GUMPTION ON THE FARM
Advice from April Farm Journal on home gardening and farm management. Encourages talking with a spouse, painting metal roofing, steady work, and cheery perseverance. Provides seed potato treatment with formalin solution and guidance for asparagus planting and Palmetto seed.
The Man at the Pole
A description from the St. Louis Republic explains peculiar polar conditions. It notes long days and nights, sun angles, visibility of stars, Polaris near overhead, and the peculiar weight and rotation effects at the pole.
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North Pole
Pole
United States
Arctic
Man
St. Louis Republic
Unique homes for spinsters in Sweden and Norway
In Sweden and Norway several homes for spinsters exist. One memorial house honors a wealthy 200 year old benefactor who left most of his fortune to his maid descendants. Trustees run the home which offers unfurnished rooms and meals to unmarried women who prove kinship, with no rules beyond good behavior.
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Sweden
Norway
One Bank and Its Employees
The Mendelssohn bank differs from German banks in its patriarchal relations with staff. It reportedly has never dismissed an employee, with most remaining in service to gain pension. Salaries are high and trusted staff may earn $1,000 yearly. No gifts are given, but employees share in bank profits via dividends.
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Mendelssohn Bank
Germany
College auxiliary lists students for weekend chores
The students employment aid committee has a list of names to select boys for garden or lawn work and girls for house work to be done on Saturdays. Applications for such help may be made to Mrs. W. J. Reagan Mrs. F. C. Stannard or Mrs. W. E. Crozer.
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The
College Auxiliary
W. J. Reagan
F. C. Stannard
W. E. Crozer
Stock Books of Newberg Brick and Tile to Close April First
On April 1 1911 the stock books of the Newberg Brick and Tile Company will be closed and no more stock sold. A few shares may be purchased until then at par 100 per share. Signed Gus Guppat President C EB Fuver Secretary and Treasurer."
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Newberg Brick and Tile Company
Gus Guppat
C. Eb, Fuver
Board of Trade Building
Portland
Oregon
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First National Bank
N. C. Christenson