Bachelor Cousin Jim Returns Home to Quiet Farm
In a nostalgic tale set at an old farmhouse, Cousin Jim returns with frail health to Mandy and Silas. He recalls boyhood joys by the mill dam, swims under willows, and dreams of home. He passes peacefully while loved ones gather, leaving a final gift to the family and city kin. Old Times, heavenlike rest, and a loving farewell conclude the visit.
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Jim
Jim Fosdyke
Silas
Mandy
Will Dam
Ad Boy
Troy
Old Gray
Mill Dam
New York Times
A Long Weather Cycle in the British Isles
From ninety years of records Mr. Douglas Archibald identifies a developing long weather cycle. He notes a coming period from 1908 to around 1920 with above average rainfall and low barometer levels and wheat yields about two bushels per acre below normal.
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British Isles
Douglas Archibald
Green food raises hens egg output and calf care tips
The article argues green food aids digestion and egg production in laying hens when mixed with grain, with variety and occasional raw feeding. It also recommends exercise and sun for winter calves, plus skim milk, hay, quality fodder, and modest grain for calves three months old, stressing gentle handling and cleanliness to build a valuable dairy animal.
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Indianapolis News
Keeping corn in rations for poultry and dairy notes
The piece urges mixed grain rations for poultry, recommending one third corn with wheat and oats, plus green food for egg quality, and cleanliness to reduce vermin. It also covers dairy notes on cow diets, butter markets, and a big Leipsic central railway station project with a future Venice Campanile tower elevator.
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Indianapolis News
Weathercock and Wind Parley on a Rainy Roof
In a droll Argosy verse by Robert T. Hardy Jr the weathercock on a roof resists Boreas who mocks the insect weather vane. The wind presses him with a joke about being blown off but the vane prefers duty and misses little by remaining perched in the rain even as gusts howl.
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Old Boreas
Weathercock
Robert T. Hardy, Jr
Humorous Snippets and a New Spanish Party Emergence
A collage of light jokes from early 20th century cartoons and quips ranging from trickster humor about poverty to shopkeeper banter and a letter opener joke. The text closes with a note on Spain forming a Democratic Liberals party led by Montero Rios Candejas and General Lopez Dominguez, signaling a shift to closer France England and Portugal ties.
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Democratic Liberals
Spain
Montero Rios
Candejas
General Lopez Dominguez
France
England
Portugal
Waldeck-Rousseau
Why She Got New Dresses
A district court recess in Iola features a lawyer recounting marriage duties. He explains his wife kept wearing the same clothes she had before marriage, revealing how she remained well dressed after tying the knot. The anecdote opens with a wife defending her wardrobe against a girlhood friend’s remark.
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Iola
Kansas City Journal
What Are the Permanent Elements of Religion
In Brooklyn at Fourth Universalist Church Rev. John M. Davidson argues that amid religious upheaval the core permanent elements are the universal longing for salvation and the idea of incarnation. He contends that truth grows, not is fixed, and that religion should unite rather than divide. He urges recognizing humanity’s divinity and the shared aim of uplifting mankind.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Fourth Unitarian
Flatbush
John M. Davidson
Tela
New England
God
Spencer
Buddha
Jesus
The Alloy of Self and Its Focused Power
A reflective meditation on concentration and self, arguing that self-centered effort wastes energy and that success comes from directing all force toward outcomes regardless of personal cost. The piece warns introspection and egotism drain progress and urges ridding oneself of wasteful self-focus.
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Andy
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Philadelphia Ledger
Houston Post
Borum
Goodly
Freddie
Chicago News
Yale
Cincinnati Times-Star
Buffalo
Homer
Paul Revere
Chicago Daily News
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