Proposals and Plans Spark Sudden Marriage Bid
Percy Houghton leaps at a bold plan to marry Miss Alice Coates after a witty exchange on love and convenience. Alice agrees in principle, but her father Major Coates and Jack Paulton react with shock as the quartet confronts an abrupt, uncertain future.
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Jack Paulton
Mrs. Paulton
Achilles
Houghton
Alice Coates
Miss Coates
Alice
Mr. Houghton
Falk Cananly
Paulton
Major Coates
Percy
Jack
London Sun
Whispered vice presidential pick at McKinley’s convention
Recalled anecdote from the 1896 St. Louis Republican convention where Mark Hanna is teased about his vice presidential choice. The tale suggests Hanna hinted at the next VP while others expected McKinley’s nomination, with speculation among diplomats and journalists. A separate note cites Dr. William C. Usry recommending bananas for typhoid fever patients, arguing bananas provide nutrition without irritating the diseased intestinal lining.
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Mark Hanna
Republican National Committee
Republican
Hanna
St. Louis
McKinley
Henry Clay Evans
Lippett
Brown
Hastings
Mr. Hanna
Chicago Times-Herald
William C. Us
Ry, M. D
Chicago
Inter Ocean
The Chinamen of Australia and Dr Parkhurst Views
A historical excerpt contrasts a brutal description of Chinese wives sold in Australia with Dr Parkhurst’s optimistic view of theater as moral uplift. The piece notes prices for wives, public sale practices, and includes Parkhurst's praise of dramatic power as a societal force.
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Boston Journal
Those Who Die of Old Age Across the Globe
Medical authority notes that only 0.9 percent of deaths are from old age while gout, measles, apoplexy, erysipelas, consumption, scarlet fever, whooping cough, typhoid and typhus, and rheumatism account for larger shares. Averages vary by locality but are considered accurate for global populations.
Hints on Potato Digging and Silo Methods for Farmers
Detailed guidance on the timing of potato harvest to avoid rot, methods to store only sound tubers, and how moisture accelerates rot. Also reports on silo construction in New York, with cost and design notes, including Prof. Clinton’s endorsement of tub silos as economical and durable.
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New York
New Yorker
Clinton
Cornell
Wheat seed experiments favor local varieties for Ohio soils
Ohio experiment station findings show seed choice matters as farmers face a failing wheat crop. Valley and Penquite Velvet Chaff, both originating from the southwest, lead in ten-year tests for yield per acre and weight per bushel, though no single variety dominates every season.
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Ohio
Ohio Station
Valley
Penquite
Iso
Winter protection for berries and grapes in northern climates
Farmers urged to burn weeds and eggs, apply manure, and provide strict winter protection for blackberries raspberries and grapes. Detailed method describes laying plants north to south, pressing soil, mulching, and separate steps for old or hard ground, with spring uncovering and careful replanting.
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Staten
Proper Fowl Coops and Agricultural Notes From Rural World
The Rural World outlines durable fowl coops tailored to number of birds, emphasizes ventilation for breeders, and shares that only one injured bird occurred in transit using jab coops. It adds observations on spraying fruit trees, home butter markets, and warns against farmers leaving farms, stressing water quality and dog-related losses.
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Colman
Plymouth Rock
The Jokers Corner Rural Candidate Trials
Roy Farrell Greene presents a poem about Jimson who campaigns hard for office, cursing monopolies and courting farmers, families, and voters with sharp rhetoric. Despite his early popularity the race ends in November with him losing the office.
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Orate
Jimson
Roy Farrell Greene
Notorious Cranky Patrolman Harbors Comic Quips
A collage of quips and cartoonish vignettes from a 1900s humor page. jokes about policemen, lovers, cross eyes, fall weather, and light banter between tenants and landlords appear alongside quick one liners and sketches.
Thunderstorm Tries Turn Miss Homely Into Gala Comic
In a humorous tale a shy debutante nicknamed Miss Homely becomes a spectacle when storms roll in. Her quips and antics during lightning bring laughs as she bravely milks each thunderclap for comic effect.
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Homely
Salsbury back trouble leaves him unable to work
The Erie Daily Times profiles Luther Salsbury a 64 year old farmer of Conneaut Township near East Springfield Pa who after years of illness including creeping paralysis and numb shoulders sought medical help yet stubbornly pressed on. The piece also toys with various anecdotes and short notes on public life health and a tongue in cheek joke about bicycles and manners.
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Erie Daily Times
Luther Salsbury
East Springfield
Sherman Corners
Salsbury
Mr. Salsbury
Conneaut Township
Indiana
Luther
Tal
Dave
Albion
de. Williams
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Company
Schenectady
N. Y
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Wana
Vyvvet
Havanas
Australia
Hong Kong
Ceylon
Java
Sydney
Aemers Garden
Missouri Experiment Station Bulletin
Key
Turkey
Varia
William Jimson
Harlem
Mary Jane
Peter
Mercy
Mrs. Nagleigh
Mr. Nagleigh
the Times
Brite, Pa
Washington
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
California Pig Syrup Company
Awan
Sterling Kenedy Co
A. H. Crausby
Kerr St
Memphis
Tenn
Coottie
Swift Specific Co
Atlaula Ga
Ayer
Heiskell
Hewskells
Oy Mall
Jonnyston
Hollow
Coma Wes St
Pandy Cathartic
Montreal
Seni
Duke
Dura
Ety
Duxe &Co
Heame Moen Tobacco CO
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Surham, A.C. U.S
Walter Baker & Co
Walter Baker & Co, Ltd
Darchester, Mase
M.D
Box 337
Southingtes
Conn
Uae
Thompsen
Pec. S. Murray
Arado Barketing
Chicago Board of Nee ” Standing
Nation’ Nal
BANK
CiiCace
Wendell St
Boston
Mass
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Dallas
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