Country life reform urged to aid farmer prospects
A federal commission report to Congress warns agriculture is not as profitable as it should be and outlines causes such as poor education, credit limits, and lack of organization. It calls for nationwide surveys, a national extension system, improved roads, and stronger farm education to build a coordinated rural society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Washington
Commission On Country Life
United States
Gongrese
United Tes Bureau of Education
United States Department of Agriculture
America
State College of Agriculture
The Dyspeptic Salesman and the Breath of Selling
A 1908 Bowles essay argues that a salesman’s dyspepsia harms public welfare and sales. It urges proper digestion and deep breathing to keep body and mind effective in selling, emphasizing air’s role in health and performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nature
Joseph B. Bowles
Come Not Yet to The Old Flame In Catholic Standard
A wry exchange features a pretty young wife and her rich elderly husband. She insists she will not yield to an old flame, while he taunts dream of past advances, adding a hint of domestic tension in a period newspaper tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard and Times
Cannibals Question Sparks Family Dialogue
A child asks if cannibals save a man’s Adam’s apple for dessert prompting a brief family exchange about dietary habits. The humorous exchange centers on a boy named Willie and his father responding with a calm, clarifying reply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Papa
Willie
Tactics of a Tactful Suitor and a Frustrated Curator
A curator at the Metropolitan Museum endures daily misnaming of a Franklin statue as Gen Washington, while visitors plead for a name fix. A southern curator repeats the same explanation yet remains patient, and a Trenton suitor boasts of a $40 loan to win permission from a girl’s father. The note closes with a wry line about engagement fantasies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan Museum
Gen
Washington
Benjamin Franklin
France
George Washington
Gen. Washington
New York Times
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Alice
Harper’s Weekly
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Florida
Hilliard
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North Florida
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
North
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Hijit
Ord
Amou
Jacksonsay
Vegas Selec
Shenanahont
C. K. Farbor
Fick Thor
Evon
Atlantic Coast
Omaha
Jacksonville
Atlantic Coast Line
Etty
Chicago Title & Company
Chicago Title & Trust Company
Growih
P. O
F. W. Cornwall
Hilliard President
Cornwall Farm Land Co
Pier “ Inci
Chicago Title & Trust Co
First National Bank
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