Jonah or Croesus on the Nancy Bell
Ben Ruggles, a battered stowaway, is mistaken for a Jonah after the Nancy Bell wrecks off Africa. He captivates a native king by performing feats with his artificial teeth ear and hook. Ben returns with natives as a famed medicine man and reveals he cured the king’s daughter with Ruggles Cure All. Captain Poore ponders the ship’s value.
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Jabez Poore
Nancy Bell
Ben Tuggles
Ben
Kwango
Ruggles
Jonah
Ben Hind
Huemanely
Akari
Alas Rf
Poore
Ben Ruggles
New Force From Swelling Quick Lime Delivers Fracturing Power
The swelling of quick lime upon contact with water produces a nearly irresistible force. Engineers have pursued practical uses, and recently a factory witnessed massive pillars torn down when water was added to lime filled holes.
Slow combustion may explain many fires in dry wood
F. J. Hoxte reports to the American Society of Mechanical Engineers that spontaneous combustion in charred, dried wood could account for numerous mysterious fires, suggesting a common mechanism and urging further study.
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F. J. Hoxte
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
He Quit His Job Then
James Carter a nitroglycerin driver quit his job after a crash on a secluded highway. A truck loaded with hundreds of sticks of gelatin nitro ran into a tree and fell 650 feet over an embankment into Meadowlands near Washington Pennsylvania. The nitro scattered but did not explode and Carter resigned after securing the material.
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James Carter
Washington
Philadelphia
Carter
Meadowlands
It Is a Wonder Rosalie Visits a Minister’s Wife
Rosalie accompanies her mother to visit the minister’s wife famed for neat housekeeping. The child asks if God made the flies, and the hostess affirms, leaving Rosalie marveling at how God could find time for everything.
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Rosalie
Early New England Potatoes Love Story
Suspicious at first, the potato plays a key part in early New England history. Captain John Henry Smith introduced it to the American table after his Virginia colony received it from the Spaniards. Colonists hesitated at first but were won over by Smith who enjoyed baked potatoes with Spaniards.
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New England
John Henry Smith
Captain Smith
Thinking and Speaking Wise Saying by William Penn
A compact quotation from William Penn advises caution before speech. It stresses that thinking twice before speaking leads to clearer, more effective communication and fewer misstatements. The maxim invites careful articulation and thoughtful dialogue.
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William Penn
Planting Trees and Shrubs for Home Grounds
Elizabeth van Benthuysen advises spring plantings to supplement gaps with ornamental trees and shrubs this fall. Recommend wide root holes, firm soil, and spacing to avoid blocking views, using birch and Japanese maples as featured choices.
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Elizabeth van Benthuysen
Treatment and Culture of Hardy Annuals
Lima R. Rose explains sowing hardy annuals in April or May with a second sowing two to four weeks later. Use shallow boxes, fine sandy loam, and rich soil from hotbeds or rotted pasture mixed with sand and manure. Do not cover seeds too deep, keep soil firm, water during dry spells, and transplant seedlings at the right time.
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Lima R. Rose
A Forceful Plea in Moonshiner Case
A humorous court snippet shows a man claiming to have seven mouths to feed in court but the judge learns he meant seven dogs. The exchange highlights the tension between poverty excuses and the judge’s disbelief.
Timely Hints on Florals and Garden Care
Fragrant foliage tips emphasize old varieties work well. Canna roots need sun and manure with heavy barnyard mulch. Soak hanging baskets weekly, lower with a pulley. Plant for others, take church bouquets, lilies stay lovely. Work soil with lard rub and soapsuds. Weeds require early, persistent battle now.
The New Bouquets And Debutante Accessories
Florists unveil season’s new floral effects with closely bunched nosegays framed in paper lace. Debutante Bud demands fresh silhouettes in nosegays to match chic frock lines.
Hints for Seasonal Garden Brushing and Bird Nesting
The note suggests brushing up grounds Saturday for a cleaner home, with Sunday reserved for rest. It advises encouraging swallows to nest in the barn by creating entry holes, highlighting the birds as beneficial insect eaters.
Child's absorbing work makes blotting paper
A humorous dialogue shows a boy claiming his work is absorbing and produces blotting paper, with a punchline about his task. The snippet reflects playful wordplay and a mock conversation style.
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Puck
Preventing Staleness of Middle Age by C F Thwing
C F Thwing of Western Reserve University warns middle age can bring physical intellectual and moral staleness to college bred men. He urges sustained athletic activity daily reading and thought a leadership role and daily exposure to poetry and great prose to lift oneself through distant duty and inspiring guidance.
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C. F. Thwing
Western Reserve University
Jean Paul
America's First Traitor Banished to West Indies Meets Death at Sea
The article notes Benjamin Church, a major early American traitor, was banished to the West Indies after his treason during the Revolutionary era. He sailed in May 1776 and was never heard from again, presumed lost at sea. It also discusses the spitball controversy in baseball, noting its lingering use and debates among players and officials.
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America
West Indies
Percy D. Haughton
Boston Braves
Haughton
Jimmy Callahan
Pirates
Callahan
Benjamin Church
Harvard
New England
Church
England
Gage
Washington
Congress
Cambridge
Feed Well and House Hens for Profitable Poultry
Practical advice urges good nutrition, clean housing, and strong healthy hens to maximize profits. Standard bred poultry with attractive shape and color can outperform mongrels or poorly bred purebreds in eggs and meat. For ducks, milk or buttermilk in mash may hasten laying. ensure dry, well bedded floors for turkeys and geese and frequent disinfection of turkey sheds to avoid losses.
New Inventions from the Era of Steam and Industry
A compilation of novel devices including a pedal operated nutcracker, a combined display and scale unit for shops, a heavy water freezing method, a detachable omnibus trailer for cars, a home hot air path appliance, coconut water coagulating rubber in Ceylon, a front crankshaft pulley powering farm gear, peat fiber textiles, a rotary toaster that dries four slices while one toasts, large scale bone and meat unloading chains in British ports, tattoo removal using lime and phosphorus, and a keel powered lamp for a low shoe with evening wear.
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Ceylon
Cess
Frrench Army
Beating High Cost of Living Potatoes Offered in Gloucester
A Gloucester resident advertised in a local paper that he would pay $5 for the best potato presented within a set time. Over several days many citizens sent in samples and he collected more than six barrels of potatoes for a relatively small sum.
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Gloucester
Mass
Help in the World: A Call to Give and Receive
A moral exhortation on the power of helping others. The piece argues that helping others benefits both giver and receiver, urging selflessness as essential to happiness, health, and social harmony across all people and organizations.
Global notes from 1900s trade and industry headlines
Chile is twice California’s size, Italy buys American hardware and Italy’s army consumes 90 000 cattle monthly. Portugal plans a steamship to Brazil. Japan will advertise in the United States. Texans will make paper pulp from cotton stalks. Spain cannot meet Greek lumber demand. Papermakers plant 750 000 trees on cutover Maine lands.
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Chile
California
Italy
Portugal
Brazil
Japan
United States
Spain
Maine
Housewife Wealth Producer Says Columbia Scholar
Prof. B R Andrews of Columbia University argues the wife who diligently manages the home is a wealth producer equal to the husband. He predicts a future where housewives’ value is recognized and many who work outside the home may choose home duties for savings and comfort.
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B. R. Andrews
Columbia University
Wilson Among Oldest Presidents in U.S. History
The text notes President Wilson as the oldest living former U.S. executive, aged sixty, a milestone not surpassed since James Buchanan’s inauguration in 1857. It places his age in a historical timeline extending over six decades.
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Wilson
United States
Buchanan
Proper Turkey Housing and Health Tips
The text urges clean housing for turkeys to prevent disease and lice. It advises daily vigorous exercise for the birds, sand bedding, and ensuring good air quality. It stresses preventive measures to protect flocks and profits, with deep litter of clean hay or straw on the floor for scratching grain.
Wise and Otherwise Reflections on Truth and Pride
A collection of aphorisms on faults and honesty. Lines compare honesty to deceit and pride with common sense. It mentions a polite street car conductor who died young and notes a boy’s notion of greatness in a uniform. It ends with a quip on self-knowledge.
Among Friends Stepmother Weds Stepson in Newark
Mrs Laura Friend of Newark married her stepson Ernest Friend. The Friends of the Friends worry about the family ties as Mrs Friend is now both grandmother and step-grandmother, while Mr Friend is step-father and step-uncle to any potential children. The family plans to avoid fuss, insisting they are all good Friends.
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Laura Friend
Newark
Ernest Friend
New York Commercial Reports
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