Exercise Care in Selecting Parent Stock for Breeding
An essay by CAPT A H WADDELL argues breeders neglect proper selection of parent stock in trotting and thoroughbred horses. He cites examples of speed over soundness, urges focus on individuality, bone, temperament, and constitution, and notes international precedents for careful breeding. He praises American business acumen and its potential to produce sounder, bigger horses.
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Shire
Clydesdale
Suffolk
Percheron
Belgium
Hackney
America
Summer Work for Chickens
Miller Pavis advises planning a comfortable two room poultry house this summer. A tight partition allows flock crowding in one room during cold weather while body heat keeps the other room warm. Hens tolerate colder air, and a draft-free space helps them stay comfortable down to ten to twelve degrees below freezing.
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Miller Pavis
Sheep Worried By Overstocked Pasture Risk
A local note warns that overcrowded pastures lead sheep to overeat grass roots, stripping the soil and harming future forage. Authorities urge farmers to manage flock sizes to protect grazing grounds.
Asparagus culture hardy and long lasting
Asparagus can be started from seed and harvestable by year three. Seed may be planted late in summer and germination takes about six weeks. Young plants fit into permanent rows or beds this fall or next spring. The plant yields for food and decorative foliage and can thrive 10 to 20 years with good care.
Green Food for Ducka
Green oats sweet corn fodder and rye provide healthy green food for both old and young ducks in a compact rural guidance note.
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Ducka
English Girl in Tragic Leprosy Case
A North London girl contracted leprosy from a fancy dress wig. She wore a Chinese lady costume at a ball, unaware the wig was from a leper. A week later a facial mark appeared, leading to diagnosis and removal to a leper colony. investigators traced the wig’s tainted past.
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London
Wakring
Red Cross Ball Blue promotion note
An advertisement extols Red Cross Ball Blue for whitening clothes and avoiding costly blueing products. It claims the blue discolours less, lasts longer than Baia blue, and produces better results while selling for 10 cents. Readers are urged to ask their grocer.
Essence of Fine Breeding and Courtesy
The text extols ordered information and a firm sweet temper guiding behavior. It argues true breeding lies in tact and restraint and warns that rude manners damages respect. It holds dignity in not wounding others as essential to true dignity and courtesy.
Coffee Hard Lesson in a Tender Moment
A domestic vignette shows Mrs Youngbride frustrated her coffee boils too long as Mr Youngbride jokes about kernels not melting. The exchange captures a playful, intimate kitchen scene between spouses.
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Mr. Youngbride
Mra. Youngbride
Woman Credits Lydia E Pinkham Remedies For Health
Rene G. Johnson of Scottville Michigan credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing her after years of hard farm labor and motherhood. She says the product prevents backache and bearing down pains and helps her daughter with painful periods. She praises the remedies and urges others to try them.
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Scottville
Mich
Pinkharm
Lydia RE. Pinkham
Sam
Lydia FE. Pinkham
Rene G. Johnson
Lydia E. Pinkham
Guinness Family Cathedral Schools and Brewery Tour
An American visitor in Dublin tours a cathedral restored by the Guinness family, then the schools they built and finally the brewery, exclaiming that education salvation and damnation are all in one show. The remark underlines the Guinnesss influence across faith, education, and industry.
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Dublin
Guinness
The Cough of Consumption
A physician advised remedy summary notes fresh air and good food as cures for consumption while suggesting Ayer's Cherry Pectoral to control the tickLing cough.
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Ayer
Ayer's Pills Advertised Dose and Warnings
An old advertisement describes one pill at bedtime to increase bile flow and gently lax the next day. It includes the formula on the box and a direction to show it to a doctor. The label notes the dose as one pill at bedtime and credits C. Ayer Co. of Lowell, Massachusetts.
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Ayer
C. AyorCo
Lowell
Mass
Cost Troubled Woman at the Dentist
A stout countrywoman visits a dentist for a molar. The dentist warns of pain but the woman questions the cost asking if paraffin would be cheaper. She grips the bell and waits as the procedure looms.
Airship Incident Prompted Quick Rescue Pryout
An eyewitness recalls a sudden mishap as an airship veered into a thick clump and became stuck. The exchange questions whether the aviator also played football, hinting at a pun about a lying wedge.
Do you smuggle In anything this time from Paris
A dialogue reveals a wife stating they cannot smuggle goods from Paris to avoid heavy fines, citing her husband’s poor business and the risk of government fraud. The exchange highlights concern over illegal procurement and financial strain.
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Paris
Tough Dinner Table Ethics Reflected By Landlady And Guest
A Catholic Standard and Times line quotes a sentimental landlady lamenting a lamb's fate at a shared meal. A stoic boarder agrees, noting the hardship of destroying a creature to satisfy appetite, reflecting moral unease.
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Catholic Standard and Times
The Leading Man and The Manager Dialogue
A stage exchange shows the leading man insisting on kissing the manager’s wife in the second act. The manager reluctantly agrees, signaling a dramatic backstage power dynamic.
Hercules in Charge of Augean Tasks in City Taxi
In a city scene Hercules is driven by taxi to the Augean stables and told to clean. He complains about the futility but begins work, noting the efforts would later be turned into a garage.
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Hercules
Augean Picbles
An Eye to the Future
A brief exchange shows a wife questioning why a man was refused a room. The husband explains fear of provoking a tense guest by raising the rent later.
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Filegonde
Port and Bard In Low-Backed Car And Gown
Readable fragments describe a port singing about Percy in a low-backed car while a modern bard praises his lady in a matching low-backed gown. The lines hint at romantic imagery connected to carriage and dress.
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Percy
Questioning Faith in Oaculation Among Lovers
A fragment argues over the meaning of intimate acts with one speaker claiming it shows affection while another dismisses it as lip service. The dialogue touches on interpersonal trust and sincerity in romantic relationships.
Town seeks public spirit to boost attendance
Citizens debate local support as they discuss improving turnout. A speaker argues a first class second baseman could lift attendance and community engagement, while others call for renewed town pride and active involvement.
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