Impoverished Comic Hitchcock Foiled for Fare in New Orleans
A New Orleans encounter leaves Raymond Hitchcock astonished as a penniless stranger pleads for car fare after a racing outing. The man, claiming Vancouver residence, seeks Hitchcock’s help to return home, but Hitchcock escapes, leaving the beggar still seeking funds.
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New Orleans
Suveral
Wan
Hitchcock
Bure
Vancouver
Harper's Weekly
Social Leader of Kansas City Praises Peruna
A Kansas City social leader and member of the 8th National Annuity Association recounts health decline from overdoing social duties and late nights. After using Peruna for three months her health and nerves improved, allowing her to resume her social position. The piece asserts many society women suffer breakdowns and credit Peruna as protection.
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M&s. W
MH. Simmons
W. H. Simmons
Kansas City
National Annuity Association
Battle
Peruna
Anu
Peru
The Profit in Beves A A Arnold on beef cattle profit
A A Arnold argues Wisconsin farmers should raise yearling steer beef for quicker profit. He compares 12 to 16 month old calves at $4.50 per hundred to 24 to 34 month old steers at 1X cents, detailing costs for grain, pasture, and milk, and claims yearlings can yield $25.20 to $36 in profit per head versus finished cattle at $72.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Arnold
Wisconsin
Taisen Hin
Hay Rack for Sheep Improves Feed and Wool Safety
A hay rack design prevents sheep from rubbing wool on necks while feeding. The rack keeps seed dust and rubbish from dirtying the fleece and stops sheep from pulling hay down and wasting feed. This simple device aids consistent feeding and cleaner wool.
Fight of Way in Virginia Mail Grab
Report of a train slowdown near a Virginia town where a darky lad about 12 took a bag toward the post office. A larger negro boy collided with him, prompting the messenger to threaten interference with the United States mail and the government.
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Washington
Virginia
United States
Harper's Weekly
California & Ret Route Amended on Sobriety Test
The excerpt reports a courtroom exchange where a witness avoids a direct judgment on intoxication. The judge pressures for a yes or no answer while the witness concedes intoxication in a nuanced Scots tone, noting the defendant could walk straight but could not talk straight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandy
Harper's ‘Weekly
Elevator travel and fares across cities headline travel ad
A compact travel notice promotes a 20 dollar round trip to California via the Salt Lake Route and directs readers to contact J. H. Burtner in Salt Lake City for full information. It notes busy hotel elevators and cites Waldorf Astoria in New York where elevators reportedly travel about 120 miles daily.
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California
Salt Lake
J. H. Burtner
Salt Lake City
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
New York
Salt Lal City
Farm and Home: cedar rack design for lambs and sheep
A simple wooden rack plan titled Farm and Home uses 26s for the frame and 2x6s for diagonal end pieces. The rack stands 30 inches high above the base, two feet wide, with a brace every four feet. Built to keep lambs from climbing hay and to provide a single-sided support, the rack is designed to be 18 inches high in the final sheep section.
California & Ret Salt Lake Route A Cruel Religion
A fragmentary 19th century clipping discusses religious intolerance with a sermon mocking Islam and a travel offer to California via the Salt Lake Route. It includes a quoted benediction against infidels and a travel ad dated for April 26. An editor notes a new reformation.
Ambitions and Country Life Collide in a Rural Tale
A city girl visits the country and converses with an old farmer about flowers and memory. The farmer explains forget-me-nots as a simple knot in a string the old woman ties around his finger, while discussing travel routes and a hinted journey from California to Salt Lake.
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Toll
Abe
California & Het
Salt Lake
Popular Approval Of Theft In Public Thought
A London News writer argues that private property lacks mass acceptance and that literature for the common buyer still glamorizes robbers. It traces a long legacy from Robin Hood to modern broadsides where thieves are heroes, not villains, praised for opposing wealth.
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London News
Turpin
Sheppard
Wade
Costa
Cure for Terrible Sores Promised by Cuticura Remedies
A family testimonial from Woodville Conn describes a year and a half old boy suffering severe facial and body sores. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment for about two months the sores fully healed, and the child remained well. The note is dated April 22 1905. Alternatively other items reference farm machinery savings, patent medicines, and miscellaneous ad clippings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egbert Sheldon
Woodville
Conn
Ration for Sheep Highlights Mixed Grain Feed Advice
A farmer's letter to Farmers' Review argues for variety in grain rations to sustain lambs. An equal mix of crushed corn, oats, wheat, bran, and cake beet pulp supports growth and fattening, with advice to reduce corn for winter feeding to build size and stamina.
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Farmers’ Review
Lis Dam
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