L D S BUSINESS COLLEGE AD OFFERS COURSES AND SERVICES
An assortment of small business ads and notices appears. Items include L D S Business College at 6 N Main St City offering efficiency courses, AID FITTING CORSET PARLORS with specialization in designing and making corsets, vulcanizing services, novelty company, and various suppliers. Also mentions barbers, artists supplies and indoor plant care tips.
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L. D. S. Business College
N. Main St
Rike City
Standard Tire
Aventors
Would Spare Daddy's Feelings
Marion loves her father and avoids hurting him. She overindulges in candy, becomes sick, and tells her dad she feels worse when he inquires. A humorous aside follows about engagements and wealth referenced in a Bal Amore American excerpt.
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Daddy
Marion
Origin of Wall Coverings and Asbestos Twine
The history traces wallpaper to China where it was not called wallpaper and notes the western shift from large ceiling high paintings on rollers to permanent wall coverings. It also reports asbestos twine for binding jar parts exposed to fire or acid.
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Ching
China
Toiday
The House of Secrets Ends Its Adventure
Narrator Daddy recounts the boy and girl adventurers leaving the House of Secrets. They return to old friends animals fairies and creatures while promising to share learned secrets with sincere adventurers and join in a final chorus of Brotherhood.
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Daddy
House of Secrets
Out-Of-Duere
Nancy
Nick
Master Thoughtfulness
Brotherhood
Evidence of Fine Character in a Boy
A reflective piece urges boys to rejoice in peers' success and celebrate others' brightness. It argues that supportive, nonenvy attitudes foster personal growth and mental sharpness, urging direct praise like Good for you Frank and viewing others' achievements as shared gains.
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Frank
Campaign to replace scrub sires in Kansas livestock
A U S Department of Agriculture led campaign targets replacing scrub sires with purebreds across Kansas farms. Surveys in 20 counties show only 11 to 63 percent use purebred sires, with many farmers unaware of economic gains. Local meetings, farm bureaus, and breed clubs organize demonstrations and follow-up work to boost purebred adoption statewide.
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Kansas
United States Department of Agriculture
States Department of Agriculture
Une
BR W. Kiser
Kansas State Agricultural College
County Farm Bureau
A. L Clapp
Cuckoo Clock Holiday Chaos Ends in Shared Home
Young couple Harry and Mabel Pepper marry and set up in a new home. A cuckoo clock from Mabel’s mother triggers a running joke as gifts arrive from relatives. Burglary rumors and a mix of clock gifts lead to a reconciled plan to keep all clocks and share the home.
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MaClure
Pepper
Harry Pepper
Mabel
Aheabet
Harry
Wiem
Mr. Pepper
Lucretia
Norah
Mabel Pepper
DC Harry
Benjamsin
Gentleness in Stock Rearing Approved by Virginia Livestock Owner
A Virginia livestock owner writes to the U S Department of Agriculture advocating gentle handling to reduce shipping drift and digestive troubles in cattle and pigs. He urges quiet stock, slow human contact, and gentle rubbing to improve feeding efficiency and growth while cutting costs.
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Virginia
United States Department of Agriculture
Ideal For Pork Production From Soybeans And Corn
Soybeans replace high priced concentrates and, with green corn, provide ideal conditions for pork production. Forage quality improves before beans mature, making it worthwhile for farmers to turn hogs and sheep into corn and soybeans even if some crop is sacrificed.
Costly Stamp Design Triggers Punishment of Villard
French draughtsman A M Villard, hired by Chinese customs in 1849, faced severe penalties for errors in stamps designed to honor the empress dowager. He used the wrong postmark abbreviation and chose a color reserved for the Imperial house, leading to disgrace and a distant posting to Tibet, after which he vanished.
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Imperial Chinese Post
Villard
Imperial House
Vilard
Bense
France
Tibet
Wearers of Artificial Eyes Use Careful Rest Habits
A medical note from Le Petit Parisien reports that wearers of artificial eyes commonly remove glass eyes upon retiring to rest. The shift from simple shell to double shell eyes, now widely used, requires avoiding sleep-time rewear to prevent tissue maceration and suppuration, per Doctor Coulomb as cited by Professor de Lapersonne at a recent academy meeting.
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Doctor Coulomb
de Lapersonne
Academy of Medicine
le Petit Parisien
Grave of John Howard Payne Buried in Georgetown
In Georgetown the author of Home Sweet Home rests at Oak Hill Cemetery Georgetown. Payne died in Tunis as American consul about seventy years ago. W W Corcoran funded bringing his body home and he lies in front of the chapel pedestal bearing his bust.
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John Howard Paynes
Georgetown
Washington
John Howard Payne
Tunis
W. W. Corcoran
Payne
UK Hill Cemetery
George Town
Mountain Has Naba Ras Shaga Commanding Dead Sea View
Historic notes place Mountain Pisgah in the Abarta range east of the Dead Sea, identified with modern Naha Ridge near Moab. It has two summits Has Naba and Ras Shagah, with Ras Shagah overlooking the Jordan Valley and the Jezreel-like Jeshimon area, per the Jewish Encyclopedia.
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Pisgah
Dead Sea
Moses
Naha
Platesa
Moab
Palestine
Naba
Ras Shagah
Jordan Valley
Piseah
Jeshimon
Speaking of Softness in a Quiet Moment
A tender exchange unfolds as he sits at her feet and comments on her softness. She responds softly, placing her jeweled hand atop his head, contrasting beauty with gentleness in a hushed, intimate moment.
Lonelyville train delay prompts idle wait at station
A narrator from Lonelyville laments a four hour train gap at the station. In a terse exchange a character muses on intercepting a returning train, reflecting on routine travel disruption and idle town life.
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Lonelyville
Loulevite Courivrtoumal
Improved highways and farm profits in rural districts
The article argues that better roads expand farm markets and reduce transport costs. It cites H. J. Paul and notes that only 3 of 75 farms listed for sale in one county were on improved highways, with price signals showing sellers’ hesitance. A statewide push for highway construction, aided by state funds, is urged to sustain agriculture and rural life.
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H. J. Paul
New York
Artistic Bensalem Bridge Highlighted in Philadelphia Area
An article lauds the Bensalem bridge on the Linesin highway near Philadelphia. It spans Pen-Bypack creek at 585 feet with a central 10 foot arch on each side. The structure is TS feet wide with a 16 foot roadway and two 6 foot sidewalks, plus 4 foot lawn strips.
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Linesin
Pen- Bypack Creek
Philadelphia
Bensalem Bridge
Dirt Roads Cost More to Haul Hay and Produce
A historical note estimates hauling a ton of hay or other load over a dozen miles on poor dirt roads costs more than using tarred gravel. For a ten mile round trip carrying one ton each way, treated gravel could save about four dollars. Poor roads may prevent arrival, making the trip unviable.
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Alee
Increased Fact Cost and Road Paving Yo-yo
Road construction costs rose sharply last year doubling from 1919 levels. Gravel roads per mile jumped from 535 to 7230 dollars, concrete from 210165 to 40000 dollars, brick from 33000 to 55000 dollars. New York City has over 41 million square yards of paved streets, followed by Chicago at 38.45 million and Philadelphia at 2.261 million.
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New York City
Chicago
Philadelphia
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Broadway
Standard Marble & Granite Co
W. Broadway
SRAY
Popette Post Office
Rie
Salt Lake Stamp Co
Allies
Dodge Bros
Ith
Salt Lake
Keam Bouget
Extern Creamery Co
Fourth South
U.S Whaleale Co
OULLE
A. K Tourssen
Gill
Alastic Stocking Srs
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Truss Oitters
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Rowmar Co
Brooks Arcade
Nelding
Potter Wading & Repairing Co
South State
Ali
Schowt
Second South St
S. West Temple Street
Barber College
Ter-Mountain Art CO
Shina
Main
Louisville CourierJour
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Bal- Amore American
PLAN
Benjamin
Mapel
T. Norah
Mrs. Pepper
A.M. Villard
Linesin Highway
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