Home Tanning Bulletin and a Nation’s Jests
The piece cites a Department of Agriculture bulletin on Home Tanning as potentially valuable. It mocks youth slang and racist humor from era dialogue, then notes rumors spread quickly. It ends with a quip about romance with cautious kissing and drinking boundaries.
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Department of Agriculture
Nothing good is too late for the aged mind
A column urges staying active into old age and not surrendering to rest. It argues that nature heals through effort, praising elderly achievements like Cato and Faust. It warns against indolence after sixty and promises mind youth through contact with the young and new. NEXT WEEK: Beware of fake cure alls.
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Nature
Cato
Faust
Alfalfa's Journey From Asia To the American West
Alfalfa originated in southwest Central Asia and spread through Persia to Greece and Europe. The عربic named “the best fodder” traveled via Spain to Mexico and South America before reaching the U S Southwest with irrigation proving its value after the mid-19th century.
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Central Asia
Europe
United States
Persia
Greece
Mexico
South America
Kansas City Star
Public speaker nervously addresses meeting
A man who usually dictates business letters to a dictaphone faced his first public speaking moment. He imagined the audience as a recording device to ease nerves and began with a formal, if awkward, address to the gathering.
Poetic debate on age and audience in Eliot quote
George Eliot argues that every age deserves its own poetry including the young who marvel at acorns and eggs and the older who accept ugliness alongside beauty. She notes Garrick as Hamlet moved audiences more than later actors with ornate attire.
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Garrick
Hamlet
George Eliot
Various One Liners and Jests From a Humorous Page
A compiled jumble of quips and captions ranges from a lazy man named Jed Hoskins to nautical mishaps and wedding jokes. It includes gag lines about jaywalking drivers, a sailor who forgot how to swim, and light anecdotes about clothing trends, horses, and a bank clerk amid remodeling. The tone mimics a humorous column of short, dated jokes.
Repair Shop Returns Goods After Prompt Service
A brief report notes a shop that promises quick repair service and a return to customers in good condition. The item is brought in and fixed, then returned to the owner, described as being restored to working order.
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