Wokar's World and Notable Miscellany in One Column
A collage of items lists Miss Anthony's slow recovery, May Garth's $25 000 gift for Hannibal Missouri public library, a Danvers proprietor named for a Colorado House run, and Baroness Burdett Coutts prizes at a donkey show. It echoes on reading's value, early schooling, and Theodore Roosevelt and wife Mary Mrs Roosevelt.
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May Garth
Hannibal
John Hi Garth
Theodore Roosevelt
Aba
Windy Recalls Japanese Servants and Hidden Motives
The narrator recounts experiences with Japanese workers including undergraduates and a Harvard bound student, noting a chamberman who impressed yet distracted by books and questions. A rare unpaid wage dispute ends when the servant leaves, claimed as a visiting prince traveling to observe American manners.
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Windy
Shoe
Columbia
Starvard
America
Farmer Institute Plans and Cattle Health Notes
A Palatine Illinois column previews the Marshall County Farmers Institute in Lacon with free entertainment and practical advice for winter work. It cites USDA data on hog fattening, discusses the National Grange session in Washington, and notes cattle vaccination against blackleg. The piece also muses on the value of advice and training horses versus breaking them.
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Marshall County Farmers Institute
Lacon
Mind and manners for farm life and family dress
The passage urges improving the mind as a prerequisite to improving land and life. It compares the outcomes for boys, calves, and pigs, emphasizes observing neighbors and reading farm papers for information, and stresses a wife’s neat appearance while criticizing carelessly worn boiled fiery at home.
Clover and crop rotation raise corn yields and hog health
Farmers learn to rotate corn with oats and clover to boost corn output and reduce labor. Reports warn hog cholera among Buren county hogs. experts suggest feeding variety such as kafir corn sorghum sugar beets and pumpkins to avoid disease and improve livestock health.
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Burean
Kansas
Planning and livestock meeting notes from Illinois farm readers
The piece stresses planning to avoid overloading a single worker and highlights an Illinois Live Stock Breeders Association annual meeting in Springfield with speakers from Ohio Iowa and Michigan. It also includes a medical aside on treating corns bunions with warm water pare Chamberlain's Pain Balm and a corn plaster for protection.
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Illinois
College of Agriculture
Ames
Iowa
Herbert W. Mumford
Michigan Agricultural College
University of Illinois
Eugene Davenport
Powell
Difference Between Boiled and Boiling Water In Tea Advice
The Woman's Companion stresses a key point about water for tea and cooking. Freshly boiling water should be used promptly to preserve vitality and flavor, as letting water stand after boiling dulls taste and results.
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