Honeymoon Bluff on a Ship Ends in Proposal
Vera Chalmers learns the man she loves is Ralph Maynard aboard in a double booking as Somerset Lane with a seasick wife a ruse. Ralph admits the ruse and proposes a return trip under his own name, while Vera agrees to a future plan if he avoids another voyage with a fake wife.
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Ralph
Vera
Phil
Pinehurst
Ralphvas
Gan
Ralph Maynard
Somerset Lane
Self and
Philip Archly
Self
Virginia
Carolina Beach
New York
Sis
Miss Chalmers
London
Self and Wife
Private Samoan Dialect Notions in Stevenson's Tale
Robert Louis Stevenson notes a Samoan noble’s exclusive tongue with taboo words for common items and for parts of the body and life events. He contrasts this private dialect with the language of the people, detailing terms for the head, face, dwelling, food, illness, death, and afterdeath rites.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
The Beautiful and the Useful Unite in Man
Goethe argues that both beauty and utility must be cultivated in many people to form mankind. He emphasizes the gain from cooperation across all humans, noting that individual pursuits of the beautiful or the useful are inadequate alone.
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Goethe
Queensland editors settle dispute with boxing match
Two Queensland journalists, Murpy of the Charleville Times and Kilner of the Guardian, chose a public fight with boxing gloves. The hall was packed as Murphy won the first round, Kilner faded in round two, and the third left him dazed and hanging on the ropes.
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Queensland
Murphy
Charleville Times
Kilner
Guardian
Labor
Qualities of the Jersey Cow in Dairy Breeding
A veteran breeder argues Jersey cows surpass rivals as butter cows due to higher butter yield and efficient digestion. He endorses registered Jerseys for beginners, cites public tests and fat globule size, and weighs mid-size cows against larger ones for cost efficiency and dual-purpose use.
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Jersey
Chapman
Chicago
St. Louis
Portland
Guernsey
Farms of United States Value Estimated at 30 Million
The article estimates that the farms across the United States, including all livestock and improvements, are worth about thirty million dollars.
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Farms of
United States
Vestibule in the hog house draft prevention plan
An Iowa subscriber proposes a cold weather vestibule for hog houses to cut drafts. A 3 by 5 foot shed with cloth curtains blocks wind at the door, removable in warm weather, and can double as lice treatment with dip or coal oil. Hogs are taught to pass through the curtain openings.
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Iowa
Horace Carter
Kidder
Kiddar
Algo Tool i. Potahot
Waterbury
New Hill Onion Is Big Favorite
The New Hill onion proves hardy in northern winters and resistant to onion maggot, with fall planted sets producing marketable bulbs by June or July. Spring planted large bulbs yield sets by fall, requiring stored mature bulbs for continued supply.
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F. L. Robinson
Navel Oranges Trace Origins to Mediterranean Tree
The origin story ties the navel orange to a single tree found on the northern shore of the Mediterranean Sea about 350 years ago. It notes the fruit’s unique seedless form and widespread cultivation since its discovery.
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Mediterranean Sea
Duck Hunter Misadventures and Ducks in Iowa Fields
In a rambling tale, two hunters chase ducks and jackrabbits across Iowa fields. They face misfires, a runaway go devil, and a long dawn trek as ducks remain elusive and the day ends oddly with a mixed haul and humor.
Paris Miser Anglade Carried Fortune to Grave
A Pau-based Paris correspondent reports Anglade as a money-obsessed miser who starved himself to save costs and hid his wealth in the grave. After his death his wife found 6250 dollars in hidden places. the grave was opened with a magistrate and more notes and bonds were discovered in his bamboo cane buried with him.
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Angliade
Pau
Anglade
Paris
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Conversation as a Gift Cited in Studio Woman Dialogue
A studious woman calls conversation a gift and Miss Cuay enne agrees that it usually is If people paid for talks there would be less of it, she says
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Miss Cuayenne
Whimsical Exchanges and Quick Jokes in Portrait Gallery
A collage of humorous vignettes and wry comments from a London sketch page. Lines tease finances marriage nerves a brotherly mislabeling and playful banter about two tasks and GUI chewing. A spoof of public life and art history closes the set.
Polite Neighbor Teases Mrs Jobbles About Her Husband
A neighbor compliments Mrs Jobbles by calling her husband wide awake while she sighs that the baby takes after him. The brief exchange captures small town humor and domestic tone.
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Associated Literary Press
New Hill
Arosh
Sportsman
Tia
Plance
Rabbit
Familly Poultry
Goslinga
Griselda
Stephen
Henry C. Work
Georgia
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