A Delicatessen Dream Replaces A Desk Job
In a 1918 office drama, Helen Bently weighs marriage to the boss against starting a small business with Rodney. Rodney quits the rut for a deli, but Helen chooses independence and a life running her own shop over stability with him. The boss pushes for a quick decision and is surprised by her bold choice.
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Jiggers
Joseph Q. Hattisbury
Consolidated Metals Corporation
Helen
Rodney
Jielen
Teren
Sidney
Ami
Bently
Nodner
Mr. Hattisbury
NOT SATISFIED WITH FATE
An essay reflects on why people harbor resentment toward life for unmet desires. It argues such longing stems from a personal sense of happiness being shaped by a singular event that never occurred. The piece suggests self examination to understand these emotions.
Plan for Securing Best Producing Potato Seed for Following Season
United States Department of Agriculture outlines a seed potato program to produce high yielding, disease resistant seed. It recommends a seed plat from top plants, careful selection, drainage, irrigation, and routine inspections. Harvested seed should be stored cool and ventilated, with stock rechecked for damage and disease before planting.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Keep Farm Machinery Busy and Cut Labor on Farms
A bulletin urges overuse of farm machinery, noting corn binders can greatly reduce labor if employed more and shared among neighbors. It cites a New York survey showing cost per acre drops when binders handle more than 15 acres yearly, suggesting joint purchases to spread initial costs and extend service life.
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United States Department of Agriculture
New York State
Bulletin
Value of Insecticide Act Gains Farmers and Manufacturers
The 1910 act benefits both farmers and makers by ensuring reliable insecticides and fungicides, stopping low quality products, preventing crop and livestock losses, and protecting legitimate manufacturers while boosting confidence and sales through truthful labels and better information.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Advantages of vetch
U S Department of Agriculture notes vetches are valuable as feed and green manure. They resemble red clover in use but thrive in soils and climates where clover fails. About 20 wild kinds exist in the United States. two species, common and hairy vetch, are widely grown, with other types expected to gain importance.
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United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Cream Separator Use Boosts Milk Feed for Consumers
Farmers neglect cream separator causing 10 to 25 percent of butterfat to go unused. Encourages separator use as a tool to increase food available for human consumption and improve dairy efficiency.
Notable Biblical Lesson on Naboth and Evil
Lesson centers on Naboth’s lawful stand against Ahab's covetousness, Jezebel's plot, and Elijah’s judgment. It advocates separation from evil, reproof, watchfulness, circumspect living, sobriety, and being Spirit filled to overcome temptation.
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Naboth
Ahab
Nabothi
God
Jezebel
Elijah
Ramoth-Gilead
Lot
Abraham
Christ
Regenerated Life and Zeal for Others
A fragment discusses the value of lifelong change and zeal for helping others, highlighting that workers are best when driven by personal transformation and concern for people. The text hints at a broader argument about character and service guiding professional conduct.
Pa Knows What Is a Treat in Today’s Era
In a quizzical line from the Indianapolis Star, a speaker asks what constitutes a treat, reflecting playful regional phrasing and a parentchild exchange typical of the era. The brief prompts a light, nostalgic note on everyday sayings and family dialogue.
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Willie
Indianapolis Star
Get New Kidneys Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules Ad
An advertisement urges immediate kidney and bladder relief with Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules. It warns of Bright's disease risks, touts 200 years of use, claims quick relief, and offers money back if unsatisfied. Retailer promises genuine GOLD MEDAL brand in multiple box sizes.
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Bright
Haarlem
What part of speech is silence in the classroom
A playful exchange where Tommie questions the part of speech for silence after a teacher prompts the class. The line suggests silence follows after speaking and invites a humorous answer from Tommie.
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Tommie
Lemon Juice Freckle Skin Whitening Ad
Squeeze juice of two lemons into a bottle with three ounces of orchard white to make a quarter pint of freckle sunburn tan lotion. Grocers sell lemons and drug stores supply orchard white. massage onto face neck arms and hands to fade freckles and tan. Harmless says the advertisement.
Tarkington Calls Kaiser a Cautionary Example
In American Magazine Booth Tarkington urges readers to view the Kaiser as a warning rather than a model. He condemns him as the peak of malevolent ambition and a devastating force in history, while noting a bar room quip that oddly claims him “all right” outside insult.
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Booth Tarkington
Don't Clean 'Em Humorous Army Tale About Tents
A husky young private in an infantry regiment sent a uniform to the cleaners. It was returned with a note stating they do not clean tents.
No man enjoys kissing a girl with curl papers in her hair
A light humorous remark on courtship noting that a girl with curl papers in her hair is not favored for kissing, reflecting social norms and fashion of the era.
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McClure
Usiness
P. B. Fitzwater
D. D
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
Averts
Dept. E
Boston
Arker
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