Clear cider boom from homemade filter in Michigan farms
Farmers report clear apple cider boosts profits by turning otherwise low value fruit into high priced juice. A simple DIY filtering device, costing about one dollar, uses pectinol and hyflo to produce clear cider sold at roadside stands, stores, and restaurants.
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Michigan
Western Newspaper Union
No Fairy Lore for Russ Tots in Nursery Literature
The Boston Transcript weighs how democratic shifts threaten nursery tales. Russian editors may publish a redacted Mother Goose and Grimms Fairy Tales, preserving kings and princes while omitting harsh depictions, while potentially trimming or altering classic verses and characters.
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King Cole
Frederick the Great
Santa Claus
America
Russia
Washday Satisfaction from Ruby Baker on soap quality
The domestic expert Ruby Baker argues weekly wash day is a satisfaction despite effort. She notes laundry looks brighter when using high quality soap with better cleaning power, claiming good ingredients remove more dirt and leave clothes whiter.
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Ruby Baker
Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills Ad
Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills claim to ease indigestion constipation liver complaint and biliousness. Sugar coated. 25 cents per box. Wright's Pill Co. 100 Gold St New York City. Adv.
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Wright’s
Wright’s Pill Co
Gold St
N. Y
Record of Life at Fifty: time spent revealed
The San Jose Mercury Herald notes age fifty reveals totals for a man’s life. About 6,500 days worked, 6,000 slept, 800 walked, 4,000 delayed, 1,500 eaten, and 500 sick days, plus years spent listening to pessimists.
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San Jose
Calif
Mercury Herald
Bayer Aspirin Promises Fast Neuritis Pain Relief
An ad touts Bayer Aspirin for rapid relief from neuralgia headache neuritis and rheumatism. It claims quick action as a Bayer tablet dissolves releasing relief within minutes and warns buyers to insist on genuine Bayer Aspirin.
Catastrophe in Village Inn Tale From Stray Stories
Two laborers discuss a neighbor in a village inn. Gubbins recounts George Martin fell from his cottage roof and landed in a bed of sweet peas, noting his wife would be distraught. The tale preserves local color and a morbid humor.
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Gubbins
Gorge Martin
Desperate man declares intent in railway carriage
A frightened woman and her young daughter sit as a man enters. She warns him about scarlet fever. He dismisses her warning and says he plans to kill himself in the first tunnel.
Tower of Pisa Leaning Question in Capper's Weekly
A brief joke asks what causes the Tower of Pisa to lean with a quip about self-doubt. The captioned exchange features a New Reducer History lecturer and a stout lady as characters in Capper's Weekly.
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Tower of Pisa
Tramp Quoting Shakespeare Recites in Bacon House
A street scene recounts a tramp quoting Shakespeare who is corrected by a householder declaring adherence to Bacon. The exchange ends with the tramp offering to help if fed, adding humor to the encounter.
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Shake- Speare
Outgoing visitor seeks audience with stern professor
Jane informs the professor a man in the hall wishes to speak. The professor orders the maid to tell the visitor he is out, but Jane cannot deter him. He then relents, asking to be sent in so he can speak himself.
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Jane
Minister dislikes watches worn by churchgoers
Miss G N of Piqua notes a minister jokes he does not mind watches but prefers them raised to the ears to check if they are running. The remark is cited from Sam Hill in the Cincinnati Enquirer.
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G. N
Piqua
Ohio
Sam Hill
Cincinnati Enquirer
Theyll Fall in Line in a Gad Case About a Friend
Martin explains that a man who lost his money faced social rupture as half his friends no longer know him while Brown notes the other half remain unaware of the loss. The dialogue hints at reputational damage and social discomfort following financial ruin.
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Martin
Brown
Particulars, Please What is your system of instruction
A dialogue excerpt raises questions about affection and the other’s approach to learning. The speakers discuss how love might be taught or acquired through a defined method or protocol. The piece hints at power dynamics and mutual curiosity within a teaching context.
Woodpecker Puzzles Fedora in Stray Story
A brief Stray Stories note recalls a bird incident where a bird settled on a listener's head suggesting a woodpecker. The episode plays on bird humor and urban curiosity without further detail.
Shoes and hats become the bank in a joke story
A humorous dialogue suggests wives stash money in shoes and hats rather than banks. The exchange plays on the idea of financial folly and miserliness with a light mockery of marriage finances.
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