Practical farm hints for crops livestock and buildings
Ammonia cleans wringers and arsenate aids spraying. Eatings of birds in orchards help pest control. Plan fruit rows north south for sun. Dust gooseberries with hellebore after leaves appear to curb worms. Build a horse block with cement and stone. Early oats ship strong growth. Transplant tomato seedlings stocky. White-faced hornets prey on horseflies. Feed, milking quality, and pasture management key.
New Statesmen Are Extremely Modest
Washington’s new congressional directory features candid autobiographies. Senator Jones credits wife Minda Nelson with his success and notes he has never acted for railroads or public service firms. Edward Taylor lauds his own legislative record, while Crown cites a mall weighing reform saving ten million dollars yearly. Palitte Elvins is described as the baby of the house and Dickinson’s sketch is personal.
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House of Representatives of the
Caruthersville
Crown of
Missouri
Congress
Palitte Elvins
Dickinson
War Department
Possum Cabinet Now Tops a Political Quip
A humorous line about Taft’s southern image inspires a debate on cabinet nicknames. Washington readers consult Webster to interpret names like Franklin MacVeagh, Jacob Dickinson, Luke Wright, George Van L. Meyer, and Charles Nagel, tying meanings to their roles.
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Taft
Webster
Washington
Treasury
Jacob
Dickinson
Luke Wright George
van. L. Meyer
Navy
George W. Wicker
Sham
James (Wilson
Wilson
Frank
Hitchcock
Richard
Ballinger
Interior
Charles
Nagel
Commerce and Labor
William Means
Theodore
Teddy Only President Without Coins
A Washington corns doctor runs an autograph book from before Lincoln’s death. The register lists signatures of Lincoln era leaders and presidents including Johnson Grant Hayes Arthur Cleveland Harrison McKinley with thousands of cabinet ministers and lawmakers noted as patrons. The owner notes Roosevelt lacked coins to visit.
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Washington
Lincoln
Congress
Roosevelt
Johnson
Grant
Hayes
Arthur
Cleveland
Harrison
McKinley
Garfield
Open Air Altar and Landmark Sundial for Washington Cathedral
The article notes an open air white marble altar with a Bronze sundial in a Washington grove, part of the future Episcopal Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul. It describes nearby landmarks including the Peace Cross and Little Sanctuary chapel, memorials to early churches, and the land’s freedom from debt. The cathedral foundation stone was laid September 29, 1907, with addresses by President Roosevelt and the Bishop of London in a ceremony attended by 60 bishops and thousands of laymen.
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Old Oaks
St. Peter and St. Paul
Washington City
McKinley
Percy R. Pyne
Church of England
Church In the Wilderness
Church of Mount Zion
Henry Y. Satterlee
Washington
Julia James
Roosevelt
London
General Convention
The
Episcopal Church
HARDSHIPS OF ARMY LIFE KEEPS VETERANS ILL
David W. Martin of Bolivar Missouri describes wartime kidney injury from a fall that strained his back. He credits Deans Kidney Pills with clearing his kidney trouble after years of pain headaches and dizzy spells. Sold by all dealers 60 cents a box Foster Milburn Buffalo NY.
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David W. Martin
Bolivar
Mr. Martin
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Hair regrowth after scalp treatment site story
A Pittsburg man reports severe scalp scaling and hair loss following typhoid fever. After using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment his scalp cleared and hair thickened, ending fears of baldness. notice dated May 7 and 21, 1908. Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. Boston holds sole props.
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W. F. Steese
Pittsburg
Penn
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Sole Props
Boston
A Fable on a Reporter and a Train Ride
George Ade recalled a winter trip from New Orleans where he met a tan-shoed sheet writer with exceptionally large feet among race-track men. He notes the reporter woke to find one shoe shined and a suitcase bearing the word Success Magazine.
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George Ade
New Orleans
Success Magazine
The Scapegoat Furnace Joke in The Houston Post
A light exchange about a furnace that "smokes when my wife is around" prompts a playful quarrel over blame. The quip frames domestic humor as a household venting moment, attributed to the Houston Post.
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Houston Post
Allen's Foot-Base advertised as swelling remedy
An old advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Base powder to shake into shoes for swollen feet. It urges use with all shoes and warns against substitutes, promising relief while walking. The ad lists LeRoy New York and claims from Allen 8.
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Allen
Sultan
LeRoy, N. Y
Seasoning. A playful exchange on marriage and spice
A garbled line hints at a marriage joke with pepper and seasonings imagery. The fragment suggests lighthearted banter about newlyweds and domestic life without clear names or events.
No trace of a living to collect
A cranky proverb warns a young man that collecting debts or rewards will come late, and by then he may be ready to work for the undertaker.
In Case of Accident Wizard Off S
The readable fragment mentions an accident and soreness with unclear context about a wizard or sports team. No concrete names, places, dates, or outcomes are identifiable.
Memory of a man who separates people from coin
An oblique fragment recalls a figure who divides wealth from people, hinting at a grave outcome and a grim undertaker. The text muddily links a factory, a denier, and a person named Peon, suggesting a conspiratorial or ominous context.
Stealing Away From Bad Company Justifiable Larceny
A philosophical remark argues that leaving harmful company constitutes justifiable larceny from moral risk, framing escape as a sanctioned act of self preservation.
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