Parts of Birds Names and Body Features
A compact guide listing external bird parts with ornithologist terms. It outlines the bill, culmen, tomium, cere, retial bristles, nares, lores, forehead, crown, cap, auriculars, back, scapulars, rump, tail covers, remiges, orbit, iris, wing coverts, quills, and distal measurements. It then details lower parts including chin, throat, breast, abdomen, flank, under-tail coverts, legs, tarsus booted condition, toes with talons, and webbing between toes for swimming birds.
A Hearty Laugh Or Two The Reason
A humorous exchange from the New York Herald about a grocer and a schoolboy, detailing an ironic shopping order and a mistaken math task. The boy improvises as he rushes to school, finding a simple arithmetic hurdle that defeats him.
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Success Magazine
Untying a Knot Trick Explained in Sketch Form
The article describes tying a double knot in a handkerchief, then pulling the upper ends to tighten and twisting the knot into a straight line. A slip knot forms on one corner which can be drawn out later without disturbing the knot’s appearance. It recommends tying two or three hard knots beforehand to fool observers.
A Smile Contest On The Nile Banks
A brief vignette recalls a little black boy who smiled on the far-away Nile banks and challenges readers to see who can outdo his simple grin. The line hints at an upbeat, playfully competitive moment.
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The
Nile
Foot Wrestling for Boys In Gentle Art of Foot Work
A People’s Home Journal feature describes foot wrestling as a distinct contest of balance and agility. Two boys stand on one leg, lock ankles, and use quick hops and jerks to throw or tripping an opponent, emphasizing technique over strength.
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People's Home Journal
Letes
Keep Baby Healthy Free Trial Offer Promoted
An advertisement urges mothers to use Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a gentle, effective laxative for children. It highlights a free trial bottle, nationwide government endorsement, and testimonials from Mrs. M. F. Cash in Webb Oklahoma and Mrs. K. I. Stout in Louisville Kentucky. The ad lists benefits for constipation and digestive issues and offers medical advice from Dr. W B Caldwell at Monticello Illinois.
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M. F. Cash
Webb
Okla
Coldwell
K. I. Stout
Louisville
W. B. Caldwell
Caldwell Bldzg
Monticello, III
Her Answer to Marriage Proposal From Atchison Girl
An Atchison girl received a Sunday night marriage proposal and asked a week to decide. She visited four married sisters to hear their woes before replying. She returned home, wrote an answer, and said she could be ready in a month.
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Atchison
Atchison Globe
Perjury Witness Plea Misinterpreted as Guilty Plea
A witness arraigned for perjury protests with a line about a gentleman's devotion to truth. The judge construes the remark as a guilty plea, shaping the case's framing and potential outcome.
It Has Put Aside Money For Burial Says Bachelor
An odd chat unfolds about prudent burial funds as a 52 year old bachelor asserts his plan to be decently buried without burdening the public. A 36 year old maiden questions the need for decency in burial while a tangent on Allen's Foot Ease promotes a foot care powder. Also mentions road maps for department store buyers and a plug for Wrigley spearmint.
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Allen
Olmsted
LeRoy
N. Y
Not Entertained by a Lecturer Phrase Confusion
A dialogue fragment shows a speaker clarifying a misheard description, insisting the word lect turer was meant, separating the idea of a lecturer from entertainment. The exchange emphasizes ambiguity in spoken language and the need for precise wording.
Murine Eye Remedy Ad Hails Pure Wood and Drugs
A domestic eye remedy boasts conformity to pure wood and drug laws and claims to aid friends widely. The advertisement urges trying Murine in the eyes, promising satisfaction and appeal to users.
Humid, scattered health patter and product snippets
A collage of old time ad copy and squib style notes references health claims for Garfield pills Humling Wizard and TARMIN with scattered lines about life, accidents and remedies. The fragment hints at humorous streetcar jokes and a blunt undertaker joke while promoting elixir style products.
Growing Onions For The Small Wisconsin Farm
A Wisconsin Agriculturist asserts that onions offer high net profit for new settlers with small plots if labor is minimized by new methods. Three profit factors are land area, labor, and price. Land area and price are favorable, leaving labor as the key consideration in maximizing returns on limited land.
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Wisconsin
Wisconsin Agriculturalist
Onion Topper Drill Seeding Cuts Weeding Labour
An onion growing notice discusses using a Planet Jr drill to seed in straight rows with wheel hoe. It argues liquid manure should be saved for the onion patch and warns against weed-heavy land left by barnyard manure. It promotes straw plow-in and higher yields, claiming 600 bushels per acre or more with better methods.
Pruning The Orchard Form And Its Benefits
The Farmers' Review outlines pruning to shape orchard trees into an inverted cone or vase form to ease tillage spraying thinning and harvesting. It emphasizes central leaders, branch distribution, air circulation, and simplified later pruning while noting best pruning times and the advantage of cutting back leader and top growth for earlier fruiting.
Spraying Plant Concept for Orchard Water Needs
A Rural New Yorker correspondent proposes a spraying plant to irrigate a drought affected orchard. He describes filling tanks from a nearby creek ten rods away, elevating water ten to fifteen feet into an enclosed 10 by 18 foot building, with a 6 by 18 foot spraying wagon and a bottom flow strainer to handle the tank contents.
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New Yorker
Cure for fits promises free trials by mail
The article promotes epilepticide as a cure for fits and nervousness with widespread public interest. It claims many have been cured and offers free trial bottles, literature, and testimonials to anyone who writes to the Dr May Laboratory at 548 Pearl Street New York City.
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Dr. May
Pearl Street
New York City
A Fable Perhaps When Ade Met a Big Shoe Reporter
The narrator recalls George Ade traveling from New Orleans last winter and noting a tan-shoed sheet writer with unusually large feet among racing men on the train. Ade claims the reporter woke to discover one shoe was shined and found a suitcase waiting, as told in Success Magazine.
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George Ade
New Orleans
Success Magazine
Do Not Be Misled by Cough Cures Kemp’s Balsam Ad
A vintage advertisement warns against believing ineffective cough remedies and promotes Kemp’s Balsam as the best cough cure. The copy notes coughing with backache and restlessness, urging readers to buy at druggists and dealers for 250.
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Binoy
Wrigley’s Spearmint Ad Echoes Vintage Wit
A fragment recalls a breezy, bygone advertisement style praising Wrigley’s Spearmint. It riffs on humor and charity, quoting a mix of literary flair and casual lines about a student, wireless collars, and radiant smiles in a nostalgic tone.
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Henny
New York Herald
Philadelphia
Boye
Tom
Mathera
Wriglay
Garfield
Qio
Walt
Tala
Wrigley’s Spearmint
Sir Thomas Browne
Dodds
Dr.d.jayne
Wrigley 'S
Ts Spear Mint
Hawkey
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