Resourceful blacksmith and hard cider tale from cross border shop
A Sioux City Journal interview recalls a frontier blacksmith at a state line hamlet between New York and Pennsylvania. He thrived selling hard cider and shoeing horses, amassing wealth, while villagers sought excuses for visits. after his death his estate exceeded $80,000 and whisky barrels were found in his cider cellar.
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New York State
Pennsylvania
Sioux City Journal
Willy Nilly
Washington Star
Methods of the Blind and the power of hearing
The article discusses how blind people rely on acute ear sensitivity to navigate new environments. It notes that through constant practice the blind can locate objects rapidly, even in calm air, by sensing atmospheric contact and echoes from breathing.
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Pearson's Weekly
Women's clubs and the value of culture in life
Helen Watterson Moody quotes argue intellect alone may not yield culture. True culture comes from inner reflection and solitude, not constant club activity. In small towns, women's clubs offer growth and diversion but cannot replace individual scholarship, echoing Margaret Fuller on the soul thriving best within itself.
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Margaret Fuller
Helen Watterson Moody
Scribner's
Corn as Fuel Sparks Questions of Efficiency and Use
University of Nebraska tests compare corn and coal as fuels noting corn can be cheaper when abundant, but requires special stoves and automatic firing to avoid incomplete combustion. An acre yields 40–80 bushels of corn, equaling up to 1.74–2.56 tons of coal in energy, with stalks adding more.
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United States
Department of Agriculture
University of Nebraska
C. R To
Cassier
Ortoer
Autograph Book of Blue Lays Heartfelt Lines
A poem from October in Ladies' Home Journal describes a blue autograph book passing through generations. Tommy inscribes a sincere pledge of love to Maggie while other suitors, a college student and a laborer, copy similar lines. The piece ends with a tearful, enduring vow of love.
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Tommy
Maggie
Thomas Reginald Hugh
H. W. Dakeway
Ladies’ Home Journal
The Use of the Great Toe in Climbing and Labor
A historical note describes how West Indian Black women used the great toe to grip ladders while carrying heavy loads to a hotel tower in Jamaica. The author also compares this toe grip to Abyssinian cavalry in stirrups and recounts a Santo Domingo man using his second toes to guide a mule, illustrating remarkable foot dexterity across contexts.
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West Indies
Jamaica
German Story Of An American Attempt To Boom A Sewing Machine
A reminiscence linked to Marie Seebach recounts a German tale of an American Colonel proposing a $10000 bribe to use a sewing machine on stage in Faust, then dropping publicity for the firm. Seebach declined to protect her artistic reputation. the anecdote, once common, faded over 40 years, while Europe still retells similar press agent myths.
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Marie Seebach
Germany
Seebach
Mario Seebach
Marguerite
Faust
Goethe
P. T. Barnum
Europe
New York Sun
Seaboard Air Line Offers Free Baggage Allowance
The Seaboard Air Line announces a new circular granting 300 pounds free baggage for full fare passengers and 150 pounds for half fare passengers between its stations starting December 5. Rules for checking baggage remain as in excess baggage tariff No 1 and Circulars A890 and 1896. No change for through-check allowances beyond Seaboard.
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Seaboard Air Line
General Passenger Department
Norfolk Virginian
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