Automobile Race History at State Fair This Year
The Oklahoma State Fair and Exposition track, a historic ground for top drivers, will host another gasoline battle. Louly Dybrow, driving the Zip car, aims to surpass dirt track records during the fair from September 29 to October 2, drawing a huge crowd and prize money worth significant sums.
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Care of aapa for seeding and pickle the seed
A detailed farmers guide describes seed preparation for seeding the 1916 crop. It covers selecting vigorous stalks, thinning, examining for weed seed and vitality, and pickleing seed to kill worms. It explains formalin treatment, drying, and handling to ensure viable, pest free seed.
The Wicked Bible edition punished in London
The Wicked Bible refers to a 1611 London edition by Barker and Latham omitting the seventh commandment. The printer faced a 9000 pound fine for the negligence, marking a notorious lapse in the authorized scriptures.
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London
Robert Barker
Martin Lav Tewan
Fragmentary mumble about debts and whiskey bills
A garbled note suggests people prefer paying for whiskey and millinery over other debts. Harvard experts are cited in a misread line as discussing bad bookkeeping. The text is unclear but centers on financial behavior and consumer choices.
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Harvard
Fragmentary Tale Brims With Obscure Imagery and Advice
A garbled OCR fragment blends surreal imagery with stray lines about a public notice and cleaning Mother-of-pear t articles. It mentions UriShant cul ern, Joie, and a cryptic note to kathiews, plus a domestic remedy suggesting olive oil and gall brush to restore dull items.
Fragmentary court scene with misheard phrases
A damaged OCR text shows a courtroom exchange where a plaintiff mutters about someone telling an awful lie. A judge admonishes, with garbled speaker labels and stray phrases. The fragment mentions a Russian immigrant before an immigration board and a claim of being a tailor’s apprentice amid wartime priors.
Discouraged
A fragmentary exchange shows a discouraged speaker denying a request and recalling a competent female employee, but noting difficulty in finding a woman for a man's paid job and preferring to handle the task themselves.
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Tim
Prayer and testing the worldold question in Tampa Tribune
A writer in the Tampa Tribune is urged to test the question of whether prayers are ever answered by conducting a thorough tear and test to see how it works in this case.
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Tampa Tribune
Preserving Fruits In Early Summer Jam and Marmalade Guides
A nineteenth century style guide outlines methods for making jam marmalade and preserves from orange grape gooseberry rhubarb and cherries. It details prep ratios cooking times and steps including sugar water and boiling stages as well as jar filling and sealing.
Cocoanut Custard Instructions From a Recipe Card
A recipe fragment describes mixing ingredients with sugar and salt, adding coconut, and pouring into a buttered mold. Bake in a shallow water bath in a slow oven, avoiding boiling water, then chill and unmold onto a serving dish.
Cleaning Cloth Combines Glove and Duster
A new cleaning cloth on the market integrates a glove and a duster for exceptional quality. It is softer than chamois and thin enough to avoid washing damage, praised for polishing highly polished surfaces like piano wood and phonographs. The center-attached glove makes handling easy.
Banes Mince Assembly for Pudding Dish
A recipe calls for two cups minced cold lamb chicken or veal one cup chopped ham and one cup fine bread crumbs Molaten with seasoned soup stock Turn into a pressed bavediah bake until heated through Dust with salt and pepper bake until whites set Serve to table in pudding dish
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Emeyan
To Clean Matting From Dirty Mats
Instructions advise shaking to remove dust then washing with malt mud water not too wet. Wring with a coarse cloth and dry thoroughly, then hang over a rail. If spirits such as gin are present, they will remove the stain.
Tamworth Hog Best for Ideal Hams in America
The piece argues Tamworth hogs produce balanced hams ideal for curing, favoring smaller weights around 120 to 150 pounds over 400 pounders. It notes southern planters historically bred for fat, the shift to corn belt fattening, and Europe’s demand for small, well balanced hams. It suggests Tamworths thrive on clover, tubers, roots, and run in pastures, with southeastern farms starting to breed them for high ham quality.
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America
Great Corn Belt
Lama
Hain
England
Valuable Hints for the Gardener from a Cheap Wheel Hoe Ad
Practical notes tout a machine wheel hoe as a labor saver for gardens, claiming it costs little, lasts decades, and replaces ten workers. It suggests buying options, hints on crop timing for beans and cucumbers, soil needs, and transplanting tips for lettuce onions beets and melons.
Dodder Declared Worst Weed For Alfalfa In Some Regions
W Oswald of the Minnesota experiment station notes dodder as a severe weed in alfalfa in Weather states and parts of Europe. This annual parasitic plant attaches to alfalfa, living on the plant and its attachments. Dodder is not yet a major problem in Minnesota alfalfa, but seed should be dodge free as alfalfa shifts toward seed production. Two dodder varieties exist. small dodder seeds are separable from alfalfa seed, while large dodder seeds closely resemble alfalfa and are hard to separate.
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W. Oswald
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Clipping Horses in the Hot Season
Clipping during the hot season improves health comfort and vigor of work horses. Idle horses from winter rarely receive grooming and their hair grows long. Thick coats clog pores with dust and dirt causing discomfort during rapid temperature rises and heavy work.
They Had to Be Sebens Camp Meeting Preparations
In a fragment from Wom an a Home Companion a character named 'Bena anxiously plans for a neighborhood camp meeting. She seeks slippers from Mrs Ford for her hurt foot while arranging outfits and footwear for others, highlighting social prep and community routine.
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Bena
Pines
Belgium’s Quest for the Ideal Woman Stumbles in Brussels
A Brussels symposium declares the perfect woman must embody an American figure, French elegance, English complexion, Austrian hair, Italian eyes, and a Spaniard profile. Yet no such creature has been found.
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Belgium
Brussels
Preferred the Lesser Evil Old Maid Exchange
Dialogue fragment features Jennie declaring she will be an old maid while contrasting desires to earn money and buy things with the idea of pleasing men. The exchange frames a humorous, gendered view of future roles and autonomy.
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Jennie
Moat of Influence Shaping a Career According to Speakers
Honest, Dyer-What do you think has been Moat Influential in shaping your career. Ryer-Work-Judge.
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Dyer
Ryer
Judge
Prize Food Grape Nuts Praised By Prairie Woman
A Nebru woman extols Grape-Nuts as the most palatable, economical, and nourishing breakfast, recounting seven years of use. She credits the cereal with improving health after quitting tea and coffee, noting her family’s health and reduced doctor bills, and mentions Postum Co of Battle Creek.
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