Goats Lead Sheep Unloading At Union Pacific Yards
Union Pacific employs trained billy goats at feeding stations along its line to unload sheep every 28 hours, guiding herds from stock cars into pens. The goats, rewarded with tobacco by workers, speed operations and reduce reliance on human labor across yards from North Platte to Omaha.
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Union Pacific Railroad
Judas
Interstate Commerce Commission
Missouri River
Wyoming
Colorado
Utah
Idaho
Oregon
Montana
California
Omaha
United States
South Omaha
Union Pacific
W. L. Park
North Platte
Neb
Billy
Park
North Plattie
Bill
Halley’s Comet Quip Highlights Local Pride Banter
In a chatty exchange among Bank Stubbs Bilge Miller Hank Stubbs and a strong local pride figure, they joke about ambition and being behind or ahead. The talk shifts to Halley’s Comet appearing roughly every 75 years and the earth’s chance to see it, with a wry remark on the town’s luck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank Stubbs
Bilge Miller
Hank Stubbs
Halley
Farming Tips From a Practical Agrarian Almanac
This piece offers practical guidance on livestock care and crop production. It covers humane horse handling, improving dairy yields, alfalfa pasture for cheaper pork, proper pig shade, and the value of seed selection, while warning against neglect and emphasizing meticulous soil and crop preparation for flax and corn on timothy sods.
Gambled Away His Wife in a Card Game
A Russian painter married a poor gypsy girl age sixteen. Years later Prince Cherikoff, a friend, wins Olga in a high stakes card game for love. Olga insists the painter marry her that day and take their child into a new life.
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Verestchagin
Russia
St. Petersburg
Prince Cherikoff
Chertkoff
Olga
Cherikoff
I -0
Wide World Magazine
Women Do Good Work At New York Settlement
Miss Carol Harcrim chairs the Junior League which supports the Normal College Alumnae settlement in New York. Last year 13 resident helpers and 86 non residents assisted 40 clubs and classes. adults are learning English to aid Bohemian residents. The settlement sent over 1,000 women and children to the country at a total cost of 115 dollars, with some on day trips or longer stays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol Har¢rim
Normal College
New York
Moravian Church Organ Return to Lititz Relic
The Lititz Moravian church organ built by David Tannenberg will be moved back from South Bethlehem where it stood since 1879. It cost £200, with a similar Nazareth model from 1793 and another Tannenberg organ sent to Madison, Virginia in 1801. The Lititz organ’s first organist was John Thomas Jr., who served six years.
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Lititz
South Bethlehem
David Tannenberg
Nazareth
Madison
John Thomas, Jr
Philadelphia Record
Beginning of a Famous Law Movement Narrated
A maid in a garden is struck by a blackbird biting off her nose. She tells the queen an employer liability act will follow, marking the start of a broader workers rights movement.
Theosophy Lecture Draws Curious Crowd in New York
A lecturer from the Orient promises to explain theosophy to a packed hall of eager listeners. The event, featured in New York Weekly, draws many seekers of esoteric knowledge.
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The
Orient
New York Weekly
Markets in June across major trading hubs
Financial notes from New York show money on call at 2 percent with mercantile paper at 4 to 5 percent and sterling at 4 dollars 86 sixty five. Chicago and Cleveland report mixed grain and livestock prices with wheat around 1.05 and hogs near 9.50 to 9.60, while other cities list cattle, sheep, and hay values depending on grade and location.
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New—York
Prime Mercantile Paper
Sterling Exchange
Cleveland
Minnesota
York State
New
Ohio
Willie Sits Close to Sister. Parlor Musing
Willie asks why Mr. Jones seems near sighted and his mother replies she does not know. Willie notes he always sits very close to his sister in the parlor, prompting a domestic moment.
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Willie
Mr. Jones
Kidney Pills Claim Permanent Cure for Sick Kidneys
A testimonial from W N Markham of Montesano Washington describes dropsy and back pain before using Dean's Kidney Pills, which allegedly cured his kidney trouble and improved his health. The ad promotes Dean's Kidney Pills 50 cents a box by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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WN Markham
Montesano
Wash
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
A Child's View of Scarlet Fever Rumors
A neighboring household sparked a child’s confusion as she misattributed red faces and a chest break to scarlet fever. An eight year old listened to the events and, when asked, described the situation to a visitor until her mother arrived.
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Johnny
You Like Pictures and Easy Task Soap Offer
This short ad praises color reproductions of great artists and promotes Easy Task soap. It claims the soap halves laundry labor and washes better than any other, and offers a free framed picture with twenty five Easy Task wrappers and a two cent stamp.
His Pull in Puck Style Drummer Trade Question
In a Puck journal style quip Hi Spry questions a stooped drummer about selling better or cheaper goods than a previously refused fat drummer. The Squam Corners merchant answers that the drummer’s views on trust rapacity are sound.
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Hi Spry
Squam Corners
Puck
Pettit's Eye Save Ad and Light Humor Note
An advertisement touts Pettit's Eye Save as a harmless quick-acting remedy for eye ailments priced at 25 cents. The copy credits Howard Bros. of Buffalo New York and includes a benevolent slogan about goodwill and soft airs. A separate quip observes choirs with artistic temperaments singing a lullaby before sermons.
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Pettit
Howard Bros
Buffalo, N. Y
Lydia E Pinkham Remedy Proclaimed Curing Woman
Elwood Indiana resident Mrs Sadie Mullen says Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her after three months of illness and near immobilization. The ad touts relief from displacement inflammation fibroid tumors irregularities backache and nervous prostration and invites letters to Mrs Pinkham for confidential advice.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Elwood
Ind
Sadie Mullen
Bydiabh Pinkhem
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Defiance
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