Sugar City Times: Hazy Gadgets and Voting Rights
A jumbled column notes Alaska granting women the vote, jokes about fashion and fame, and observations on society and technology. It bemused with quips about telephones, movies, joyriding, and curious urban quirks.
Youth PhD at Eighteen Sparks Fresh Debate
The Harvard student who earned a Doctor of Philosophy at eighteen defies norms and renews talk of rapid academic progress. A missing winter business detail questions where the annual sauerkraut output figures were reported.
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Harvard
Innovative center stair house plan praised by Radford
William A. Radford analyzes a stylish dwelling with a central stairway and a back kitchen passageway linking to the front hall. The design maximizes space, includes a back stair to the cellar, beam ceilings, a four bedroom second floor, and a spacious living room and dining room with thoughtful storage and decorative details.
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Secon
Rattler Family Tale From Montana Hunting Trip
A Montana hunter recalls a 1895 encounter with a large rattlesnake and its brood. The mother swallowed her fourteen five inch babies as they fled, then coiled for danger while the hunter fired four shells from a 40-82 rifle. The account notes July August as highly dangerous for rattlers.
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Seattle
Wash
Montana
Snake
Washington
Crow Creek
Lioness Miss Fulton Snatches Handbag In Central Park
A three year old lioness in New York City’s Central Park cage took a handbag marked N T from an unnamed woman. The animal seized the bag, tore it apart, kept a mirror and hair accessories briefly before keepers recovered the items.
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New York
Miss Fulton
Central Park
N. T
Miss Ful
George Sickert
Precision and a Volcano Laugh from President Wilson
President Wilson at a Washington dinner praised a statistician as precise, recalling a joke about a sugar planter in Hawaii. The quip riffs on the crater’s age as “70,004 years old” and the planter’s witty reply about “70,000” being the age when he arrived.
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Wilson
Washington
Hawaii
George
Not Truly a Friend Exchange Over Five Dollars
A terse dialogue reveals tension as one speaker accuses another of talking big without backing it up. The other offers to give up their last cent, highlighting a conflict over a small loan and perceived loyalty.
Heathens Outnumber Converts, Says Rev Sweeney in New York
In New York Rev Sweeney retired brigadier general former United States district judge and former consul at Constantinople warned that there are 100 heathens for every converted Christian. He spoke of religious demographics and urged conversion efforts amid mounting concern.
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New York
Sweeney
United States
Constantinople
Eye Pecked Out by Crane in Plattsburg
Samuel Dandrow of Plattsburg lost one eye last summer when a crane struck it while he picked up the bird from the Ausable river. He is now totally blind from a childhood accident and will be sent to Montreal for treatment with city and private funds. The city common council authorized a $100 contribution to cover the surgeon’s fee.
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Plattsburg
N. Y
Samuel Dandrow
Montreal
Dandrow
Ausable River
Common Council
Monster forty pound frog terrifies Guthsville residents
In Guthsville Allentown area residents chase a claimed forty pound bullfrog after Alexander Hartzell was knocked into a pool by the massive creature. Peter Krause attempted to shoot it but the frog leaped over his head and escaped, leaving the townsfolk in pursuit in squads.
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Allentown
Guthsville
Jordan
Alexander Hartzell
Peter Krause
Long Life Encas. Bristol Woman Dies in 102d Year
Bristol Tennessee obituary notes Mrs Jane Trinkle of Virginia pioneer stock died recently aged 101 or 102 born June 12 1811 She mother of fifteen children all deceased survives 45 grandchildren and 65 great grandchildren Attribution given to fishing and outdoor life.
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Bristol
Tenn
S Jane Trinkle
Virginia
Water-saving cultivation in orange grove experiments
A Riverside California orange grove test shows soil mulch reduces evaporation. Eight buried tanks tracked water losses. after five days surface drying, four plots were cultivated and four left bare. Cultivation cut losses to about 6.7 percent versus 11.3 percent in uncultivated plots.
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Bureau of Irrigation Investigations
Orange Grove
Riverside
California
Prepare Land for Orchards
New ground must be subdued before planting trees to remedy inequalities and drainage gaps. Subsoil plowing, fall work, and occasional deep blasting may be used to loosen soil and improve drainage, aeration, and root penetration. A six to eight foot strip suffices initially, expanding annually.
Select Pure Breeds for Egg Production in Poultry
The text argues against keeping mongrel fowls for eggs noting uniformity in solar and size is desirable. It stresses clean houses and nests for best results, and claims poultry offers a good living for buyers who study breeds markets and location.
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Asaa
Discarding Mongrels for Egg Production Clause
The text argues mongrels should not be kept for egg production as their eggs lack uniform color and size. It notes mongrels might lay as well as pure-bred fowls, but this is a futile consideration due to practical importance.
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