The Little Man With a Right Arm That Won Out
A tale of Jimmy Nott a $25 a week clerk married to Marion who seeks respect and control in a marriage laced with flirtations and meddling cousins. After a spoofed confrontation with Cousin Ralph, Jimmy trains to punch hard, defeats Ralph with a single blow, and rises to manager while Marion adores him.
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Jimmy Nott
Marion Nott
Jimmy
Harlem
Marion
Peter
Ralph
Cousin Ralph
Professor Coburn
James
Differences of Opinion in University Car Debate
A little woman and her large husband rode a University new style car. She argued the seats were too high and demanded foot rests while he claimed they were low enough for the average person. He mocked, joking about velvet tussocks as a solution.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Stealing Home Laugh Lines at Quiet Night In
A joking exchange unfolds about a man sneaking into his home. Hale asks if his wife heard him and Hardy replies she did but mistook him for a burglar. She later says she would not scold him again because he had scared away the burglar and saved her life.
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Hale
Hardy
Get Busy The Man Who Delays Is Behind
A concise note asserts that intentions made in free time never advance a man up the ladder of success, echoing a Boston Transcript style admonition.
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Boston Transcript
Wood carving through ancient and medieval eras across cultures
The article traces wood carving from ancient Egypt where wooden statues and polychrome finishes thrived to Greece and Rome where it waned, then to Santa Sabina's wooden doors as early Christian highlights. It notes a revival in Eleventh century Northern Europe with canvas, plaster, or paint, and its crucial role in German sculpture of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth centuries.
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Santa Sabina
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France
Wealth brings calls to contribute to others, says editor
In the Birmingham Age-Herald, Mr. Grabcom quips that riches rarely ensure happiness yet wealth brings numerous earnest visitors who urge the possessor to fund others' happiness. The remark satirizes social pressure linked to wealth.
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Mr. Grabcom
Birmingham Age
Ierald
Formation of Mercury from cinnabar distillation
Mercury occurs native in metallic form but most is obtained by distilling cinnabar in air to burn the sulphur and leaving the metal.
Poultry House Design Aids Winter Egg Production
A Missouri designed poultry house provides two and two thirds square feet per hen, one nest per six hens, and eight inch roosts. Six light windows illuminate all sides, enabling constant scratch and dry litter. Ventilation uses wind-driven airflow without drafts, aided by a straw loft and boards over collar beams. Demonstration flocks across 87 counties yielded 125 eggs per hen with $2.88 profit per hen. Extension Circular 101 offers full plans and lumber lists.
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Missouri Poultry House
Poultry Department
Missouri College of Agriculture
Dominion of Canada
Missouri
Missouri Agricultural Extension Service
Columbia
Practical Nest for Hens Features and Materials
The nests shown are practical and can be built from good lumber in any length. Each nest is 14 inches square and 12 inches high on the front. the front board is removable for cleaning. A 1 by 4 inch rear board holds nest material. A four-door end allows access and can be closed at night to prevent sitting hens. Alfalfa hay is preferred over straw to discourage mites.
Detecting roup in poultry at night in flocks
Listen in the hen house after dark to spot early roup symptoms. Birds breathing hard or rattling should be removed from roosts, examined, and, if affected, isolated to a separate coop away from the rest of the flock.
Winter Feeding for Hens Seeks Strong Egg-Laying Season
Market all hens except known good layers. In winter, feed hens to grow a new feather coat, regain vitality from heavy laying, gain flesh, and be ready to lay strong eggs in time for the hatching season.
Corn as a hen ration boosts egg yield and economy
The article promotes corn as an effective hen feed. It states corn mash increases egg production and that one bushel of corn can feed 100 hens per day, highlighting its low cost per unit of production.
Dampness in Poultry House Causes Farm Trouble
Dampness in the poultry house leads to problems in the farm flock. Leaky roofs or walls, low floors, poor location, and similar conditions contribute to unhealthy birds and reduced production. Maintain dry facilities to protect flock health and profitability.
Rapid Progress In Selecting Road For Federal Aid System
The U S Department of Agriculture bureau of public roads reports rapid progress outlining a federal aid highway system. It will include up to 187000 miles of primary and secondary roads, with minimum eight inch widths and limited interstate shares, connecting with state roads and expanding as plans advance.
Care for spray materials and road mileage outlook
Supplies from summer spraying can be kept in good condition with proper storage. Liquid lime sulfur should not freeze and must be odor controlled. test strength in spring with a hydrometer. The road program aims to 15 to 20 years, with mileage figures varying by state. Dry lime sulfur stores airtight and unfrozen. powdered lead arsenate keeps dry but paste needs water and frost-free storage.
Decrease Family Expenses On The Farm
Farmers who raise most of their living can cut costs by producing milk butter fruit garden vegetables meat and lard. With ample dairy and produce the farmer’s family may live cheaply and save cash to buy items they cannot raise.
Prevent Seed Corn Damage By Proper Storage And Fumigation
Farmers warned that corn seed is threatened by weevils rats and mice and that safe storage plus fumigation with carbon bisulphide purchased from drug stores in liquid form can prevent damage.
Winter Pruning Favored For Crovehards And Peaches
The article notes winter pruning benefits to peach crops by stimulating wood growth and expanding the next year's fruiting area. It warns pruning may reduce this year's yield while boosting next season’s potential. It also offers farm tips on scratch sheds, exercise, green feed, and supplying cabbage or sprouted greens during cold spells.
USDA Market Bulletins Lift Broom Corn Prices
The United States Department of Agriculture explains weekly market bulletins boost broom corn prices by revealing storage levels and market conditions. Oklahoma farmers credit the reports with guiding sales above speculative low prices and the department now covers major ag commodities with field reporters, rapid dispatch, and a Know your market slogan urging farmer contact.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Oklahoma
Department
Broom Corp
Department of Agriculture
Puddings and Quotes From Past Times
A mix of old prosaic quotes and several traditional steamed suet puddings recipes. The passage presents a Clyde Davis quotation about cabinet changes, notes plum and fruit puddings, and provides detailed suet pudding and Indian suet pudding procedures with ingredients, steam times, and egg sauce. It ends with a line from Samuel Scoville Jr about waiting for adventures.
Emergency shelf meals from canned foods and leftovers
A housewife guides quick meals using shelf staples. Canned salmon with cabbage and celery creates a salad. coconut milk and sugar mix into a substantial dish. Fritters made with griddle batter and canned corn accompany meats. marshmallows garnish drinks or desserts.
Princeton Professor Reports New Sun In The Heavens
A Princeton professor claims a newly discovered sun shines 50 000 times brighter than Earth’s sun. It will be kept at its current distance for now to avoid affecting electric lighting companies.
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Princeton
Quote on speaking truth and boldness by Lavater
A Lavater aphorism notes that a person who speaks a disagreeable truth boldly is both bolder and milder than someone who speaks softly yet endlessly nibbles away at honesty. The emphasis contrasts direct candor with habitual obliqueness.
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Lavater
Stallions Duel at Sea Ends in Death Aboard Margold
On the steamship Margold traveling from Buenos Aires to Newark two stallions in adjoining pens fought for hours. The black horse broke free, attacked the bay, and after a brutal clash the black seized the bay by the neck and broke his neck, killing him. Crew attempted to separate them but the black was left in the stall afterward.
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New York
Newark
Buenos Aires
Pampas
Argentina
Will sue prayer fiancée over broken engagement
In Orange New Jersey Rev George H Lawson says his betrothal to Mrs Mary Mason collapsed two days before the wedding and he will sue for breach of promise and recover rent paid for a home he intended for his bride. A violent nightmare led Jacob Kramer to nearly die when a gas heater exploded in his room in Chicago. he was revived at a hospital.
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Orange
N. J
George H. Lawson
Lawson
Mary Mason
Chicago
Jacob Kramer
Blind Beggar Sentenced for Murder in New York
New York report: Mike Purkerwitch a forty year old blind beggar was convicted of killing his sweetheart after a quarrel and sentenced to twenty years to life in Sing Sing prison. The ruling underscores the harsh outcome for a fatal domestic dispute in the era.
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New York
Mike Purkerwitch
Sing Sing
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