Frone versus Dobson for Square Deal order turns sour
Frone hunts a major Square Deal china contract against rival Meek Metz and faces a glamorous train-age romance, only to discover the rival is aided by a sheltered daughter. The boss, Col Dane, rebukes Frone for courting distraction and forgives him with a dinner invite after a tense day.
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Frone
Dobson
Meek & Metz
Simmons
Torgo
Meek & Mreta Fa‘faimilar
Metz Yanasthe
Rivailrortine
Ieapec
Prinowine
Frane
Meek- Metz Bagman
Simmons & Taer
Williamsburg
Iran
Easy Mary
Square
Square Deal Store
Col. Dane
Dan
House of Meek & Metz
Meek-Metz
Dane
Telegraph Poles From Russia Supplant Norway for UK Posts
A British Post Office report notes Norway can no longer meet pole demand for overhead telegraph lines. Sweden provided some and now Russia becomes a key supplier. The 1905 opening by the controller of stores highlights Russia supplying from Baltic ports and White Sea hinterlands, expanding access to poles.
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Russia
United Kingdom
Norway
Sweden
Baltic
White ‘Sea
Corn Without Irrigation The Best Seedbed and Tillage
Advice for dry plains corn growers on moisture warmth needs and soil preparation. Emphasizes avoiding surface listers, mulching soil, and deep tillage. Recommends double disk, deep plowing, checkrow planter, and regular shallow cultivations to conserve moisture and warm soil.
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R. M. Wetzbarger
Lister
Dry stall floors solve damp horse stalls
A farmer describes relief after rebuilding a barn to keep stalls dry. The new design uses evenly spaced 2x4s one inch apart to create a continuous drain, preventing staining from moisture and pooling.
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Farm and Home
Dry farming education urged in western agricultural colleges
The Dry Farming Congress Bulletin endorses expanding education in dry farming in western colleges. Emphasis on practical study, including textbooks and class lectures, to supplement work at experiment farms. Dry farming methods praised for extending moisture use in both western and eastern regions.
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Board of Governors
Congress
Western Agricultural College
Dry Farming Congress
California
Massachusetts
GROW ALFALFA ON DRY LAND
Alfalfa on dry land can be productive in arid regions depending on soil depth, precipitation, and groundwater. Foothill seepage allows two hay crops. shallow groundwater or heavy soils limit growth. First crop is leafy and cut for hay. second crop often seeds if rains end early. Yields range from three quarters to one and a half tons per acre.
Poultry Notes on Breed Choice and Farm Setup
This column urges careful breed selection for quality flesh, notes that successful poultry farms take years to establish, and advises site drainage, ridge locations, rat control, cement floors, and whitewash with carbolic acid to reduce disease and vermin.
Planting for Late Succession in a Perpetual Garden
The text argues for yearly and seasonal planting to maintain permanent cropping. It describes beds for asparagus rhubarb and patches for berries and fruits as ongoing needs, noting even long lasting patches require rearranging and replanting over time to stay productive.
Promoted Cold Remedy Claims in Early 1900s Ad
An old advertisement touts a "Famous Cough and Gold Prescription" as a rapid cold cure. It describes mixing whiskey with pine concentrate and water, urging readers to use only genuine Pine Hack, with instructions to dose a teaspoon to a tablespoon before bed. It claims quick recovery within 24 hours.
Dictionary author roles questioned in cryptic farce
A fragment quotes a jokey exchange about who wrote a dictionary and laments the writer’s ability to explain things to his wife. The line hints at frustration with linguistic authority and comic misidentification.
Pitiful eczema cure with Cuticura remedies
Mrs Joseph Kossmann of Ridgewood Heights New York describes her two month old baby with severe eczema all over the body. After doctors failed she used Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent along with four drops three times daily and the child recovered in four months, praising Cuticura.
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Joseph Kossmann
St. John’s Place
Ridgewood Heights
N. Y
Personal Definition and Oddities From a Boston Transcript
A quirky mix of wordplay and mock dialogue on marriage terms. It wittily contrasts a man who marries multiple wives with a blunt insult, then shifts to a medicinal advertisement for Perry Davis' Painkiller and a note on poetry decay. The snippet blends humor and early 20th century ad copy.
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Penley
Boston Transcript
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Qld Simmons
Fred Frone
Square Deal
Duffyburg
Messrs. Simmons & Taer
New York City
Western States
Perry Davis
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Byal Ees Oruueel
Pote
Adead
Ward
Rte
Cascar
Boxsweek
TAM
Biggist
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