Alfalfa Week Marks Northwest Campaign for Wheat and Corn
The Peace of the Three States in cooperation with the Holden Improvement Committee launches an alfalfa and diversified farming drive across Washington Oregon Idaho. Alfalfa Week March 9 13 1914 will educate in schools and communities with seed corn distribution essays and field demonstrations. governors state departments and major associations back the plan.
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Holden Improvement Committee
Northwest
R. R. Rogers
Spokane
International Harvester Company of
New Jersey
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Plan
Inland Empire
Siaeee Teeeee
Holden
The
Charles W. Farr
Agricultural Extension Department
International Harvester Company
N. J
L. C. Crow
Farmers’ Union
Federated Commercial Clubs
Granges
Farmers’ Unions
Pacific Northwest
Extension Plans to Distribute Agricultural Education Material
The Harvester Company of New Jersey proposes to extend education by distributing lecture charts and lantern slides on farming topics. An instructional book accompanies each chart set, outlining the subject, with topics including corn oats alfalfa soils and rotation poultry weeds home economics and more.
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Harvester Company
N. J. Boon
Philippine official pressures to kill slave led to thwarted capture
A Philippine case centers on Abaya, told by a Negrito incident in which a comisionado orders Abaya to decapitate a slave. Abaya harms the Negrito but the victim escapes. Abaya is jailed then pardoned, insisting he only followed authorities. The judge sentences for injuries, not execution, leaving Abaya convinced of wrongful imprisonment.
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Philippines
Ahada Ee
North Locos
Salee Ito
Abaya
Oberco
Comisionado
Yesiones
The Dark Ages and the Rise of Greek Enlightenment
The term dark ages describes a millennium after the fall of Rome when literacy and learning faded across Europe. Knowledge in arts, sciences, history, and literature largely disappeared, with Latin remaining the sole link to wisdom until around 1453 when Greek scholars helped illuminate Europe.
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Europe
Constantinople
Odd Victorian Deathbed Lines From A Fanciful Tale
Fragmented reminiscences show Tom Hood facing death with humor as his wife prepares a mustard paste for his chest and Raleigh on the scaffold jokes about the apparatus. Knight ponders a witty memorial line, all in a morbid literary mood.
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Tom Hood
Hood
Leigh Walter Raleigh
Charles Knight
Every Bird a Weathercock
Ailior scoffs at wind questions and notes birds as weathercocks. He claims living birds in trees point headward toward the wind, making them reliable weather indicators unlike dead birds on spires.
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Moistenin
Hawaiian Girls Described in Color Portraits and Features
The passage portrays Hawaiian girls as nearly strikingly handsome with jet black hair reaching below the knees. It notes alert intelligent amiable expressions, youthful forms aging into heaviness, and facial features described with a slight lip and SE appearance.
Lucky Interviews Saved Me From Death On Two Chicago Trips
Clarence L. Cullen recounts two near fatal incidents in Chicago linked to interviews. One night the engine plowed into a yard, killing Leonard Washburne and Fred Henry. another time a balloon explosion at Jackson Park killed three men, with Cullen narrowly missing tragedy after delaying to interview Bronson Howard.
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Chicago
Illinois den
Foster
Leonard Washburne
Fred Henry
Louisville
Wasiburne
Henry
Jackson E
Jackson Park
Bronson Howard
Hoard
Clarence L. Cullen
Chicago Record-Herald
How Much He Thought About Her
A couple head to the theater as she glows with happiness. Mr. Sampson jokes about a string on his finger that reminded him of their engagement and undermines the moment with a practical remark. The exchange captures a tender, domestic mood from the London Chronicle.
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R. Sampson
Mr. Sampson
London Chronicle
Perfunctory Work Praised After Three Months
A young clerk faces his manager over careless work. The manager notes the work has been very perfunctory. The clerk responds that after three months he has finally received any praise for his efforts.
Mississippi official recalls colored citizen wedding inquiry
A Mississippi official describes a posed inquiry about a colored citizen asking if he is married. The citizen responds with a measured “Well, sah” showing wary humor in a period dialogue. The fragment reflects social dynamics and attitudes of the era.
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Mississippi
Blindness cured by surgeon with plain looks recalls old tale
A Medical Record tale recounts a man cured of blindness by a surgeon noted for plain appearance. When vision returned the patient gazed at the physician and said a witty line about luck and gratitude, illustrating a memorable interaction.
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Tision
Lincoln shrank six inches in a cramped naval berth
Admiral Porter recounts Abraham Lincoln sleeping in a tiny six by four foot stateroom aboard the Malvern on the James River front. Lincoln joked he had shrunk six inches and slept better with a larger bed once carpenters enlarged the berth. He never let others inconvenience themselves for him.
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Abraham Lincoln
United States
Lincoln
Naval Comedy and Curiosities from The Times
An 1890s newspaper snippet mixes a naval tale of a Spanish gunboat Carmen in Manila with a stunned crew learning they are prisoners of war, followed by a note on microscopic wheat-engraved addresses to the Duke of Connaught and a trio of light humor vignettes about form and dress.
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Carmen
Manila
Bradley A Fiske
Alberta
Duke of Connaught
Lady of Oakertane Birthday Riddle Casts Ambiguous Trade
Fragmentary dialogue shows a playful exchange about birthday wishes and a cake. The text references a diplomat, grocer, and a two dozen count in a cryptic, era-toned snippet. Entity hints include Oakertane and Waite amid disjointed phrases.
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Oakertane
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