Leather Profiteer and Caddie Tales at Gramercy Club
At the Players' club in Gramercy Park, stories circulate about a leather profiteer and a clever caddie. Butler Glaenzer recalls aiding Peter Sweeney Johnson in rebinding a dictionary, sparking a fury over naming. The caddie’s diplomatic sympathy helps players save face after misses.
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A Little Cliff Dweller Wins Laughs at Dinner
Four and a half year old Marshall charmed guests at a Christmas dinner with quick wit. He answered the conundrum when asked when a door is not a door with a playful line about an in a door bed.
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Irish Regiment Ration Briefing Ends With Shortage Joke
In an Irish regiment the quartermaster and assistant plan rations and discover a shortage just before the orderly men arrive. The assistant jokes about who will receive the extra, prompting the quartermaster to tell him to keep it. The text then shifts to a note that most women do not realize they are in the minority.
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Mike
Hens Need Care In Cold Months
Agricultural guidance advises ventilated clean houses and dry drafts free care. Provide deep litter grain to encourage exercise and a balanced mash. Feed schedule splits grain and mash, add green feed and animal protein, and combat mites with kerosene sprays and dusting powders.
Proper shipping containers for farm produce marketing
Marketing specialists from the United States Department of Agriculture urge producers to choose shipping containers suited to produce. Key factors include durability size appearance and cost to minimize damage and transport costs while keeping costs low.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Red banded leaf roller harms crops but control limited
A minute green caterpillar named the red-banded leaf roller threatens beans sweet potatoes asparagus corn strawberries and other plants. Entomologists from the USDA report the damage is usually minor and rarely warrants artificial control. The caterpillar makes leaf shelters that are hard to reach with insecticides, but leaves can be clipped and burned. When abundant, arsenate of lead at two to three pounds per 50 gallons of water is suggested as a foliage spray.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Red Clover Declared High Value in Short Rotations
The article notes red clover remains valuable on farms for its adaptability to short rotations, even as some land shifts to alfalfa. It emphasizes red clover’s continued usefulness in diverse agronomic systems and its high value in cropping choices.
Endorsement of Tanlac by War Mother Alice Gresham Dodd
Mrs. Alice Gresham Dodd credits Tanlac with her full recovery after the death of her son Corporal James B. Gresham the first American soldier killed in France. She details long breakdowns including indigestion rheumatic pains sleeplessness and nervousness before finding relief and a renewed appetite. Tanlac is advertised as sold by leading druggists.
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Taniac
Two Classes of People in Finance Quip Quirk
In a playful exchange Baggs asserts the world splits into borrowers and lenders. Bings counters with a sharper bite, redefining classes as those who want to borrow and those who won’t lend.
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Red Cross Ball Blue Named World’s Finest Product
The claim touts Red Cross Ball Blue as the finest product of its kind in the world and asserts every user agrees with the statement.
Quips on Cooking and Dishes Circulate at Social Chat
A light exchange features a demand for clever dishes to entertain guests and a playful reply offering to create a scandalous dish if needed. The dialogue showcases a social, witty tone centered on cooking and amusement.
Make Woodland Profitable by Selective Tree Harvest
Instruction to manage woodland for lasting profit by preventing fire and overgrazing, then selecting only mature defective and crowded trees for cutting, while preserving straight thrifty trees to grow a future crop.
Favorite Prescription Still Regarded as Top Tonic
In Girlhood and beyond, Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is praised as the best tonic for weak women. Mrs. Samuel Romine of South Bend recounts how the remedy strengthened and steadied her during a frail period and recommends it to all girls who are ill.
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