Fifth Avenue War Dress Disturbance Ends With Honest Exchange
In New York on Fifth Avenue a soldier in uniform with a steel helmet drew attention as his furlough expired and he headed to France. A neighbor’s daughter ran out and seized his rabbit, but the doctor claimed it was his. The child returned the animal and offered a bet, which the veteran accepted as a fair exchange.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
France
Trenches
Royston
Cynic
Swithin
Valentine
Cupid
Arthur Trumbull
Oswego
Alice Cayvan
Everlin
Collins
Herbert Randall
San Francisco
Maintenance is Big Secret for Road Upkeep
The article argues that maintaining roads after construction saves money by preserving value and efficiency. It emphasizes two road types, the need for drainage and proper surfacing, and the crucial role of local pride and citizen effort in sustaining unimproved and improved routes across the state.
Paying for good highways and seed corn gains
The piece argues for strong road funding as essential to state welfare and notes tests showing stored seed corn can yield up to 18 extra bushels per acre. It also laments mistreatment of horses and urges better care, including for late-furrow bows and warm pens for livestock.
Valentines That Wed Hearts Across the Years
A survey of odd Valentine gifts from 1906 to 1908 shows how unusual tokens spurred engagements and marriages. Recipients include Alice Cayvan, Allen Straw, Vera Sallson, and Reynolds Touhey, with acts ranging from heart cards to railroad timetables and jigsaw puzzles that led to wedding outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Straw
Pittsburgh
Louise Rovager
Erie
Valentine
Niagara Falls
John Thomas Ray
Omaha
St. Louis
Ray
Shaw
Atlanta
Stanley Lemoyne
Denver
Rhea Knowles
Ledger
Reynolds Touhey
New York
May Lindstrom
Brooklyn
Touhey
Valentine Theme Noted In Municipal Ballot Remarks
A fragmentary description notes a Valentine theme tied to a ballot marked for two recipients. An unusual card resembled a ballet gag, with the top of the ballot imagery signaling a municipal theme.
Virginia Learns From Cakes That Faint In The Morning
A child named Virginia watches her mother bake three church fair cakes. The first two collapse while the third succeeds, but Virginia remains upset by the morning's events as her aunt arrives with cheer.
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Virginia
Virgina
Wisconsin Potato Crop Dominates National Harvest
Wisconsin produced 36 400 000 bushels of the nation s entire potato crop totaling 440 000 000 bushels—about eight percent. Advertisements tout Bs Catarrh Medicine internal use to cleanse mucous surfaces and reduce catarrh. Dr. Pierce s Pleasant Pellets praised for liver and bowels regulation. Prose fragments include humorous lines about daily bread and potatoes.
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J. Cheney & Co
Ssi
Ohio
Wisconsin
United States
Dr. Pierce
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Heath
EverDesres
Colorado
Zaiey
Cole
Mall Pi All Price
Guros
Blood Cartel
Iron
Jonah
Seh
Perkine
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