Her Ladyship romance inspires dormitory yarns at eastern campus
In a cold winter dorm room at a large eastern university, Jack Carlton Rogers recounts a tale of a mysterious woman called Her Ladyship. He dismisses the end as he teases Chubby Rogers and hints at an engagement with Miss Helen Dailey of Boston to himself, sparking a lively crowd.
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Jack Hunter
Red Jack
Jack
Kill
Pete” Hayes
Pete
Chubby Rogers
Chubby
Helen Dailey
Boston
Mass
John Carlton Rogers
Cleveland
Rogers
Ellan Rosenkranz
Training dogs as watchmen helpers in police work
An old private watch describes training dogs to assist watchmen and police as a simple matter. The remark highlights canine roles in guarding property and aiding law enforcement.
Dogs as Partners in a Boston Beat
A retired Boston patrolman recalls a Newfoundland that joined his nightly rounds in the South End. The dog learned routes, searched yards, barked on anomalies, and helped over three years of duty until replaced by a second dog. A dairyman later claimed singing during milking boosted production.
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Boston
South End
Differences Between English and Scottish Civil Juries
The text compares English and Scottish civil juries noting pay to jurors in Scotland and the English requirement for unanimous verdicts. It explains the cost of hung juries in England and the practice in Scotland of accepting a majority verdict after about three hours. It highlights the political and procedural contrasts in jury decisions.
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Scotland
Janel
In the Days of Brogans Is There Such a Shoe
The piece recalls the brogan once common among farmers and laborers. Cheap at about a dollar a pair, two pairs lasted a year. Boots softened by creek water, greased weekly with tallow, and polished to mirror shine made the brogan ideal for rough work.
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New York Press
Milking Technique Shown To Affect Daily Yield
An Ontario College study compares expert and inexperienced milking. The skilled milker gains about one to two pounds more milk per cow daily, totaling roughly 60 gallons extra per day for a 60 cow herd. Behavior and temperament influence a cow's response to milking conditions.
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Ontario College
Keeping Cream From Spattering
A plunger-guard device for cream churning uses an inverted tin can over the plunger to prevent splashing. Cut a hole in a tin can bottom, place it over the plunger, and press to keep cream from splattering out a churn cover.
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R A, Blanchard, Cook Co
Ill
Advice to Hard Worked Parm er on boosting dairy herd
An Indiana farmer urges focusing on quality dairy cattle. Sell poor stock, buy the best cows you can, feed them well year round, shelter from storms, and breed top cows to a proven bull to build a better herd. Good cows are valuable and not for sale.
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Parmer
W. F. McSparren
Indiana
Rock phosphate aids barn sanitation in winter
In Wisconsin Agriculturist notes using pulverized rock phosphate as a superior odor absorbent in stables. The author reports purchasing with neighbors for about seven dollars per ton, with added soil phosphoric acid benefits. Also advises keeping poultry houses clean with occasional whitewashing to prevent lice and promotes poultry as cost effective.
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L. C. Reynolds
Wisconsin Agriculturist
Helpful Beauty Hints on Poise in Walking and Health Rules
Advice on graceful walking with emphasis on poise and body alignment. It covers weight distribution over the balls of the feet, chest leading, abdomen receding, and proper posture. It warns that haste spoils rhythm and grace and explains the gait's double duty of bearing weight and propelling the body.
Proper Walking Technique For Graceful Posture
The text explains walking posture with feet kept straight and weight on one foot while the other swings. It cautions against heel contact and turned toes. Shoulder carriage reflects nervousness and haste, while a lifted chest guides natural shoulder alignment and relaxed arms.
Lina Cavalleri Lists Beauty Tips for Women
Opera star Lina Cavalleri offers simple beauty rules drawn from her experience preserving youth. She stresses rest beginning the regimen and shares ten tips on skincare, hair, and a youthful look including warm compresses and nightly eye care.
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Mme
Lina Cavalleri
Erand Opera
Proper mirror placement for flawless makeup in bright light
The article argues mirrors must be well lit day and night to avoid smudged faces. It notes a public figure who appeared with a smudged face due to poor dressing-table lighting and calls for artistic, well illuminated setups that illuminate the face from behind.
How to Dress Poultry and Prepare Carcass
The article describes dressing poultry by singeing off hairs and down over a flame, removing the head, drawing pin feathers with a pointed knife, and cutting the leg skin to snap the bone. It instructs tying the foot, pulling tendons, and making a small incision for entrails, noting separate tendon drawing for old birds.
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Elzard Haart
How to prepare a dressed poultry bird at home
The guide describes removing the bladder liver lungs kidneys windpipe crop and oil bag from a bird, washing and drying it, and notes market tricks like gashes to reach organs and removing tendons for tenderness. It mentions using gizzards hearts and livers as the gleblate for gravy.
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Uim Ser
The Helen Taft Collar Fashion Note
The Helen Taft color and collar style feature a low turn-over of lace, a wide edge with a plain or pleated ruff, a flat pleated jabot at the front, and sometimes a small black velvet bow over it.
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Helen Taft
White House
Woman Champion Cotton Picker Shatters Record
Miss Margaret Montgomery of Stillwater Oklahoma set the world cotton picking record in a four hour contest with 359 pounds or 87 12 pounds per hour. She led a field of men and women, including skilled pickers from across the belt, before fatigue slowed her near the finish.
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Margaret Montgomery
Stillwater
Okla Ina
Miss Montgomery
Effect of a Shave and Brick Ovens in Canada
A woman notes men gain self assurance after shaving and praises a good barber while a Canadian practice keeps large outdoor brick ovens from France for baking bread. Fire heats the oven, ashes are cleared, leaves lay on the bottom, creating a thick crust and dark bread with natural grain.
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Canada
France
Chinese Cities Block Inner Rail Stations
Cities resist new openings on walls forcing railways to place stations outside. Elites reject access to interiors and hinder trains and rail entry. The stance shows power struggle over urban space and transportation.
Would Not Question, Wifte I Don’t Know Where That Child Got His Vile Temper
Fragmentary dialogue suggests domestic tension as a mother and husband discuss a child’s temper with interruptions. The overheard quarrel hints at family strife and mild rebukes amid a tense moment.
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Vadly
Trustees Notices from Madison and nearby townships
Trustees state their hours and locations to transact office business. Ernest Kivett in Mill Creek Township and Jackson Township trustees Benjamin Walls Oliver Stringer D E Etcheson Fred Todd Rector outline weekly presence at homes or town offices for official duties.
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Madison Township
Will Stroube
Mill Creek Township
Ernest Kivett
Jackson Township
Benjamin Walls
Oliver Stringer
Floyd Township
Fred Todd
Marion Township
Fillmore
Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsement in Greencastle Ad
Greencastle residents praise Doan's Kidney Pills for kidney relief. Mrs. W. H. Johns of 403 N Indiana St recounts back pain relief after using the remedy, highlighting local testimonials and urging readers to ask for Doan's by name with the Buffalo Milburn Co. imprint.
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Greencastle
W. H. Johns
Indiana St
Ind
Dean
Doan
Buffalo N. Y
Chronic Constipation Cured Claim by S P Fish
S P Fish of Brooklyn Michigan says Chamberlain's Tablets cured his five year chronic constipation. The note states the product is for sale by all dealers.
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Chamberlain
S. FP. Fish
Brooklyn
Mich
W. W. Tucker Physician and Surgeon Advertises Greencastle Office
W. W. Tucker physician and surgeon maintains an office on Vine Street between Washington and Walnut in Greencastle for patient visits and medical treatment.
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W. W. Tucker
Vine Street
Washington and
Walnut St
First Class Vault Work by Chas Wyatt at Reasonable Prices
Local ad notes Chas Wyatt offering vault work at reasonable prices with contact. Physician and surgeon Dr McGaughey lists office and residence telephones. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy praised for children with a Milwaukee testimonial and sale by dealers.
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Chas
Wyatt
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