When Father Decides it to Spend Night at Culbertson Cottage
A city breaker of hearts travels to the Culbertson cottage and after hesitation chooses to spend the night. Anne Davis falls in love for the first time, foiling the plan and reshaping the countryside encounter.
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Anne Davis Runs Afloat Into Romance At Alanson
Anne Davis, stranded when her motor boat fails, is rescued by a country man in a rowboat. She later discovers her father plans a match with his partner Mr White, only to reveal a prior romance with a man named Harry Saunders, ending in an unexpected engagement.
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Sure It Was Drake's Drum In Historic Surrender Tale
The Outlook recounts Arthur Machen describing November 21 when Britain's fleet may have heard the drum of Drake aboard Royalak Devon sailors aboard the ship heard a drum beat believed to be Drake's Drum. The crew searched for the drummer and found every man at post as the drum continued.
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Would-Be Contrib Boils Question as Editor Hints Action
A playful exchange from the Boston Transcript quotes awould-be contributor and an editor debating whether boiling the article improves it. The dialogue hints at testing the piece through heat in a different method.
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Milk sanitation urged after milking to prevent bacterial contamination
The USDA reports strainer cloths on dairy farms can harbor up to 35 million bacteria per square inch and milking utensils show large bacterial counts if not sterilized. Proper sanitation includes washing with warm water and washing powder, rinsing, boiling or steaming for five minutes, then drying in a clean place away from dust and fire.
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Vermont Congressman’s Story Draws Town Tale to Town
Representative Frank Green of Vermont visits a village during recess and parries a wary elder’s greeting by noting ancestral ties to the area. His joking list of relatives born and honored in the county impresses the man, who concedes it might rain.
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Jimmy Britt’s Referee Tale and a Savoy Lunch
The anecdote recalls Eugene Corri telling Britt to quit boxing and aging voices during a Strand encounter. The scene at the Savoy includes a couple observing Corri and misreading him as a brutal fighter, with a remark about his looks and a mistaken claim about a son.
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Students urged to train as expert riflemen next summer
The government plans a national program to teach marksmanship in educational institutions across the United States. A special course will grant certificates authorizing graduates to teach others. Representatives of student bodies are invited to enroll for instruction during the national matches of 1919 at Caldwell, New Jersey, near New York, hosted by the Navy Department.
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Milk Cans Preferred Over Buckets for Dairy Work
Milk and cream from cows are easier to manage in regular milk cans than shallow pans and wide mouthed buckets. Cans suit barn collection and house transfer, come in various sizes, and the shotgun can variant aids handling when using separators or souring cream for butter.
System of Crop Rotation in Dairying
The most successful dairymen use crop rotation to secure a market or cash crop besides dairy profits. Concentrated feeds boost fertility on the farm, offsetting fertility removed by selling dairy products. Extra labor from dairy work allows time to manage a profitable market crop.
Invention of Much Worth in Underwater Salvage
French engineers apply a special oxyacetylene blowpipe to cutting steel underwater. Mounted in a diving bell, the device expels theater by compressed air and adjusts air and acetylene pressures by depth. Trials cut ship plates under 27 feet of water and the apparatus may also repair locks and perform other underwater work.
Frenchman on Princeton Staff Appointed Assistant Professor
Lieut Louis Cons a French government delegate who tutored the former German emperor's family joins Princeton University as assistant professor of French He previously taught at Bryn Mawr and served in the French army intelligence unit during the war Henry Ford and Lord Leverhulme remarks accompany the note on Allied appreciation of American production
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How do you get along with your wife
A brief quip from the Dartmouth college humor column notes a speaker reflecting on marriage with a wry self critique. The exchange underscores light social humor typical of campus publication tone and dating from the era.
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Weather Quip Echoes Heat Delays Work in Boston Transcript
A brief reader exchange notes hot weather makes outdoor labor unbearable. The Boston Transcript quotes a remark about temperatures making work seem impractical.
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Boston Transcript
The Man Who Waits for Prosperity
A reflective note asserts that those who wait for luck rarely seize chances, while opportunity favors the bold and proactive. It cautions readers about passive waiting and urges timely action to secure favorable outcomes.
Forgetting to Shut the Door Simple Habit Said
A light column notes that people rarely get angry when doors are left ajar and suggests a calm approach to small domestic irritants.
Tank for Dairy Herd Usage
Guidance for dairy operations recommends a storage tank sized for about 160 pounds or 20 gallons per cow per day to meet daily milk handling needs.
Making a Kicking Cow
A proverb notes that when a calf is mishandled the kicking cow often follows. It suggests injuries or trouble arise from careless handling. The line points to cause and effect in handling roughness within animal care or broader metaphor.
Soldiers Wounds Reflect Their Acts Says Dr Macdonald
Dr Arthur Macdonald, honorary president of the International congress of criminal anthropology, discusses how nervous soldiers show oddities. He notes bayonet wounds can trigger psychological responses such as hysterical facial tension or abdominal contractures, and hysterical blindness or deafness from horrors seen, with relief sometimes found only in a real wound.
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