Legal Decisions on Alterations and Public Policy Doctrines
A summary of court rulings and legal principles: an altered instrument by naming a comaker relieves the maker. a deathbed custody agreement is void for public policy. a state based public expense treatment for inebriates is unconstitutional due to arbitrary population-based classification. debt garnishment restricted to the debtor's residence state. a gas company tariff discriminates unreasonably between users of lights and fuel, voiding the rate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. BR
Murray
Commissioners
Ramsay County
Minn
Illinois C. R. Co
Smith
Miss
Bullard & Hoagland
Chaffee
Richmond Nat. Gas Co
Clawson (Ind
S. R
Admirals of the Fleet and Field Marshals in England
England reports seven admirals of the fleet and nine field marshals. Cuba shows customs receipts of 7 547 805 dollars for the six months ending June 30. Ontario residents lead Canada in letter writing. In 1899 England saw over 1 125 000 legal actions, involving more than four percent of the population. Canada plans four large steamers to run between Quebec or Halifax and Liverpool, saving 752 miles over New York and 30 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Cuba
Ontario
Canada
Quebec
Malifax
Liverpool
New York
Miracle Cure for Rheumatism Shocks Madison County
In Oldenburg Illinois Willie Keil thirteen suffers three months of acute rheumatism. Doctors failed. Father buys Dodd's Kidney Pills. Three boxes cure him completely. The cure shocks Madison County and prompts much talk about the medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oldenburg
Ill
Willie Keil
Dodd
Madison County
Patchwork Ponderings and Patent Remedies Ad
A collage of quips and ads from early 1900s newspapers notes farmers debating patchwork truck patches and asks why called ipatches. The page promotes tonics and cures from Hale Hus Honey of Horehound to Pikes Toothache Drops and Hoxsie's Croup Cure with appeals to common wisdom and humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hale
Pike
Devoe Paint Promotes Fall Application and Longevity
An October style advertisement urges fall painting using Devoe ready paint. It claims longer lasting results than lead and oil, lower cost, and safer brand reputation. Readers are advised to ask dealers for Devoe and request a free pamphlet from Devoe Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Devoe
Chicago
Artful Entertaining for a Busy Housewife Visitor
The piece advises tailoring hosting to a guest's freedom and pace. It praises letting a guest choose activities and avoiding rigid menus. For rural hosts, fresh river bass and home cures delight. city hosts should avoid spring chicken and focus on hearty, familiar dishes. It stresses learning from guests and broadening perspective through shared meals.
Hanging Bookcase for Small Living Space
A simple inexpensive hanging cabinet idea for hall bedrooms. Three feet long and about 18 inches high with a middle shelf narrower than top and bottom shelves. No back needed. attach brass fastenings for a hanging rod and use a decorative molding top.
Parched Mouth as Sign of Deep Anxiety
The article notes dry mouth and throat are rapid indicators of deep anxiety. It explains anxious individuals may speak with difficulty, roll the tongue to moisten a dry mouth, and a calm exterior can mask inner worry.
Recipe Notes for Preserving Egg Parts and Texture
A kitchen note advises saving all parts of eggs including whites and yolks. Keep whites covered, add a little water to yolks, and use milk to soften beaten eggs that have become hard.
How to Test a Pudding
A quick test method for baked puddings suggests inserting a knife to check doneness. If the knife comes out dry the pudding is done.
Hoosier Hymn Writer Jennie Wilson Forges Sacred Song
In South Whitley Indiana a paralyzed hymn writer Jennie Wilson is hailed as a prolific composer of sacred songs. She has published over 700 hymns now used by Methodist and Presbyterian denominations while supporting herself through her gifts. Local praise notes her modesty and perseverance despite disability.
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Indiana
Jennie Wilson
South Whitley
Jennie
Wilson
Southern
Leslie’s Weekly
Etiquette for Visiting a Convalescent in a Sick Room
Practical guidance on respectful visits to the ill from Ledger Monthly. Advice covers dress, conduct, seating, topics, and length of calls to comfort patients without causing strain or distress. Includes a closing note from Leslie's Weekly praising practical female ingenuity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiness
Ledger Monthly
Extracting Honey at the Apiaries and Home Honey House
Beekeeping notes describe extracting honey from frames at out apiaries and in the honey house. Large hives hold twenty frames, with variations of one or two bodies and a queen excluder. Harvest runs from late September after bees ripen honey, then uncapping, extracting, and draining into five gallon cans and jars for retail and wholesale. The process uses a two part uncapping knife, a hand crank extractor, and grade by honey color white amber dark. Wax from drained caps becomes light yellow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. G. Herman
Orange
Judd Parmer
Feather Eating in Fowls and Horse Handling Methods
The New York experiment station outlines feather eating as tied to nitrogen deficiency and reports of bone and lean meat feeding. editors note a parasite Sarcopuis Inevis as the true cause, with preventive isolation and creosote-oil treatments. Advice on humane horse handling stresses patient approach over force and outlines tying, haltering, and quiet schooling as effective.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Experiment Station
Farm and Dairy
New South Wales
Stack covers protect alfalfa hay from rain
A reader notes that uncovered alfalfa stacks absorb rain and spoil. A stack cover made of ten inch boards in sections six to twelve feet long sheds moisture, keeping hay as well as barn storage.
How to Cover and Store Stacked Corn
J L Irwin advises on covering stacked corn using No 12 smooth wire to secure overlapping sections and weights at corners. He recommends painting boards for longevity and rolling or placing on logs to avoid dampness. Each removal should expose only one section at a time for easy access.
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J. L. Irwin
Ohio
Rearing or Buying Feeding Stock for Profit in Cattle
The author discusses whether feeders should rear their own feeding stock or rely on western ranges. He cites Iowa farmers institute guidance, noting high grade cows and pure bred bulls can yield calves ready for market at 80 to 86 months with proper care. The writer, Tam Frank, prefers raising feeders when possible and asserts combined production of grain and cattle yields greatest profits.
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Lowa State Farmers’ Institute
Lowa
Lowa Homestead
Lam
Tam Frank
Timely Stock Notes on Feeding and Breeding Practices
Practical guidance for livestock care from 19th century cattle experts. Highlights include the futility of feeding animals without gain, the limits of grade sires, value of breeding records, bedding with cut straw for absorbency, and careful lice treatment with sulfur. Notes stress individual feed efficiency, and that no universal feeding rule fits all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnum
Marigold Weather Predictor and Sulphur Prize Plans
A note on the marigold as a weather indicator explains flowers opening in clear mornings while staying shut in rain. Tinly Agricultural Society offers prizes near 200 dollars for reliable sulphur quality tests and copper sulphate mixtures. An Araucarian crab shell barometer from Chile signals weather shifts by red spotting as humidity rises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural Society of Tinly
Italy
Chill
Gossip of Writers and Artists Across Circles
The Ben Hur sales total 725000 copies over 21 years. Louise Chandler Moulton as Whistler’s lifelong friend owned many early Whistler paintings. A Besant associate notes Whistler kept the characters and appearance of his current novel in mind. Dan Godfrey won damages from a publisher and a female author over a novel assignment and secured an injunction against further publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lew Wallace
Louise Chandler Moulton
James MacNeil Whistler
Walter Besant
Dan Godfrey
Hbel
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Citiman
Philadelphia Press
Wm. OQ. Endsley
Vanburen
Ind
Chicago Daily News
Hoxsie
N. Y. Sun
Putnam
N. Y
A.j.tower CO
Boston
Mass
Sen
Woolrich & CO
Palmer, Mass
N. Y. Tribune
Eas
A. Vlasson
Timely
Matters Scientific
Union Bor
Auarter
Adentury Uy
Douglas
Morit Alione
W. L. Douglas
Dougina
Ieee
Dougie
Othe Ore
W. J. Douglas
Hoang Ham
L. Douglas
Brockton
Magde
Minnesota
Lake Region Farm
Frank Crowell & A. L. Crocker
Bank of Commerce Sundin
Inneapolis
Wafarenoka
Bank of Commerce
Security Bank
Lae Wuriu
Dkog and Chemical C
Newbery & Sons
Charterhouse
London
H.C. Portree
A. N. Kellogg Newspaper CO
W. W. Adan
Ana 18
Pribune Building
Stark Bros
Louisiana
Dan
Termson
Adaross Willig A. Walker
Hensepla Atos
Minneapolis
Mink
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