From Lakes to Ocean and the Deep Water Drive
In Challis the Silver Messenger discusses inland navigation nearing season’s end with a record ore trade via the Sault Ste Marie canal. October totals reach 44,404,680 tons, with November pushing toward 60,000,600 tons, mainly ore from Lake Superior. The publicized push for Chicago to tidewater deep waterways gains momentum as New York expands canals and national aid is sought. The piece also reflects on publicity in justice, superstition as mental slavery, education expansion, and autumn fashion with the elephant grey trend warning against cheap dyes.
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Interior Waterways
Great Lakes
Sault Ste Marie Canaly
Lake Superior
Anya
Troy News
West
New York
Lakes
Tidewater
Chicago
Mississippi
Pittsburg man kills wife then himself over spilled tea
A Pittsburg Mass man murdered his wife and then fatally shot himself after his wife spilled a cup of tea at the supper table. Investigators labeled the act as a tragic, uncontrollable outburst.
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Pittsburg
Mass
Start Poor if You Would Achieve Socress
A recounting of early career struggle and lessons from a bank clerkship in Brownville Pennsylvania. The speaker stresses hard work, industriousness, and practical learning in law. Mentions becoming an assistant, earning $700 and saving $600 to enter the legal profession. Emphasizes earning clients' trust and acting as if staying only a short time to secure future business.
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Brownville
Knox
Outdoor winter sports and Scotland's curling culture
The author contrasts American neglect of winter outdoor sports with Scotland's robust curling culture. He notes Scotland's 600 Caledonia Curling Association clubs and grand matches drawing thousands of players, arguing Americans should elevate winter sports to match such scale. He highlights curling as a premier winter pastime in Scotland, with expansive participation and annual rivalries.
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United States
British Isles
England
Ireland
Scotland
Wales
Caledonia Curling Association
America
Free Land for Peasants and Single Tax
In this piece the speaker argues for redistributing all land to peasant workers and adopting Henry George's single tax. He condemns anarchists and socialists, defends present work, and envisions rural life over factory toil as the path to happiness and social order.
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Rusia
Russia
Henry George
Short Skirts and the Modern Woman in Europe
A polemical column argues for short skirts as hygienic and practical for outdoor wear. It cites English, French, German, Spanish, and Italian practices, contrasts them with American tourists, and urges men to value economy and neatness over ornamental dress, praising the girl who wears a short skirt and shows self-reliance.
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France
Germany
Spain
Italy
England
Mani
Costume for Young Girl Pattern in Silk and Cloth
Reproduced in cloth, serge, tweed, or frieze the costume features a panel front skirt with silk piping and silk covered buttons. The jacket is decorative with piping and silk buttons. Leg of mutton sleeves have turn up cuffs. Materials list includes seven yards 46 inch wide fabric and one and a quarter yards sill.
Velvet Heme Weighs On Winter Gown Styles
Velvet hems appear in many winter gowns, balancing heaviness with sheer fabrics like chiffon and lace. The trend notes velvet trim remains common in wardrobes this season.
Pocket Pillow Pocket Lets Books Hide in Pillows
An instructional feature describes creating a pillow with a fabric pocket sewn into the cover. The pocket holds a book, magazine, or letter for quiet reading, with step by step sewing guidance, materials, and finishing touches to ensure durability and style.
The Little Glove Handkerchief Craft Plan
Clever needle workers can make a decorative glove handkerchief at home. Cut a large handkerchief to size, tightly roll the raw edges, and overhand with colored linen thread in crossing directions to form a bordered, cross pattern. Fine examples are ridged with valenciennes lace on high quality fabric. The brownish gray mol eskin tones inform fashion, and long bar brooches return in use for pin velia in hack.
Skirt Fashion Shows Stricter Silhouettes and Bold Hats
Fashion notes describe stricter skirt lengths stitched below the hips with wide braid bands on jackets and skirts. Norfolk jackets appear in morning suits while hats feature large silk and velvet flowers, wings, and feathers. Evening gowns exhibit short puff sleeves in contrasting felt at the back.
Digesting Foods and Animal Nutrition Across Species
A medical view stresses digestion over mere nutrient content, noting foods must suit the animal’s physiology. Differences between horse and cattle digestion are outlined, including stomach structure and gall bladder presence, affecting feeding strategies for cattle, sheep, and pigs. Digestibility hinges on protein, fat, and carbohydrate absorption, which varies with curing quality and diet balance.
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Atock
Montreal Herald
Door for Hog House Lets Hogs Enter and Exit
A plan for a hog door using three boards and battens creates a free swinging panel with a quarter inch gap from the frame. A half inch iron rod across the upper battens with eye bolts lets hogs pass while the door remains shut. collars prevent binding and air flow is adjustable by propping open.
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Montreal Herald
Dairy Herd Care Tips From The Farm Bulletin
The article emphasizes safe handling of cattle with a staff, regular feeding and milking as crucial, and that cows should be healthy and not fat. It notes a cow’s milk production depends on health and vigor, and suggests disposing of milk from unhealthy cows. It cautions against feeding frosted or questionable forage to cows and horses and advises slow use of questionable forages.
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Ofone
Lewiston Journal
Coarse Fodder for Sheep in Winter Feeds
The article lists clover hay pea straw corn fodder oat hay oat straw and millet as suitable coarse feeds for winter sheep feeding. Palatability guides value with the amount each is eaten, noting the feed order from best to least preferred. It includes a stray critical remark about the stable and horse diseases.
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Silver Messenger
Challis
Eaya Lillian Bell
London Tribune
Philander C. Knox
Citizens
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