Incompetent Wives and Other Oddities from Challis
A Challis Idaho column condemns lack of homemaking knowledge for young women while praising practical skill at managing a home. It notes the need for decent dress among boys, then shifts to vivid abroad vignettes describing Captain Powell Cotton and a British nobleman, followed by news of the Earl of Tankerville reopening lead mines for workers and Afghanistan's ameer's polygamy.
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Earl of Tankerville
Sailbeach
Shropshire
Woman seeks divorce over inability to talk in marriage
A Michigan woman petitions for divorce arguing that her husband barred her from speaking, claiming the case grounds lie in extreme equality. The filing centers on alleged coercive control and suppression of her voice within the marriage.
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Michigan
Joyful Housekeeping For The New Year Message
A domestic essay extols efficient housekeeping and the value of planning. It urges wives to treat routine chores as normal, seek joy in work, and rest when needed to sustain energy. The piece cites Ellen Bergh and Kipling while stressing that joy yields rewards beyond money or fame.
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Khe Han
Ellen Bergh
Boston Herald
Kipling
Pitt
Things to Mend Slate Calendar for Small Household Duties
A compact home helper suggests a unbreakable slate with a white surface to jot small chores. It guides adding cushions reels and ribbon for a decorative frame, and proposes painting or embroidery with the label Things to Mend to aid memory.
Doll's Mouse Party Creates Big Fun for Young Hosts
A motherly hostess plans a Doll's Mouse Party for eight to ten year olds. Children tea, read stories, and craft two storybook dolls houses from boxes and cutouts. They vote on the best house. a scrapbook prize goes to the winner. The idea offers a versatile entertain and craft activity.
Alarm clock helps cook meals on time for housekeeper
A St Louis Globe Democrat report describes a housekeeper who times cooking by a windup alarm clock. She sets it for 20 minutes after starting rice, 25 minutes for peas, then 15 minutes for turkey, allowing all items to finish together. She notes the method frees time for other chores while meals are prepared to be served hot.
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Tito
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Man Refuses Coat Returns Then Buys Two
An uptown New Yorker vows not to wear his coat for health reasons. After a sister-in-law in Connecticut returns the overcoat, a neighbor reports him out in the cold, prompting ridicule. He concludes others think he cant afford warmth and buys two new overcoats.
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New York
Connecticut
New England
Bob
Unprogressive World Hinders New Ideas, Says Friend
The speaker notes many people resist fresh concepts and that comfort with routine eases unease. She can converse freely with a friend while time passes, yet remains aware clockwatching duty. The passage reflects a belief that novelty struggles against prevailing skepticism.
Motto of Tenglen not King Edward's but the Prince of Wales
The motto under the ostrich plume in the Bohemian king’s helmet at the Battle of Crecy was adopted by Edward the Black Prince as heir to the English throne. He carried it in tribute to his father Edward III, and it has remained with heirs to the English throne since.
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Edward
Prince of Wales
Bohemia
Cressy
Edward the Black Prince
Edward III
England
King Edward's Chef Receives Salary and Lodging
M Menager holds the post with a salary of 9000 dollars a year and free lodging near the palace. He focuses on dinner preparation each day arriving meals served at nine o clock. The master of the household provides menus and Menager pays the bill on the spot.
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King Edward
M. Menager
Palace
Milk and the body lecture by Osler on nutrition and virtue
Prof Osler compared the human body to a steam engine with countless tiny furnaces or cells and argued milk is the original food of man containing fat curd sugar and salt dissolved in water. He joked a patient thrived on a four five year milk diet, except Sundays. He warned vegetarians should eat vegetables and avoid excess lamented alcohol and tobacco.
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Osler
Weir Mitchell
Dr. Mitchell
Irish Channel
North Sea
England
Simple log drag road repair method described
The text details a crude drag made from two halves of a split nine foot log, ten to twelve inches thick with a wet edge, spaced 30 inches apart. Strong oak or hedge stakes are wedged through two inch auger holes, with chains or wire and rings for connections. It explains hitch points, driving positions, and adjustments for different soils and directions, including temporary tools for gumbo roads and seasonal edge lowering.
Drag the roads a playful verse chorus tease
A fragmentary poem attributed to M. Alvertus Coverdett urges seasonal activity with rhymed slogans like drag the roads and give the drag a lively swing. It weaves spring summer and winter lines into a carnival style call to action, ending with hats off.
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M. Alvertus
Single Year Experiments Questioned In Farming Science
The Farmers' Review notes single year crop experiments are unreliable due to varying conditions across fields and natural variation. Repeating experiments over several years is needed to identify true causal effects, and basing future farming on a single trial is viewed as unscientific.
Around the Farm: Rural Echoes On Breeding and Water
A rural column notes pullets should lay steadily if well bred and fed, stresses a neat, well-fed hen, and praises rusty tron in drinking water. It envisions a future farm with happy families, praises irrigation, urges readers to prepare seed lists, and to request farm catalogues.
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Farm Journal
New Yorker
Barden
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Gt Louis
Faddist
Coward's
Madison C. Peters
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DR. Clark
Dera Lees
Francis BE. Clark
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