Every Citizen Owes Duty to Community
Rosabelle Houston writes in Grit that every citizen must aid in improving the community. A well ordered city reflects individuals and encourages higher deeds. Parents should teach children cleanliness from babyhood to shape better schools and social life.
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Rosabelle Houston
Proper Use of Paint for Farm Buildings
Path finder Magazine notes delaying paint harms wood and iron. Regular painting protects surfaces from weather, slows rot and rust, and is cheaper in the long run. A farmer who paints personally benefits from knowing paint types, mixing, surface prep, and whitewashing techniques.
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Pathfinder Magazine
Fire prevention in homes and urban housing risks
The article urges protecting wooden frames from fire rather than blocking use. It highlights risks in dense cities, calls for education of residents, and argues fire prevention societies should inform architects and builders to design safer homes for owners and communities.
Economy Encourages Saving for a Home and Attainable Goals
The article argues that saving is most effective when tied to a definite, worthwhile objective. Owning a home holds strong appeal and is within reach for many, a goal building and loan associations could emphasize to motivate savers toward practical outcomes.
Omaha Bee Motto Promotes Civic Action Not Committees
Applies to All Towns Making a Bigger and Better Omaha is not the work for committees or groups. It is the work of every citizen. If you have an idea that there is something the matter with Omaha, forget it long enough to investigate yourself. You may discover the matter is with yourself, not the city.
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Omaha
Omaha Bee
Budgeting Friar: a playful clash over spending and marriage
In Riverton a humorous exchange compares budgeting to a plan for spending money. Firkin declares no need for a budget after announcing marriage, highlighting a comic clash over household finance norms.
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Firkin
Riverton
Cost Plus dialog over fair profit for work value
A quoted exchange shows Reiley and Spencer debating payment. Reiley argues for ten dollars owed, while Spencer counters seven dollars of work performed. Reiley defends a fair profit.
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Reiley
Spencer
Farmer Advice on Cull Bonanza for Egg Production
Poultry expert W R Glagener urges August and September culling of non layers to boost fall and winter egg output. He outlines physical tests and body shape indicators to identify the best layers and recommends selling culls in larger quantities for better prices.
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W. R. Glagener
Extension Service
M. College
Tabby's Rival the Owl Owls as Pest Control
Barn owls are valuable for rodent control as they consume hundreds of rats and mice each season and cause little harm. The great horned owl may raid henhouses occasionally, but its pest control benefits outweigh the losses.
Johnny's Good Record
A terse comic tale about a boy named Johnny who dodges math work. His merchant father asks daily how many sums were wrong and learns only one mistake was made, while Johnny admits he did not attempt the remaining eleven problems.
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Johnny
Ingenious Sidestep Resolves Age in Court
An Italian woman deflects a court question on her age by saying she keeps exact counts of money and possessions to guard against theft but cannot be robbed of a year or a day, thus remains between thirty five and fifty.
Early Use of Mica in Prehistoric America
Mica was widely used by Native Americans east of the Great Plains and mined across the Appalachian highlands. It served in personal ornaments and ceremonial contexts, with mica sheets placed over the dead in burial practices.
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America
Great Plains
Appalachian Highlands
Two Things Compulsory in a New York Negro Comedy
A line from a New York stage piece blends humor with tragedy as a comedian commands another to act and the retort echoes a bleak rule about life. The exchange frames themes of duty and mortality in a portrait of the show.
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New York
Romans Imported Roque Fort Cheese For Banquets
Pliny notes that Romans over two thousand years ago imported roque fort cheese from France to add flavor to their banquets, highlighting early taste for French dairy.
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Pliny
France
The Kitchen Cabinet Epigram from 1926
A playful, early 20th century brief notes a busy bonny place for those who love and work, filling their hands with flowers in a rough world as described by The Kitchen Cabinet in 1926.
Favorite Currant Pie and Salads from Canfield Menu
A treasury of home dish ideas covers currant pie with meringue, Canfield String Beans, Tomatoes Stuffed With Cucumbers, Celery and Bacon on toast, Stuffed Eggs, Chicken a la King, Swiss Eggs, Baked Corn With Clams, Timbale Cases, and sweet fillings for jams and sandwiches.
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Universal Company
Food Combinations It Is Wisdom to Avoid
The death of Chin Hong a Baltimore laundryman after a luncheon of cherry pie and milk highlights dangerous food pairings though the ingredients are harmless separately. The report notes blood letting by Chinese doctors as the cause and warns bananas with alcohol as another risky combination. It urges avoiding these pairings at any time.
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Chin Hong
Baltimore
Bond's Liver Pills Advertisement Claims Liver Cure
An old advertisement touts Bond's Liver Pills as a prescription remedy for an active liver, promising relief from headaches biliousness dizziness and all liver troubles at 25 cents a bottle.
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Bond
Sherman Prepared for Any Emergency
Judge Gary praised an efficient overseer at a banquet, likening him to Sherman on his march to the sea. The tale notes Sherman’s rail repair prowess and a Confederate cavalry threat, with a punchline about duplicate tunnels showing readiness in war.
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Gary
Sherman
Detroit Free Press
Macclesfield Inventor Claims Light Color Sleep Cure
An English inventor from Macclesfield says a bedside machine emitting twelve color light flashes at set intervals can soothe the eye and induce sleep. He claims stubborn insomnia cases are cured in ten to fifteen minutes.
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Macclesfield
England
Ats
Squirrel Siphons Sap At New Hampshire School
A sugar maple near an Epping schoolhouse attracted attention last spring when a squirrel gnawed a limb and hung by its four feet to suck sap oozing from the wound. Teacher and pupils observed the nat ural history moment.
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Epping
N. H
Women in High Positions in French Postal Service
France approves eligibility for women to reach top posts in the postal and telegraph service as office chiefs managers inspectors and on promotions in a key government department. Cuticura Soothes Baby Rashes with soap ointment and talcum advertised 25 cents each.
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France
Maharajah of Gwalior Gifts for Indian Troops in France
The Maharajah of Gwalior who died in Paris sent gifts during the war including forty ambulances a fleet of cars to England and a three months supply of cigarettes for all Indian troops in France.
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Maharajah of
Gwalior
Paris
England
France
Farm buildings valued across nation and Town leads
The last federal census records farm buildings in the United States worth 11.49 billion with an average of 1 781 per farm. Town tops states with 922.75 million valuation and 4828 per farm while DC averages 6067 with 1.42 million total.
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United States
Town
District of Columbia
Canal project in Poland links Baltic and Black Seas
A syndicate advances a canal system plan in Poland to connect the Baltic and the Black seas. The proposal envisions a major waterway, with the project framed as a strategic initiative for regional transport and commerce.
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Poland
Baltic
Black Seas
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed by New Yorker
Mrs Agnes Wignall of Taleville New York reports relief after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound following childbirth She says the tonic helped her convalescence and bladder issues during multiple pregnancies The advertisement promotes the product as a remedy for ailments specific to women and notes availability from druggists.
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Taleville
New York
Len
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England
Lydia E. Pinkham
Brockville
Canada
Agnes Wignall
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