Squads and Matrimony Outweigh Squabs in Love Tale
Miss Jennie Williams plans marriage with Frank Kingsley but a cousin recommends farming squabs in Illinois. The venture falters as doves fail to lay eggs, funds dwindle, and the couple quarrel and drift apart. In the end Frank repents, declaring matrimony a better bet than squabs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Jennie
Illinois
Chicago
Jennie
Frank
Washington
Kingsley
Miss
Jennie Williamis
Old Heads Prove Essential In Statecraft
The article argues that experience and old age help run nations. It cites Gladstone as four-time British prime minister who expanded the empire and, after fifty, tackled the challenge of granting home rule to Ireland, asserting wisdom grows with age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladstone
Great Britain
Tegignd
How to Make a Boomerang
Step by step instructions describe making T shaped and cross shaped boomerangs from hard maple 5-16 inch thick 24% inches wide and 3 feet long and 2 pieces 14 inches long with beveled ends. Directions cover cutting, assembling, how to throw and finish with linseed oil and drying. The article notes boomerang flight and a closing quote from Aeschylus.
Questions and Answers Joke Collection
A set of light hearted riddles and wordplay jokes. Q and A pairs cover topics from medicine and friendship to weather and money. The humor relies on puns and letter play yielding punchlines such as center of gravity being the letter V and end of doom being M.
Game of Mixed-Up Answers Circle Whispering Party
The article describes a party game where players pass a question and its answer around a circle in whispers. Each person must remember the question asked of the next player and the answer given, finishing by reciting both in turn.
Origins of Common Garden Plants by Global Regions
A fragment lists origins for many produce items including Rye from Iberia, Egyptian peas, citron cane from Greece, Egyptian onion, Italian chestnut, German celery, Peruvian sunflower, Virginia tobacco, North African oats, Siberian parsley, Arabian spinach, East India cucumber, Persian mulberry, walnut and peach origins, and Tibet native horse chestnut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iberia
Greece
Egypt
Italy
Germany
Peru
Virginia
North Africa
Siberia
Arabia
East Indies
Persia
Tibet
Strength of Human Hair Through History
A hair of average thickness can bear about 6 percent of an ounce and the head holds roughly 30 000 hairs. Women's long hair exceeds five tons in total tensile strength, increasing by twisting. Ancient Rome used hair cords for catapults and free women reportedly offered their hair during sieges.
Unusual Chinese Housing Signs Hint at Rent Customs
The article notes that in China landlords avoid the usual To Rent sign and instead invite potential tenants to approach only if permitted. It describes a system where fault finding leads nowhere and a landlord may disclose rent only after contact, with the tenant often bearing negotiation burdens. The tone reflects local practice and contrasts with American signs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
America
Also Mentioned on This Page
Associated Literary Press
Jennie Willams
Frank Kingsley
Mr. Kingsley
Aire
Boomerang
Aeschylus
Tommy
J le Roy
Questions and
Dairy Association CQ
Lyndonville, Vt
Cascarets
Sterling Remedy Co
Polk Miller
Polk
Iller Drug Co
Hain Street
Richmond
Eeritaice
Saxonite Hospital
M. L. Nevins
Ashland Boulevard
Cocolado
Union Pacific Railway
A.H. Maas Co
Andrus
Allen
J.p.allen
Dept. al
St.Paul
Minn
J. W. Underwood
Bank of Commerce
Hulder
Canadian Northwest
Dickinson & Company
Scott Street
Toronto
Canada
Hugh Tighe
Laddonia
Virginia Farms and Homes
RE. B. Chaffin & Co., Inc
New York City
Fefeman & Peck
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Plsos
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