Widowhood as a trap for fortune hunters in marriage lore
The article discusses how wealthy widows face pressure from suitors eager to control their money. It warns that second marriages often lead to relentless demands for more funds, with heirs and daughters influencing affection and loyalty. It argues widows should insist on keeping control of their own wealth.
Why People Fall in Love Told in Poetic Musings
A reflective piece discusses the joys and trials of falling in love. It argues that women seek an ideal partner and that men pursue wedlock with ardor. The text notes Cupid’s elusive nature and the lasting impact of love on memory and happiness.
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Cupid
Enchanted Love and the Dream of a Sacred Marriage
The passage extols falling in love as the path to sacred vows and a happy home. It portrays a devoted woman awaiting betrothal, the idea that marriage ends monotony, and the notion that a cozy, loving home with a supportive partner is paradise on earth, despite inevitable quarrels.
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Pearse
Earth
Men About the House and Social Dancing Habits
A nostalgic piece discusses social gatherings to help single women meet men, noting mothers coordinating dances after five to accommodate workers. It extols the plain, reliable suitor over flashy types, urging home-folk to vet guests and favor men with steady minds and honest intent for marriage.
Asia's Comanches and the Slavs under Turkish rule
The passage contrasts European maritime powers with Slavic nations. It claims Slavs failed to enter globally by cheap manufacturing and faced Oriental pressure from the Turks as Bulgaria Serbia Herzegovina and Macedonia fell under their influence.
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Asia
Europe
New World
Bulgaria
Herzegovina
Macedonia
Mule dealer killed in automobile accident in Texas
The Houston Post notes a long time mule dealer in the United States was killed in an automobile crash. The piece remarks on a man forty years in the mule business and suddenly meeting glory in a fatal accident.
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United States
Uas
Houston Post
Solitude and the Truth of Quiet Reflection
A reflective line about solitude, crowd indifference, and the emptiness of social chatter. Bacon meditates that company is illusory without genuine love, warning that faces resemble a gallery and words may ring hollow.
Minnetonka Residents Plan Game Bird Propagation
More than 100 residents on 65000 acres of the Minnetonka game refuge will raise mallard ducks pheasants and quail next season. They expect 6000 to 10000 eggs distributed to encourage propagation with potential marketable numbers by 1917. Frank D Blair notes initial shelter birds include 1000 mallards 5000 to 10000 quail and about a dozen pheasants.
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Minneapolis
Minnetonka Game Refuge
Frank D. Blair
Minnesota Game and Fish Protective League
Minnetonka
Fox Farm Planned Near Appleton Wisconsin
Talcott Barnes son of a former congressman plans a fox farm in northern Wisconsin and will seek federal help. Congressman Thomas F Konop agrees to aid from the agriculture department. Barnes intends to visit Washington to request financial assistance and land is available at low cost. Animals may be sourced from a Saskatchewan farm he is linked to.
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Appleton
Wis
Wisconsin
Talcott Barnes
Barnes
Thomas F. Konop
Ninth Congressional District
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Saskatchewan
His garden sinks ten feet in Belvidere NJ
Harmony township farmer Johnston Cornish reports a sunken garden area expanding from ten to twelve feet deeper over two weeks. He suspects an underground stream eroding the ground from hills above, with the Delaware River region showing no surface springs. A prior highway collapse nearby hints at subsidence history.
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Belvidere
Delaware River
FIND OLD WEAVING SHUTTLE
Norman Oklahoma small boat shaped stone implement received by J. B. Thoburn of the State University ethnological department. Sent by Edward B Anderson formerly an arts and science student now at Anglin Texas. Thoburn says the shuttle likely dates to prehistoric southwest inhabitants and ranks among his most interesting relics.
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Norman
Okla
J. B. Thoburn
Ethnological Department
The
State University
Thoburn
Edward B. Anderson
Anglin
Tex
United States
Doctor Peebles Aimed At 200 Years By Simple Life
Battle Creek Michigan notes Dr J M Peebles a former resident who now visits friends and expects to live beyond a century. In his ninety four years he credits a laconic rule of life I behave myself with regular hours exercise and strict diet. He is a vegetarian and has avoided fresh foods for 60 years, eschewing fish fowl condiments and similar appetizers.
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Battle Creek
Mich
J. M. Peebles
Doctor Peebles
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Paxton Toilet Co
Boston
Mass
Doric column lights guide mariners to Perry memorial beacon
The Put-in-Bay Perry memorial Doric column, 335 feet tall with electric lamps, serves as a lake landmark visible from Cleveland to Detroit. Cornerstone laid Sept 10, 1918, and future plans include a museum and statue with Peace and Arbitration colonnade, aiming for full completion in about a year.
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Put-in-Bay
Great Lakes
Canadian
Lake Erie
South
Ohio
Cleveland
Toledo
Detroit
United States Lake Survey
Put-in-Bay Island
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Illinois
Wisconsin
New York
Rhode Island
Kentucky
Minnesota
Louisiana
Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry
Put-in- Bay
United States
Canada
Atlantic
Perry
Kicker of a Hubby Divorce Case Filed in Flint
Mrs. Car Tier Anderson of Flint files for divorce from Cyrus Anderson alleging repeated abusive blows. She claims injuries including broken bones and a stiff neck lasting years after each incident. The case seeks legal separation and relief from the husband.
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Flint, Mich
Hen Found at Bottom of Old Abandoned Well in Macon
In Macon Georgia at Elmore Dupree’s home on Second Street a cover was removed from a long closed well and a missing hen, absent for over nine months, was found at the bottom of the well.
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Macon
Elmore Dupree
Second Street
Wasi
Making and Profit in Cream
Practical guide from the Montana Experiment Station on valuing cream for butterfat and gallons. It explains testing ranges from 20 to 40 percent, pricing rules, and how to convert fat percentage and fat price into per gallon or per pound values for cream and butterfat. It includes worked examples at 30 35 and 40 cents per pound or per gallon.
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G. L. Martin
Montana
Convenient as milk stool
From a lard tub or candy pail make a handy milk stool with a top hoop and four legs. Cut a top opening with a key hole saw, remove side handles, and fit a center bottom handle. Stool is stout light and of suitable height for an ordinary person.
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G. A. Randall
Most Profitable Cow Inspires Better Care for Stock
A dairy farmer notes that the most comfortable cow yields the highest profits and extends that care to all his cattle. As a result, overall returns improve.
Cleaning Dairy Pails Sparks Milk Quality Warning
In cleaning dairy pails, workers must focus on ears and seams to prevent dirt from lodging. Dirty pails taint milk as soon as drawn. Proper attention avoids souring and preserves milk quality for production.
Unprofitable Cow and the Babcock Test
The article argues the Babcock test and scales show if a cow is producing milk efficiently. It claims there is no excuse for an unprofitable cow and emphasizes practical dairy herd evaluation.
Dairy Notes for Profitable Butter and Milk Handling
Practical guidance for dairy farmers on cow care and milking hygiene. Emphasizes cleanliness, daily grooming with curry comb and brush, individual feeding, timely cream ripening, and protecting milk from air contamination. Advises marketing butter early, cooling it promptly, and comparing earnings from steers versus cows.
Lydia E Pinkham Remedies Endorsements From Women
Letters from Mrs A Cameron of Swan Creek and Mrs Charles Rowe of Kennebago Maine praise Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash for improving fatigue weakness and female health. The notices urge others to try the medicines and invite confidential written inquiries to the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Massachusetts.
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Swan Creek, Mich
Lydia E. Pham
Hebron
Lydia E. Pinkham
M ‘Charles Rowe
Kennebago
Maine
Fletcher's Castoria Told Safe for Infants and Children
An old advertisement urges mothers to examine each bottle of Castoria for safety and the signature, noting it has been in use for over 30 years and that children cry for Fletcher's Castoria.
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Fletcher
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