Rice industry progress and national department aid
Mansfield Press notes how rice cultivation expanded from coastal plains in Louisiana and Texas, aided by farmers from northern wheat states introducing modern equipment, improving yields and challenging Oriental competition. The National Magazine cites the department’s role in advancing American rice production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Department of Agriculture
Atlantic
Louisiana
Texas
Iowa
Kansas
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Illinois
Indiana
National Magazine
War on tuberculosis and aviation gains in modern era
The Philadelphia Ledger notes early war against tuberculosis progressing education and public awareness through international conferences. It highlights aviation’s rise as a commercial and experimental field, Zeppelins’ funding, and ships becoming a business, alongside cricket’s historical origins and a Postmaster General circular urging schools to educate on addressing letters to curb dead-letter mail.
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Washington
Philadelphia Ledger
N. Y
Count Zeppelin
Meyer
United States
Ways People Speak In Everyday Sayings From A City Column
A collection of aphorisms on appetite jealousy appearance and ambition. The piece observes how men and women respond to daily life and social pressures with sharp wits and humor. It notes the grind of life and the allure of envy while highlighting playful quirks in behavior and speech.
Right of Way stage drama to open in Kansas City
Klaw & Erlanger will bring Gilbert Parker’s novel The Right of Way to Kansas City in a five episode adaptation by Eugene Presbrey. Charley Steele, a heartless lawyer, suffers memory loss and potential redemption through faith and love. Guy Standing stars with Theodore Roberts and May Buckley in supporting roles.
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Klaw & Erlanger
Gilbert Parker
Eugene Presbrey
Raffles
Charley Steele
Montreal
Steele
The
St. Lawrence
Mr. Presbrey
Reflections of a Bachelor in a Witty Op-Ed Tone
A humorous sketch on social vanity and theatre goers. It satirizes envy among women, men’s theater outings with families, and the social pressures of wealth. The piece playfully notes how women flatter men and how wealth shapes perceptions of cleverness and charm.
Pointed Paragraphs and Social Snags From City Life
Quick quips on human flaws, manners, and memory mark social satire in pointed verses. The speaker highlights how honesty shows in restraint and how late nights blur recollection, while gender roles and class shifts surface in everyday city encounters.
Perfect Health After Kidney Trouble Promises Relief
A customer from MerCent, Iowa reports years of backache dizziness and kidney issues. After unsuccessfully trying remedies, three boxes of Doran's Kidney Pills cured the pain and restored health, with the seller Foster-Milburn Co. of Buffalo, New York offering them at 50 cents a box.
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SS. Eee
MerOcent
Towa
Doran
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
A Mere Cipher Dialogue of Bertie and Bertha
A terse exchange frames Bertie as the impossible one and Bertha as declaring impossibility. The witty pair exchanges sharp quips about capability and limits in a compact banter scene.
Boy Healed From Eczema With Cuticura Remedies
A Newark mother recounts a seven year eczema ordeal on her son's face and body. After doctors and specialists failed to help, Cuticura Remedies relieved symptoms and fully cleared the skin, with the mother asserting the trouble may not return.
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Cuticura
John G. Klumpp
Niagara St
Newark
N. J
Here Lies a Man Who Worked for His Living
This clipping blends humor and health notes from old columns. It presents a dying man’s request to carve a simple epitaph about honest labor, contrasts nuts’ purity with meat, and includes a caricatured dialect admonition about laziness from the Atlanta Constitution.
Eager to Work Health Regained by Right Food
A Michigan woman shares how a year after an operation digestive trouble and loss of appetite left her weak and anxious. After two months of Grape-Nuts she could work again, with a steady stomach and revived nerves and interest. The ad ends with a product pitch and a slogan.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Edict of Fashion Galis for Stocks of Fur and Lace
Fashion notes describe new stocks of fur and lace as key winter accessories. High lace collars, Robespierre frills, Irish lace inserts, and satin ribbons dominate blouses, coats, and hats. Irish lace rises in prestige for evening gowns, wraps, cuffs, belts, and hats, while the full lace hat remains unsettled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galis
Robespierre
First Principle of Gaining and Keeping Health
The article argues for simplicity to counter modern restlessness, noting trends in fashion, friendships, and marriage toward novelty. A mother recalls child toys and the danger of perpetual change. A woman known for calm shares a rule: fewer necessities, more repose, less change.
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Louise
Winter fashion notes reveal subtle changes in footwear
Dotted weils are cut out and colored laces fade. Tan shoes stay late in fall as embroidery trims gain favor. One tone waists rebound, men wear button shoes, and artistic simplicity dominates gowns. Slender umbrellas and metal details appear in winter costumes while shiny leather remains prevalent for dress wear.
Handy im Kitchen From clever topricks of kitchen aids
A catalog of inexpensive labor saving devices for the kitchen highlights a nickel and quarter range of tools. An oil dropper funnel hooks to egg beaters for gradual salad dressing, vegetable cutters for attractive shapes, a versatile biscuit cutter morphing into a doughnut cutter, a rubber bottle stopper, a carved dough roller for fancy cookies, a lee pick with case to guard the sharp point, and ice cracking pins used in hospitals. These devices promise easier prep, nicer presentation, and appeal to both children and adults.
Not Guilty Willes A Cruel Boy Denies Kitten Tail Incident
A neighborhood tale centers on a boy named Willes known for cruelty to animals. He denies cutting a kitten's tail, insisting a girl is lying and that it was a dog instead, while the girl asserts the truth of the act.
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Willes
Willie
The Little Girl and the Donkey in Lippincott’s
A four year old from Washington excitedly chats with her father about a donkey she sees for the first time. She praises the donkey with affection, but stops when she is told she should not hear him donkey. The exchange captures a child's playful wordplay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nothing I Ate Agreed With Me
A Kernersville reader reports chronic stomach trouble and indigestion until following Dr. Hartman’s advice and taking Peruna and Manalin. She says she felt nervous and uneasy but improves to feel as well as ever. The letter says many others have written similar testimonials supporting Peruna.
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Lenora Bodenhamer
Box
Kernersville
N. C
Peruna
Hartman
Peruana
Manalin
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Jomes
Philadelphia Inquirer
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Eton
Star and Garter Inn
Pall Mall
Kent
England
Kansas City Theatres
Kansas City Directory
Ieee
Bertha
Bertie
Boy
Brother Williams
Atlanta Constitution
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