Chickens Meet Their Train-Coming Owner in Rock Station
J L Armstrong a Wabash switchback conductor in Rock station Kenmore place is greeted nightly by about thirty Plymouth Rock chickens. They parade from the ditch to the railroad and escort him home with fluttering wings, proving brains as Darwin and Vin Lecinning would suggest.
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Pittsburgh
J. L. Armstrong
Wabash
Kenmore Place
Rock Station
Armstrong
Plymouth Rock Brigade
Rooster
Braintrange
Home Sweet Home Wins Toughest Bull Moose
PittsfieldMass story recounts Mike Long besting the famed bull moose after it wrecked a tree while workers Morey and Kidney repaired a wire. Kidney uses a mouth organ to play Home Sweet Home causing the moose to calm and wander away as others regroup.
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Sweet Home
Pittsfield
Mass
Mike
Henry Payne Whitney
Itome Sweet Home
Cleveland Morey
Lawrence W. Kidney
Kidney
Altho
Movey
Is Harmonea
Morey
Noisy Wheel Claim and Quick Oil Stock Offer
A street car wheel inventor claims a noiseless wheel with a rubber cushion between two wheels. Also promoted is a quick stock scheme for Amalgamated Oil Co offering high returns and 100% dividends with a ground-floor preposition.
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Maine
Oklahoma
Amalgamated Oil Co
Okla
Adv
Household tips for cleaning, bakery, and décor from a vintage page
Practical hints cover removing hot water marks on japanned trays with sweet oil, then dry flour, methods for keeping cake layers together with coconut filling, and decorating trends. Instructions include matching comforters to window hangings, padding a trunk into a window seat, cretonne covers, and dyeing net curtains with yellow ochre to achieve consistent color.
Bacon cooking tips for frying broiling and baking
The piece explains thin bacon wastes grease and thick slices toughen. It recommends broiling under a low flame or baking in the oven to reduce smoke and avoid flare ups, noting fat drips and better results compared with frying.
Cow Found Trapped In Sewer Pipe Far From Farm
Farmer Fred Hawke found a missing cow wedged in a small sewer pipe about a mile from the pasture. Fire department aides freed the animal with two strong water jets, the carcass floated out after the pipe was loosened.
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Adrian
Mick
Fred Hawke
Nervy thief steals skunks from Leavenworth farm
A cor poral at the Leavenworth military prison reports a bold intruder entered a skunk enclosure near the prison corral on Friday morning and stole thirteen of the biggest animals. The thief may be traced by scent. a nest egg of the remaining skunk was left to Corporal Jones, who raises skunks as a side line. Winter hides fetch up to $5, with rarer colorings worth more.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Jonah Jones
Nervy
Mr. N.T
Mr. N. T
Corporal Jones
Cornerel Jones
Newspaper Men From a New School of Magazine Writers
In the December American Magazine are the names of newspaper men who have become magazine writers. Ring Lardner is listed among others like F. P. and several unnamed colleagues, highlighting a shift from daily reporting to feature writing.
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Ring Lardner
F. P
Notable Writers Trained in City Room Tradition
A list of famous writers and editors who began in the newspaper copy desk or city room, noting journalism as a training ground for magazine writing and fiction. Includes Synne, Hugh Fuller ton, Ray Stannard Baker, John A. iorese, Dana Burnet, Don Marquis, Warry Carr, Grantland Rice, Rufus Steele, and others.
Doan's Reguiets Laxative Widely Sold in Stores
The ad touts mild Doan's Reguiets laxative as a remedy for constipation and headache. It claims relief with simple use and notes 25 cents per box at drugstores and various distributors.
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Doan
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Gatchele& Sons
Keith
Jayne
Chamberlain
Kondon
Jey
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Peruna
Gray
Doolittle
A. D. S. Cough Remedy
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Holiday Presents
Some Good Magazine
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Case
X’mas Postals
Chas, A. Schimpif & Son
White Mfg., Co
Dept
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Reefer Lidg
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Spring St
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