Auto wager ends with Aunt Ellen’s shotgun joke
Fred Semple’s 15 mile auto bet fails as the car stalls in front of Aunt Ellen’s house. She grabs a shotgun, mistaking him for a robber, but the situation becomes a joke when Florence returns and they fix the car. Semple clears the wager and later enjoys the club’s teasing.
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Mabisdes
Rattie- Sheke
Peter Dito Ibey
cLein
Tin
Raffles
Mr. Semple
Kansas
East
Beef Trust
Fred Semple
Farmer Martine’s bold railroad visit yields a pass
James E. Martine of New Jersey recounts visiting a Pennsylvanian station unarmed with credentials. He explains he is a farmer feeding hungry mortals and notes repeated political campaigns he lost. A New York Tribune account quotes the exchange and the pass granted by a messenger.
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Bryan
James E. Martine
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
Congress
United States
N. Y. Tribune
The Lisbon Earthquake 1775 Destruction Compared
The Lisbon quake of 1775 is among history's great disasters. It likely killed about 65,000 people, with greater property loss than Messina due to Lisbon's wealth. The Messina loss figure remains uncertain but probably did not far exceed Lisbon's death toll.
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Lisbon
Sicily
Messina
Home and the lure of a righteous home on earth
The passage extols homes as the dearest earthly haven guiding the wayfarer through life. It warns homesickness as a severe mental drain and celebrates homes built with rectitude fidelity prayer and love as the land's noblest heritage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Brindle Cow Heros Love Plot Ends In A Tree Chase
Will Pelham, a Montana miner engaged to Glynn Burnham, confronts an ambitious mother who aims for a titled match. He engineers a daring stance by luring a fierce brindle cow to chase him toward a tree, where both he and Mrs. Burnham cling until the cow tires. The plan ends with the mother relenting and Glynn’s romance spared as dinner awaits.
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Ike
Europe
Will Pelham
Standard Oil Company
United States
Brindle
Mrs. Burnham
Glynn
Abroad memory patchwork sparks tongue pride in Europe visit
A traveler recalls meeting a Countess Komoffsky abroad whose thickly learned accent and broken English reveal how living in Europe can erase native phrasing. An American doctor bluntly questions whether three years overseas altered her language, and she later replies in flawless United States English.
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Europe
Carlsbad
Countess Komoffsky
New York
Kaiserpark
Maria Smith
United States
Pictures of King Edward's Funeral Procession Footage Boom
About two hundred close to King Edward's funeral procession recorded by blescope cameras. Some 60,000 feet of film were exposed as American buyers sought British firms for speed while fifty continental camera operators arrived, likely securing positions for views of the procession.
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Edward
America
Continent
Gossip Quip Sparks Laugh Over Women Talking
A witty exchange from Bella and Beulah turns on how to stop a woman from talking. Beulah’s quip about kissing, while stopping one talker briefly, triggers the joke that it makes all the other women start talking.
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Bella
Beulah
Better Rotation Plans For Next Year In Gardening Tips
Begin now to lay plans for a better rotation next year. The dirty back yard is a breeding place for disease. If you have never grown head lettuce try it this season. Mulching potatoes is practiced by many growers in some sections. A steel toothed garden rake helps cultivate soil around young plants. A crop of chopped corn stalks worked into soil equals manure. Early potato patches can become plots for turnips or buckwheat after harvest. Tomatoes yield better with post and wire trellis. Muskmelons suit many regions where corn ripens with good soil and care.
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Fred Semple
Kirke
Colonel Kirke
Mr. Semple
Ellen
Aunt Ellen
Planting the Late Cabbage by Miller Purvis
The author explains a method for growing late cabbage by direct seeding where the plants will stand. He spaces rows three feet apart, sowing four or five seeds per spot, then thins to one strong plant. He delays sowing until late June and notes potatoes as a good preceding crop and a way to loosen soil for cabbage growth.
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Miller Purvis
Tuber Coverer for Potato Rovers in Missouri Valley
Bond describes a wooden potato coverer six feet long six inches high and two inches thick with iron plates on the runners bottom and a tight cover. The device uses two horses and two men two to drive and one to hold the rear end by a handle. Front crosspiece three feet long rear crosspiece one foot. Two men can cover a large patch in a day.
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W. H. Bond
Missouri Valley Farmer
Going to Buy a Farm Avoid Mistakes and Market Reach
Advice for prospective farmers warns against land poor purchases and buying far from markets. It stresses ensuring a spouse prefers country life, securing correct information in advance, and earning twice the mortgage payments if debt is necessary.
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Mr. Cityman
Dangerous Plant Diseases Alarm European Threats
The American Phytopathological Society alarms over the entry of wart disease in potatoes and the blister rust threatening white pine. With no national US or Canadian regulation, introduction cannot be prevented and new legislation is needed to curb pests and diseases from Europe and Asia.
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American Phytopathological Society
United States
Canada
Europe
Asia
New Suits and Divorces In Rural Court
Alexander M. Davis sues Florence M. Davis for divorce while Reed C. Douglas files for partition against Andrew A. Douglas in the same docket.
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Alexander M. Davis
Florence M. Davis
Reed C. Douglas
Andrew A. Douglas
Humus Making Crops Improve Soil Condition at Farms
Experiments at university farms show that grass land treated with crops, including timothy, clover, blue grass, brome grass and alfalfa, preserves moisture and reduces weeds better than land left to grain crops.
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Mother
Glynn Burnham
Montana
Nevada
Griggson
Tuber
OAK & Chase
D. R. Rich Furniture CO
George R. Dutton
Josh Beasley
J.T. Akin
R. W. Akin
J. Cashier
Sullivan
Indiana
State of Indiana
Etta Jewell
J. F. Hoke
J. H. Kalley
W. Hh, Crowber, JR
C. E. Wilkey
Sullivan State Bank
Other Bonds & Security Banking House
Total Resources
State OF
County OF
I. W. H. Crowder, Jr
W. H. Crowder, JR
Bertha Rustin
H. Schmidt & Son
Fletcher’s
Castoria
Parker
Hawkins
Haddon & Bailey
Hunt & Beaton
Fletcher
Astoria
W. H. Hill, JR
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