Clever wife stops husband from extravagant treating scheme
Marietta Holley details Alice Lowery who conquers her husband John’s drink and gift habit by turning the town’s social scene into a teachable moment. Alice uses a businesslike strategy to fund their home and, upon mutual vow to stop treating, they halt the wasteful practice and pay for their house.
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Marietta Holley
Josiah Allen
Betsy Bobbett
Samantha
Saratoga
Joseph B. Bowes
Alice Lowery
Alice
John Lowrey
John
John Waz
Beveridge
Agin
Hizness
Lalies
Spertis
Kep
Mr. Ogden
Mebdy
Ralph Ogden
Ex governor recalls Civil War era reunion with Gustav Apfelbaum
Ex Gov Hard of Wisconsin, lately east, tells a Brooklyn Eagle tale of Gustav Apfelbaum visiting Madison. The governor recalls shared Civil War memories including a night on the ground with a blanket between them and Apfelbaum’s boast about who kept the blanket.
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ExGov
Hard
Wisconsin
Kracke
Brooklyn Eagle
Madison
Gustav Apfelbaum
Gustav
Gus
Pen Paralyis Spreads in Washington Government Offices
A wandering spell of pen paralysis threatens Washington officials as lawmakers consider easing the burden of signing routine mail. The piece cites Daniel Manning’s stamping workaround and notes current officials must spend hours daily signing routine documents.
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Washington
Congress
Post Office Department
Daniel Manning
the Treasury
Manning
Treasury Department
Country's Last Hope Told By Captain Riley
Captain Hugh Riley of the Maryland regiment recalls a moment after the Spanish American War outbreak when he, in uniform, passed two street urchins who joked that he was the country’s last hope, a remark captured in the Baltimore Sun.
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Hugh Riley
Photographics Canals on Mars Revealed by Lampland
Prof Celestine Lampland former Indiana University student now at Lowell University Flagstaff Ariz photographed Mars canals. The effort yields 20 views and is hailed as a historic first in science for such results.
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Mars
C. 4. Lampland
Astronomy
Indiana University
Lowell University
Flagstaff
Ariz
Lampland
Crochet Border Shawl Instructions and Beauty Tips
Detailed crochet border patterns and row-by-row instructions for a square shawl, including wire-like chain and trebles, plus beauty advice on massaging the mouth corners, hair care, and daily facial routines to improve appearance. The piece blends craft guidance with cosmetic tips attributed to a Chicago Tribune writer.
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Chicago Tribune
Embroidered pinafore instructions from old pattern
A sewing note describes using good quality nainsook for a pinafore. The band at the top is tucked and squared at the corners, with gathered nainsook and two frills. A hemstitched tracing two and a half inches wide outfits the frills, and a one inch hem finishes the lower edge where embroidery is worked with colored threads in tong chain and knot stitches.
Blind, There's No Accounting for Tastes
A short wry reflection notes that many people prize self admiration over taste, suggesting vanity shapes judgments more than objective standards. The line taunts critics who praise themselves by their own standards.
Practical road building study on Ohio campus road
The Ohio University campus near Townshend hall gained a model road under the federal Office of Public Road Inquiry. Officials tested crushed granite field boulders versus Columbus limestone, noting cost and wear differences and detailing excavation, grading, and layering steps.
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Ohio
Department of Agriculture
Martin Dodge
Ohio State University
Townshend Hall
Neil Avenue
Agricultural Department
Jay S. Brown
Office of Public Road Inquiry
Columbus
George L. Cooley
H. Gc, Price
Ohio College of Agriculture
Getting Rid of Stones on New Wisconsin Farm
A Scots farmer story questions whether removing surface stones pays. Observations from Wisconsin suggest that on stony or gravelly clay soils, clearing stones may be wasteful and land fertility relies on natural stone presence. Dynamite removal is suggested in some cases, but not universally beneficial.
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Wisconsin
A. S. Alexander
Marmners
Farm notes on feeding pigs and alfalfa seed rates
The note warns that overfeeding can stunt young pigs and provides seed rates for alfalfa hay and seed crops. It also advises grounding wire fences with iron rods to direct lightning and mentions the financial risk of stock electrocuted by fences. A writer's opinion on inherent animal flesh toughness is cited and invites reader reflection.
A Simple Wagon Bed Hoist Demonstrated
A diagram shows a wagon bed hoist using two pulleys on a joist and ropes looping through a windlass to raise the box for ladder or rack removal. The lever powered windlass pulls the cross bars, folding the load out of the way, with rings and hooks for attachment. B. M. Scully of Clay County Arkansas notes in Warm and Home.
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B. M. Scully
Clay County
Arkansas
Farmstead Advice on Stock, Pigs, and Fences
Practical tips on livestock care from a farm journal: keep hog feed clean, break colts gently, and wash troughs to prevent souring. Warns that poor fences drive sheep to trouble and notes some horses can both plow and pull road duty, though not all breeds fit.
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Farom Journal
Intensive Dairying Near Cities Drives Cream Selling
Intensive dairying near major cities requires many cows in small areas and selling cream at higher prices. Location largely dictates the dominant dairy phase, with cream selling emphasized on high priced land close to urban markets.
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Alica
Brooklyn
Act of Congress
Secretary Morton
Navy
Gale, Ngenpeshaaennes
Dairy and Stock
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