Street Trees as a City Beautification Tool
A detailed bulletin from the U S Department of Agriculture outlines urban tree planting. It covers municipal duties, funding methods, spacing rules, species selection, nursery stock, hole preparation, planting timing, watering, pruning, staking, and ongoing care to foster healthy street trees and better city aesthetics.
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United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Pacific Coast
Japan
Memories of Home Mjerk at a Southern Music Store
A Detroit Free Press item recalls a store clerk who hands a banjo to a man from the South who asks to see it for musical reasons. The visitor tunes the instrument and plays cotton field melodies, drawing a small crowd before departing on a fast train south.
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Mjerk
Fonth
Lawdy
Gwine
Detroit Free Press
Camel Haulage Replaces Motor Truck in Asia Minor
The camel replaces the motor truck for general hauling in Asia Minor, traveling twelve miles a day. Upkeep favors the camel, needing only roadside weeds and grass. A key drawback is that goods must endure long journeys without spoiling.
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Asia Minor
Nebraska constitutional convention approves women suffrage and home rule charter
The Nebraska constitutional convention adopted woman suffrage and a home rule charter for Omaha. It also approved proposals to limit state debt, ended executive sessions for nominations, and authorized publishing the amended constitution with an explanatory pamphlet for voters.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Keefe
Thurston
Weaver
Louis J. TePpel
Omaha
Howard
Douglas
Peterson
Nebraska State Senate
State Board of Control
Freezone promises painless corn removal with drops
An advertisement touts Freezone as a fast relief for hard and soft corns and calluses. It claims instant pain stop and easy removal with fingers, saying a tiny bottle is sold by druggists for a few cents and hints at a Cincinnati origin.
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Cincinnati
Andv
Boy defers liver joke in clinic visit
The Brightwood Methodist pastor’s son John visits Dr W C Engle for a medical exam. The doctor jokes about finding a liver while John replies he will get one after Abner, explaining he plans to eat his mother’s old hen liver after dinner.
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John
Brightwood Methodist Church
W.C. Engle
Indianapolis News
Logic in Her Assertion by a Seven Year Old
A seven year old girl named Mabel opens with a Sunday blessing tale heard after Sunday school. She narrates a joke about ball games and church songs causing family surprise as they plea not to hear it. She asks if they have heard it, then suggests they would be hurt to hear it.
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Mabel
Jesus
Kansas City Star
Guardhouse Cipher Reveals Guard's Counterfeit
During the 1916 border patrols, a raw recruit on guard duty after taps confessed a major passed unchallenged. When asked for the countersign, the recruit replied that the man in the guardhouse had already given it, illustrating lax security among improvised forces.
No clear story: fragmented quote from St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Fragmentary newspaper line prompts no defined event or people. The readable bits show a philosophical remark about life and hope and a brief reply. No identifiable individuals, organization, date, or place are present.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Its Style Memoir Quote on Child Actor Fit
A brief quote compares a young actor’s role to a glove, noting the fit as apt and reminiscent of a kid glove style analogy. The exchange highlights perception of natural suitability in casting.
Favorite Prescription Helps Women Through Life Stages
A Kansas City reader touts Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as restoring health after motherhood and during life's changes. The ad cites improved strength and nervousness relief and urges orders from Dr. Pierce's Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo New York with a 10 cent trial package.
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Ottawa
Kans
Pierce
Golden Medical
Kansas City
Dr. Pierce
Invalids
Buffalo
N.Y
Meaning Behind the Phrase Getting the Dickens
The passage explains that getting the Dickens is a harmless expression derived from Charles Dickens. It notes Dickens’s reputation as a sharp newspaper critic of public officials and prominent men, and clarifies the phrase is not a modification of getting the devil.
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Charles Dickens
Dickens
Cracker Barrel Senate Discussion The Debate Turns Sharp
A lively Cracker Barrel discussion centers on a local senator candidate described as less gifted, with sharp jibes about intellect. The chat includes remarks about upbringing and perceived intelligence, highlighting a tense, personal tone in a small community setting.
A Boy's Idea of Hell and Skating
A playful Leavenworth Post line imagines a boy’s view of hell as an empty wood or coal box when skating time arrives. The quip contrasts bleak imagery with childhood eagerness for cold weather play.
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Hell
Leavenworth Post
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