Lakeland School Drama Tests Patriotism and Love
Miss Landis defies a flag day program citing her English birth while Principal Freeman counsels, then softens. Angela faces dismissal risk, but ultimately helps students earn honors as she grapples with allegiance and belonging in a tensioned American classroom.
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Miss Fleming
Lakeland School
Mr Freeman
Angela Landis
Mr. Freeman
Miss Landis
Paul
Angela
Paul Freeman
Lakeland
Miss Land and Angela Choose an American Union
In a tense scene Angela tells Miss Land she plans to marry an American. He confronts her about past refusals and recent fashion choices as he confesses his longing and presses her for commitment, the two sharing a charged kiss and resolve.
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Miss Land
Angela
Prune Loaf Prune Dessert From Prune Juice Recipe
A prune loaf dessert recipe describes whipping cream folding in chopped prunes with prune juice lemon juice and sugar. The mixture fills a quart mold lined with paper and chilled in salt and crushed ice then repacked as it rests before unmolding and garnishing with whipped cream and prunes.
Homemade Girdles with Beadwork and Jewels
The article describes crafting beadwork girdles using a bead loom with two bead rows linked by cobweb patterns. Each cobweb center can hold a jewel, and finishing tassels on the ends feature jewels. Other belting uses gilt bead designs on heavy net with silk lining and enamel buckles or pearl and gemstone settings.
Saving the Buttons
A homemaking tip explains sewing two buttons loosely together to form a stud for laundry days. Remove at each laundry visit to avoid pillowslips and torn buttons.
Seventeen Hour Banquet Loved by Sir Robert Hart
Sir Robert Hart recalls an extraordinary 17 hour banquet in which 40 to 50 young ladies served as wine pourers. Guests selected two attendants each, and the feast ran from noon to the next morning with 125 courses sampled by Hart.
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Robert Hart
China
How to Blast Pine Stumps With Dynamite
A historical guide explains stump removal by blasting, locating the taproot beneath the stump, digging an opening, boring an auger hole at 35 to 50 degrees, inserting 14 by 8 inch cartridges of 40 percent dynamite, and tamping with damp clay. It notes blasting 325 stumps averaging 28.5 inches in diameter cost about 18 cents per stump, including explosives and fuses.
Sagacity and the collie versus the setter joke
A playful debate on canine wit features a collie and a setter. The setter owner recalls an intelligent dog who reacted to a man named Partridge, provoking a pun about the dog coming to a set. The collie supporter counters with a tale about the name Quayle and the dog hesitating on spelling.
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Partridge
Quayle
Lippincott
Lost Leg Teaches Value of What We Have
An editorial note reflects on the saying that people rarely value things until loss, citing a railroad accident in which a leg was lost. The piece uses the New York Times line to underline prudence and awareness.
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New York Times
Questioning Reputation in Te racity From Sabre Witness
A fragmentary courtroom exchange references a defendant's te racity and a sable witness. The dialogue rasps at equal honesty as the sabre imagery and tarnished reputations surface in Brownings Magazine.
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Erastus
Brownings Magazine
Fragmentary OCR History Note Reveals Little Clear Text
A damaged OCR passage presents fragmented lines about events and names without coherent context. Readers see stray phrases and uncertain references that obscure the main subject or date, leaving substantial ambiguity in the historical record.
Fertilizer values from farm manures and byproduct by American Agriculturist
The Connecticut station analyzes farm yard manures and byproducts noting nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash content to estimate relative crop value. Horse manure ranges 204 to 416 dollars per ton, sheep manure 25 to 33 dollars, cocoon dust from silkworms is high in nitrogen, sewage sludge around 65 percent water and 1.34 percent nitrogen, with limited crop availability but potential for plowing under if cheap.
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Connecticut
Rockville
Ingenious Lit tle Sledge Cuts Sod Faster Than Spade
Farm Progress describes a simple sod cutter with a downwards dipping knife of two and a half by three eighths inch. The device is adjustable to cut at the knee, allowing two men and a boy with a team to load a flat wagon with about one and a quarter double yards in just over an hour. It is easily and cheaply made, offering a major improvement over the spade.
Fragmentary Quote Surfaces in Lois Glube Transcript
A damaged text presents a garbled quote attributed to Lois Glube in the Democrat, with misheard lines about a husband’s actions and late-night arrivals. The fragment lacks clear context, names, or dates to establish a full event or report.
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Lois Glube Democrat
A Futile Quest for Office Mocks Dobbs
The Hirwingham Age Herald ridicules Dobbs in advertising for an office. The piece likens his campaign to chasing a mythical pot of gold at the end of a rainbow.
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Dobbs
Gorg
Hirwingham Age Herald
Not In Real Life Sketch Reveals Chicago Devilish Turn
A brief note from Chicago reports a played scene where a tame character is drawn into a devilish portrayal. The piece hints at performance context and observer reaction, with no further details on performers or venues.
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Devilie
Chicago News
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