Mail Order Evil Magazine Moves to Remedy It
The piece discusses the clash between retail merchants and mail order firms, noting a recent move by Delineator Designer and Woman's Magazine to bar advertising from mail order suppliers. Paul A. Nystrom cites growth of mail order as a threat to local shops, arguing distribution and advertising fuel the shift and urging buy at home efforts.
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Foo
Pratt
Fenders
Paul A. Nystrom
Paul A. Nystrom, Former Professor of Polition Reconqaiy
Cae Mnoiversities
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Emil Order
Raysiziues
Faroilles
United States
Quany
Vacated Exchange Call Leads to Jest and Exit
A telephone operator, puzzled by a misdial of the Joliet number, told a subscriber to brace for the call. The man replied that his friends are all out and he no longer calls Joliet, revealing a brief exchange with humorous sarcasm and a paused line.
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Joliet
Why America’s Crops Count in World Trade
An analysis notes the United States supplies large shares of global crops including three-fourths of corn and three-fifths of cotton. It ranks first in several commodities, but World War I impacts show rising imports and nearly equal consumption to production due to exports and imports.
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United States
How to Get a Good Wheat Crop
How to get a good wheat crop with guidance on seed quality varieties, seed sources, sowing time, and soil preparation. Includes advice on using Marquis Fite and Thu as seed types, obtaining seeds from local dealers or large firms, sowing in spring as soon as seed bed is ready, plowed land, sowing rate of one and a half bushels per acre, and creating a dust mulch to preserve moisture.
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Marquis
Fite
Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Association
Madison
Toha Ruskin and the call to humane art
A fragmented reminiscence traces Toha Ruskin from critic to moral reformer, noting his early aims to reveal true beauty while witnessing widespread human and social degradation. The passage reflects on his shift from purely aesthetic critique to using art to ease suffering and harness moral force.
Faded lines of art and bread in besieged city
A distressed speaker laments inability to paint or read as she confronts famine and misery. She vows to endure and, with help, to alleviate the suffering by seeking the best means to feed the multitudes. The passage conveys urgency and resolve amid hardship.
Well equipped with brains naturalists weigh bird intelligence
Naturalists argue brain size relates to bird intelligence, ranking species by brain-to-body weight. The canary and other birds are cited with percentages of brain mass, noting limits and biases in judging cerebrum strength across species.
Unclear historical note on house profits and prices
Fragmented OCR text mentions profit numbers for a house, per gent, and prices for pens in New York. Some figures like 268 and 23 percent appear, but details are garbled. No clear event, people, or organizations can be reliably identified from readable content.
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New York
Denis Oll
Faery
God knows where we will land says James R Mann
The Chicago Republican leader James R Mann says in a speech that the nation faces uncertain outcomes as it enters the war. He cites historical moments with famous lines about defense and duty, invoking Jefferson Washington Perry Lincoln and others to stress resolve. The refrain God knows where we will land recurs as a rhetorical hinge.
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James R. Mann
Chicago
House of Representatives
Boston
Massachusetts Bay
Thomas Jefferson
John Hancock
George Washington
Valley Forge
Oliver H. Perry
Andrew Jackson
Martin Vanren
iGveraling
Abraham Lincoln
William F. Sowerd
Fort Sumpter
Apel
William McKinley
Maine
Havana
Admiral Dewey
Manila
Wilson
Dickens Works This Week For Six Dollars Signage
A narrator notes an incident near a second hand book store where a passerby reads Dickens Works priced at six dollars. A character named Mike derisively calls the item The Dirty Scab, reflecting casual street dialogue surrounding the sign.
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George D. Stillson
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Bemety Inn
Steves
Cualy
Che Bexin
Man
Congressman
Auburndale
Baiers
Jge Baierl
PHE
Auburndale Hardware
Fred Brayback
Burton J. Hendrick
Harper’ Magazine
William de Morgan
Renances
Mie. de Seudery
le Culprenede
Lia “Cleopace
Roger Boyle
Earl of
Orrery
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Allevrndale
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G. E. Grob
Northwestern Life Co
Auburndale House
Conrad Heeg & Sons
State Bank
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