Me and Lawson Excerpt from 1905 Serialized Adventure
In this illustrated installment, the narrator recounts a quirky scene with the Boss, Addicks, and Lawson. They discuss get together schemes and private theatricals while riffing on life insurance, airily critiquing big finance. A memory of Dutchy Swartz’s father’s death frames a morality tale about insurance aid.
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Addie
Humpty
Godfrey Travers
Addicks
University
Washington
Tommy
Mike
Delaware
Seignor Tomaso
Jonas
Wall Street
Dutchy Swartz
Dutchy
G. W. Dillingham Co
Change for Song Writers and Chinese National Anthem Effort
China eyes a national anthem inspired by Japan with viceroy of Chili province delegating Prefect Lo Yingkeng to craft pieces blending foreign and Chinese elements. Opals reveal their softness mine to finger kickings, a curious trait noted in the article.
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China
Japan
Chili Province
Peking
Lo Yingkeng
Jungle hunt ends with tiger skin trick
In a jungle near the outpost, Atkins sells a tiger skin to a surgeon major who thought he would skin the beast himself. The tiger lunges, and the master-stroke backfires as Atkins calls out the skin from behind the doctor, who narrowly escapes.
Overdrawn Account Sparks Wisecrack from Greenland Farmer
An elderly Greenland farmer, a longtime depositor at the National Mechanics and Traders Bank of Portsmouth New Hampshire, overdrew his account by 200 dollars. He replied that since the bank trusts him with his money there is no need to waste postage informing him of the overdraft. A tale from banker James P Bartlett notes the quip.
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James P. Bartlett
National Mechanics and Traders Bank of
Portsmouth
N. H
Boston Herald
Smoking a Crime in Abyssinia Sparks Strict Law
In Abyssinia smoking is illegal, originally aimed at preventing priests from smoking in church but now applied strictly to all, including foreigners.
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Abyssinia
Tunbridge Wells Reverts to Horse Omnibuses
After a period with motor omnibuses, Tunbridge Wells has sold the vehicles and resumed horse-drawn tram like services on its streets, returning to traditional means for local transport.
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Tunbridge Wells
England
Lincoln and Yates Win First Case in New Salem
In New Salem Lincoln and Richard Yates team up to defend Peggy Lorimer from Don Pedro Lorimer who seeks her gold snakeskin. Lincoln defeats Clary gang leader Red Clary in a ring fight and the Spaniard is chased from town after a river tumble.
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Abraham Lincoln
Blackstone
Minter Grayham
New Salem
Richard Yates
Richard
Jacksonville
Abe
Yates
Lincoln
Shickshack
Peggy
Antywine
Consuelo Lorimer
Don Louis Lorimer
New Orleans
Lorimer
Clary's Grove
Dick Yates
Rutledge Tavern
Clary’s Grove
Redmond Clary
Red Clary
Clary
Don Pedro Lorimer
Lincoln's gentle repulse told by Senator Cullom on Lincoln's birthday
Senator Cullom recalled a story about Abraham Lincoln denying a hopeful applicant for a house doorkeeper post. Lincoln asked about any experience or study in doorkeeping and gently concluded the man lacked qualifications, yet the exchange ended politely and humbly.
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Senator Cullom
Lincoln
Wmh
Checker Ah Hello where are you living now
A brief dialogue scene shows Seeker asking about residence while Checker dismisses with a blunt reply. The exchange hints at a comic tone and a tension between characters.
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Checker
Old Man
Seeker
Frogs of Hartford Pond and the Jewell Garden Oddity
A Hartford pond hosts trained bullfrogs that surface when a cow bell rings and await feeding. The scene includes a neighbor’s boy trapping mice and sparrows for nickels, and a gardener nicknaming a large frog Grover Cleveland. As autumn chills set in, the frogs sink and a boy gleefully plans to buy skates with his earnings.
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Jewell
Farmington Avenue
Hartford Courant
Jowell
Grover Cleveland
Titles Cheap in Europe
Henry Stern recalls how a European tour exposed civilian pretensions as he describes an amusing hotel register mix up. A San Francisco tannery owner, Jacob Salz, added Gen to his name after seeing Col Hecht and was addressed as Gen Salz during his Paris hotel stay.
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Europe
Henry Stern
San Francisco Chronicle
Grand Hotel
Paris
M. H. Hecht
San Francisco
Cal
Gen. Salz
Jacob Salz
Salz
Benicia
Col. Hecht
Inventions in Ancient Times and Perceptions
In ancient thought mere invention was seen as vulgar. Archimedes treated mechanics as amusements of geometry and only built practical devices when commanded by his sovereign. Euxodus and Archytas faced denunciation by Plato for mixing geometry with mechanics, and inventors were scorned while mechanics remained a military art.
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Archimedes
Euxodus
Archytas
Plato
Vai Speaking Negroes Study Reported From Monrovia Mission
George W. Ellis charge d affaires sends to the national museum in Washington a Vai monogram on the habits and customs of the Vai speaking people of west Africa and a collection of their work. The Vai speaking tribe is noted as highly intelligent and has developed a native alphabet.
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George W. Ellis
Monrovia
National Museum
Washington
West Africa
Icehouse construction rules and cooling principles
The text outlines essential Icehouse features including a dry foundation and airtight walls to exclude air and moisture. It emphasizes porous packing like hay or straw between walls, a ventilated roof, two feet of porous covering, tight inner walls, and dust to fill gaps. It covers block-sized ice joints, dry high ground location, and sealed floors with drainage to prevent air ingress.
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Jce
Ice cooled tee house and storage chamber design
The Onio Farmer describes a 12 by 14 by 12 foot building with a 4 by 6 foot cooling chamber. Ice surrounds three sides, ceilings slope for drainage, and a cement floor sits three feet below ground to use Earth’s chill. A drainage pipe leads to a trough for cooling cans.
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Onio
Haecker Advice on Cow Care for Fresh Cows
Minnesota expert T J Haecker advises dairymen to start a cow’s lactation with high tone and comfort. Feed oats soaked in hot water, bran oats mix, and limit grain to seven to eight pounds daily. Remove the calf first day, keep the cow quiet, and build experience with a scrub cow before dairy breeds.
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Ewtire
Anys
T. J. Haecker
Minnesota
A Good Dairy Barn
The drawing shows a large Michigan dairy farm with a three story main barn 40 by 60 feet and a two story wing 34 by 22 feet. The structure features a basement under both sections with horse stalls implement rooms cow stalls and straw storage in the wing.
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Michigan
Combined Dairy and Horse Barn Remodels for Efficient Stacking
A barn remodel converts an old basement structure into a combined dairy and horse facility. A high bridge connects the first and second floors for hay hauling, but no drive access to the upper cow stalls. The manager says the changes, including added constrictions, have proven satisfactory to the owner.
Cow Care Guidance for Early Pasture and Calf Comfort
The text advises delaying pasture access until grass starts well and using a pinch of salt after each feeding to encourage cows to lick mangers. It notes profitability rests on cow comfort with a good starter animal, maintains moderate stable temperatures for air, and warns careful handling of heifers giving first calves to shape future milking and feeding habits.
Dispositions of Cows and Herd Selection
Cows vary in disposition as humans do with types including stub born affectionate motherly and bossy cows. Farmers should favor good traits and discourage bad ones when selecting cows to sustain the herd.
Gravel for Clay Roads Improves Rural Highways
Minnesota Farm and Home reports a half mile clay road kept in poor condition for years. A local effort funded by volunteers added gravel by teams in a single pass, then repeated, yielding a durable, passable road. A second method suggests coarse sand on heavy loam earth roads to notable effect.
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Minnesota
Farm and Home
Remember This Next Summer Clover Hay for Poultry Feed
Farmers with lawns of white clover and mowers can harvest clover as winter feed for poultry. Cut clover dries quickly in the sun and stores in bags for winter use. Poultrymen report clover hay is eagerly eaten by chicks and small birds.
Oats Improve Fattening Sheep For Market
Oats for sheep prove excellent especially for lambs and culls ready for market. Fed with corn, the sheep gain in flesh rapidly. Orange Judd Farmer.
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Orange Judd Farmor
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