When Men Marry and the Wise Wife
A mock proverb style reflection notes men seek a guiding wife while some remain bachelor types. The piece touches on marriage expectations and self regard with a witted social observation.
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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1912
Page
7
Origin of the Toast in Banquet Customs
A quotation notes that the term toast for a health drink stems from the practice of offering floating pieces of toast in punch to the banquet's distinguished guests. The origin is attributed to traditional celebratory observances.
Woman attributes health gain to Lydia E Pinkham remedy
Upper Sandusky Ohio report of a woman who credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills with restoring her health after serious fatigue backache nervous strain and bladder issues following marriage and house keeping. She urges other sick women to try the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper Sandusky
Ohio
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia i. Pinkham
Modern Corn Crib Elevators Transform Harvesting Methods
Iowa Homestead publishes a sectional crib drawing showing an elevator fed crib with a 24 foot section and ten foot central driveway. It details roof slope, timber sizes, spacing, and conveyor spouts to increase crib capacity and efficient grain distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Homestead
Support for Tomato Plants Using Simple Hoops and Stakes
Henry C. Little of Massachusetts describes an easy tomato support method from Rural New York. Three 2 1/2 foot stakes form a circle around the plant base, with notches to hold two hoops a sugar barrel hoop and a flour barrel hoop. Drive stakes slanted, place larger hoop, press in smaller until taut, then bundle stakes and hoops for storage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry C. Little
Massachusetts
New Yorker
How to Mix Sand and Clay for Sand Clay Roads
The article explains that sand clay roads require about eighty percent sand and twenty percent clay. A tumbler method estimates clay needs by filling a sand sample with water to the brim, showing the voids to be filled with clay. It notes mixing depends on subsoil, and clay on sand is harder than sand on clay, with clay subsoil easier to work.
Five states lead in improved roads report says
A director of the office of public roads lists the top five states achieving the most road improvements. The report highlights leading efforts and regional progress without naming additional details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of Public Roads
Pole Drag Is Serviceable For Land Leveling
A three pole drag made from hardwood poles six inches through and seven feet long provides an effective leveling tool when a land roller is unavailable. Poles tied by short chain segments support a removable mowing machine seat, allowing independent movement and easy housing. pulling force is applied from the center of the first pole via a short chain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred O. Selby
Good Roads 6 Farm Notes on Weeds and Crop Practices
This column gives practical farm advice on avoiding weed damage, timely cultivation, and crop choices. It covers dew and rain effects on beans, use of blood meal and corn protein, sowing clover and rape in corn, alfalfa as a soilansoil, shock methods, cucumber harvest, weed control routines, silage materials, fodder timing, and roadside hay potential.
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Rica
T!s
Adjectives and the Art of Description in Cobbett and Others
Philip Hale surveys opinions on adjective use from Cobbett to Kinglake and Daudet, noting Cobbett’s possible quip about adjectives and contrasting prose styles. He cites examples from Gulliver’s Travels, Lafcadio Hearn, Poe, Coleridge, and Whitman to illustrate varied diction and vivid phrasing across authors.
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Cobbett
Scotland
Globe Newspaper
Denman
Broughhams
Greys
John Walter
The
London Times
Kinglake
Crimea
Daudet
Gulliver
Lafcadio Hearn
Windward Islands
Poe
Coleridge
Walt Whitman
Philip Hale
Boston Herald
Confucius and Courage Versus Titanic Heroism
Chinese student C H Chu of Columbia argues in the New York Sun that Confucian teaching favors self sacrifice and saving others before self. He asserts that in China the noble rule is women and children first, and men are blamed when they abandon that duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Chu
Columbia University
New York
New York Sun
Chu
Mr. Chu
China
New Process for Making Rubber Stirs London Lecture
Professor W. H. Perkin of Manchester University outlined a laboratory method for synthetic rubber before the Society of Chemical Industry in London. He asserted potential profits at 60 cents per pound and possible production at 24 cents or less, noting rival claims between England and Germany over priority of discovery and suggesting English precedence by about three months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society of Chemical Industry
London
W. H. Perkin
Manchester University
United Kingdom
England
Germany
Perkin
First Sea Mowing Machine Launched In San Diego
A gasoline launch with a horizontal jack shaft and vertical blade shafts is deployed off California to harvest millions of tons of kelp and seaweed. The mowed material floats ashore, is dried, then hauled to a factory for fertilizer conversion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Wasted Diplomacy in March Harper’s Bazaar Exchange
Quip from Harper’s Bazaar notes Mrs. Knicker asks about her husband’s anger at bills. He admits rage but she keeps receipts face down like waiters. Brief dialogue highlights a domestic vignette on money and control.
Pettis Eye Salve for Eye Diseases Debated
A brief exchange features a book agent promoting two titles, with a judge clarifying the misnamed work. The dialogue centers on a book titled A Million Ways to Make a Thousand versus A Thousand Ways to Make a Million and the implications for an eye salve discussion.
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup Teething Remedy
An old advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as the best remedy for children during teething, promising relief for distressed infants and claiming trusted effectiveness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Winslow
Schoolchildren receive thirty Sweden dental surgeries
Good work of dental surgeries reports thirty procedures for schoolchildren in Sweden with marked improvement and great benefit observed among the children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweden
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