Theater chatter sparks debate on morality and money
Birsky and Zapp discuss theatre morality in a long, satirical exchange. They lampoon police censorship, pricey orchestra seats, and audiences, contrasting American freedom with European scenes and poking fun at politics, travel, and cultural pretensions.
Methods for Controlling Borers in Trees and Mounding
The Missouri Agricultural Rupert outlines techniques to combat borers. For large trees, mound soil around the base to force eggs higher, aiding detection. For young trees, wrap trunks with a woody veneer and add a small earth mound to hinder egg deposition.
Pruning Time In Orchards
Guidance on pruning orchard trees before buds swell. Warns against removing too much wood at once and advises close cuts with stubs left to decay. Treat large wounds with melted grafting wax and remove dead wood and crossing branches to open the center. Some heading back may be postponed to next year.
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Outlay for Small Orchard
A small orchard of 20 trees on every farm is the best investment of its kind though the text is unclear and seems to reference straw seeds and a dam in a strained phrase. The readable portion stresses orchard investment as a productive and prudent farming choice.
Quack Remedies From Old Lore Include Goat Liver Cures
In a historical sketch, crude cures and charms are listed for ailments from eye weakness to dysentery and gout. Remedies include roasting goat liver with honey, binding infant hair to the afflicted limb, biting figs for scrofula, and charms made from gumweed roots and stolen wool. Epilepsy is linked to meat from a wild beast slain with a weapon that killed a man.
Women at Phi Beta Kappa Threaten Society's Reputation
The New Republic reports Rev. Oscar Vorhees calls for curbing women’s annual admission to Phi Beta Kappa to preserve the society’s reputation. He argues that the strength of the fraternity should come from male members, warning against widening female membership.
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Roumanians Impress At 1900 Paris Exposition
At the Paris exposition of 1900 the Roumanians drew crowds with their vivid national costume and exotic music. They performed flutes and clarinets, violin, and the cobra guitar while rivals from beyond the mountains shared similar repertoires.
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Unnamed couple Faces Dire Night by Cold Doorstep
A bleak scene describes a couple with no names seeking shelter at a doorway. A grumbling porter awakens to threats and a fatal throat cut, leaving the world in a grim, unanswered mood.
Fragmentary Quote From Abroad On Bread Lines
A reader quote recalls seeing long bread lines while abroad and notes that the scene showed a regular breed of people standing for hours. The remark reflects on wartime scarcity and public patience.
Squab and quail recipes from The Kitchen Cabinet
A historical excerpt outlines broiled squab methods with tips on cleaning parboiling and basting, plus stuffing and serving ideas for quail with pate de foie gras, bread sauce, and branded dressings. It ends with a domestic sentiment about tea and toast.
TASTY DISHES OF CALF S LIVER
How to prepare calf s liver in multiple dishes including broiled liver hot pot liver relia and forcemeat. Steps cover soaking trimming slicing dredging with flour bacon onions and parsley and cooking until tender with butter stock and seasonings.
A Grateful Old Lady Publishes Kidney Relief Testimony
Mrs A G Clemens of West Alexander Ohio writes of years of backache fainting vision and heart trouble eased after using Dodd's Kidney Pills and Diamond Dinner Pills. She urges others to seek relief and notes price and retailer. The ad also mentions Dodd's Dyspepsia Tablets and a note on weekly New York chicken shipments.
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Menicine Co
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