Tragedian Treadwell Aids Desperate Ramona Darling
Gilbert Treadwell, once faded in looks and fortune, visits Ramona Darling on her deathbed after a charity benefit fails to draw crowds. He vows to care for her child with ten pounds a week, then lands a burlesque role to fund the plan, finding renewed purpose as he slowly rehabilitates his life and gains a child’s trust.
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Mr. Treadne
Mr.Treadwell
Rialto
Treadwell
Conrad
Metropolitan Theater
Willy Wally
Metropolitan
Chalmer
Strand
Gilbert ‘Treadwell
Playhouse
Ramona Darling
Mr. Chalmers
Felix
King’s Cross
Gilbert
Ramona
Willy Willy
and TI
Gilbert Treadwell
Wife the Purse Holder
From Everybody's Magazine, the piece notes Admiral Togo's income stays below $3,000 annually. It says, as in many upper class Japanese households, the husband turns over his earnings to his wife who then provides him a modest allowance. The piece suggests American wives adopt the practice with balance.
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Everybody's Magazine
Togo
Bear dog training crowd heads hunt pack for big game
From the Memphis News-Scimitar: Harry Payne Whitney, Herman B. Duryea, and J. M. Avent train 100 hounds and bear dogs on a 60 000 acre Hickory Valley preserve for bear hunting. The article describes their training methods including treeing, racing drills, and three sparring exercises to teach dogs to bay, bite, and avoid the bear, with riders guiding the hunt at Rogers Springs.
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Memphis News-Scimitar
Memphis
Mississippi
Harry Payne Whitney
Herman B. Duryea
New York
J. M. Avent
Hickory Valley
Hobart Ames
Boston
Mr. Avent
Avent
Sunflower County
Brer Bear
Bret Bear
Deer Park
The
New York Scimitar
Bobo
Rogers Springs
The Story of the Cranberry from Pearson's Magazine
The cranberry origin and its name derive from crane like buds, later called cranberry. It traces lineage to Vaccinium Oxycoccus and Macrocarpon, with cultivation beginning about a century ago in Cape Cod Massachusetts. Massachusetts produces most of the crop, New Jersey ranks second, Wisconsin aims to regain third, and other states contribute smaller shares to a national harvest valued at 3 to 4 million dollars with 1.3 million bushels produced.
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Pearson's Magazine
Cape Cod
Massachusetts
New Fingland
United States
Europe
Plymouth
Barnstable
New Jersey
Union
Wisconsin
Connecticut
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Maine
Michigan
Minnesota
Nebraska
New Hampshire
New York
North Dakota
Oregon
Rhode Island
Washington
West Virginia
The Worst of Bores in a Philadelphia Record Excerpt
A Philadelphia Record passage mocks a boastful bore who narrates a so called funny Irish story. It notes Hon. John A. Merritt, current postmaster of Washington, D C, as once a farmer and before law study worked in a grocery.
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Philadelphia Record
John A. Merritt
Feeding floor for swine and barn tips from a farmer’s guide
A old time agricultural column describes building a cement floor feeding pan for hogs, indigestible horse feeding cures, vermin control in poultry nests, and practical barn kit ideas. It covers tree protection with wire guards, seed corn selection, and ventilated corn stacks. It emphasizes durable, practical farm methods and seasonal adjustments.
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Corporaion
Gilbert Parkin
Tom Leslie
American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society
Cine Concern
Canada
Cuba
Russia
Totterer
New York World
Brain
Mack
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