Joan Tries Her Hand at Character Reading Romance
Three office stenographers test a self styled spirit reader then watch Joan use observation to judge a coworker. She and Mr. Davis grow closer through subway rides and a dinner, leading to an engagement and a playful twist from friends about fake mind reading.
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Maud
Margret
Joan
Margaret
Co-Operative
Mr. Davis
New York
Jty
Mar
New England
Boston
France
Bread making roots in ancient cookery and yeasts
The text notes early bread from wheat and rice in ancient China and suggests the first yeast leavened bread may date to around 1634. It mentions aerated bread using carbon dioxide gas in the dough and gaps in 1867, then states most bread relies on yeast or baking powder.
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Agland
Cry for Help Leads to Evening at the Club
A man recalls a frightened woman's plea heard in a garden and the grim notion of mortality as he leaves toward a club. The New York Sun quotes a poignant cry and Montaigne notes, framing a transient moment of fear and reflection.
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New York
Proofs of Grudge
A court hears Bill the beggar recount past abuses by a man who harmed him when he was blind, crippled, and deaf and dumb. The judge probes the accusations as the exchange reveals repeated mistreatment and fear.
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Bill
American Legion Weekly
Better sires boost milk and fat in scrub cows across generations
Results from Iowa State College show purebred sires increase milk production and butterfat in grade dairy cows. Across generations, initial 44 percent milk and 38 percent fat gains rise to 110 percent milk and 101 percent fat increases, with Holstein Jersey and Guernsey crosses yielding the strongest gains under uniform feeding and management.
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Iowa State College
Arkansas
Iowa
Jersey
Humorous Vignettes and Wartime Wit From Across Cities
A collage of light sketches and quips from American and British papers. A Marine and his girl invent a street kissing handshake scheme on Broadway, a Tennessee couple quips about liquor investigations, a bantam hen tale ends with a girl claiming the hen’s plan to hatch more chicks, and a Denver dinner anecdote crowns politeness with a wind laden tire metaphor.
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New York
Broadway
Lissen
Lucille
Leatherneck
Marshal Foch
Denver
France
Proper Feed for Dairy Cow
The guidance says feed all the roughage a cow will eat clean and adjust grain to milk output. Restrict roughage only if the cow tends to gain fat. Grain should be one pound per three pints or pounds of milk daily, higher for 40 pounds plus, or one pound per pound of butterfat weekly. Feed to response and cut grain if flesh increases.
Sire Drives Half the Dairy Herd Quality
A warning to dairy buyers that a sire accounts for half of a herd's quality. Buyers should not settle for scrubs and must consider strong genetics when acquiring new stock.
Water Needs by Cow Across Seasons
The article notes milk producing cows require 150 pounds of water daily in summer and about 100 pounds in winter. It cautions that poor rations lead to poor returns and thinner profits.
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McClure Newspaper
Syndicat
Montaigne
Guernsey
Daddy
Mary Jane
Indianapolis News
Fellows
Putnam
London
Indianapolis Street Railway
Postum Cereal Co., Inc
Battle Creek, Mich
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