Diversity in farming and social critique in period prose
The article discusses diversified farming as weather dependent risk insurance with crops spread across seasons and soil capable of multi crop yields. It then critiques marriage norms and urban sociability, noting a New York press view and a Chicago school plan for streetcar “flipping” education, warning of accidents.
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Charleston News and Courier
Safe money storage urged after fire in Pennsylvania home
A Pennsylvania husband hid funds in a purse in a store for safekeeping. His wife, unaware, started a fire and officials hope the treasury department will redeem the charred remains. Regularly chartered institutions guard others money and pay a premium for the service. Hidden money at home is not safe, and people should trust cash to a reputable bank.
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Pennsylvania
Treasury Department
Wealthy Port Lady Hosts Dinner For Domestic Servants
A wealthy New Port woman held a dinner and dance for her domestic staff a few evenings ago. The event was described as tame with no notable incidents on or off the table, marking a quiet step into a new social sphere for the attendees.
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Newport
Repte
Philadelphia Man Serves Mother in Law for Board Bill
A Philadelphia man served his mother in law as security for a board bill in Atlantic City. The swift effort to settle the debt is noted with no one guessing about the haste to pay.
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Atlantic City
Doctors oppose mortar and pestle on car tags
The piece notes doctors reject the mortar and pestle symbol as the mark of a druggist and dislike being mistaken for soda water dispensers or souvenir postal card dealers. The text includes garbled names and unclear phrases about Ney Josey Wetman and societal miseries.
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Ney
Josey Wetman
Tiungatian
Onous
Foreign Army Officers to Compete in New York Horse Show
New York’s 27th annual horse show opens November 18 at Madison Square Garden for the last time, with prizes totaling about $40,000. British and Canadian teams join American officers in 152 classes, including an elite English Hackney cup that must be won three times to retain. Lieutenant Walwyn of the Royal Horse Artillery returns to defend his title amid a crowd eager for the farewell blaze in the old arena.
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Madison Square Garden
National Horse Show of America, Limited
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Association
J. W. Harriman
Robert A. Fairbain
Frederick M. Davies
Hackney Society
London
English Hackney Society
Judge Moore
Fairmont Farms
Jay E. Carlisle
Lieut. C. IV
Walwyn
Royal Horse Artillery
England
Adam Peck
Toronto
Lord Desies
Vivian Gould
Prisoner Stripped For Clothes He Stole
John Dougherty reported a theft of his suit from East Forty second street. He spotted a man wearing a similar suit on Second Avenue, chased him, and captured Edward Marsh who claimed the clothes fit him after growing. Marsh was charged with grand larceny. Dougherty kept the suit for court.
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New York
John Dougherty
East
Dougherty
Edward Marsh
Mills H Hotel
Urk
Maresh
Morocco Could Become Major Cotton Grower Says Mannesmann
German textile expert Alfred Mannesmann reports Moroccan soils and historic plantations near Tarudant and Sus district show irrigation and climate favor cotton. He notes ruins of ancient canals fed by the Sus River and believes regenerating these fields could place Morocco among leading cotton producers, with European farming possible.
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Berlin
France
Germany
Morocco
Herr Ailfred Mannesmann
Herr Maannesmann
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Idris
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Best for Fattening Chickens Treatment from Agriculture
Washington report says milk or beef broth given three times daily fatten chickens. Cost averages 9.09 cents per pound of gain including feed and labor, feed 7.10 cents. Treatment takes 14 to 17 days. Bureau bulletin provides data from feeding 100000 birds.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Animal Industry
Native woods to be used in Philippine government buildings
Manila reports the bureau of supply will end imported lumber use as a new timber yard near the quartermaster's reservation seasons and stores native wood. Plans call for 4,990,000 board feet capacity and more than a dozen 40 by 16 meter sheds holding 15 to 20 varieties of native wood until meeting imported quality.
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Manila
Philippine Islands
Bureau of Supply
Major Shields
Fumber
Ter’s
Little Sparrows On Drunk Des Moines Grasshopper Incident
Des Moines officers witnessed two sparrows caught in drunken bickering after Secretary James Morgan spilled alcohol on a grasshopper on a city physician office window sill. The grasshopper fled, and the sparrows staggered away on unsteady wings.
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Des Moines
City Health Department
James Morgan
Esther Pleading For Her People Sunday School Lesson
Readings cover Esther 4 1 3 2 and 4 15 memory verses 4 15. The lesson outlines Nerxes accession and Esther's courage to plead for her people, Mordecai's role, Haman's plot, and the Purim festival, highlighting divine providence and daily heroism.
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Timie
Mlerxes
Greece
Vashti
B.C
Ermiopylaie Ami Salamis
Sther
Susai
Lialchen
Persian Gulf
Cement Falk No Universal Portland Cement Co
Universal Portland Cement Co at 72 W Adams St Chicago reports annual output of 10,006,000 larrels.
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Universal Portland Cement Co
W. Adams Street
Chicago
Music Bath for the Soul by Oliver Wendell Holmes
A critic urges frequent music listening as a spiritual tonic. He compares attending good concerts to a musical bath for the soul and notes fashionable crowds may wake a dormant taste, with everyone having an internal harp ready to respond to harmony.
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Coubdt
Oliver Yendels Holmes
Rhode Island Builds First State Navy and Naval Leaders
Rhode Island created the first state navy and earned the first prize of a captured British frigate at Newport. The Continental Congress later selected Rhode Island to plan a colonial navy, with Esek Hopkins as first commander in chief and three-fourths of officers from the state. In the War of 1812, Rhode Islander Commodore Perry led the decisive Lake Erie battle.
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Rhode Island
Newport
Congress
Esek Hopkins
Perry
Lake Erie
Enery
National
Color of Butterflies Business Echoes in Opinion Piece
A reflective column questions gendered responses to assertiveness. It notes a woman may dodge responsibility by claiming intensity, while a man’s similar behavior faces different judgments, highlighting social double standards.
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O. K
Gold Camp Swastika Grows Near Cobalt
Three thousand people now live in the Swastika gold mining camp located thirty one miles north of the Cobalt silver area, marking rapid settlement and growth in the mining region.
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Swastika
Cobalt Silver
Postum Endorsed In Texas Family Letter
A Texas reader praises Postum as a healthier coffee substitute. The note credits Postum with a calmer bilious habit, a healthier baby, and relief from chronic constipation, asserting family-wide preference for the beverage and urging readers to learn more in The Road to Wellville.
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Texas
Potie
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Eiver
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