Mother Jones Recalls Early Strikes and Railcar Camping
The article portrays Mother Jones in a Jersey City lodging house sewing for her band of strikers, recounting old times from her girlhood aboard Lake Superior steamers. She recalls primitive days, a Sunday meeting led by a captain, and an Indian foot race for flour, noting the surprising scene of an Indian entrant in a calico shirt.
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Mother Jones
Mother” Jones
Jersey City
Philadelia
Tam
Jones
Lake Superior
Cap
New York Tribune
The Ice Man Ikea and the Czar in Jest
A Detroit Free Press quip imagines Czar Nicholas II amused by an American ice buyer complaining about a cooler ice supply. The tale shows how a sun exposed ice chunk becomes a cause for public distrust and heated action, with a laughing aside about the ice man Ikea.
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Nicholas II
Russia
America
United States
Nicholas
Ice Man
Ikea
Detroit Free Press
Edith Intrigue Sparks Secret Flush at Letroit Press
A fragment shows dialogue where a character flushes and asks about the next move while Edith remains poised. St. John reddens, tension hints at unseen stakes amid a Letroit Free Press context.
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Edith
St. John
France could double population by importing cucumbers
A curious remark suggests France might double its population by importing the great American cucumber. The line hints at a playful, hyperbolic idea rather than a factual plan, reflecting a humorous domestic note about trade or food.
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France
Odd farms turn US reputation for unique crops
The article highlights American ventures in unconventional farming from goldfish near Waldron Indiana to worm breeding in St Louis and pigeon rearing in Los Angeles. It notes ostrich farming in California, mushroom cultivation in Chicago, and gladiolus growing at Arthur Cowee’s Meadowvale Farm in Troy New York, detailing scale and methods across these unusual enterprises.
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United States
Waldron
Ind
William Shoup
Shoup
William Griswold
St. Louis
Los Angeles
T. Y. Johnson
South Pasadena
California
Noel Sdwin Cawston
Society
Milady
Mr. Cawston
Northwestern
Bowmanville
Arthur Cowee
Cowee
Chicago Tribune
Building Up a Farm Through Stock and Tillage Reform
A Massachusetts farmer upgraded a run down farm to a stable cash income of about 800 dollars monthly with 200 dollars clear profit. He reinvested earnings in manure, stock, and improved tillage while adopting rotation and silo systems. Legumes like clover and soybeans boosted fertility, and a dairy route emerged as milk demand rose. A Michigan herd report highlights Jerseys and Guernseys yielding 13 to 14 cows, 6,175 pounds milk per year per 13.5 cows, and 989 dollars from butter sales with balanced rations and silage.
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Massachusetts
Michigan
Heard
Farmers on Easy Street say farmers prosper with good crops
EB Louis Kuhns of Studebaker Brothers reports from South Bend that American farmers appear generally prosperous this year. He notes strong demand for spring vehicles and implements, with wide regional variation due to weather. Wheat crops in Kansas Texas Indian Territory Oklahoma are described as good, supporting a belief that dollar wheat is likely.
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Louis Kuhns
Studebaker Brothers’ Manufacturing Company
South Bend
Ind
Dakotas
Minnesota
Inlinois
Iowa
Indiana
Ohio
Kansas
Nebraska
Missouri
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Texas
Ndian
Chicago Tribune
Makers of Fertility and the English Sheep
The piece argues that sheep underpin English soil fertility and national prosperity. It warns midwestern farmers away from continuous cropping toward more grass land and livestock, noting soil fertility decline in parts of Iowa and urging a shift to sustainable methods with sheep as a key.
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England
Middle West
Iowa
Goose farming rising in popularity for winter meat
A Home and Farm column notes meat prices rising with beef at 18 to 20 cents and consumer demand shifting to poultry. Geese are increasingly popular, easily raised, and self-sustaining in a creekside pasture, though goslings require rainstorm care to prevent drowning. Pure-bred geese reach fifteen to twenty pounds and sell well in fall and winter.
A Boomerang Sermon Inspires Mixed Moral Lesson
A London born vicar from Hexton, now coaching against ritualism, tells reporters at the Fifth Avenue Hotel that sermons often backfire. He recounts a miserl y parishioner who, moved by a talk on charity, contemplates becoming a beggar to fulfill the sermon.
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Hexton
Potter
New York
Fifth Avenue
Fillingham
John
Boston Post
No Courting in Kansas in School Board Views
A satirical critique argues Kansas school boards should not ban courting by teachers during terms. It riffs on marriageability, freedom, and social norms, claiming banning courtship would harm population and progress, likening it to historical and literary references.
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Kansas
Ma’ams
John Brown
Dave Anthony
Apostle
Hfe
Painter Edwin Abbey’s editor chase echoes in London
Edwin A. Abbey recalls the struggle to place sketches while traveling editorial rooms. He notes meeting a persistent lady artist who tried to win over reluctant editors by waiting at their doors. Abbey cheerfully exclaims finding the original poster girl in London.
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Edwin A. Abbey
Edward VII
London
Mr. Abbey
Detroit
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