A Pail of Milk Fable of a Shrewd Farmer and a Brindle Cow
Farmer Jones accuses Simpson of selling him old Brindle a cow that promised a full pail of milk but produced only a three quart measure. The tale contrasts two farmers motives and ends with Jones’s frustrated, furious realization of being swindled by a bargain driven by exaggerated boasts.
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John Jones
Farmer Jones
Farmer Simpson
Brother Simpson
Brother Jones
Jones
Nest of Hornets Recalled by John Jones Tale
An old New York News line recalls a wary warning about danger by mentioning John Jones and his remark on the size of the pail, illustrating a lesson on risk and curiosity.
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John Jones
New York News
Dooleyisms on Pullman cars wives and heroes
Dooley argues that public figures are overhyped and that eloquence comes from vanity situations. He muses that married men treat wives like a rocker and insists true heroes are rare, often fools who succeed.
Making promises and keeping them in everyday life
An Atchison Globe column notes that promises are easy to make but hard to keep due to consequences. It observes that people talk when someone does anything out of the ordinary, and that men may try to balance aging by boasting of salaries, while women often reveal age.
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Kimball Piano
Fairbury
Tan Saturaay
Marenov
Reve
G. A. White Panic Co
Kimball
Mgr
Atchison Globe
Swiss Shoemakers Work Long Hours
A United States government report quotes Special Agent Arthur B. Butman describing Swiss shoemakers who labor ten to twelve hours daily. Summer starts at 4:30 or 5 a.m. winter begins at 6 a.m. Rests and meals. food mainly bologna bread and cheese with beer. fresh meat rare except on feast days.
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Specia
Arthur B. Butman
United States
Soq@jss shoemakers
Kipling as an Art Critic In After Dinner Quips
The piece critiques Kipling as a art critic noting he is not a success as an after dinner speaker and his artistic pretensions. It mentions Baden Powell as an enthusiastic but comic amateur artist at the London Sketch club and cites two verses the novelist wrote about a gallant soldier’s art.
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Kipling
Baden- Powell
London Sketch Club
Grand Magazine
Where They Eat Muskrats in Philadelphia
A Philadelphia Record note describes muskrat consumption mainly among Black residents, with some restaurants disguising muskrat as rabbit. Dealers on Dock Street move about 8,000 muskrats weekly, mostly pre skinned and frozen, sourced mainly from Salem New Jersey where catching is an industry.
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Dock Street
Philadelphia
Salem
N. J
How Bees Refuted the Scientists
Maeterlinck argues humans doubt bee intelligence, while two English entomologists claim proof requires bees to substitute wax with clay or mortar. Andrew Knight then cemented wax and turpentine on tree bark, and bees adopted the material, stopping propolis collection to show they can innovate.
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Maeterlinck
Harper’s Magazine
Andrew Knight
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