Poole's Famous Feat of Splitting Pages Narrated
The piece recounts William Poole a London editor and collector famed for spitting a newspaper page into four leaves. An English flayer demonstrated a similar trick while a American reader claimed equal skill producing a four leaf Century Magazine split. The tale traces the item’s journey from London to Paris via collectors and clubs, ending with Portland.
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Otdt
Poole
America
Century
London
Paris
Portland
Green Pasture For Hogs If No Clover Available
Farmers Advocate advises sowing rape to provide quick growing pasture for hogs in summer and autumn. Pastured grass cools and aids digestion, while well pasture fed hogs gain more flesh per feed unit and tolerate cold better. Ensure hogs have shade and clean wintering ground to escape heat.
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Farmersa Advocate
Proper Horse Feeding and a Plea for Oats
The writer argues that feeding corn to work horses is poor practice and harms horse quality. Corn should be limited or replaced by oats and other grains to improve horse vigor. Emphasizes the need for better feed to raise a healthier, more capable horse.
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Smaury
Costly Breakfast in San Francisco Eggs Worth Their Weight in Gold
A tale by Thomas E. Farish recounts two Tennessee travelers in San Francisco who ordered eggs and toast for breakfast. When the bill reached nineteen dollars, they realized eggs cost more than expected and learned California prices are not Tennessee bargains. Colonel Gift explains the joke, noting eggs here are not freely given.
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San Francisco
Thomas .E. Farish
Tennessee
Aldrich’s
California
Gift
Ald
Fmd
Los
Church Directory LU B Church Services Schedule
Preaching at 7 45 pm on June 4 and every two weeks thereafter. Prayer meeting every Wednesday at 7 45 pm. Y P C U weekly on Thursday evenings at ttt. Sunday school each Sunday at 9 50 am. All not regular attendants encouraged to attend.
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Y.P.C.U
Christian Church Weekly Services and Activities
Pastor H. A. Turney leads services on June 4 at 7 30 p m and June 1 at 10 30 a m with Sunday school at 9 30 a m Junior Endeavor on Sundays at 2 30 p m Christian Endeavor meets Thursdays at 7 30 p m Lord's Day services alternate weekly and Junior Endeavor meets every Lord's Day.
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Christian Endeavor
Etiquette of Calls and Social Visits in a Community
The piece outlines rules for visiting habits among married and widow hostesses, noting card etiquette, required visit lengths, and timing. It warns against short notice or multiple incursions, and advises recording visit dates, calling on known home days, and avoiding arranging visits at others’ houses.
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Sieh Bok
North York
Asaemienia
Salt and Feed Trials Show Health and Yield Gains
Reports from agricultural stations note salt improves cow milk yields with two weeks on salt raising output by about 210 pounds over four weeks. Ducks grow faster with saline feed, and dried blood as a supplement boosts calf growth and milk production, with dramatic gains in young stock after short trials.
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Evers
Mississippi Experiment Station
Kansas Station
Dairy farming debate on beet feeding and cow milk yield
The article discusses beet greens and beets as dairy feed, weighing costs and milk output. It contrasts production strategies citing Farm Progress style guidance on feeding, labor, and efficiency for cows and milk yield.
M. E. Church Schedule for June Services
The M. E. Church preaches Sundays at 10:30 a.m. and 7:50 p.m. with alternate Sundays. Sunday school at 9:50 a.m. Prayer meeting Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. Epworth League meets Fridays at 7:50 p.m.
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Epworth
A Justice Reproves a Young Man in Daring Suicides
A 17th century justice rebukes a youth who threatened to drown himself in the river over his deeds. The judge urges reflection on the harm of his teachings and the folly of self harm, calling for a sober course and restraint.
Fragmentary Note Reflects Turbulent Era Dialogue
A garbled extract from a Chicago news page shows clipped dialogue about past eras and misfired echoes. The fragment hints at casual commentary and mistaken recollections without clear context or events.
Defer Not Charities To Death Verse Note
Fragmentary quatrain style line reads like a moral maxim on charity and fate attributed to Streteh or similar antique author. The text appears garbled with missing letters and unclear attribution. No coherent narrative or date present.
Unable to determine clear headline from fragment
The readable text fragment hints at unclear subjects and names, with no coherent event or identifiable people, organizations, places, or dates to summarize into a factual card. Further readable content is needed to construct a meaningful T and S.
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