Dainty Home Experiment and China Russia Famine Report
A Prairie Farmer excerpt describes a simple adjustable end table with two shelves and a clocktop, plus a detailed electroscope project using a glass bottle and Dutch metal leaves. The piece shifts to a stark briefing on a Chinese famine and Russian relief crisis, detailing provinces affected, aid efforts by The Christian Herald, and the sobering human toll including women and children starving.
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Ike
Boston
Russia
China
Christian Herald of
New York
Buford
San Francisco
Shanghai
Bishop Potter
Samuel J. Barrows
American Relief For
Naples
Jamaica
Sahara Desert Drying Up Says French Explorer Gautier
Co F Gautier, a French explorer, asserts the Sahara is steadily drying, oases shrinking and likely to disappear soon. He cites historical records and physical signs showing vegetation once spread over larger patches a century ago.
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Sahara
A Smart Lot of Boys and Their Industrious Talents
The article contrasts American youth with Japanese boys under 15 who manufacture typewriters telephones pianos and locks and run a Tokyo shop with 50 others at work. It notes Chinese boys lag and praises Japanese boys for bench work and evening English study.
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América
Japan
Tokio
Uncomplaining Martyrs
Early autumn scene shows young Clara observing leaves changing color. She laments the leaves kept her from tanning all summer yet now they appear sunburned themselves. The vignette captures a child’s gentle humor amid seasonal change.
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Clara
Why the Boy Didn’t Go
A humorous anecdote about Congressman Champ Clark of Missouri and his son Bennett. Bennett missed a speech day, explaining he had heard the address thrice at home rehearsed by his mother. The tale suggests even statesmen rehearse speeches at home.
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Champ Clark
Missouri
Hennett
Bennett
An Adjustable Personality Boy Tries to Dress Post Bath
Little Tan attempts dressing after a bath and ends up with his shirt on backward. He peers at his reflection and jokes he must turn himself around so the shirt will button a trout.
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Tellszome
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Cpot
Christian Herald
Con
Blague
United States
Pale
Samara
Book Aid of the World
Eforta
Mr. Bhisko
Saya
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LHS Tilbotion
Ford AZ Chuinktang
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