Train Car Romance Sparks Between Sarah Lee and Jasper Waite
On a long train journey to St. Louis, Sarah Lee meets Jasper Waite a mysterious man with bronze skin and a resonant voice. She watches him connect with the Rose Girl while she finds solace in a playful game with children and later a serious bond emerges as Waite asks to play the game for real.
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Sarah Lee
Goming
St. Louis
Ted
Jennie
Jasper Waite
Rose Cheeks
Rose Girl
Poppy
Sunday-Tall Jim and the Prince Albert
A Chicago Journal tale recalls Hortense describing her husband Jim, tall on Sundays when he dons a Prince Albert, claiming he stands a huckleberry above other men as they head to church while he works all week in his shoes without heels.
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Hortense
Prince Albert
Jim
Chicago Journal
Polka Dot Style Through Decades in Men’s Scarves
Dusty polka dot patterns endure in men’s scarves from era to era. The design remains a constant fashion feature in America and England. Its name is linked to the polka dance and to the Polk era in the United States, giving rise to playful polka references in merchants’ windows.
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America
England
Europe
United States
Polk
Peanuts and Palm Oil Key to Tin Plate Making
The article explains tin plate production relies on palm oil for the tin bath and peanut shell dust for cleaning the sheets after tin immersion. It notes no substitutes exist and compares the dusting to historic ink drying methods.
Cholera Microbe Speed Varied in Lab Studies
Late Rome Hygienic Institute director reports the cholera vibrion as the fastest observed, moving 18 inches an hour in room temperature agar culture. The finding shows speed is not governed by cilia, since cholera has only one, while slower organisms have several.
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Hygienic Institute
Rome
Agaragar
Be On Safe Side About Writing Love Letters
Advice urges caution with written words in romance. Lovers, especially women, should temper assurances of love and future plans in letters to avoid mortification when relations change. The piece notes letters lack tone and gesture, urging discretion and restraint in exchanges.
Calis Dimples Marks of Beauty
Dr A S Warthin a UMich pathologist lectures on The Inheritance of Disease and argues facial marks like dimples birthmarks and Cupid's bow lips signal inherited defects He links harelip and cleft palate to beauty and asserts such traits mark a girl as below par urging eugenics better living conditions and recognition of inherited traits
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Calis
A. S. Warthin
University of Michigan
Doctor Warthin
Rope of Rat Tails Displayed by Blackfeet Chief
A 19 foot rope crafted from about 3,000 ground squirrel tails is on display at the Montana extension office. Blackfeet chief Split-Ear and tribal assistants near Browning Glacier County created it as part of a rodent control drive that reportedly involved burying over 1,400 squirrels and destroying an estimated 15,000 rodents. The rope awaits shipment to the U S Department of Agriculture Biological Survey.
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Montana Extension
Biological Survey
United States Department of Agriculture
Split-Ear
Browning
Glacier County
Montana
Mixed breed dog remark in neighbor exchange
Billie wandered into the yard and praised the dog. He described his own dog as a mixed breed, three quarters collie and four fourths bull, in a casual neighborhood exchange.
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Billie
First of the Month Love Nest Turns to Killer Clash
Two lovers live together amid affection but tension rises as threat and violence loom. The scene hints at an impending deadly confrontation framing a domestic dispute turning violent.
Inside the Shang tower a lesson in shot manufacture
A detailed tour of a New England ammunition plant explains shot making from molten lead to final product. It describes the Shang tower, melting cauldrons, and the queasy precision that yields uniform No. 6 and No. 7½ pellets, with automated sieves, glass tables, and brutal quality tests. The process scales to hundreds of tons daily, with strict checks for hardness, roundness, and weight before bags go to market.
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Robert H. Moulton
New England
Suirst
Oddest Couple I Know
A Kansas City Star quote describes Dan Broadhead and his wife as an odd yet content pair who buy only when they want, avoid judging others artwise, ignore public opinion, shun office, and enjoy life in a comfortable unfashionable home with old fashioned flowers.
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Dan Broadhead
Hostetter Smith
Jack
Love on a dime ends boy's affection in exchange tale
A girl recalls loving Harry from ages seven to ten as they walked to school daily. He asks for payment, claiming compensation for daily rides. Her mother pays a dime, and the romance ends, marking a playful yet sharp moral about exchange.
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Harry
Observation on happiness and business impact
The writer notes an old saying that helping others brings happiness to oneself and reverses it to suggest causing unhappiness harms the cause of business and industry today. The comment links morale to productivity and corporate climate.
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Jessie Douglas
Rono Ko Knonocuone
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
LOT Forte
Kansas City Star
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