Bathing Suit and Silk Stockings His Only Gift
Rudy Byrd a 22 year old student at the Little Rock College of Pharmacy was found guilty of wife abandonment in Batesville Arkansas court. His guilty verdict comes with a $100 fine after his wife testified he traveled widely and never returned to support her during five months of marriage. Courtship is probably so called because it gets many a man into court.
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Batesville
Ark
Rudy Byrd
Little Rock College of Pharmacy
Byrd
Uncle Sam Probes Underwear Shrinkage Causes
Washington reports a Department of Commerce investigation into underwear shrinkage. The Bureau of Standards and manufacturers assist. a meeting is set for May 7 to study effects of sea, laundry, wringing, pressing, and tension on fabrics.
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Washington
Department of Commerce
Bureau of Standards
Fruit with Three Tastes Found by Dr. Wilson Popenoe
Dr. Wilson Popenoe of the Department of Agriculture reports a new fruit discovered in Guatemala that tastes like banana pineapple and strawberry. He says it can grow anywhere. The Padua rainfall record, running since 1725, is the longest in continuous history.
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Washington
Wilson Popenoe
Department of Agriculture
Guatemala
Popenoe
Padua
Italy
Lays Double Yolk Eggs Shown in Princeton Minn Scene
A. N. Davia, a Princeton resident, showcases a box of prize double yolk eggs. He notes hens in his flock lay such eggs daily, with each egg measuring about 3 inches long and 6.5 inches in circumference and containing two yolks.
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Princeton
Minn
A. N. Davia
Mr. Davia
Improve Livestock by Selecting Breeding and Feeding
The text urges farmers to cull unprofitable stock and focus on better breeding and feeding methods. It notes milking cows yield only 125 to 160 pounds of butter annually and a hog weighing about 200 pounds at nine months, with high labor and feed costs. It emphasizes efficiency and maximizing each pound of grain and hour of labor.
Ed's Daring Rescue Turns Dark Canyon Ambush
Ed Sumner races to a mountain cabin after Dorothy Wispert, whose call from Dad's Cabin claimed she was hurt. He reaches her to find she staged the danger under threat from Mortimer Schuyler and allies. A drugged Ed fights to protect Dorothy and his honor amid the ambush.
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el Sumner
Dorothy Wispert
Yellow Creek
Dad's Cabin
Dorothy
Mortimer Schuyler
Wispert
Dark Canyon
Dad
Schuyler
Weill
Ed's showdown with Schuyler ends in revelation
Ed is drugged and beaten by Schuyler but fights back. Dorothy's care revives him as John Wispert, his employer, reveals he witnessed the plot. Wispert forgives the couple and approves their marriage, sharing his own cab-driver roots.
Errors in Pronunciation Too Common in America
A North American Review essay argues pronunciation decline harms speech dignity and vigor. Wil lis Fletcher Johnson notes weakening vowel sounds in English and criticizes loss of enunciation niceties. He warns educated speakers show pronounced decline in vocal coloring.
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Willis Fletcher Johnson
North American Review
Venetian Glass Craft Through Centuries in Venice
The article traces Venice as the historic center of glass making and personal ornaments noting early uncertain origins. It links the 1204 Constantinople sack to knowledge transfer, describes medieval beads and imitations as dominant products, and praises Venetian glass for extreme thinness and varied shapes and colors.
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Venice
Constantinople
The
Detroit News
Had Her Puzzled It Was An Old Fashioned Cork Village
A London holidaymaker in an Irish village confessed in a hotel smoking room that he had kissed all the young women except one. A recently married farmer overheard and asked his wife Aarrah who the unnamed man could be.
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County Cork
London
Patrick
Golfers Advice on Courtship
A young man asks a golfer how to speak to his daughter’s father about marriage. The golfer replies to proceed entirely after the golf fashion with a cautiously studied approach.
Various Uses of Honey in Medicine
Honey serves as a safe sweet in diseases where other sugars are forbidden. It can replace other sweets in diabetes and offers substitutes in conditions where cod liver oil is prescribed by pairing with cream or butter.
A Fresh Start
Miss M describes visiting her sister in the country when she overslept and woke to her young niece declaring the world had begun. The anecdote captures a whimsical morning moment observed by the family.
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Miss M
Annie
Boston Evening Transcript
Worldliness and the push of business in Woolman’s Journal
The excerpt reflects on money’s lure and worldly wisdom guiding proposals and urgent affairs. It notes the difficulty in discerning God’s good and perfect will amid bustling business priorities and personal ambition. John Woolman’s Journal frames concern over materialism and spiritual clarity.
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John Woolman
Traveling plant advances inch yearly by knot roots
A remarkable plant type is described as a traveling plant whose roots form knots. Each year the plant moves about one inch forward from its initial rooting point, creating a mobile growth pattern observed by observers.
Advice For Mothers You Cannot Afford to Overlook
Portland Oregon ad cites Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a reliable remedy for women and expectant mothers. Mrs H B Dick testifies it preserved strength and spirits during pregnancy and aided children, inviting readers to obtain trial tablets or liquid form from a druggist or the Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo New York.
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Wholesale Reeves Inc
Decker Business College
Alisky
Kretie
Washington St
Portland
Deythe Tet
Oregon
Buren
Yomitil Street
Custante
Johnson & Lloyd
Com
Dbidg
Sixth St
Columbia ‘Theater
Multnomah
Oreg
Dr. Pierce
Invalids
Buffalo
N.Y
Efficiency Expert Advises Pin Cleanup
An efficiency expert notes many pins on the floor after a tour and suggests commanding staff to pick them up. He argues this will provide bending exercise for staff and save money on pins.
Bad Luck Triplets in Barotseland Tradition
The Barotseland people hold that when a woman bears triplets it is an ill omen. One child is killed and the other two are spared because the mother is believed to have only two breasts.
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Barotseland
Africa
Endlessly Harmonious Life Value Excerpt
A quoted line from the Richmond Times Dispatch extols money as inexhaustible love as unfailing and marriage as perpetually harmonious, offering a romantic, nostalgic portrait of ideal domestic life.
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
Wry Exchange on Gifts Sparks Morning Laughs
A witty exchange from the Boston Transcript features a husband puzzled by a $100 birthday watch from his wife. The retort highlights the wife’s clever means of funding the gift, prompting humorous reflection on affection and money.
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Boston Transcript
Pessimistic Doctrine Quotes From Pascal
The excerpt assigns fault to both high and low intellect, claiming true approval only of mediocrity. It asserts that the majority enforces this stance and attacks anything that exceeds it.
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