The Gentlemen Farmer Pleads For Summer Chores
A humorous verse lists farm tasks from planting taters to painting fences and cleaning stalls. The speaker longs to hoe corn, feed horses, and repair roofs but laments heat and fatigue slowing progress.
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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1909
Page
6
Bob of the Furnace A Saint or a Steady Flame
Bob Jones the furnace hand rises from a brutal start through tragedy and redemption. He saves a fellow worker from a blistering pit, seeks forgiveness for past acts, and struggles with temper while caring for his ill child and widow. The tale ends with a heroic rescue and a quiet, costly honesty.
The Green Hills Calling And The Workers’ Protest
A Chicago Record-Herald poem reflecting a call of the hills as escape from urban grime. The speaker longs for freedom from labor and satire of social constraints, imagining a life where the bull calf moos and fields offer relief from daily toil and crowded streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fancy
Green Hills
Chicago Record-Herald
Senate Bill Sparks Farmers’ Grievances At Market
A Philadelphia Record item reports farmers at a market berating the Senate for a bill adding two months to winter. An elderly man, Zachary, reacts with mock horror and laments he has run out of fodder, amid jokes about legislative fuss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Senate
Philadelphia Record
Senate
Zachary
Folled Again Rescue Cries Prompt Pulp Hero Name in Papers
A tense exchange quotes a distress call about rescuing a person from the water and bringing them to shore. The dialogue evokes a newspaper line promising to reveal the rescuer’s name in the papers, reflecting a Boston Herald style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Herald
The Women of Spain and Their Patched Roles
A historical report outlines how Spanish women face legal and cultural constraints. Women lack work opportunity, risk financial dependency, yet gain some protections via magistrates on marriage and inheritance. Despite reforms in Madrid, female literacy and schooling remain limited, with public opinion resisting education.
The Bridal Chamber Pauses With Sea Voyage Banter
A Chicago traveler recalls chatting with John W. Gates at Ascot and joking about a royal suite during a sea voyage, capturing a light moment amid formal gaiety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Gates
Ascot
Mr. Gates
Reserve Bridal Chamber Telegram Causes Humorous Reception
A Turner Junction groom failing to book a Peoria hotel room sends a telegram for a bridal chamber. The hotel staff and guests greet him with laughter as the telegram’s message reveals the punny miscue, detailing how proper advance wiring earns respect abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
A Contented Turkish Woman Defies Western Notions of Work
The scene recounts an interview with an old friend in a Turkish orthodox home. A visiting writer presses for study abroad and Paris as a path to fame, but the woman answers that happiness comes from sharing what others possess, not from fame or worldly travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mussulman
Paris
Turkey
Hanoum Doudou
Gloucester and Lunenburg rival in cod hunt lore
Gloucester fishermen and Lunenburg skippers battle for cod fame on Nova Scotia’s Grand Banks. The piece describes the rivalry, gear, and routines of New England era shore crews, including spring and summer fishing trips, ship procedures, and religious observances before the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jembuerg
Nova Scotia
Gloucester
Grand Banks
New York
Rudyard Kipling
Courageus
Lunenburg
Not Our Discovery of the Earth as a Sphere
The passage notes that Eratosthenes in 250 B C taught the earth’s roundness and that ancient scholars in Rome debated a spherical earth. It mentions globes illustrating these ideas and that educated Romans contemplated poles axis equator arctic and antarctic circles and solstices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eratosthenes
B. C
Rome
Why New York Theater Tickets Skip Start Time
A New York reader asks why theater tickets do not show the performance start time. The writer argues that start times are unnecessary since audiences are habitually late, making printed hours a waste of ink.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ben Ana Reveals Banana Talk and Tariff Quip
A humorous interview with Ben Ana the banana becomes a tongue in cheek exchange with a New York Herald reporter. The fruit defends its independence while joking about rivals and the tariff as a skin game. Bananas from tropical regions sell for 15 cents a dozen.
Not the Same and Hounded to Death Share Wry Wit
A London Spare Moments jab and a Sydney Bulletin quip reflect sharper humor in old columns. The wordplay pairs a hound tale about a self bite and a childhood recognition line, illustrating light editorials and playful banter from early 20th century press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Topics of the Times and Happenings of the Day
A compact note on shifts in public perception as aviation moves from novelty to necessity. A jokey frontier tale about a groom who won his bride with a tobacco sack message is recast as language of social change. A twelve year old Persian shah’s youth limits his future baseball impact. Twenty ships failed tariff tests revealing the presidential pen’s brisk pace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shah of
Persia
Fortune Allegedly Left by a Pretender
A report notes a claimed fortune of 2 million dollars associated with a man described as a Pretender Don Carlos. The passage echoes a line from Huck Finn spoken by Jim, questioning the amount such a pretender would obtain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Carlos
Huck Finn
Jim
John Strange Winter at work on his 100th novel
John Strange Winter now at work on her 100th novel and Mr Winter has long record of years of dinners at the cafe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Strange Winter
Arthur Stannard
Mr. Winter
Submarine and Flying Machine Aimed For Solid Travel
The submarine boat and the flying machine are assured. The question asks who will first create a contrivance enabling travel through solid matter. The note surveys advancing transport technologies and playful speculation about overcoming physical barriers.
Wyoming man finds pot of gold in cellar
A Wyoming man discovers a pot of gold hidden in his cellar. In contrast, others harvest gold daily from irrigation and fry farming, a contrast that echoes the region’s varied claims to wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Florida Jury Sings Hymn to Prisoner After Death Sentence
A Florida jury sang Nearer My God to Thee to a prisoner after delivering the death sentence. The act drew condemnation as barbarous, unnecessary punishment and sparked debate over courtroom conduct and humane treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Judge Gaynor criticizes delays in law during NY address
In a recent address Judge Gaynor of New York said the law's delays are scandalous. He noted scandals persist in many cases even after delays end, urging reforms and swifter proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaynor
New York
San Francisco Doctor Probes Stomach Elimination Theory
A San Francisco doctor suggests a theory on how the human stomach could gradually be eliminated. The piece also touches on rising living costs and critiques those influencing prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Weather Sense Challenged By National Forecasts
The old settler who reads the sky and wind finds less confidence in the national weather bureau after its operation shifts to younger personnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Weather Bureau
Turkey’s new Sultan plans calls to European rulers
The text notes a new Turkish ruler planning outreach to European monarchs after long imprisonment by his predecessor. It praises innovations from wireless telegraphy to airships and radium, but lauds the inventor of the non-rolling collar button as the greatest modern achievement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
Europe
Mistral to be honored by his homeland at unveiling
Not many men are privileged to stand by and see their own statues unveiled. Mistral, the poet of Provence and Nobel laureate in literature, is one such rare figure whose countrymen will honor him with a statue unveiling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob
Jenkins
Bob Jones
Belle
Pellmell
Bob of
London News
M. Clem
M. Clemenceau
Victorien Sardou
Coquelin
Labassiere
Jean Lupin
Pall Mall Gazette
Jean Coquelin
Robespierre
M. Lissagaray
Clemenceau
Henry Fouqnier
MM. Leygues
Leon Bourgeois
Arene
Constans
Comte de Mun
Palais Gourbon
Danton
M. Reinach
Revolutionary Tribunal
M. Henry Fouquier
M. Fouquier
Madrid
Mistral
Provence
Tax fairness and civic duty in tax contributions
The passage argues that taxpayers benefiting from state and municipal services should contribute a fair share. It frames nonpayment as unjust and as an indirect form of robbery, shifting the burden onto others in the community.
Business interests drive politics and hampers growth
The piece argues that commerce interests should be kept separate from national policy. It warns that constant legal tinkering to aid favored industries, funded by campaign contributions, risks corruption and undermines broad industrial health. Congress members tied to district pressures cause damage beyond comprehension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Addressing Urban Drift and Wealth Distribution in Nation
The text argues that ignorance drives rural youths to city life while praising a shift away from sprawling cities. It notes population growth against 1890 levels, calls for reducing concentrated wealth, and urges increased production to feed a growing population. It proposes moving non-producers into food creation to support surplus.
Rail barons not sole owners of U.S. railroads
The article argues that sweeping generalizations about railroad ownership fall apart under facts and that American railroads are not entirely owned by the Harrimans Vanderbilt Morgans Hills Goulds and other famed magnates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Harrimans
Vanderbilts
Morgans
Hills
Goulds
Vast Holdings Across Nation Marked by Share Ownership
The passage notes that stock and bond ownership spans 1.5 million or more people across the country, with major companies like Pennsylvan ia road, Atehéssa, Santa Fe, New York Central, United States Steel, Standard Oil, and various mines and banks. It highlights wide distribution among men and women including many in trust for women and children, and indicates a growing number of stockholders from about 1 million ten years ago to an estimated 4 million a decade hence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Road
Atehéssa
Peka & Santa Fe
New York Central
Steel Trust
United States Steel Corporation
Gary
Perking Frick
Standard Oil
United States
Grizzly Fight Tale Ends With Humorous Question
An English tourist questions a rugged guide about killing a grizzly in a two day siege. The guide calmly confirms the bear died after a long struggle and adds a dry punchline about what the bear might have swallowed.
Plain-Spoken Women Say It With Less Fluff
A short editorial note from The Gentlewoman advocates plain speaking over polite verbiage. It argues for direct language to avoid frothy receptions and favors blunt, straightforward discourse in public dialogue.
When Greek Meets Greek in a Staged Card Gambit
A cryptic street scene unfolds with two men, Shuffing Pete and The Stranger, sharing a tense exchange over a dealt hand. The Stranger boasts with bravado about a perfect score of four aces while Pete, somber, admits defeat and accepts the cash, hinting at deeper stakes and a looming threat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete
Woman Sinks Deep in Medicines According to Gossip
A remark contrasts a man who stops after a few doses with a woman who reportedly consumes the last dregs of medicine in the bottle, highlighting a social stereotype about female behavior.
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Johnny
the Women OF
Spain
Wal OF
Ben Ana
Secret
The
New York Herald
Jeffries
Johnson
Fitzsimmons
Sydney Bulletin
the Times
Excellsior
Shade
Brethren of the Wild
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