Farmers urged to seek new living beyond traditional farms
The American responds to J E McDonald US agriculture commissioner about a nationwide back to farm plan to curb unemployment. McDonald notes many unemployed are permanently displaced by machinery and that farming may be in a transitional stage, urging farm life as citizenship building rather than guaranteed profits. The American argues overproduction mirrors industry and calls for reduced work hours to spread employment.
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J. E. McDonald
McDonald
Department of Agriculture
Face Saving Wisdom and Feuds Across Cultures
A collection of anecdotes on dignity in business and family feuds. An American boss learns to save an employee's face, while tales contrast Chinese philosophy with practical workplace mercy. Other bits satirize pride, international mischief, and stubborn rivalries, ending with pithy maxims.
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China
Chung River
New York
Mencius
Little John
John Bull
Uncle Sam
Rmcus
Home Craft Tips For Busy Households
Practical advice from a domestic guide covers garden reuse of lettuce spinach and chard to save replanting. It advises trimming toast with a grater sinking burned bread and making cap strings for babies with uneven lengths. It also covers keeping fowls whole for easier cleaning and using paper towels as kitchen aids for shelling peeling and wiping surfaces.
The Knot Hole Nonstop Flight Laughter Ends With a Fall
Nut and Cracker plan a nonstop flight to China but fall into a well while waiting for a street car. They trade quips about politics, science, and common knowledge, ending with a comic chase as Barlow Jones and John Bull clash over a prank gone wrong.
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China
Proverbial Wit and Odd Medical Tales
A collection of wry lines on politics and prudence. A case notes Mrs Mary de Freville’s successful damages claim after a doctor labeled her mad while sane. It also recounts Lewis Cornwell of Stockton Missouri found with two bird shot in his appendix after surgery.
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Mary de Freville
London
Lewis Cornwell
Stockton, Mo
Jacob Heads to Egypt In Wagons From Pharaoh Invitation
Sunday School lesson summarizes Genesis chapters 46 and 47 with Jacob agreeing to move to Egypt at God’s prompting after Beer-Sheba worship. Reuben announces the journey, Jacob’s thanksgiving greets his son, and Pharaoh extends hospitality. The message highlights faith, forgiveness, and God’s overarching plan.
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Jacob
Samuel D. Price
Pharaoh
Joseph
Jesus
Emmaus
God
Egypt
Hebron
Beer-Sheba
Abraham
Isaac
Goshen
Cairo
Red Sea
Reuben
Sometime It May Be by Arthur Colton
A short verse reflects on memory and love in a deserted yard with graves. The speaker imagines two lovers buried side by side, their shared past drawing passersby to pause at dusk in this forgotten place.
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Arthur Colton
You
Humorettes and a Parisian estate twist
A late night charity dance ends with a haughty remark to a starving man. A tense domestic scene follows as a bitter husband returns home and a hired man feuds over salt. The piece closes with Henri Despaisse of Paris willed a $200,000 estate to his wife’s mother, leaving his wife only a small bequest.
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Tlenri Despaisse
Paris
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Cleburne Huston
Tna
East
Hamilton Street
Jones, Haskell
Stonewall
Fisher
Shackelford Counties
Texas
Commissioner OF Agriculture
John Joseph Gaines
Albert T. Reid
Iy Yue
Nea
Gyberthandson
Rome
Nero
Columbus
Isabella
Nut
Cracker
Barlow Jones
John
Barlow
Sam
Miki
Samuel D.price
Miss la de Deli
Kes Solomon
Bill
Little Freddie
Freddie
Ed Kressy
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