The Fearful Vermont Sheriff and His Silent Gritt
An old Vermont sheriff who served forty years guiding prisoners in a bugy without ever drawing a weapon or using handcuffs recalls a moment when he faced Si Perkins, a barber rumored to be dangerous. He admits he was very scared and chose to remove the threat by taking the barber away.
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Randles Praises American Business Energy at Chicago Banquet
Sir John Randles, representing England, lauded American business energy and alertness at a foreign steel magnates' banquet in Chicago. He cited a overheard conversation from an English town water works where a manager asks a clerk to move desks due to sleep and loud snoring, highlighting contrasts with American industry.
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On wrong Scent in Pursuit of Happiness
Quotation attributed to Herrvy Drummond contrasts common beliefs of happiness with a philosophy of giving. It argues that happiness does not come from possession or being served but from generosity and serving others.
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Herrvy Drummond
Fashions of the Moment in 1911 Spring Dress
London Madame surveys spring 1911 styles with bold trimmings and millinery. Blue dominates hats and fabrics, porcelain bead accents appear on bodices and collars, curls rise atop the head, and muslin and painted chiffon gain favor.
Fashion Notes on Hats Coats and Fabrics of the Season
The writer commends hats with Tegal bands and beadwork and notes varied hat styles including toques and flowers. Tailor made coats stay slim with braided patterns and box backs while novelties in flowered gauzes and ninon fabrics show through. A blue black striped chiffon with crystals forms a simple shirt blouse look, affordable at 3s lid per double width.
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Tegal
Unity in Color Rings Highlight Gem Theme
The piece argues for a single gemstone color theme in rings, urging wearers to pair sapphires with sapphires or emeralds with emeralds only, for a cohesive look. It emphasizes consistent color to express unity.
Seed Tomato Seed Saving Instructions
Seed growers should pick the best ripe tomato variety, plant vines in the same soil, and expect differences in ripening and yield. Fully ripe fruit yields seeds that can be washed and strained, then dried on paper and stored in tins away from mice with the ripening date marked.
Munyon's Rheumatism Remedy Promises Pain Relief
Munyon's remedy claims to relieve pains in legs arms back and swollen joints without morphine opium cocaine or drugs. It says it neutralizes acid and drives out rheumatic poisons from the system and offers free medical advice from Prof Munyon at 53d and Jefferson Sts Philadelphia.
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Munyon
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What Makes You Keep Giving Me Fish for Dinner
A man questions his partner about daily fish dinners and she explains she cooks fish to test a recipe to remove a fish bone stuck in the throat, claiming she acted out of unselfish motive rather than taste.
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound A Woman's Relief
Mrs Dema Bethune of Sikeston Missouri recounts seven years of severe illness with bed days and pain then credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring health allowing her to perform housework garden chores milk cattle and entertain. The ad touts the remedy as a leading cure for female complaints including displacements inflammation ulceration fibroid tumors irregularities backache and nervous prostration and urges readers to try it.
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The Three Great Chances
Richard Cabot argues in Atlantic that every person needs three channels for blessing God responsibility recreation and affection. He asserts these form the universal sustainment of life and remedy for sorrow and pain.
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Ito Richard Cabot
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Bismarck Follows Water Fasting Tradition
The great Prince Bismarck refused to drink water from a glass on New Year's Eve nightly from nine to after midnight. The family legend warned that defying this practice would bring a serious illness upon the violator.
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Bismarck
Not Half as Hard as Doing What Others Demand
A reflective line contrasts personal drive with external pressure, noting that pursuing one’s own goal is harder to resist than yielding to another’s will. The phrase frames autonomy and willpower as central to true effort.
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