Atonement Brings Walton to Court for Honest Reform
Arthur Walton a broker starts a chain of wrong when he pays a courier Moreland to serve jury in his place. After a confession and court reveal, Walton is punished but redeems himself by exposing the scheme and aiding Ned Severn's retrial. Edith Severn praises his sacrifice as he wins pardon and future partnership.
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Mr. Walton
Arthur Walton
Oiice
Walton
Gregory
Moreland
Branch 2
The
Criminal Court
Severn
Bkuman
Bar of Justice
Ned Severn
House of Correction
Edith Severn
Edith
Judith
How to Pet a Horse Like a First-Hand Trainer
A trainer notes that most passersby pet horses wrongly by stroking the nose. He urges placing a horse near the curb and starting with eyelids before the ears. He adds skilled petters are usually country-born horsepeople who learned the animal’s ways in childhood.
Worms of the Earth Nematodes Abound In Soil And Hosts
Dr N A Cobb an authority on zoology says there must be hundreds of thousands of nematode species most unknown to science. Parasitic forms on vertebrates exceed eighty thousand species with insects mollusks crustaceans and others also heavily infested. Many nematodes are host specific and free living forms outnumber parasitic ones. Cobb estimates the upper foot of arable soil contains thousands of millions of nematodes per acre.
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N. A. Cobb
Doctor Cobb
Subject Not In the Curiculum
Lewis Statsenburg a six year old son of a farmer near St Paul has attended school exactly three weeks. Each day he reports to his mother what he learned new. He recently told his mother he learned a new way to spit in class.
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Lewis
Joe Statsenburg
St. Paul
Indianapolis News
The Penny and the Weary Wayfarer
A weary traveler asks for help and confesses he has lost money friends and self-respect. He says only his thirst remains, prompting a sympathetic listener to offer a penny and mourn the lost fortunes. The exchange ends with the traveler moving away seeking relief.
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Wayfarer
Gambling Judge Quotes on Winner Huggins
A Judge notes Huggins as a gamest winner after remarks about his poker night conduct. The quip highlights a mood of sportsmanship and competitive spirit among local figures.
Can Men Reform Woman's Dress by Laura Jean Libbey
A persuasive essay argues that women dress to please men and that fashion’s excesses stem from male tolerance. It suggests men influence styles subtly through compliments and preferences, urging readers to resist impractical trends by favoring simpler lines.
Poultry Care Tips For Healthier Flocks And Better Eggs
Practical guidance on clean henhouses and humane care to prevent disease. Dry picking, proper stocking, grit and oyster shell, and varied grain improve growth and egg production. Emphasizes proper fattening, animal protein feeds, monthly cleaning, and disinfecting to avoid mites and lice.
Fashion and imagination clash in hoop skirt critique
A 1916 op ed derides restrictive hoop skirts and tight gowns that burden women, urging reform by men to curb extreme fashions. It argues such styles harm all ages, with a wife forced to alter vanity driven attire, and calls for practical attire over wear-our-age trends.
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Tluey
Iady
Directoire Fur Set Captures Early 19th Century Style
A Directoire fur and velvet set includes a bonnet a cape and a medium round muff. The velvet cape is circular edged with a kolinsky fur band and shirred along the shoulders. The poke bonnet features narrow fur bands and a net veil with fur trim. The muff is velvet with shirred texture and a central fur band.
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Directoire
Crown Prince Converses Freely on Indian Voyage
A neutral diplomat recalls conversations with the crown prince of Prussia during his voyage to India. The prince asked for direct answers using slang and joked about phrases he learned from a Kentucky filly seen in Ostend.
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Prussia
India
Kentucky
Ostend
London Globe
Printing photographs on human skin a new technique
Recent experiments describe a photographic film fixed to the skin and exposed to sunlight to create prints. Similar films can be used on an apple skin. Prints on human skin are nearly indelible and resemble tattoo marks in permanence.
Relative Value Of Money Spends Like A Private Car
A writer argues that spending large sums or small amounts provides similar satisfaction, noting a New York traveler who ordered a private car to San Francisco after a Pennsy office could not supply one. The costly trip, about $20,000, yielded comfort and avoided inconveniences, illustrating money’s perceived glow.
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Millonaire
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
San Francisco
Pennsy
Wise and Otherwise. Quotations on money, dogs, and love
A collection of wry aphorisms on cash is risky, dogs and danger, and human folly. It notes experience teaches mistakes and warns that appearances deceive, friendship isn t always clear, and a woman s age and a first engagement ring reveal more than words.
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Alonzo
Philander
An Educated Girl From Good Citizenship
A moral piece outlines a girl's education as incomplete without learning sewing cooking mending gentleness neat dress secrecy resilience bread making home care temper control and active exercise to become a womanly woman under all circumstances.
Men Interfering With Others’ Business Cited
A brief note states that certain individuals engage in actions that disrupt the operations of others, implying concern over interference in commerce or livelihood.
Mother’s Cook Book Soups and stock for nourishing meals
Excerpts urge building material in youth and provide detailed soup stock recipes. Instructions cover rich brown stock from beef and bones with spices, veal or poultry bases, and a dumpling method to accompany soups. Emphasizes simple meals for children and careful handling of meat scraps.
Frugal Montana Couple Invent Bathtub Trunk
A Montana couple has combined a trunk and bathtub into a single sheet metal unit enameled inside and out. The trunk doubles as laundry or bath and includes an outlet hose for draining. It features secure latches and heavy fasteners to deter damage from baggage handlers. Cost is under $15, cheaper than a standard trunk or portable tub.
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Montana
In New Jersey Insect Survey Describes Harmful Species Count
The New Jersey state finding notes 10 530 insect species recorded with 1 76 percent deemed destructive to animals or plants of value to mankind. Harry B Weiss of the New Jersey agricultural experiment station provides the classification and assessment.
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New Jersey
Harry B. ‘Weiss
New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station
Hese Mr. Weiss
Plans for beauty and rockeries in the garden
The article advocates rockeries with bulbs like scillas snowdrops and crocuses and praises Celastrus bitter-sweet vine as a hardy ornamental. It gives transplanting steps for seedlings and describes a miniature water garden using a split barrel or tub with a nyphaea root, filled with water and fresh mud.
The Way to Raise Dahlias by Henri Beautien
A horticultural piece argues that proper dahlia care yields robust blooms from July to frost. It endorses planting roots in pots, wintering them, and replanting in spring, while warning against root division and seed sorting for maintaining vigor and color.
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Henri Beautien
Keyne
England
France
Germany
United States
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George Elmer Cobb
W. G. Chapman
Walston
Worms
Huggins
Laura Jean Libbey
Lois Meredith
Directoire Fur
Crown Prince
Ufe
Janet Hill
Census of Jersey Insects
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