Injun Joe Shines as Local Baseball Star in Town
Philip Ray introduces Joe Redarick the Cary nephew, a 13 year old half breed Indian, whose long hair and embroidered coat draw whispers. On the ball field he turns heads with powerful pitching and fielding, earning respect from peers and a celebratory party planned by Mrs. Cary as the town begins to embrace the new star.
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Philip Ray
Cary
Joe
Redarick
Jon
Ate
Phill
Injun Joe
Jim
John Gray
John
Philip
Ralph
Ned
Kenneth Boys
Phil
Creutins
Hoston Globe
Board and Ball Trick From Los Angeles Times
A cigar box cover or thin board about five inches long with two small holes demonstrates a trick. Arrange strings and balls per the diagram to slide the large ball off the string without untying. Push the ball toward the right hole, pull the right loop left, pass the loop through the hole over the left ball, then separate the loops to free the ball. Reversing the steps returns the ball to its place.
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Therick
Los Angeles Times
Not Visible and Not Visible Again in a Child’s Morning Tale
Amy hears her mother declare Jane will not be visible this morning as she busy herself. Hours later Amy’s music teacher arrives and the dollhouse work is halted. Jane asks why she cannot be seen. A father’s reply mirrors a noisy toddler’s demand to lie down and rest.
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Amy
Jane
Smith
Smythe
Fertility of Pine Lands in Minnesota Wisconsin and Michigan
The article discusses the varying fertility of northern pine lands across Minnesota Wisconsin and Michigan. It notes scrubby Jack pine regions are poorer while lands with mixed pines or hardwoods tend toward better fertility, with soil type and subsoil crucial factors.
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Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Gays Orange Judd
Homemade Feed Cutter Promises Easier Stock Care
A Prairie Farmer description details a hand operated feed cutter for ear corn fodder straw and more. The device uses a 12 by 11 by 42 inch box on 3.5 foot legs with a front mouth inclined board, cross supports and a 3 foot handle pivoting to drive a 1 by 8 inch blade beveled to fit the box opening.
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Prairie Farmer
Fighting Weeds by Farm Writer Offers Control Tips
An Agricultural Epimetist outlines weed control methods: rotate crops to break weed cycles, vary cultivation depth and tools, cultivate often with light surface implements, sow clean seed, prevent weed seeding on manure piles, and use hogs and sheep to clean fallowed land as sheep grazing may prevent germination after grazing.
Clean the Buggy and Wipe Away Mud
A brief guide instructs to wash the buggy until clean and nearly dry. Then wring a soft cloth and wipe the tiny gears to remove struts and residues, leaving the buggy looking neat and polished.
Jester's Teletype Love Tale and Tiny Financier Jokes
A humor column strings several light anecdotes. A telegraph clerk recalls a dramatic message rewrite by a tearful young woman, and a six year old boy schemes to scatter and collect pins for profit. میں includes quips about melancholy days and mischief at home with brief, playful punchlines.
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Isaac
Rival Candidates Drag on Personalities
A family friend quips about the opponent’s unpopularity while the candidate retorts that the rival could not earn a laudatory tombstone sentence, reflecting sharp campaign barbs from the Chicago Daily News.
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Chicago Daily News
Unclear fragment hints at a motorcar incident and crowd reaction
Fragment mentions a motorcar and a figure of people, with a sense of fear among followers. Details are fragmentary and names or places are not identifiable.
Fragmented Witty Snippets From A Newspaper Page
A montage of humorous exchanges and quips from various papers like the Cincinnati Enquirer and Chicago Daily News. Dialogues touch on class, culture, employment, and domestic life with satirical tone, including lines about millionaires, chop sticks, soup with a fork, a hobo, and a domesticated wife.
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Newrich
Try Some Frozen Coffee in Frappé Style
A home dairy style recipe explains freezing coffee to make a frozen beverage. It instructs grinding coffee, steeping in boiling water, draining, sweetening with sugar, adding an egg white, and freezing to a soft mush for serving with cream.
To Clean Matting and Interior Decoration
Instructions on matting care include sweeping with the grain then brushing, washing with warm salt water to brighten and preserve colors, and for light matting borax. A casual exchange follows about a streetcar shock, a crowded car, a startled moment, and a quip about a wife.
Remedy for Freckles Lotion from Borax and Lemon Juice
Freckles may be improved by a lotion made of thirty grains of pulverized borax dissolved in two and one half ounces of lemon juice. The lotion, applied at night after cleansing, helps keep freckles in abeyance when the skin agrees.
Chocolate Cream Pie Recipe from Early Cookery Text
Instructions describe baking a crust first for two pies or a large pie. It uses one pint milk and four ounces chocolate dissolved in milk, thickened with 14% tablespoon of cornstarch, plus one cup sugar. Add vanilla, cool, then whip one cup thick cream and fold in.
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Stuart
Cinecinnati Enquirer
Papa
Jehere
Sam
Tommy
Jeanie
Him
Paterfamilias
Sandy
George
Hewletts Re
Tse Nearcs
Townsend's
Salt Lake City, Utah
Union Assay Office
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