Hard-Luck Yale Man in New York Weighs Life Choices
Howard Jeffries, a dissolute former Yale student, wanders midtown Manhattan at noon amid crowds while debating his failed life. He recalls a broken home, a sham marriage, and parental rejection, then reconnects with Yale alumnus Coxe who urges drinking and signals a new job search in Wall Street.
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Broadway
Howard Jeffries
Fulton Street
Harlem
Annie
Jeffries
New Haven
Howard
S .Dack
New York
Jeffries,Sr
Billy Delmore
Yellow Press
Mr. Jeffries
Yale
Wall Street
Coxe
Micawber
Illusions We Labor Under and Their Putative Value
The passage muses on human illusions and the pursuit of happiness. It argues most pursuits fail to raise happiness, yet continue for destiny’s sake and the incidental benefits. It likens illusions to sanitary conditions affecting the spirit, noting no municipal watch is necessary because providence ensures we will always have illusions.
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Musiona
Puck
Being Natural and the Pitfalls of Imitation in Women
The passage argues that a woman is most charming when natural not posing or imitating others. It questions copying a central figure's manner, poise, or style in crowds and warns imitation can appear ridiculous. Name recognition is discouraged as a measure of charm.
Bananas and Plantains Readied by Quick Ripening
Bananas suffer from a hot room process that speeds color but not sweetness, making them unripe inside. The same method suits plantains, yielding firmer fruit that ships better and can be picked greener, saving time and money according to the New York Press.
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Tropics
New York Press
Fox reportedly dies by own act in escape plunge
An English fox during a run with Godworth hounds leapt into a 30 foot well to escape the hounds and is presumed to have committed death by its own action. A Zoological Society official doubted deliberate self harm by animals, noting only scorpions and wasps as possible cases.
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Fox
Godworth
Eng
Zoological Society
Uncle Ezra Says Keep Still If You Know Much
A Boston Herald quotation advises silence for those who know little and those who know a lot to avoid appearing ignorant. The line frames restraint as prudent wisdom across topics.
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Ezra
Boston Herald
Breeding Horses for Army Gains Public Support
Government plan to breed army horses uses mare owners to host top stallions at no cost in exchange for options on foals. August Belmont donated Henry of Navarre and Octagon, stationed near Front Royal Virginia. By 1911 about 50 mares bred, Octagon limited by distemper, 50 more mares offered for 1912 season. Circular 178 explains the plan.
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United States
August Belmont
New York
Henry
Navarre
Department of Agriculture
Front Royal
War Department
Virginia
Bureau of Animal Industry
Secretary of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Fertilizer Values by Nitrogen and Phosphorus Content
Illinois College of Agriculture lists ton values for various fertilizers. Fresh farm manure provides 10 lb nitrogen 2 lb phosphorus and 10 lb potassium valued at 2.34 dollars per ton. Other items include dried blood 280 lb nitrogen 42 dollars, raw bone meal 8 lb nitrogen 180 lb phosphorus 33.60 dollars, sodium nitrate 310 lb nitrogen 46.50 dollars, steamed bone meal 20 lb nitrogen 250 lb phosphorus 33 dollars, ammonium sulfate 400 lb nitrogen 60 dollars, acidulated bone meal 40 lb nitrogen 140 lb phosphorus 22.80 dollars, slag phosphate 160 lb phosphorus 19.20 dollars, rock phosphate 250 lb phosphorus 30 dollars, acid phosphate 125 lb phosphorus 15 dollars, potassium chloride 840 lb potassium 50.40 dollars, potassium sulphate 800 lb potassium 48 dollars, kabit 200 lb potassium 12 dollars, wood ashes ten lb phosphorus and 100 lb potassium 7.20 dollars.
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Illinois College of Agriculture
Linseed Meal for Stock Nutritional Insight
Linseed meal proves a tonic ingredient in stock feeds as it forms a major part of many patent stock foods. It acts as a laxative and should not be fed daily in large quantities. Suitable for young stock and any farm animal when green feeds are scarce, it replaces high priced tonics at about one tenth the cost.
Farm fertility shifts as milk sold to city trade
The farm relies on its home raised calf and separator for fertility, but selling milk to the city drains fertility from the land as milk is processed into tin cans priced per hundred pounds.
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Apang
Charles Klein
Arthur
Hhornblow
Park Place
Stepmother
Robert Underwood
Underwood
Illinois College
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