Prices and middlers in the life cost debate
An editorial discusses who bears the cost of living shifts. It argues producers take 35 percent of household expenditures while middlemen and retailers claim the remaining share, with retailers earning five to ten percent and middlemen around 10 cents of every dollar. The piece questions distribution and contemplates land purchases as safety against future contingencies.
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Veria
Choolma
Bortihus
Ques
Barnyard Boards of Cotton Belt Agriculture
A fragment discusses Southern agriculture shifting from sole cotton reliance toward dairying fed stock crop rotation. It cites the Barnyards of R as a model for diversified breadstuffs meat products and grain supplies, noting regional restraint and national trends in states like Minnesota Kansas and New York.
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West
New York
Massachywa
Minnesota
Kan
Reflecting Progress Through a Town Newspaper
The Hamilton Journal argues that a town’s prosperity and image hinge on a well printed and enterprising home paper. Subscriptions and advertising fund better equipment and growth, convincing outsiders the town is dynamic.
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Hamilton
Practical Patriotism for Towns and Local Merchants
A call to support local businesses over mail order houses. The speaker urges townsmen to back local merchants to sustain the community and the nation, insisting that patronage of neighbors keeps towns vibrant.
Protecting the Trees in Iowa Clubwomen Stand
Miss May Weller leads Iowa clubwomen who bar telephone linemen from private grounds to protect trees. Women statewide refuse entry to lawns, enforcing a stand against tree destruction by telephone companies.
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Iowa
Miss May Weller
Sheep Keeping Proves Vital on Every Farm
The Homestead extols sheep as essential for any farm noting their adaptable instinct, resilience in tough times, and ability to eat weeds, clean land, and subsist on grains and herbage that would otherwise be wasted. Sheep offer steady labor and economic value across seasons.
Diversified Farming vs Sole Grain Sales Warned
The American Bwineberd argues that farmers who raise grain only to sell at the elevator deplete soil fertility and rob future yields. A diversified farming system with crop rotation can build up rather than destroy farm productivity.
The Wrong Cue in Welsh Infant School
A Welsh infants school uses sign language to teach directions. During a bishop’s sermon a teacher’s upright hand signaling silence prompted the children to shout perpendicular, astonishing the bishop and crowd.
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Wales
East markets urged to weigh eggs after Franco
The text urges New York and eastern markets to join western buyers by weight for eggs, noting that western buyers shifted away from per dozen pricing long ago. It mentions Pop Penn and Dad Knickerbocker as examples of slow adoption.
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New York
Franco
Pop Penn
Dad Knickerbocker
Easing His Mind. Jim McCleary Reappears After Four Years
Jim McCleary once homeless on Park Row reenters life after four years missing. A longtime patron, a prominent writer who once supported him, encounters him in a Broadway cafe where Jim, now dressed as a Wall Street promoter, repays a long overdue debt with a single dollar. He thanks his friend for the loan in the past.
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Jim McCleary
Park Row
Jim
Wall Street
Bill
New York World
Dr Short Was Short in Letter on Baptism
The Rev David Short pastor of Penn Avenue Baptist Church at Beranton urged new members. A layman undecided between Baptist and Methodist chose immersion baptism in the Baptist church. Short replied no immersion washing could be accommodated.
Debates Ended Amid Heated Exchange in Congress
The baliest man in congress Rep Ollie James of Kentucky clashed with Mr Payne of New York in a vivid exchange. James shook his fist and wagged his head as Payne asked to interrupt and demanded a question in a tense moment.
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Congress
Ollie James
Kentucky
Mr. Payne
New York
James
Payne
Two Glasgow Women and the Co operative Beef Ham Mystery
In Glencap, Mrs Broon, a co operative member, suspects a friend's visit to a licensed grocer. The shopkeeper teases with a line about beef ham, hinting at a shared secret or gift. The tale appears in Cilaggow Times as a light local anecdote.
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Glasgow
Dr Jenks the Veterinary Healer on a Train Platform
A station master appeals for a doctor on a stalled train and Dr Jenks a veterinary surgeon prescribes a drastic remedy for a man on the platform. Passengers depart as the train leaves, and days later a visitor learns the cure proved fatal, then briefly revived.
Between Two Fires A Camden Man Refuses Burglar Chase
A Camden man avoids chasing a burglar after his wife wakes him, asking him to go downstairs. He refuses, noting that while he’s downstairs the wife will ransack his clothes, humorously claiming it is six in one and half a dozen in the other.
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Pat
Camden
Papa
Wifey
Philadelphia Telegraph
The Combustible Kitty Clive and Garrick’s Fear
In the mid eighteenth century the Georgian actress Kitty Clive sparked famed nerve storms in the green room. Garrick feared her temper and strove to dis perse or soothe her volatile moods, becoming part of English stage legend.
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Clive
Kitty Clive
Green Room
Garrick
Replacing Plank Culverts With Proper Pipes For Roads
Pennsylvania's highway commissioner urges replacing plank culverts with durable pipes for road drainage. It warns wooden and crude stone structures cause frequent repairs and flood risk, recommending vitrified clay, cast iron, corrugated iron, or concrete pipes and urging swift replacement of wood.
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Pennsylvania
O. T. Newall Company Plans Newell Road Link
The O. T. Newall company of Birmingham Alabama has been given permission by the county board of revenue to build at its own expense a mile of improved road between Powderly and Bessemer. The road must be completed before the Alabama good roads convention convenes in the fall. The action aims to showcase the road machinery this company manufactures.
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O. T. Newall Company
Birmingham
Als
Board of Revenue
Powderly
Bessemer
Alabama Good Roads Convention
Good Roads Association
I Overtalked Myself A Mississippi Murder Case
A Mississippi defendant promised to plead guilty but, during trial, offered no witnesses. A local lawyer advised a plea of not guilty after the defendant paid 85 cents, saying he had overtalked himself. The prosecutor demanded guilty, and the arraignment proceeded with not guilty.
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Mississippi
Yassir
Poultry Notes and Notices Read Across the Page
Poultry notes appear with illustrations and short notes about birds and farm practices. The clipping emphasizes careful management and possible permissions for use of content.
Be Kind, Be True Abstain from Whine Moral
Poem critiques self pity and complains of gloomy attitudes. It champions resilience and optimism as a moral stance. The author M Barnitz urges readers to laugh and grow fat, avoiding whining.
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M. Barnitz
Feeding and Managing Cockerels for Market and Show
The article discusses caste and culling of roosters, urging separation of breeders and stock, and presents a finisher feed plan for three weeks using ground oats barley goat milk and salt. It covers housing, feeding schedules, and keeping cockerels away from hens to prevent vitality loss and plumage damage.
Donts for Farm Animals and Household Pets
Don t feed white wheat to pigeons it s undigested sours and causes scours. Don t refuse to do an enemy a favor it may make him a friend in the end. Don t let the corncrib open for the turkeys to stuff filler to sure turkey killers. Don t feed much hemp to squab breeders makes them fat say scientific feeders. Don t gag amen on Sunday and give your chickens up water on Monday. Anambien corner peat in a church society is po proof of a corner on piety. Don t put oats away on the sheaf with the idea that when you re away the mice won t play. Oats taste mitey nice to mice.
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