Kentucky the Blue Grass State and its early frontier
The article traces Kentucky origins from Virginia, noting early white settlement starting around 1760, two incentives for settlers the Blue Grass fertility and absence of Indians, and Clark’s campaigns. It discusses Kentucky’s 1792 admission to the Union as the fifteenth state, its 13 electoral votes, and Civil War volunteer tallies showing taller average heights and chest girth than New England troops.
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Kentucky
Virginia
Blue Grass
Ohio
Clark
Indiana
Daniel Boone
Cumberland Gap
New England
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Ophthalmometer Question Sparks Curiosity in Optician Shop
An old colored man visits an optician and quizzes the curious instrument named ophthalmometer. The exchange reveals humor and cultural flavor as the man wonders if the device is something dangerous or related to Harper's Magazine. The scene ends with the parishioner asking about safety.
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The
Optician
Harper’s Magazine
Outdoor Advertising Signboard From Popular Mechanics
A Popular Mechanics Magazine description outlines an outdoor advertising sign built from old telegraph poles and saplings for supports, galvanized iron sheets for the sign face, and reinforced corners. It notes shaping the curved top with planks, anchoring by chains, and enhancing appeal with careful location and shrubbery, creating a tasteful Japanese-influenced display.
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Popular Mechanics
Bathing through history uncover bathtub eight feet long
A New York house teardown reveals a wood and zinc lined bathtub eight feet by four feet by five feet, on the third floor with no hot water hookup. It was used by an elderly resident and is said to be among the citys first bathtubs.
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Agassiz
Job
New York City
New York
The Better Part Said About Salary
A quirky dialogue about personal finances, layering linguistic quirks as one speaker questions another on the state of weekly earnings and spending patterns in a playful exchange. The fragment hints at budgeting humor without broader context or names.
Pilgrims Fight Profiteering One-Price Rules Begin
A Rochester Post Express summary notes early colonial restraint on profiteering. It cites Boston 1639 church records exposing Robert Keayne rebuked for high prices, with ministers outlining true trading rules. The piece questions whether the era’s pricing norms sparked the one price approach.
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Boston
Robert Keayne
Brother Keayne
Rochester Post Express
Carriers of Dread Disease Diphtheria Secrets Revealed
A Journal of the American Medical Association report notes diphtheria carrier issues as a tough problem. In Baltimore, about 18 percent of 800 healthy children carried the bacilli at some point, with roughly 11 percent harboring virulent organisms. Positive cultures persisted in many children across multiple weeks, highlighting ongoing transmission risk.
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Journal
American Medical Association
Gelien, Moss and
Guthrie
Baltimore
How Isinglass Is Prepared From Fish Bladders
Isinglass is the dried swimming bladder of several fish varieties with 86 to 98 percent gelatin. It is produced by removing the black outer skin, drying the white shiny skin outward, and fastening the bladder to a board to prevent shriveling. Sun dried sounds yield best quality, then moistened, inner skins removed, and rolled between iron rollers.
How to Make Pet of Toad
Instructional guidance describes daily steps to tame a toad by placing it on the knee and stroking its back until it becomes comfortable. It claims the toad will approach a whistle, eat, and even hunt the reader in the yard as fear diminishes. The method includes placing gifts on the reader’s finger to trigger the toad’s tongue to accept.
Misunderstanding in Motor Party Exchange
Fragmentary dialogue shows Mr Flatt and Miss Mamie in a strained exchange about a seventh member of a motor party. The lines reveal a desire for a complement and imply social teasing between Miss Shimpe and a "freshie" speaker.
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Mr. Flatt
Mamie
Behind Footlights and a Husband’s Return
Betty St Clair the stage star in a six week musical engagement finds true love with her husband Dick after a staged escape and an admirer’s note. A final curtain and reunion in the lower right box ends with renewed vows and a shared honeymoon.
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McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Betty St. Clair
Betty
Wellington
Marie
Billy
Loraine
Madame
Dickie
Runt Animals Loss to Growers
The USDA surveyed nearly a thousand livestock reports to find runtiness mainly stems from inferior breeding, poor feeding, and parasites. About 75 percent of runtiness is linked to these factors, with hogs most affected at about 10 percent. Proper breeding and feeding can reduce runtiness and improve profits, though some farms find elimination costly and not always profitable.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
State Agricultural Colleges
Montana
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Pella Markets
Farmers Co-operative Exchange
Pella
Iowa
Jonathan Brace
Rock Island Train Service
Wabash
Howell
Lows
East Wen
Zur
Billboard
Civic
Lfe
Manchester
Guardian
Fletcher
Castoria
Vander, Linden
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