How to swarm a hive of bees
Bee expert James E. Starkey urges Putnam County beekeepers to inspect hives for disease and adopt movable frames and pure Italian queens. He explains clipping queens during fruit bloom to prevent swarming, cage methods, and transferring the swarm to a new hive. Guidance aims to maximize honey yields and minimize losses from swarming.
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James E. Starkey
State Dept. of Conservation, Divisin
Entomology
Jackson
Putnam County
Efort
Starkey
Could Not Use Them From Judge Verses
A fragment appears to quote a judge and a dialogue where an old tired man with wooden legs asks for assistance at a door and a woman named Bridget questions their need for wooden legs. The snippet suggests a domestic or courtroom anecdote with characters and dialect.
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Bridget
Fourteen Karat Love Ring Message Misread in New York Store
A shy young woman brought her engagement ring to a New York jeweler to have the inscription changed. The engraver altered the sentiment, turning the line into a garbled motto that reads Whate’er be tide let 14 K love abide. Local authorities note the mishap highlights misinterpretation by the craftsman.
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Judge
New York
The Nearer Hs From Judge The Kitchen Range
The Nearer H s From Judge contains a quip about domestic life. The speaker asks what troubles a couple most, and the reply points to the kitchen range as the shared burden.
The Double Cross in a Soldier's Last Confession
In a Civil War era sequence a wounded trooper Kelly confesses to Jake Wade that he betrayed him for a wife. As the truth lands Wade is revealed dead with a bullet through the forehead, ending their doomed stand at sundown amid rocks and sand.
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Wade
Kelly
Jake
Maime
Mamie
Jake Wade
Private Wade
Stone Dead
Amateur Entertainers Learn Simple Magic Tricks For Practice
A feature explains how beginners can imitate magician stunts with safe parlor tricks. It outlines methods for a dissolving penny illusion using a glass coin, a fire proof handkerchief, and a shell vanishing egg trick, plus tips on presentation to misdirect spectators.
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Q. T
The
Atlanta Journal
Crass
Just Because He Was Judge Dialogue
A judicial exchange frames a defendant as a prisoner and waiter as the judge sentences six months in jail. The dialogue uses terse courtroom shorthand to convey a brief verdict and role swap.
Cradle Song of the Modern Baby Poem Snippet
A fragmentary verse sketches a modern family with a Ph D mother a dean sister a suffragist and a brother who makes bombs. A line contrasts prudent advice to burn bridges with a reply about bridge partners.
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Judge
Dean
Imaginative Childhood Truth Ties to Fear of Reality
A reflection on how children blur truth and dream as they learn reality. An anecdote about a girl mis recalling the Annanias and Sapphira tale after imagining the scene in a corner drug store. The piece notes cultured adults fear wild imagination yet rely on faith to guide growth.
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Annanias
Sapphira
How Pencils Are Made From Wood and Graphite
The article traces pencil production from cedar wood sources in the southern states to the graphite from Ceylon and other regions. It describes the clay-graphite mix creating hardness, the hydrau lic presses with sapphire dies, shaping into rounds hexagons or flats, and final sanding and coloring. It notes historical shifts from metallic lead to graphite after 1565 and 1761 developments in England and Germany, with U.S. industry growth.
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Wood
Bence
Cumberland
England
Casper Faber
Stein
Nuremberg
Bavaria
Germany
Florida
Alabama
United States
Ceylon
Siberia
Bohemia
Mexico
M. Conte
Curvature Debate Sparks Historic Earth Test Saga
A 19th century clash over proving the earth’s curvature led Alfred Russel Wallace to fund a canal experiment with a stripe a pole and disks. John Hampden refused to view the setup and legal battles followed, costing Wallace over 2500 dollars plus long libel suits.
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Seteanen
Wiys
John Hampden
Alfred Russel Wallace
Genera Arranement
Hampden
Wallace
England Claims Largest Pets and Eggs Debate
An odd globe essay claims England produces the largest hens and eggs, noting the British cup size dwarfs others while Egyptian eggs are proportionally smaller. The piece jokes about cup sizes varying by region and mentions Alexandra authorities ordering extra cups for native eggs.
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England
New York
Globe
Connecticut
Egypt
Earth
Alexandra
The Story Tellers of Naples
The story teller thrives in Naples drawing crowds with dramatic gesturing and excruciating facial expressions. The Delineator notes adventures linked to other events, pleasing listeners who sometimes offer gifts. Public letter writers, street dignitaries, and busy maids seek writing skills they have neglected to learn.
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Naples
Naple
New Photographic Evidence of Mental Concentration Reported
Commandant Darget announces photos of human radiations taken in total darkness. The process uses a sitter touching a plate while the operator concentrates on a subject. Images developed reportedly show the subject or scene imagined by the mind, suggesting unknown rays at work.
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Commandant Darget
Socic
Universelle d'Etudes Psychiques
Dareehris
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S. J. Hazelett Asst. Cashier
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R. L. O'Hair
C. H. Barnaby
Frank Donner
F. G. Gillmore
Ir. L. O'Hair
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Indianapolis
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