Phi Beta Kappa honors Cornell student Tunfu Hu
The Phi Beta Kappa key goes to Tunfu Hu, a Cornell junior in Arts and Sciences, noted for a 856 overall average across two years. He has a sister at Vassar, and the Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin says the distinction reflects well on him and his race.
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United States
Phi Beta Kappa
Cornell University
Tunfu Hu
College of Arts and Science
Cornell
Vassar
Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin
Modernize Federal Clerks Room for Efficiency
The Washington Star argues 15 to 20 percent efficiency gains come from housing clerks in modern, well lit buildings. It contrasts government offices with grand exteriors and wasted space against railroad style structures with level street access elevators and interconnected offices.
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The
Washington Star
Wireless telegraphy applied to railroad operation
The Lake Shore line tested wireless telegraphy for train operation with managers calling the test eminently successful. They believe the system could eliminate accidents as far as human power allows, though further experiments are awaited with interest. Wireless telegraphy has already proven a life saver at sea and may bring great benefits on shore too.
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Lake Shore
A Directoire gown and the call for a pure clothes law
A serious woman pleads for precise labeling of fabrics in fashion. She laments misnamed materials like pigskin gloves and swan down while noting that foreigners push the outdated purd article.
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Directoire
Prosperity of Our Farmers and Open Markets
A Cincinnati Enquirer reflection states the U S government frees farmers from restraints of trade and works to provide open markets at home and abroad. It emphasizes the farmers’ prosperity as the rock foundation and cornerstone of the nation.
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United States
Sncinnati Enquirer
Fragmented OCR prose on travel and social escape in early text
The fragment discusses country houses as refuges from society and hints at railway trips through Mexico or to Seattle as escapes. It mentions philanthropists, simple living, and unclear references to costs and motivations, with many garbled terms and stray phrases.
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Mexico
Seattle
Fito
Professor Fends Off Robber With Tarantula Specimen
A night walk by a Zoology professor ends in a street robbery. A footpad snatches a wallet watch and small items but flees when a tarantula specimen escapes from a mysterious box, causing panic and prompting the professor to recover his items.
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Aida
Prof. Black
Footpad Dies After Fright as Prof Notes The Case
In a grim tale a professor recalls a night when a footpad begged for whisky as a tarantula bite caused his collapse while the professor nonchalantly retrieved a stolen wallet. Next morning police report the crook Jack Watson dead with a revolver nearby and no violence marks. The professor muses on possible causes.
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Bae Co
Tata
Prof. Black
Jack Watson
Thirteenth Street
Oakes and
Grove
Dairy cows and butter production a practical guide
The article argues a well sized herd with careful farming is key to profitability. Jerseys excel in butter yield per feed unit, and cow condition greatly affects milk to butter output. Dairy education and selective feeding raise profits, while individual cow milk output does not always predict butteriness.
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Jersey
Hotels Replace Homes as Social Center in New York
The piece argues hotels have become the social unit, aided by press agents and services like baby dolls checks and even exotic offerings. It satirizes modern dining trends, noting elites prioritize lavish tables and salads over birth or brains, with a humorous Thackeray reference.
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New York City
Loyer
Thackeray -Thackeray
Modern housing echoes a dehumanized age say critics
The London News decries industrial progress as creating monstrous living spaces. It contrasts giant flats and tiny semi detached villas with Siamese twin imagery, arguing houses fragment family life and bond residents to disliked neighbors through brick links.
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New York
Brixton
Clapham Common
London News
Charity Dance by Lady Constance Richardson Aims at Scottish School
Lady Constance Richardson hosts a fundraising dance described as a charity event to finance a planned Scottish school for boys. She emphasizes outdoor exercise as a key element and performs barefoot in a flowing robe, highlighting her philanthropic drive.
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Constance Richardson
Scotland
The Farm Separator Cream Gathering on Farms
The article discusses separating cream on farms to send only cream to the factory, keeping skim milk for feeding. This reduces transport labor, prevents contamination from dirty tanks, and limits disease spread to calves and pigs. It favors farm cream removal for fresh skim milk feeding and notes limitations of deep set milk systems.
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Gays
Wisconsin Agriculturist
Stoppage At Point Of Teat In Dairy Cattle
Advice from a dairy manual on treating blocked teat points in cows. Wash the teat with antiseptic, insert a teat plug with healing ointment, and avoid milking tubes to prevent infection. Proper care can restore the milk quarter without further harm.
Feeding Cows Profitably by Individual Needs
Wisconsin Experiment Station expert outlines beef and dairy feeding rules. Focus on individual cow intake rather than herd average. Guidelines include feeding roughage freely, one pound grain per day per pound of butterfat weekly, and one pound per three pounds of milk, noting breed differences.
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Whhile
Qdairymey
C. H. Eckles
Wisconsin Experiment Station
Jersey
Preventive device blocks cow self-sucking with light pole
A method from Farm and Home suggests tying a light pole between a cow’s halter and belly band, passing the pole between the front legs. This prevents self-sucking without hindering feeding.
The Cow as a Market
The Northwestern Agriculturalist argues the dairy cow is the best market for farm grain. Dairying can raise overall yields with fewer acres and higher soil fertility. A good dairy cow can return at least $1.50 to $2.00 in butter per dollar of feed, making nearby markets or selling to the cow a superior option to long hauls.
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Northwestern Agriculturalist
Skimmings and Dairy Management Tips
The note emphasizes regular feed for cows and ample bedding to produce manure for land, highlights clean well ventilated stables and good bedding, warns that cream held too long spoils butter, and recommends investing in a quality dairy bull for better yields and profits.
Dairying Progress Boosts Farm Prosperity Across Nation
The article extols dairy farming as the foremost agricultural advance of the past decade in the United States. It notes dairying often turns a loss into profit, elevates farm earnings, and stimulates diversified crops and soil fertility wherever dairy activity expands.
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United States
Treat the cows and their care in farming life
The passage argues that cows receive poor care due to neglect and misperception by farmers. It compares dairy cows to machines, noting they are given minimal attention and appreciation, affecting their value and welfare.
Predestined to the Bar in Goldfield Youth Tale
In Nevada a boy named Harry defends his punctuality claiming his school clock runs late. He explains he is always on time, noting classes sometimes start before he arrives, prompting his father's concern over a late marks letter. The scene captures a small town vignette with their dialogue.
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Harry
Harper's Weekly
Cure of eczema via Cuticura remedies urged
The writer describes a long battle with a severe eczema that began on the hand and spread to the arms legs and face. After two doctors misdiagnosed it as ringworm and eczema respectively relief came only after using Cuticura remedies. The testimonial is signed C Burkhart of Chambersburg Pennsylvania dated Sept 19 1908 and distributed by Potter Drug Chem Corp Boston.
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C. Burkhart
W. Market St
Chambersburg
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Boston
Eye glasses talk from a tradesman tale
A city tradesman recalls his and his wife’s twenty year use of the same spectacles and a joke about inheriting two pairs after a brother in law left them unsold for a fair value. The humorous anecdote reflects old optics humor from Harper's Weekly.
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Harper’s Weekly
Needed Her at Once Engagement Sparks Discussion
Bonaparte Bluebell announces engagement to Lily Doe, drawing congratulations from the blacksmith shop. Braston Coke notes the long wait and jokes about Bonaparte’s tardy courtship while admitting he kept his job until last night.
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Bonaparte Bluebell
Lily Doe
Braston Coke
Bonaparte
Lily
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Endorsed By Local Dealers
The advertisement claims a one hundred dollar reward for any catarrh case cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It includes testimonials from WalpIng Kinnan & Co wholesalers and asserts the remedy acts through the blood and mucous surfaces. Price is 75 cents per bottle with Hall's Family Pills for constipation also advertised.
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Hall
Browie Alesos
F. J. Cheney
Walping, Kinnan & , Wholesal Hall
All Druggista
The Idealist and the Butcher Debate Health Claims
An assortment of 19th century ad copy and social quips scans the page. The text promotes Garfield Tea for liver and kidney health, Pettit's Eye Salve with a history since 1807, and various pills and tonics. It notes tax dodger stereotypes and remarks on gender behavior in a quick, fragmentary style.
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