Clean Cut Misunderstanding Sets Up a Secretaryship
Collins and Grace Loomis, strangers on a subway ride, become entangled with Robert B. Allison after a misread assault incident. Allison, a church warden and head of Western Manufacturing, recognizes Collins as a prospective employee and Grace as his intended secretary.
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Collins
Robert B. Alison
Western Manufacturing Company
Blackguard
Grace Loomis
Allison
Miss Loomis
W. G. Chapman
Subway Altercation Over Man's Assault On Woman
Collins defends a woman on a Brooklyn subway car when a swarthy man and a puff y faced man harass her. He grips the offender, delivers an uppercut, and creates a scene as bystanders cheer a swift response to the attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Hall
Collins
Allison
Brooklyn Bridge
Young Men's Christian Association Builds Nationwide Network
The Y M C A founded by sea captain T V Sullivan in Boston grew from a small venture with little capital to a nationwide organization. It now runs 2 196 offices, 725 buildings, and real estate worth 70 million with maintenance funds of 14 million and total capital of 84 million.
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T. V. Sullivan
Boston
England
Chicago
New York
Cleveland
Atlanta
Philadelphia
Young Men’s Christian Association
America
Still Works at Handloom in Welsh Exhibition Tale
The last Welsh handloom weaver Williams attended the Albert Hall exhibition in London with his wife newly married. He has kept silk looms for 400 years in Denbighshire. Mrs Williams plans to open a loom at home. Williams crafted silk linsey petticoats for Queen Victoria and for the Queen herself.
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Wales
Williams
Albert Hall
London
Very Embarrassing Minister’s Quip at Small Congregation
A deacon laments the minister's need to address a tiny parish. A widow jokes that when the minister said dearly beloved it felt like a proposal. The exchange captures a light, awkward moment in a quiet service.
Eggs From The Farm Handling And Shipping Advice
N B Chapman outlines common egg losses and best practices for farm to market. Emphasis on size standards for No 1 grade, avoiding washing market eggs, handling to prevent odor transfer, and preventing moisture and dirt contamination.
Cutting Cowpeas For Harvest In Staged Windrows
Farmers cut cowpeas with the mower leave the vines to sun for a day then rake them into windrows. They are bunched in small groups for a day or two then tied into larger bunches and left to cure as weather allows before being drawn to the barn.
Oats and Barley Stubble Plowing and Manure Use Guidelines
A Baltimore American writer advises fall plowing of oats and barley stubble in August to allow weed decay and soil settling. Use a steel cutaway disk on hard ground, harrow lengthwise and across, plow under weeds, avoid burning, and spread rotted manure evenly with a 2‑horse spreader for efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore American
Alfalfa Weevil Threatens Utah Crops In Spring Invasion
Utah farmers face a serious pest as the alfalfa weevil spreads from Europe since 1907. The brown hard shelled adult beetle overwinters in sheltered areas and lays eggs in alfalfa stems in spring. Larvae damage buds for about six weeks. control includes rapid spring growth, early harvest, spring tooth and brush dragging, and periodic rotation every four to five years. Community effort is urged to curb sheltering grass and refuse.
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Middle West
Utah
Europe
Horses for Deep Plowing Triumphs in Agriculture
Heavy draft horses are key for deep plowing and lifting big loads. The Live Stock Journal credits agricultural colleges and scientists with proving deep plowing yields better fertility and moisture, favoring farmers with strong draft teams over those using light scrub teams for bigger crops.
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The
Live Stock Journal
A Stitch In Time Fix Fences To Save Trouble
A university extension note urges regular pasture fence checks to prevent cattle escapes. Keep wires taut and posts sturdy to reflect good farming. Quoted from C P Bull at University Farm St Paul.
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C. P. Bull
University Farm
St. Paul
Feeding Effects on Wool Quality Across Stock
Proper feeding boosts the quality of all stock and products for market. Wool from a sheep's back reflects feeding methods, with good feeding yielding better wool and poor feeding producing inferior wool.
Idle grain land sent to winter cover crops
The article urges planting winter vetch crimson or rape on idle waste land after harvest to improve soil and provide early pasture. It highlights wheat rye oats potatoes and corn harvest leaving land unused and suggests seeding cover crops for soil health.
New Cure for Swell Head in Poultry
An article by Mrs. E. M. Stetson from California warns poultry keepers against squeezing the eye sac of sick fowls. Breaking the sac spreads contagion through the head. isolation, warmth, and ample feeding are advised, with the ax used only in dire cases.
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E. M. Stetson
California
Machine for Testing Eggs Demonstrated Outdoors
A portable egg tester shows eggs placed on a moving canvas belt with six inch spacing between metal saucers. An electric lamp above the belt lights automatically as eggs pass beneath a hood to reveal their condition.
Egg tester under hood reveals freshness by shell color
A device turns eggs on a belt for inspection. Fresh eggs show a clean deep orange shell while bad eggs appear nearly black. Good eggs roll onto a canvas table. bad ones are removed by hand.
Selecting the Best Hens for Breeding
The piece advises constant selection to improve a flock. Note characteristics of good birds and place them in a breeding pen to use as breeders next year. Repeat through summer to fall to establish the best birds and a strong breeding pen.
Build Up Utility Through Selective Breeding For Laying Flocks
The text argues that utility increases by careful selection. Each year save eggs from top layers for hatching to improve generations. It also notes that obtaining males from a heavy laying strain can greatly assist this process.
Tainted Food Warns Birds At Risky Time
A warning notes tainted food exposed to birds poses a hazardous situation this season. Residents are advised to remove spoiled waste and ensure proper disposal to prevent bird exposure and potential health issues.
Woman Recalls Pinkham Remedy Help in Windom
Miss Mary A Horner of Windom Kansas credits Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound with easing her bladder trouble and related symptoms after a friend advised the remedy She urges others with female troubles to try the tonic and notes confidential advice from the Pinkham Medicine Co in Lynn Massachusetts
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Windom
Kansas
Pinkham
Mary A. Horner
Box 41
Lydia E. Pinkham
Sulphur Remedy Promises Quick Eczema Relief
A Columbus Ohio man Warren C Gates reports severe eczema relief after using Hancock's Sulphur Compound and Ointment. He tried three physicians and 29 products before instant relief on first use and near elimination in a week. Readers can verify by sending postage to Hancock's Sulphur Co. Baltimore Maryland.
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Warren C. Gates
Ohio Ave
Columbus
Ohio
Hancock
Hancock Liquid Sulphur Co
Baltimore
Adv
Six-Six-Six Remedy for Malaria or Fever Tonic
An old advertisement promotes a prescription called Six-Sixty-Six prepared for malaria or chills and fever. It claims five or six doses will break a case and taken as a tonic will prevent recurrence. The notice also includes a proverb about rope and sympathy for a drowning man.
Summer Headaches and Remedies Advertised in 2c and 25c Bottles
Hicks capucine claimed to cure summer headaches from heat or draughts and fevers with two cent and Gle per bottle. Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething soothes gums reduces inflammation relieves wind colic priced 25c per bottle.
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N. B. Chapman
Hf Libby
M¢ Ve Neill & Libby
Sigg Pei Ira le Hs
Kodaks
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