Taking a Chance on Independence at a Delicatessen
Helen Bently faces a marriage proposal from her boss Joseph Q Hattisbury and a career shift offered by Rodney Trelen. After weighing security against independence she chooses to risk a new venture and opens a delicatessen with Rodney while rejecting the employer.
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Jiggers
Joseph Q. Hattisbury
Consolidated Metals Corporation
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Not Satisfied With Fate And Unmet Desires
A reflective meditation on how people cling to a single missed event or fate altering wish that would have brought happiness. The essay argues that resentment toward life arises from unmet personal desires viewed as crucial to one’s happiness and life’s fullness.
Keep Farm Machinery Busy
The bulletin urges applying work or fight principles to farm machinery to reduce man labor. It cites corn binders as example, showing higher use lowers per acre costs, and proposes neighbor cooperation to share purchase and operation, extending to other labor saving machines.
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United States Department of Agriculture
New York State
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Plan for Securing Best Producing Potato Seed
Guidance for potato growers to select high yielding disease resistant seed for next season. Establish a seed plot from top plants, inspect and remove weak or diseased hills, dig by hand if possible, store harvested seed in cool ventilated crates, then cull damaged or off type tubers and treat scab with a sublimate solution before planting.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Poultry and Eggs Forecast Preparation
United States Department of Agriculture outlines use for poultry and eggs as business foresight guidance. The document stresses market understanding, production planning, and risk assessment for producers and distributors.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Value of Insecticide Act Gains Farmers and Makers
The insecticide act of 1910 benefits both farmers and manufacturers by ensuring access to effective insecticides and fungicides while preventing the sale of worthless products. It protects legitimate makers, builds farmer confidence, reduces crop and livestock losses, and provides data that helps manufacturers improve formulations and labeling.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Advantages of vetch
The document explains vetch benefits for farming as feed green or hay and as cov er or green manure. It notes vetch resembles red clover in use but grows where clover fails. About 20 wild kinds exist in the United States, with common and hairy vetch widely grown and other species likely to grow in importance.
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United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Cream separator urged to boost milk fat yield
Farmers neglect cream separation, wasting 10 to 25 percent of butterfat. Encouraging separator use could raise butterfat available for consumption and increase food supply.
Lesson on Naboth Murder and the Triumph of Evil
A September lesson analyzes Naboth's story from I Kings 21 to illustrate how Ahab's covetousness and Jezebel's plot lead to Naboth's death and divine judgment. It urges overcoming evil through separation, reproof, watchfulness, circumspection, sobriety, and Spirit fullness.
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Jezebel
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Lot
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Christ
Regenerated Life and Zeal for Others
Fragmented note emphasizes value of workers with zeal for others and personal life changes. Lacks clear event or names. presents a reflective or inspirational line about transforming lives and serving others.
Get New Kidneys Haarlem Oil Capsules Ad
An old advertisement touts Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a cure for kidney and bladder troubles. It warns of Bright's disease and urges immediate treatment, claiming quick relief with a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
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Bright
Haarlem
Silly Classroom Dialogue on Speech Silence
A playful exchange shows Tommie asking about the part of speech for silence and the teacher prompting a humorous reply about getting through talking.
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Tommie
Bart
Frightful Freckle Solution Promises Clear Skin
A vintage advertisement touts mixing two lemons with three ounces of orchard white to create a quarter pint freckle and tan lotion. It claims the lotion removes freckles sunburn and tan at very low cost and is harmless while promising smooth white skin.
Tarkington Uses Kaiser as Warning Example in American Magazine
Booth Tarkington urges readers to view the Kaiser as a cautionary figure in The American Magazine. He condemns him as the embodiment of dangerous ambition and cruel selfishness, while offering a sharp barb that, apart from that, he is “all right.”
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Booth Tarkington
Don't Clean 'Em Husky Private Returns Uniform Note
A short humorous anecdote recalls a tall wide-shouldered infantry private who sent a uniform to the cleaners and received a reply stating they do not clean tents. The quip plays on military field gear and the mishap.
No Man Enjoys Kissing a Girl with Curl Papers Hair
A fragment notes a humorous preference about kissing a girl whose hair is styled with curl papers. The line reflects a lighthearted social quirk rather than a full news item.
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Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
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