Humorous Vignettes Span Workplaces Homes and Sea Life
A string of light anecdotes covers powder kegs, smoking hazards, homesick travelers, a cub reporter on a non wedding story, a strict first grade teacher, and sailors debating manners aboard a man of war. Names include Pat, Harvey Worthington Loomis, and Senator Dash reflecting small town life.
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Pat
Harvey Worthington Loomis
France
America
Brooklyn
Harvey
Tommy
Sbe
John R. Drexel
Newport
Senator Dash
Three boys answer the teacher's glass break question
A Chicago News writer records a school moment where eight year old Young Hopeful, and classmates Sam Harris and Harry Stone, are praised by their mother after answering the question Who broke the glass in the back window.
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Chicago News
Sam Harris
Harry Stone
Bride Proposes Wedding Trip Amid Illness Roadblock
The bride to be seems unsettled by the current state of affairs and asks about a wedding trip. The groom replies he cannot due to his partner's illness, explaining the postponement.
Vitalizer ad and scattered notices from Georgia and Tennessee
Price list for Vitalizer product post paid plus circulars offer 100 copies and agent recruitment. Real estate pithy notices include 640 acres near Chattanooga 12 miles from Ringgold with 60 cultivated acres and a 4 room house plus vineyard in San Martin California priced 4200 with terms. Southern Real Estate Exchange Chattanooga Tennessee advertises. The female bargain hunter knows all the countersigns.
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Georgia Land
Chattanooga
Ringold
Catoosa Co
San Martin
Calif
Southern Real Estate Exchange
Tenn
Wisconsin cream balance aids simple Babcock test
An agricultural station at the University of Wisconsin devised a brass float cream balance for weighing cream in Babcock test bottles. The device uses a water-filled cylinder and a nine gram weight to sink a float to a marked spindle line, enabling rapid and accurate cream weighing even with small drops in cream.
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Wisconsin
Agricultural Experiment Station
University of Wisconsin
Babcock
Forms of Combe and Poultry Comb Varieties
Describes how poultry comb shapes colors and sizes affect breeding success especially in non-sitting or Mediterranean breeds. Notes many comb varieties and references accompanying illustrations as a guide to heads and lobe structure.
Poultry Breeds and Farm Advice From Pastures to Pests
The article outlines various chicken comb types such as the single serrated and rose and pea combs, mentions breeds like Minorcas Leghorns Orpingtons Plymouth Rocks Hamburg Wyandotte Brahman and Indian Game. It advises training a wobbly colt, notes salt intake for livestock, and condemns dead wood pruning while warning on lice control with dips kerosene and grease as remedies.
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Minorcas
Orpingtons
Plymouth Rocks
Langshars
Redcap
Hamburg
Wyandotte
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Steele City Press
Home Supply Co
Sandy Lake
Dr. Pierce
P*erce
Japan
Standard Oil Company Os
Sreha Medical Co
Goshen
Ind
U.S.A
Notre Dame
F. Jankovsky Co
Wabash Ave
Chicago
Newton
Wilk
West Virginia
Obo
Wieter
Har
Mit
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