Noonday Rest for Working Girls Cited in Ogontz Alliance Sketch
A Chicago article describes the Ogontz Association style noonday rest for working girls in a Pontiac building. It notes cooperative efforts by Chicago alumnae of Ogontz seminary and references Rockdale societies promoting education baths and reading rooms. It frames cooperation as a modern female societal virtue and ties education to responsibility and sisterhood.
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Pontiac
Dearborn
Harrison
Ogontz Association
Chicago
Ogontz Seminary
Philadelphia
Rockdale Society
Arlington Association
Lawrence
Mass
Rockdale
Arlington Mills
Fragmented Verse Lore And Curious Royal Nonsense
A mosaic of verse and prose recalls Edmund Russell, the Delartean king and archduchess myths, plus pastry lore of the Habsburg court. It cites Queen Victoria, the Prince of Wales, and an odd Montana nail exhibit linked to Mrs Otter Palmer, weaving satire with muddled historical allusions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth of
Austria
Valerie
Queen Victoria
Princes of Wales
England
Albert
Corncribs and potato seed guidelines from agricultural notes
Agricultural notes discuss widening corncribs to shed rain and reduce grain loss from rats. They summarize storage design, then report on potato planting from Prof Taft: seed end quality, spacing, and using small or large seed potatoes. Manure or chemical fertilizer recommendations follow for profitable soil fertility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M.L. B. Taft
Michigan Agriculture Experiment Station
Sheep profitability and flock size for varied lands
The author argues sheep can profit any farm if matched to soil and breed. Large flocks fail where soil or breed unsuitable. small, well managed flocks thrive, especially on tillage farms. Sheep improve pastures, suppress weeds, and aid next crops while providing wool and meat profits.
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V. P. Richmond
England
Scotland
Prairia Farmer Endorses Chamberlains Diarrhea Remedy
J A Starbuck of Yorktown praises Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy after a store helper used it to relieve severe diarrhea and colic. The letter says the patient recovered quickly and the medicine would be worth any price. For sale by J W Niece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Starbuck
Yorktown
Chamberlain
J. W. Niece
Small Expectations and Conversational toasts Across Letters
A Princeton Tiger feature presents a playful dialogue between an undergraduate and his cousin, a young woman, inviting informal letter writing. It contrasts social chatter with a recruiting ad about a multilingual position. Marie jokes about engagements with multiple Charlies in Detroit society.
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Princeton Tiger
Hospitable Higginses Praised in Washington Star Snippet
A Washington Star excerpt recalls how the Higgins family made visitors feel at home, with a department clerk noting their hospitable nature and Miss Higgins offering to be like a sister to the guest.
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Higginses
Higgins
Washington Star
Wish for Courage to Defy Parental Consent
Dialogue hints at a romance set in bygone times. Young Mr Billington and Miss Covington discuss engagement while a knightly ideal vs parental approval frames the scene. A playful, old fashioned mood underscores the wish for noble action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Billington
Amy
Miss Covington
George
Papa
Puck
Kept Quiet and Lost Wits in Light Verse Snippets
A string of comic vignettes from old papers features children and adults in domestic and social quips. Dialogues cover keeping quiet under taunts, cake quarrels, doctors and walking, courtship, and a brain mixup with playful mispronunciations.
Miles Pills Claim Nerve and Liver Regulation Cure
An 19th century patent medicine notice touts Miles Nerve and Liver Pills as a new principle regulating the liver stomach and bowels through the nerves. It promises quick relief from biliousness bad taste torpid liver and constipation for men women and children in small mild sure doses priced at 25 cents with free samples at Powell's Drug Store.
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Miles
J. BE & FL
AL Powell
Henry Tis
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Our Lady of Perpetual
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