English village plan mirrors U S social contrasts
The Yorkshire Observer describes Edington near Dorking as a model village for workers with a colliery backed layout. A 120 foot high site features broad streets, green central spaces, four churches, recreation grounds, a village school, and plans to grow from 50 to 1400 cottages as private builders adopt orderly plat approval.
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Stanley
United States Steel Corporation
Yorkshire Observer
Bradford
England
United States
Edington
Aif O Levitt
UK Village School
Indianapolis News
Rural Life Commission Aims to Modernize Oregon
Governor forms Rural Life Commission with four women among members. Proposal promotes co operation in farming, roads, housing, schools, and marketing to raise farm income. Critics warn against overbuilding, urging focus on health, schools, and essential services.
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Oregon
Rural Life Commission
Siegan
Clerks Should Read the Ads and Customer Loyalty
The article argues store success hinges on clerks efforts along with advertising. It stresses clerks must read ads daily, know rival promotions, and believe in advertising. A brief children’s tale ends with a question about what comes after trillion.
Deacon and Mandy Plan Home Improvements in Quiet Talk
In a domestic interlude from Youth's Companion, Quacon Woods and his wife Mandy discuss modest home upgrades. She longs for a hardwood kitchen floor while he contemplates hiring carpenters to install it, amid chatter about porch, buggy, and garden desires.
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Beacon Wood
Bilas
Widder Davis
Jed Davie
Leander
Pie as nutritious staple says Medical Journal
The New York Medical Journal defends pie as a palatable nutritious staple and a good vehicle for carbohydrates and fruit. It argues pie is not inherently indulgent but a wholesome food when prepared properly.
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New York Medical Journal
Delicacy in Crust Making and Pie Eating Traditions
A prose discussion on crust manipulation and pie dining, contrasting strong skilled bakers with weaker makers. It notes greasy substitutes like chicken fat, the effect of soggy paste on appeal, and ends with a casual remark about finishing meals with pie and cheese and enduring meals with light portions.
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Ernst
Sightanes
Lynch
Pia
Steve
Things Everlasting and the Poet’s Duty in Time
James Russell Lowell reflects that enduring grace and virtue persist beyond decay. Poets reveal and justify noble truths to humanity, portraying beauty, love, and goodness as eternal through verse. He asserts God with us embodies the era's hour, and poets, attuned to the moment, witness and portrait it.
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James Russell Lowell
Nominated to Become City Father-in-law
A formal notice from a notifying committee informs a man that he has been nominated to become city father-in-law. The conversation occurs as the suitor presents himself to the maiden’s father in his private office.
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Weill
Moon Blue Satin Gown With Brussels Lace Illusion
A gown described in moon blue satin with pou du soie, mousseline de soie underlayers, and a gold trimmed corsage. A second gown features zald flasue with Hageolet green and Brugsels lace front, Brussels lace drapery, and a white chiffon tucker under illusion veiling.
Lounge Pillow Cover Embroidered in Purple on Huckaback
A lounge pillow cover features a square of natural linen toweling with a bold purple design stitched in coarse silk floss. The back matches the cover’s shade and uses white Irish linen for the cordage, while the edging is a scalped ratton-hole technique in oil red floss.
Oyster Sex Changes Reported by Paris Academy
At the Academy of Science in Paris Edmund Perrier presented research by M. Danton showing oysters can change sex within the same specimen without clear cause. Danton also notes femininity is dominant and that oysters transform sexes as food conditions vary.
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Academy of Science In
Paris
Lacentiy
Edmund Perrier
le Museum of Natural History
M. Danton
M. Danson
The Nerve Man and the Rooted Tooth
A Kansas City tale tells of a man famed for nerve who challenges a dentist to pull a tooth on the first try. After a tense exchange, the dentist succeeds but the patient laments the tooth lacked another root, costing him a drink wager.
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Kansas City
Igarspa City Journal
Out of Sight Out of Mind in Advertising
The fragment discusses advertising discipline and the need to inform the public when doing business. It references ex-Postmaster General John Won maker as a major advertiser and businessman, implying strong opinions on visibility and signage for commerce.
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John Wonmaker
Kithout
First Indian Deed in Maine Recorded in 1643 South Berwick Land Signed by Samoset
The document details a 1643 land deed from Humphrey Chadbourne to Roles Saga mora of Newichawanuke for ground between the Little and Great Rivers in South Berwick on the Pitcatagua. Samoset signed with a pow and arrow. Indian signatures were often witnessed by white men. The Maine general court restricted Indian land sales and in 1720 barred ownership under Indian deeds unless in actual possession by 1720.
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Maine
South Berwick
Pitcatagua
Humphrey Chadbourne
Roles
Newichawanuke
Holes
Samoset
John Brown
Pemoquid
Mr. Roles
General Court
How to Fit a Collar for Women’s Garments
The piece argues women often wear well cut clothes yet fail to appreciate garment beauty. It notes collars are misfitting when placed incorrectly at the neck and waist, urging women to study their own neck shape and bone structure to ensure proper collar placement and fastening.
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Ianok
Mehdy
Newspaper Hour Disturbs Quiet Reader’s Enjoyment
A man named Mr. Crotchety laments interruptions during his cherished newspaper hour. He values a solo, uninterrupted reading time with the daily news as a personal, joyful feast and avoids any intrusions from family or others.
Book preservative offered to protect archives in Georgetown
United States Consul Hanpa of Georgetown New Guiana promotes a preventive coating for books to guard against cockroaches wood and other pests. A preparation mixing borantive sublim ate carbolic acid and methylated spirits is applied to exteriors and inner seams every three to six months to keep valuable archives in good condition.
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United States
Hanpa
Georgetown
New Guiana
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Our Savings Department
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H. H. Long
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