Peculiar Occupation Snakes Thrive In Tiomeme Farm
A Queensland like tale notes a snake farming venture near Sydney where owners rear snakes frogs and toads for food and scientific uses. Snakes are captured with forks pins and careful handling and the venom milking by the Sydney Health Department feeds antidote production. The farm houses hundreds of snakes in bags and cages with bran or straw and keeps stock for milking before selling surviving specimens to taxidermists or zoos.
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Tiomeme
Sydney
Sydney Board of Health
Zoological Gardens
Critique of Mrs Gilman on American wives and economic independence
The Chicago Journal attacks Charlotte Perkins Gilman and other suffragists for endorsing economic independence for women and the idea of selecting different fathers for children. It argues such views harm public morals and mockingly suggests Tibet as a place to pursue polygamous freedom. The piece also notes that ex presidents deserve support but could be paid to avoid public duty.
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Gilman
Tibet
Chicago Journal
President Salary Debate Reopens Over Adequacy and Dignity
The article discusses reviving a plan to raise the President's pay to 106000 a year and the Vice President to 26000, arguing the office should attract top talent while maintaining dignity. It notes past raises and compares presidential earnings to global rulers, weighing whether current compensation suffices for official duties and entertaining obligations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Taft
Pure Poison Law For Insecticides Urged By Journal
A Minneapolis Journal editorial argues for a pure poison law to end adulterated insecticides and fungicides. It warns that bad paris green harms crops, enriches dishonest makers, and calls for strict examinations by the Department of Agriculture with confiscation of false products and prosecutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
District of Columbia
Department of Agriculture
Minneapolis Journal
Poverty and the Millionaire. A Satire on Wealth and Poverty
The piece describes a dying millionaire Petroff burning his fortune and gifting a grim satire on riches. It notes starved relatives and a public shift from wealth to poverty as a dramatic theme. The Chicago Tribune calls it melodrama and elevates it to satire.
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Moscow
Petroff
Petro
Carnegie
Chicago Tribune
Revive Old Dime Novels Uses Found Material
The New York Sun reports publishers reuse old fiction by combining three dime novels into one and adding rewritten passages. Other schemes include trimming 90 000 word romances to 30 000, repackaging English love stories with American settings, and editing standard novels to omit outdated local references. Poets supply timely fillers by phoning magazine offices for suitable verse.
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New York Sun
Strand
Broadway
Lancaster
Lowell
Mass
Two Noted London Suffragettes in Prison
Mrs. Mary Pankhurst and Miss Christabel Pankhurst endure prison routine as leaders of the suffrage demonstration in the House of Lords. Sentenced to ten weeks and three months, they remain calm and vow to be more effective after release due to their martyrdom.
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Mary Pankhurst
Christabel Pankhurst
House of Lords
Conquering Temptation Journal Reflection
A quote from My Journal argues that temptation must be faced alone and personal will is essential, likening conquering temptation to dying alone and rejecting vicarious strength. It emphasizes solitary moral effort over external aid.
Grease Noted In Aristocratic Joke Line
A quirky line describes a grease that sticks to doethisg, calling it aristocratic and cute in tone. The odd phrasing hints at light humor and social satire from the era.
Wit of the Youngsters in Humorous Vignettes
A collection of short quips from children and a minister's family. Jokes cover weather versus climate, tail end jokes about a dog, crusts versus toast, and jelly eating habits. The tone is light and child centered with playful misinterpretations.
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Small Margie
Small Lola
Misa
Joe
Walter
Master Walter
Wilbur
The Basis Auto Purchase Conversation
A brief dialogue shows two speakers discussing getting along all night and agreeing that they can buy the auto. The exchange emphasizes a plan to acquire a vehicle.
Old Favorites and Fragments in Virginia and Far-Away
A collage of nostalgic verse about the green fields of Virginia and Shenandoah, memories of a dear mother, and a long-ago departure. The piece shifts to a children’s song about Noah’s ark and animals crossing one wide river to Jordan. A brief note on mottoes and a Brooklyn mother’s trial of child guidance closes.
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Virginia
Vale of
Shenandoah
Green Fields
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Jean
St. Loula Republic
London
Ald
Noah
Aleady
Jordan
Japheth
Creas
Shem
Ham
Japhet
Ararat
Amerca
John Henry Grey
Brooklyn
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