Taking Off the Horse's Overcoat Feature Clipping Machines
A farmer facing spring work considers clipping horses with a hand powered clipping machine. Prices range from five to twenty five dollars with two men typical for operation. Benefits include reduced coat weight, quicker drying, and better health, plus optional sheep shearing attachments for the same device.
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Ping
Ding
Temples of Siam Royal Robes Ceremony
The annual Siamese rite sees the king or deputies visit Buddhist temples bearing the phra kathin yellow robes. Priests once begged old garments now made from bright yellow cloth, funded by royal and public contributions. The king arrives in ceremonial splendor to present robes and bless the offering on a decorated altar.
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Siam
Buddha
Wise World Magazine
Through a Big Telescope
In National Magazine the observer compares a novice’s gaze through a scope with a child learning vast space. He notes the moon and stars appear suspended and questions what holds them, then ponders how astronomers explain it all, framing wonder as awakening knowledge.
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Sconss
Sea of Knowledge
National
The New Hen and Atherton Blight Quip at Bellevue Luncheon
The New Hen recalls Atherton Blight, founder of fashionable Newport, hinting at suffragette humor. A luncheon anecdote recounts Blight beside a suffragette noting rising costs of plovers eyes and odd hen antics like topknots and crows.
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Atherton Blight
Newport
Court Dress of Laureate Tennyson Wore Second Hand
The New York Press notes that Tennyson wore the same court dress Wordsworth used for the laureateship, tracing the garment back to the poet Rogers and still in the Wordsworth family. Rogers was a small man, and the piece cost little as Tennyson disliked courts and attended in second hand attire.
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Tennyson
Wordsworth
Rogers
New York Press
Hot Air Rates and Tele Calls Referenced in Letter
A New York Press letter quotes Mrs. Benham and others arguing against excessive telephone use for out-of-town calls. The writer complains about rising gas bills and telecommunication costs, noting Mrs. Benham’s objection to long conversations and the burden of charges.
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Benham
New York Press
Best Methods For Churning Butter That Keeps
Instructions on churning to butter with small globules, washing in five parts cold water, and avoiding rancidity by ensuring thorough washing. Emphasizes that larger water access during washing leaves residual buttermilk.
Good Food For Brood Mares Emphasizes Nutrition Needs
Brood mares in foal require abundant high quality nutrition. A mare thin or weak from poor feeding yields weak foals. A severe early setback in utero harms foal development as much as postnatal starvation.
A Careless Man
A brief humorous dialogue from Lustrated Bits where a father questions a proposal from Harry and his daughter's preemptive acceptance the night before. The exchange highlights mistaken timing and social satire.
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Harry
Perseverance Overcomes Violence Through Small Steps
A reflective note emphasizes perseverance as a path to overcoming violence, suggesting gradual, steady efforts yield results that cannot be overcome when pursued together in small increments.
Salesman-Shirt and Negligee Askergreet Customer
Fragmentary dialogue notes a salesman offering a negligee or a stiff bosom option to a customer. A doctor’s advice is cited and a caution against starchy foods appears as an aside alongside a term Beater.
Pergher on Record of ACL Grey Cob Four Years Old
Pergher on record No. 45641 sired by Le vain 40583 dam cng 34200 is an acl grey four year old.
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Primate
Omersham
Dexter
Ben J
Roy
Levain
Draft horses offered for breeding near Canyon City
Two large heavy boned draft horses, BEN IS the Younger and ROY, available for breeding south of Canyon City. Seasons priced at $15 to insure a colt, with service from a location east of Happy and from a site four miles north of King Place. Breeders advised to consider these fine quality animals for color, disposition, and farm work.
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Ben
Roy
Canyon Place
Happy
Canyon City
City
Leslie ¢ Rowley
King Place
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