King s Praise for May Wirth at Oklahoma Fair
May Wirth, renowned turnback rider, to appear at the eighth annual Oklahoma State Fair and Exposition in Oklahoma City from September 22 to October 3, 1914. Her European successes include performances before royalty in London and Paris, with engagements in England and Europe preceding the fair. The program also features Powers Hippodrome, Thavi’s Band, tango act, operatic singers, and other major attractions for the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May Wirth
Oklahoma City
Europe
Southwest
Farrin
Olympia Theatre
London
Misa Wirth
England
Win
Oklahoma State Fair and Exposition
Miss Wirth
Alhambra
Paris
Palais de Talt
Bruseatie
Mina Wirth
Abe
Oklohome State Fair
Power
Insect Lights Used as Torches by Merico Peoples
Merico reports a remarkable insect called the Elster fretly used as miniature torches by Tediagis. Men tie them to ankles while walking forests and women wear them in hair under veils. Small cages hold three or four insects for lighting as thousands gather in forest clearings to flash lights in unison, then darken and flash again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merico
Stage Money and the Hidden Salary in New York Trial
A breach of promise suit in New York revealed a stage actress listed as earning $1000 weekly, but netting only $300 after $80 in booking and press agent fees. The press agent received one dollar, a figure the article notes could hardly be begrudged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sull
Springfeld Republican
First Coined Money Traced to Lydia and Croesus
The article states Lydia issued the first coined money and credits King Croesus with the earliest gold coinage. It notes coins once bore a lion’s head or a king with bow and quiver, suggesting early money likely originated as cattle before evolving into precious metal coinage.
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Lydia
Croesus
What Sherman Said About War
A stark wartime reflection denounces the glory of battle and laments the suffering. The speaker condemns bloodshed and questions the value of further conflict, noting mangled bodies and distressed families pleading for mercy amid distant carnage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman
Evan
Ford
Crops For A Dry Pasture Advice From Prof Nystrom
Prof O B Nystrom of Washington State College outlines crops to bolster milk during dry pasture. Suggested for silage or fodder include thousand headed kale, peas and oats, vetch and oats, peas and barley, alfalfa, corn and clovers, plus large root crops. Regular mowing every three to four weeks in spring aids readiness for cattle, and even non silage feeds help digestion and milk. Fodder corn fed green in late summer to early fall supports dairy cows on scarce forage, potentially doubling value if fed early rather than stored for winter.
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O. B. Nystrom
Washington State College
Henry
Subsurface Packer Promises Better Dry Farming Technique
A historical bulletin extols the subsurface packer devised by H W Campbell circa 1593 as a novel tool for dry farming. It argues packing beneath the furrow after spring plowing preserves soil mulch, prevents wind erosion, and depends on immediate use before the soil dries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H.W. Campbell
Washington & New Bulletin
Thom and Holts
Campbell
Overstocking Pastures Causes Quick Depletion
The main cause of pasture shortages is placing twice as many animals as there is forage. Grow soil building crops to supplement pasture, reseed, fertilize, and roll the grazing lands each spring to keep them in top condition.
Regularity in Dairy Work for Best Milk Output
Notes emphasize consistent dairy routines with regular milking hours and feeding times. Irregular hours disrupt milk production and long delays hurt yields, so strict schedules for milking and feeding are advised to ensure steady output.
Early Plowing Benefits: Aims to Protect Crops
Early plowing helps preserve crops by delaying frost damage and reducing soil disruption. It guards emerging plants from cold snaps and stabilizes field conditions for better germination and yield potential.
Value of Horve’s Hoots and Boots Debate
A fragmentary note discusses Horve’s hoots and boots, weighing practical value against style. The obscure text hints at a horse related by poets with a point on essential goods and sound wear.
How to Select and Cook Fresh Fish Varieties
The Pittsburgh Dispatch offers guidance on choosing fresh fish by appearance and odor, noting firm flesh and bright eyes. It describes cooking methods for halibut cod haddock and warns against dull eyes pale gills or off odors, with fry deep hot fat recommended for small fish and various methods for white sea fish.
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Mackrel
Aalmon
Shad
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Sour Cream Pie Instructions in Old Recipe Style
A fragmented recipe details sour cream pie with sugar and cloves, beating yolks, cooking to thick cream, and baking in a crust. It suggests topping with meringue, then browning briefly and serving cold with sharp cheese, described as a delicious summer dessert.
Baked In a Box for Cake Delivery
A simple method to ship a pleate cake by baking in a five and one eighth by eight and one half inch tin water box. Fill half full, bake until doubled, then icing and cover. Recipe includes sour cream sugar walnuts soda baking powder salt egg flour and spice baked slowly then increased heat.
Homemade Fruit Sherbet Recipes From An Old Notebook
A fragment lists simple sherbet methods for fruit flavors. Raspberry sherbet uses raspberries strained with water and sugar with lemon, pineapple sherbet combines pineapple milk and sugar frozen like ice cream, grape sherbet mixes milk sugar grape juice and lemon juice and then freezes.
Cheese Bouts Thawing? Cooks Guide to Cheese Sauce
Cheese sauce is prepared by melting butter and flour, adding milk to form a smooth white sauce, then folding in eight tablespoons grated cheese and seasonings. Separate egg whites and yolks, combine cooled cheese mixture with yolks, then gently fold in beaten whites. Bake in greased pudding dish until golden brown and serve at once.
Roast Pork Salad from Frugal Kitchen Tip
A compact recipe instructs finely chopped cold roast pork mixed with celery and hard boiled egg whites. The yolk is mashed with mustard, salt, pepper, vinegar and melted butter, then stirred into the pork mixture and plated with celery tips or lettuce. Chill before serving.
Hungarian Ware Adorned with Colorful Peasant Craft
A description highlights new Hungarian ware featuring vivid colors that suit willow furniture. Made by peasants, the pieces are a mix of nonwhite tones with garlands in pink and greens. The decor is described as decorative rather than garlands.
Basket Salad Craft With Pepper Baskets
A simple salad idea uses hollowed green peppers as edible baskets. Fill with chopped wax beans, cubes of red beets and stuffed olives, then dress with your favorite salad dressing for a colorful, flavorful starter.
Efficiency 18 Watchword in Navy Alcohol Ban
The piece argues broad support for Secretary of the Navy's order banning alcohol for officers on ships and shore stations. It cites the Chicago Tribune and the Journal of the American Medical Association noting that alcohol impairs steadiness, vision, and coordination, urging a sober force for modern government duty and wartime efficiency.
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Secretary of the Navy
Chicago Tribune
American Medical Association
Dantele
Times
Willian
Drunkenness in Vienna Hospital Study Reveals Alcohol Link
A Vienna hospital study based on two years of death attestations finds 4 130 cases observed. Among adults 8 19 percent were certain drinkers, implying about one in eleven or twelve male deaths in the General Hospital, Vienna, involved a drunkard.
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Europe
Walter Kern
Institute For
Vienna
General Hospital
Cartoon in Prigon Path lampoons youth and penitentiary life
A five panel cartoon from Prigon Path mocks a young man’s path to prison at the Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem. It shows him at the bar, taking a drink, receiving judgment, behind bars, and in custody. The piece labels him as a criminal and hints at broader social warnings.
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Oregon
Salem
Temperance blast calls end to liquor government pact
Congressman Clyde Kelly of Pennsylvania voices a strong plea to allied temperance forces urging dissolution of any partnership between government and the liquor business. The speech signals momentum toward removing government from the liquor trade and eliminating government entanglement with alcohol commerce.
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Clyde Kelly
Pennsylvania
Beasemer Drawing Co Files for Bankruptcy in Illinois
A week after dry victories in Illinois headlines report Beasemer Drawing Company entering bankruptcy. The attorney cites lack of business as the reason, while brewers argue that more temperance would boost beer sales.
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Ilinois
Chicago
Beasemer Drawing Company
Milk delivery and workers milk intake in Chicago district
A company milk wagon system supplies about 260 gallons daily to a Chicago district and noon meals. In two large plants over 100 workers drink milk daily, with one printer remarking on the “milky way” as the staff consumes dairy during work hours.
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Chicago
Royal Commission remarks on pauper decline and gambling
The report notes drink as a potent universal factor contributing to pauperism with witnesses citing gambling as a serious, growing cause. It warns gambling drains victims' resources and leads to physical and moral degeneration, while Behiller's Judgment claims wine never invents anything.
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Pau
Royal Commission
Judge Blames Tango as Motive in Theft by Two Youths
In Brooklyn Judge Fawcett remarks tango and white nights taint youth culture while two teens John Colyer and Carlton Chapman plead guilty to attempted grand larceny. They stole money and jewelry from Adelaide Winston, a furnished room keeper, and vow to return to work or school as the judge scolds the idea of rewarding crime with money for clothes and cars. The case highlights family and societal influences on delinquency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fawcett
Booklyn
Maries
John Colyer
Hancock Atront
Carlton Chapman
Toth
Behin i ‘Chapman
Colver
Heth
New York Sun
Bring Tibet to Alaska Proposal Sparks Unclear Venture
A United States official floated an idea to Alaska involving Tibet and Galloway to source cattle for Arctic conditions. The text includes fragmented dialogue and unrelated quips from Puck style humor, with no clear outcome or coherent plan. The piece mixes nonsensical banter about socialiam and matrimony with a fated death anecdote.
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Tibet
Alaska
United States
Arctic
Postum Converts Coffee Drinker Shares Health Gains
A reader testifies that switching from coffee to Postum improves stomach trouble insomnia and headaches. She notes better digestion sleep and appetite after quitting coffee and praises her brother for similar relief. Postum available in Regular and Instant forms with doctoring tips and grocer availability.
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Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Woellville
Thorn's & Heusen
Nothing Like Being Careful
A quoted exchange hints at caution and travel advice. Characters discuss waiting until they reach the countryside while a doctor warns the air here is impure, suggesting concern over health and environment in their current location.
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Jacques
Change Noted in Morals Amid Old Meme Phrase
Fragmentary text appears to discuss changes in character, marriage trends, and healing advertisements for Hanford's preparations. It includes dated phrasing about martyrdom, popularity of marriages, and references to products for health and indigent relief, with incomplete sentences and unclear context.
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Behiller
Tein Tur Coca-Cola Co
Aruwra, Ga
Oklyn
Fleorge
Socialiam
Dinah
Puck
Scraggs
Gan
Hanford
Mas
Libby
Srenela
Zona Co
Wichita
Kansas
Daisy Fly Killer
Harold Romers
DeKaib Ave
Breklin
Paap
Fou Sale
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