Sea Island Cotton Compared With Upland Varieties
The article discusses Sea Island cotton’s superior staple length and quality, its West Indies origins, and how climate, drainage, humidity, and soil humus affect fiber. It notes labor and market factors, seed selection, and farming practices influencing interior and Sea Island production, including rotations, rents, and buyer pricing.
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EA Island
West Indies
America
Sea Island
Lea Island
Wand
Bath
Georgian
Florida
South Carolina
Sen_Islands
Charleston
Sea Islands
Hinson
Seabrook
Irish wit and Irish bull in old quips and sayings
The piece contrasts Irish wit with the Irish bull, noting how a Kerry doctor’s dry remark that people are dying this winter that never died before captures a merry, pointed humor. It cites Napoleon and a shrewd doctor as examples of humor and insight.
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Kerry
A Cure All 400 Years Old in Indian Ceremony
An old Indian remedy known as the swallow stick is described as four centuries old. In ceremonies the priest would thrust the stick down his throat to induce a reaction believed to purge impurities.
The Australian Aborigines as Hunters and Trackers
The article describes Aboriginal Australians as highly adapted hunters with intimate knowledge of land, water, and animals. It highlights their tracking, observation, and camouflage skills such as imitating cries to decoy prey, diving to catch ducks, locating opossums by tree marks, and following bee routes for honey. It notes their ability to read animal tracks and use this skill to capture birds, fish, and snakes, even for children learning to follow tracks.
Seventeen-year-old Paris girl dies of apparent senile aging
Louise Gasquet, barely seventeen, died after a hospital stay in Paris as doctors found signs of senile decay. Post mortem showed the body's organs aged beyond her years, with evidence of long term deterioration despite her youth.
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Louise Gasquet
Paris
Tost
Half-and-Half Music in a Liverpool Tav ern
A jobbing carpenter visits the Wheatsheaf and orders only a half pint. He says he trims expenses after noticing Sir Barry’s two daughters playing music in the drawing room on the same piano, a detail noted by the Liverpool Post.
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Barry
Allo
Liverpool Post
Merchant Sells Bone For Value In Steak Trade
A merchant explains he avoids waste by selling the bone of a sirloin steak for its value alongside the meat. He notes his method ensures the bone contributes to the sale. This reflects frugal practices in portion control and waste reduction.
How can I be successful in Life Uncle Jim
A dialogue fragment contrasts two paths to success with Uncle Jim asking if the boy seeks life rules or a money making formula. The exchange foregrounds the distinction between lasting achievement and quick wealth.
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Uncle Jim
Bawl Game Seen in Odd Household Remark
A quoted exchange describes a peculiar plan involving a baby and an upstairs game. The remark concludes with a joke about the baby producing a loud result, likening it to a horse’s bawling.
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Edward
bungalow style explained by builder expert William A Radford
William A Radford discusses the bungalow as a flexible affordable housing style. He advises choosing high quality materials and simple decoration, outlines an example white stucco Western bungalow with brick accents, and describes layout features including living room, dining room, kitchen, pantry, and bedroom/bath arrangement.
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Ray
Dramatic Theatre Hat Sparks Silent Comedy Exchange
A fair haired actress with a bowl shaped hat and long plumes enters a theater to watch Ashamed of Her Brother. She asks if her headgear annoys the patron behind her who replies it does not. She boasts bending the plumes back to improve his view in a brief, humorous exchange.
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Footlight
Brick Whittington
Baex
How to Measure Humidity in Everyday Conditions
A historical guide explains relative humidity and simple instruments. It describes a weather bureau kiosk hydrometer and a two-thermometer device with a wet bulb and a dry bulb to determine humidity, noting 100 percent when no evaporation is possible and referencing calculation tables for other readings.
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Oby Arvatory
Weather Bureau
Red Cross Savings for Soldiers Noted by Writer
A Philadelphia Ledger columnist argues the Red Cross saves more lives than monuments by directing funds to wounded soldiers and hospital care. He says a 10 cent bouquet and a $3,000,000 city will preserve many lives, reducing deaths at hospital fronts and supporting freedom.
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Red Cross
Philadelphia Ledger
Gettysburg
Valley Forge
Philadelphia
German Money In America Analyzed In Investment Flows
An article notes German investment in American securities totaling about 1 billion dollars. It mentions large sums held by U S banks as dividends collected since the war began and German interests in insurance and copper purchases for postwar delivery. It also states some German nationals own land while American investments within Teutonic nation borders are minimal.
India’s Wheat Crop Expands With Record Area and Yield
Advices from India show 83,040,000 acres under wheat, up from 30,143,000 last year, an about 10 percent gain. Estimated total yield this year is 10,160,000 tons versus 8,518,000 last year, with final reports covering 08.5 percent of the wheat area. These figures mark a record for both area and yield.
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India
A Fitting Occasion Niece-Yes
A niece tells her aunt she is to be married while the aunt questions readiness. The niece replies she is being fitted for gowns, signaling wedding preparations and social expectations.
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BO Young
Indoor croquet row ends with disqualification
Rough Talk reports Gussie was disqualified by the umpire after becoming excited during an indoor croquet match and muttering Oh fle.
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Littleneck
Gussie
Pinfeather
Fle
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