City of Happiness slogan and farm, bank, and post facts
The corrugated item notes a January 30, 1914 mailing slogan from Die Nebraska and cites geography wisdom. It reports a Nebraska farm silo earning 300 dollars yearly, a six month average bank deposit per capita of 187 dollars as a prosperity index, and a Sheridan Manufacturing delivery of 2400 pounds of flour by parcel post to Moorhead Montana in forty eight sacks cheaper than express services.
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Nebraska
State Board of Agriculture
Sheridan Manufacturing Company
Moorhead
Mont
Press Calls For Anti Trust Reform On Directors
The press argues amendments to anti trust laws to prevent a single director serving in both manufacturing and transportation firms to keep water from stock. The President also suggests punishing individuals who violate laws rather than the business itself.
Modern farming aims for steadier gains not endless land hunger
The article argues that the push for more land drives farmers into debt and harms family life, urging a shift to secure, sensible farming profits. It contends that modern agriculture should focus on stable returns and better rural living rather than perpetual land expansion.
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Linecoln Star
The Plain Woman as Artistic Muse and Mind
An essay argues beauty depends on intellect as much as looks, warning against judging women by facade alone. It contrasts Beau tiful with pretty and praises the cultivation of mind to achieve true beauty. It notes the mixed perception of plain women and questions how to convey inner beauty in art.
Canopies On Their Heads Large Hats In Korea
Description of Korean headwear with giant bamboo hats six feet across and nine feet tall, worn with cotton clothing and underbrim caps. Rain protection includes oiled paper funnels during monsoon. Soldiers wear felt hats with red horsehair, peacock feathers, and hanging orbs of porcelain and amber.
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Korea
The Ungrateful Cuckoo
The London Saturday Review notes the cuckoo's deceitful nature and calls it a murderer from birth. It contrasts the cuckoo with sparrows and accuses the bird of violating hospitality and shedding fraternal blood before its first flight.
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London Saturday Review
Old Shin Plasters Debate Sparks Postal Currency Talk
A fragmentary exchange notes surprise at a married man and recalls a push to return to old shin plasters with small bills of 5 10 25 and 50 cents. The speaker insists there is no room for error about his views on currency.
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Honuston Post
Returning a Favor Sparks Sharp Rural Quip War
A suburban man proclaims a feud as a lampooning chat turns on a box of axle grease sent for a lawn mower. He says he returned it and told Blinks to meet about his daughter's voice in a biting Lippin quotes tone.
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Blinks
Maett
Lippincott’s
Wonderful Wood Greenheart from tropical trees praised for durability
A YOUTH'S COMPANION excerpt extols greenheart wood as nearly indestructible. Sourced mainly from Trinidad and British Guiana, it resists decay, teredo and white ant attack and can last underwater for a century. Trees mature after about 250 years, reaching 60 to 100 feet, evergreen with open crowns. The wood weighs 75 lb per cubic foot and resists 12 000 psi.
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Greenheart
Laarel
Trinidad
British Guiana
United States
Exclusive aboard Atlantic liner a private cat intrigues passengers
In the ladies' cabin on an Atlantic liner, all aboard fell ill except for one woman and a cat that wandered the room. The woman patted the cat and whispered “Poor pussy” as the animal seemed to react, subtly prompting the remark that the cat is private.
Wilde and Ouida on Duchesses and Dialogue
Oscar Wilde asked Ouida what she deemed the chief feature of her work. She replied she was “the only English writer who knows how two dukes talk when they are by themselves.” A quip cited from Archibald H. Henderson’s European Dramatist.
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Wilde
Ovwida
Oscar Wilde
Ouida
Archibald H. Henderson
Daughter’s classical music sparks family remark
Mrs. Cumroz explains their daughter plays only classical music. She jokes that such exclusive repertoire makes it hard to distinguish whether their irritation comes from the performance or the compost itself, as quoted by the Washington Star.
Abrasion of Coins Costs Global Precious Metals
The article notes that wear from coins rubbing together wastes about one and a quarter tons of gold and eighty eight tons of silver each year, impacting the civilized world.
The Mould of a Man's Fortune Is in His Own Hand
A brief feature argues personal effort shapes wealth and success. It contrasts chance with industrious work, urging readers to mold their fortune through choices and actions, highlighting self reliance and perseverance as keys to prosperity.
Sires and Sons. President reads monocle a mock front piece
The item lists notable figures and activities including President Wilon’s imagined monocle scene, President Poincare reportedly planning a 1915 US visit, Bell receiving the Hughes Medal for electrical science, Senator La Fontaine linked to the 1913 Nobel Peace Prize, Belgian socialist Celestin Dembion touring the US to discuss Shakespeare, and James Smith Woodhouse of Aberdeen, aged 85, still active at home and in his garden N.B. OCR text emphasizes biographical notes rather than cohesive news.
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Wilon Wuses
Poin
France
United States
Alexander Graham Bell
Royal Soviet
Henry la Fontaine
Brussels
Belgium
Permanent International Peace Bureau
Berne
Switzerland
Celestin Dembion
Belgian Chamber of Deputies
James Smith Woodhouse
Birse
Aberdeen
Scotland
Portmanteau of Notices and Courier Snippets
The column compiles brief items from several papers noting a new Chinese minister to Washington Shai Kai Fou and remarks on public figures. It references Fritzi Scheff, Avnna Held comments, poet Alfred Austin, and former Ambassador Bryce, with mentions of Professor James and The American Commonwealth.
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Washington
Shai Kai Fou
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Fritzi Scheff
Washington Post
Avnna Held
Anna
Detroit Free Press
Bryce
Gladstone
James
New York
Not Morrantic Painter Raephaeil Yet An Indoor White
Gis Ogures carry an indoor look and lack the wild uncertainty of expression tied to nature. Raephaeil cannot paint landscapes or people in landscapes, as noted by William Haxitz.
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Raphaeile
Raephaeil
William Haxziitt
What Vikings Means
The term Vikings refers to Scandinavian warriors from the eighth to eleventh century. It covers both ranks from rank and file to chiefs and signifies pirates or robbery as a fundamental meaning in the New York American.
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New York American
Bonus for Experienced Glassworkers in Exchange Program
The notice offers a premium to workers who bring years of glassmaking experience into the exchange project. Employers announce a bonus scheme to reward seasoned craftsmen, encouraging skilled labor participation in the initiative.
Whispers Among Courtiers and Servants Across Courts
A reflective line suggests rulers and staff balance speech and silence guiding court life. The fragment hints at social dynamics where princes speak, women stay silent, courtiers offer thoughts, and servants conceal them, shaping a broader world view.
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Frank T. Pearce
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Ade
State Farm
Prof
A. L. Haecker
John W. Alexander
Model T
J. D. Fanders
Sires and Sons
Port Personals
Alfred Austin
Hartford Times
Diller
Waggoner Bros
Claude Ellis
Diller, Nebraska
Odell
O. C. Diehl
Col
Henry Eden
Lanham, Nebr
DR. H. Bauguess
Diller, Nebr
L. P. Raymond
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