Chicago Tour Guide Warns Visitor About City’s Tricks
Artie Blanchard explains to Walter Miller and Miller's cousin how Chicago crowds feel daunting at first yet reveal common traits. He warns about pretenders on State Street and the lure of speak-easies, advising caution while noting the town’s familiarity once you know it.
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Artie
Reznese
Miller
Chicago
Walter Miller
Walter
Blanchard
Artie Blanchard
Lincoln Park
State Street
Marshall Field
McCormicks
Mr. Miller
George Ade
Gold Structure Built by California Woman
A California woman of vast wealth built a sprawling Santa Clara valley mansion described as a 14 spellbound room labyrinth with hidden passages and trapdoors. For 88 years carpenters expanded it, yielding an interior likened to a mystery thriller with walled entrances and balconies without doors.
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America
Santa Clara Valley
California
Popular Science Monthly
Optimal seed potato storage temperature study released
USDA researchers report 37 degrees Fahrenheit as desirable for seed potatoes while 32 degrees causes decay and 36 or 40 degrees keep dormancy with limited quality loss. The Technical Bulletin 117-T summarizes methods, varying storage sites, and minimal yield differences in Irish Cobbler stock. Free copies available from USDA Washington.
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United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Department of Agriculture
Technical Bulletin 117-T
Department
William Stuart
P. M. Lombard
Walter M. Peacock
Bureau of Plant Industry
Arlington Farm
Virginia Truck Experiment Station
Norfolk
Marble Laboratories
Canton
Maine Agricultural Experiment Station
Washington, D. C
Good Implements Give Protection From Bees
Farmers can keep bees with minimal cost using a bee smoker veil and gloves. Smoke before opening the hive to calm the swarm and protect hands and face. Even with some stings from field workers returning, a veil and gloves provide safety, and a sting is only mildly painful.
Cellar Storage Tips for Vegetables and Crops
The house cellar serves as convenient vegetable storage with a dirt floor preferred. Separate furnace and storage cellars by concrete wall or double wood partition and provide a ventilation window. An outside pit created by burying a barrel horizontally in a bank is ideal for cabbage and root crops, while an unused hotbed pit can store celery.
Agricultural Squibs on Moisture, Millet Curing, and Crops
The notes discuss fungi and bacteria thriving in moist conditions, curing millets in swath and windrow as quickest, whey butter flavor and body being similar to regular product, and plant lice needing contact spray. Millet hay curing, windrow drying, and a remark on soy bean planting from the same seed lot noting yield differences in same field with identical fertilizer.
That's the Ticket
A terse exchange notes a pursuit and a swift response from a law enforcer. The dialogue highlights a tense moment where the pursuit ends with the officer catching up.
Gave Him Credit for One Bore
A cryptic remark references Miss Yawn-Meally and a number describing the universe. The text hints at a playful challenge or riddle about credit and a distant measure, invoking a peculiar name and an astronomical figure.
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Bore
A girl is never seriously fit until she loses all interest
A quip from Perlander states that a girl gains true fitness when she loses interest in romantic novels and declares nothing is impossible to industry.
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Industry
Perlander
Skunk Foster Case Ends With Unplanned Family
A sow named Adopted on the Coffeyville Kansas farm of C. Fr Emerick bore ten piglets. A baby skunk wandered into the pig pen during noon and stayed a month, until accidentally killed by its foster mother.
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Duree
Coffeyville
Kan
C. Fr. Emerick
Whippersnap Inherits Family Business Dilemma
A witty Life quip imagines a young heir taking over a father's business only to inherit pressure to climb fast and manage decline, highlighting generational expectations and harsh corporate realities.
Inquiry into insult by chief and police reply
A man reports that the chief insulted him calling him more stupid than the police allowed. He considers consulting the police for clarity.
Outspoken Customer Seeks Paregoric Quick Fix
A customer requests paregoric in a terse exchange while a druggist offers an alternative solution, joking about a “nice sandwich” as a remedy. The odd barter hints at casual drugstore dialogue and wit in a brief encounter.
Wedding Presents Fund House Furnishings Plan
A brief exchange highlights a couple discussing funding their home setup. The line implies they will rely on wedding gifts to furnish their household.
Convict Affordability of Watch and Chain Noted
A report notes that even the poorest convict can afford a watch and chain, reflecting on economy and personal possessions among inmates. The statement highlights costs and access to timepieces within prison life.
Bachelor vegetarian marries grass widow in unlikely match
A humorous notice notes a marriage between a bachelor known for vegetarianism and a wife described as a grass widow, highlighting an atypical pair in a small community.
You will never get ahead by following the crowd
A terse admonition urges individual progress over imitation. The remark emphasizes personal initiative and cautions against conformist risks in pursuit of success. It echoes common motivational sentiments about steering one’s own path.
A Misfit Bargain Isn’t Fit for Any Thing
A terse misfit bargain appears unsuitable for any purpose as the item is described in unclear terms and lacks usable value, leaving buyers puzzled and unable to assign a clear price or function.
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Bran
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Anna Weaver
Rose Hill
Iowa
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Schultogg
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Stanco Inc
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