Wonderful Growth of Girls Canning Clubs in the South
New York report details the Girls Canning Club movement across fourteen states as an education board program. Each girl farms one tenth of an acre grows tomatoes, uses portable canning outfits, and learns sanitation and labeling. By 1918 more than 80,000 girls participated. profits averaged 21.98 dollars with notable individual gains. The program, funded mainly by the general education board, fosters social ties and broader civic growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mn Club
Element of Agriculture
Genus Education Board
General Education
Canning Club
General Education Board
Department of Agriculture
Texas
Oklaoma
Arkansas
Iarstone
Virginia
West Virginia
North
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Mississippi
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama
Macon County
Supreme Court
Bandits Rob Passengers On Westbound Sun Set Express
Bandits in two rear sleeping cars of the Galveston Harrisburg and San Antonio line robbed sun set express passengers near Spofford. They took 7840 in cash and 3000 in jewelry, escaping before the train reached Spofford. Jose Martinez, a Durango native, and his family escaped with 14000 to 16000 in cash and valuables. Martinez shared 20 to 150 with victims who lost everything in the raid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
Galveston, Harrisburg
Spofford
Jose Martinez
Durango
Martinez
Louisiana to Get Railroad Build Onto Monroe Route
Advices from Monroe Louisiana report the Monroe and Texas Railroad Company is chartered with capital sock of 40000 and authorized capital 210000. It may construct own lease and operate a railroad from Monroe westward through Ouachita Jackson Winn Natchitoches and Sabine parishes to the Sabine river with authority to build branches and extend beyond Louisiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
Shreveport
Monroe
Monroe and Texas Railroad Company
Ouachita
Jackson
Winn
Natchitoches
Sabine Parishes
Sabine River
Genevieve Clark to Wed James M. Thomson
Speaker Champ Clark and Mrs Clark announce the engagement of their daughter Genevieve to James M Thomson editor of the New Orleans Item The wedding will take place in early summer at the Clark home in Bowling Green Missouri
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Champ Clark
Washington
Orangs Men Buy Louisiana Land in Charles Parish Sale
Land holdings of Liv of mic and Company comprising acres in the southern parish were sold last Saturday in Charles to a buyer from Orange. The transaction details include the purchasers Stark of Orange and Bardoe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
Charles
Liv of Mic and Company
En Bardoe
Stark
Orange
Unclear OCR item reports deaths in battie with disjointed text
Fragmentary OCR text mentions deaths during a battle and references individuals and a president of a society. The readable parts are scarce and the overall context is ambiguous, with numerous garbled names and numbers that do not form a coherent event or proper attribution.
Candies From Fondant Cream For Homemade Treats
Basic fondant on eggs and sugar forms the base for various candies. Roll and mold the fondant into balls and shapes, fill prune pouches, dip in chocolate, and flavor lightly with orange or strawberry to create decorative wafers, stuffed dates, and nut filled pieces.
Home Helps Tips for Practical Household Tasks
A local note by Mrs. W. R. MecM shares quick tips for home care. It suggests wiping fish with paper towels, removing paint with hot vinegar, cleaning pewter with sweet oil and whiting, seasoning coffee with salt, blanching dandelion leaves, wiping matting with salt water, toasting pound cake, salad ideas with watermelon and pineapple, blueberries over apples for autumn pie, using a nut pick to reveal milk bottle covers, wrapping cheese with a vinegar cloth, and stopping leaks with a soap and whitening mix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Mecm
The Cheapest Kitchen Rack
A reader describes a simple no cost kitchen rack using a strong cord across a closet door to hold bulging lids. The improvised rack keeps lids tidy and saves time searching for the right cover for pots and pans.
A Few Cooking Tips From an Old Recipe Page
A fragment outlines kitchen advice such as stewing prunes with pot roast to flavor meat, a teaspoon of lemon juice per quart of water to whiten rice and keep grains separate, and adding salt last when cooking to avoid curdling milk. It also notes storing tea and coffee in glass jars and provides a stuffing recipe with butter onions bread crumbs liver heart salt poultry seasoning pepper and optional hot water.
Tablecloth care and fabric use guidance
Instructions advise alternating use of tablecloths from a supply to extend wear. Rotate one cloth at a time to prevent wear, applying this method to bed linens and wearing apparel, with emphasis on stockings.
To Keep Silver Bright In A Flour Box
A quaint hint suggests placing silver items in a c board box with a layer of ordinary flour. Lay forks and spoons on top and cover thickly with flour. the silver remains bright for a long time.
Dodson's Liver Tone Beats Calomel for Bilious Feelings
A vintage testimonial warns against calomel and touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe herbal remedy. The speaker claims calomel harms bones and causes sickness, offering a 50 cent bottle guarantee that it will normalize liver function, purge bile, and keep the family healthy without side effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodson
Busby As A Humorist In A War Of The Suez
In a dialogue sketch Busby jokes about Turks fighting Britain over the Suez canal and says they would loot the hardware. Mrs Busby questions the idea, noting there are no locks, leaving Busby to reflect on his own fault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Busby
Suez Canal
Mrs. B
Berlin
Danderine Promises Hair Growth From Dandruff Ad
An advertisement touts Knowlton's Danderine as a remedy for dandruff and falling hair. It claims the product strengthens hair roots, restores luster and fullness, and spurs new downy hair within weeks after use. The pitch appeals to readers facing scalp flakiness and hair loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knowlton
Adv
Fertilizer Johnson Named for Parents in New York
In a New York classroom a teacher learns a girl’s name Fertilizer Johnson, chosen by her mother who explains the name combines her father Ferdinand and her mother Liza Fertilizer Johnson confirms the tale. The exchange emphasizes the unusual naming practice and parental explanation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Johnson
Ferdinand
Liza
Clear Your Skin with Fragrant Emollients Ad
Advertises fragrant emollients for skin scalp hair and hands to clear pimples blotches redness roughness dandruff itching and chapping. Free samples by mail with 82-p Skin Book. Address postcard Cuticura Dept Y Boston. Sold everywhere Ady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuticura
Dept. Y
Boston
Ady
Not at all. I’ve noticed one thing
A witty dialogue contrasts a tough citizen with becoming tender. The speaker notes that repeated provocation or stewing does not soften a hard-edged character. The remark hints at resilience and stubborn resolve within urban life.
She Keeps Vow to Never Be Gray Haired
Gladys vowed not to live to gray hair and kept her oath. Found in a dyeing condition she remains in a dyed state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys
New in Natural History Gop Confounds Geography Class
In a geography recitation a class guesses an animal Donald describes as a big clumsy creature with a trunk and rope tail. After many wrong guesses the teacher and students fail to identify it until Donald reveals a common paper image: a Gop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald
A Glimpse of Belgium Before the War
Isabel Anderson describes Louvain as a picturesque old town dominated by the hotel de ville and central church. Convents and monasteries cluster on surrounding hills while black robes fill the streets, and the university library once housed priceless church documents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louvain
Hotel de Ville
Belgium
Isabel Anderson
National Magazine
Colonel defends rule clash on the golf course
A Col Carter, only three months into golf, is admonished for playing from in front of the tee disks during a tournament. The secretary scolds him, but he answers with dignity, saying it is his third stroke and the rule is none of the secretary’s business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonel Carter
Collier’s Weekly
Uncle Tobe the Vermont recluse keeps a tight tongue
In a Vermont town a curmudgeonly figure named Uncle Tobe is famed for extreme caution in speech and truth telling. A doctor wagers he can induce a falsehood, sneaking into the barn while Uncle Tobe responds to a visitor that the doctor was still present when he left the room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
Uncle Tobe
Hig Country
Tobe
Man Helps Stranded Horse Then Offended by Gentleman
A muddy road scene ends with a well-dressed stranger offering practical help to free a tangled horse. The owner, after following the guidance and getting the animal moving, rages at the gentleness shown and hotly resents the courtesy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wrath
Jad Salts Kidney Flush Ad for Back Pain Relief
An old advertisement touts Jad Salts to flush kidneys and ease backache. It claims kidneys clog like bowels, causing headaches and bladder disorders, recommending a tablespoon in water daily for several days to restore activity and neutralize urine acids. A local druggist is quoted selling Jad Salts widely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ady
Strange Scorpion Found Near Chambersburg Station
A curious specimen described as a lizard or scorpion was captured by Walter T. Todd near the trolley station of the Chambersburg Greencastle Waynesboro Street Railway at Highfield, Pennsylvania. About eight inches long, brick dust color, it lay on the ground in rain and cool weather and was easily captured. The elongated rubbery body has four short legs and a short tail, with no visible scales. Its origin remains unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter T. Todd
Chambersburg, Greencastle & Waynesboro Street Railway Company
Highfield
Sammy Delivers News On Wilson Message To Tumulty
A small boy nicknamed Sammy asks Secretary Tumulty for his view on President Wilsons message to Congress. Tumulty responds with praise but then asks Sammy why he seeks the opinion. Sammy explains he needs material for a school composition due tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sammy
Wilson
Tumulty
Congress
Colds & LaGrippe Dosage Ad Brings Fast Relief
A French English advertisement claims 5 or 6 doses of 666 will break chills fever and LaGrippe, acting on the liver better than Calomel, without causing gripe or sickness. Price 25 cents. Adyv.
Castoria Reminder Promotes Trusted Infant Remedy
Consumers urged to examine each bottle of Castoria for the signature of Karchidkin as a safe and proven remedy for infants and children for over 30 years. The message emphasizes that children cry for Fletcher's Castoria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fletcher
Accounted For Fence Joke Sparks Quiet Dispute
A light exchange centers on a new fence where one character teases the design for uneven picket spacing. The reply blames the stuttering builder as the sole reason for the flawed plan, ending the brief exchange with a dry punchline.
It Depends and a Cheerful Disposition
A witty exchange contrasts cheerful singing at work with moving from a flat. A closing quip notes a true friend keeps opinions to himself, illustrating social humor.
Multiplication Tables Burden on Schoolboys
A short note observes that many school boys endure misery while learning the multiplication table, highlighting frustration and possible teaching challenges.
Do you believe in long engagements
A playful exchange between a couple about postponing marriage. She agrees engagements should be tested by time. He asks for a long period and proposes delaying marriage to a week from next Thursday. The dialogue emphasizes caution and gradual commitment.
Wasted Dress Exchange Sparks Dyes Shortage Debate
In Cleveland readers debate fashion woes as a humorous exchange contemplates dye shortages and the idea of dressing in black. Clarence muses on vocation while Reggie ponders practical options, reflecting a lighthearted local paper moment.
Lauretta Questions Aunt Mary's Weight at Dinner
A child asks if Aunt Mary is getting fat and the mother corrects her, saying to use stout instead. Lauretta then requests "a little of the lean and a little of the Stout" for meat at dinner, prompting a humorous moment in the meal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Lauretta
Lauretta
The Shocks of Football
A compact fragment on football praising its roughness and dramatic shocks. It contrasts physical force with striking images of bodies and hair, capturing a spirited, rhythmic critique characteristic of period sports prose.
Lovers oft rush in where husbands fear to tread
A compact headline notes lovers undertake risky entanglements, hinting at social norms and marital restraint. The phrase signals a drama of affection versus duty, suggesting reputational stakes and possible consequences within a constrained community.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Government and Education Board
Ienbecks
Battie
Malyahs
Lorenz
Acenbeck
Lolli
St. Yl Society
Sy Porte
MR. Busby
Hanford
Iorih
Clarence
Reed
Reggie
Mothah
Leveland Plain Dealer
Carter
Carters
Thomas E. Green
H. H. Green
Box A
Chatsworth
Corporation
P.o.box
Dallas,Texas
Peden Iron & Steel CO
Houston
McCane’s
Agenc x
South
Spohn
Spohn Medical Co
UCM
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!