry frostproof space and keeping a crop growing to prevent weed germination. It urges saving wood for fuel and spreading manure to preserve fertility, while warning barnyard piles waste nutrients. It mentions diluting honey for larvae and wax, and sowing grains to cover fallow land.
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Sito
Rae Seagon
New Orleans as Logical Point for Panama Exposition
An editorial argues New Orleans should host the 1916 Panama Exposition, citing shorter travel distances and lower costs for most Americans. It compares regional populations within 600 and 1,000 miles of New Orleans versus San Francisco, urges readers to lobby Louisiana’s senators and congressman to back New Orleans.
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Congress
New Orleans
San Francisco
Panama
United States
Pacific Coast
Trouble In the Troupe on the Vincennes Circuit
A disjointed tale from a local story mentions a rough incident on the Vincennes circuit. An illegally armed man accused of roughing some travelers caused chaos, ending with police and a wagon dragnet. A money-earning record in a box is noted.
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Tom Company
Vincennes
Sawville
Marke
Hya
Papa St. Clair
Simon Legree
Tom
Ophelia
Hades
Wegon
Experience Teaches and Honest Weights in Trade
Pat recalls trying a phony weights scheme in his grocery store last year and losing money. A friend asks if he was found out, and Pat confesses he used lead weights and mismeasured sugar, with a pound yielding twenty three ounces. The exchange underscores lessons learned from deceit.
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Pat
Harper’s Weekly
Distemper Threat Strikes Horses Across Ages At King Agne
Fragmentary OCR notes report distemper affecting many horse ages and breeds, with mentions of battles and sales figures. The text cites Medical Co Gpee and Goshen Indiana, plus a nurse dialogue about a leg mark and a boy named Frank, ending with Punch humor.
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Frank
Harold
Murine Eye Remedy Advise for Red and Watery Eyes
An advertisement promotes Murine Eye Remedy for red weary or watery eyes and lists liquid and balm products in 250 and 500 quantities with prices around $100. The copy includes free advisor notes by a Chicago company and suggests paying debts.
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Chicago
Bridge Collapse Rumor Sparks Town Council Confusion
A fragment from the Loudaville Courier Journal notes a bridge near Plunkville reportedly collapsed after repainting, while a town council remains puzzled. Also appears are advertisements and aphorisms about friends, eye salve, guns and traps, and a proverb. the text blends humor, commerce, and advice with local vernacular.
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Plunkville
Loudavilis Courier-Journal
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