Profitable Silver Fox Farming Tells History and Outlook
A historical overview notes silver fox farming rising as a profitable northern livestock venture. It covers origins on Prince Edward Island, early breeding prices, regional suitability, housing and care needs, breeding cycles, and the strong demand for pelts. The article highlights risks, costs, and the potential for steady profits with cautious expansion.
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United States
North America
Robert T. Oulton
Charles Pelton
Prince Edward Island
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Quiton
Dalton
Dalton & Dalton
London
Canadian
Maine
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Wisconsin
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Oregon
Washington
Alaska
A DISTINCTION He but she has everything she needs
The fragment suggests a contrast between what a man thinks will make a woman happy and what a woman actually needs. It emphasizes that possessions or external goods may not fulfill inner needs. The text contrasts perceived desires with genuine happiness.
No Improves Dont You Know humorist remark
A humorist jokes that thinking and typing cannot go together while an editor counters that using a pen is no improvement. A Pavaria suspension bridge lacks towers, with cables anchored in rock. A mischaracterized figure Briggins mocks optimism as danger looms. In New York streets thousands of children are killed or injured yearly.
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Reck
Pavaria
New York
A Fine Department Burglars Get Pinched Quickly
A Detroit Free Press quip contrasts a town police force with burglars able to escape. The speaker notes even if burglars vanish after two blocks, a blown tail light on his car leads to swift arrest, highlighting local enforcement pride.
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Detroit Free Presa
FOR A TIME We Could Be Happy On My Income
A playful exchange marks a couple's momentary happiness and the sting of pragmatic limits as one partner questions financial viability while the other answers with a wry yes and a sigh. The vignette hints at shifting moods and unspoken understanding.
The Cause of the Separation
A terse exchange reveals the motive behind a breakup. He believed as much of himpel as she did of herself, and far less of her than of him. The line captures mutual indifference as the root of the fracture.
Quick Bread and Tea Rolls from a Busy Kitchen
A vintage home baking passage outlines quick bread, tea rolls, and popovers with step by step measurements and yeast mixtures. It emphasizes wholesome bread as staple food and gives practical instructions for dough mixing rising times and oven temperatures.
Housekeepers' Tips and Frugal Kitchen Tricks
A collage of household advice covers broom care with hot soap soak, under-shelf change drawers, avoiding overcharges, handling scorched milk, and using artists’ white paint to seal dishes. Instructions include stain removal, bed spring cleaning, freshening rolls, and making sandwiches with refined fillings for picnics and lunchrooms.
Dainty Cakes for Desserts In Daily Variations
Recipes for varied desserts using sponge cake layers fruit fillings whipped cream and jellies. Includes banana lemon cream orange marmalade rhubarb strawberry and fig desserts with crumb bases and a baked or steamed finish.
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Betty
Mees Matwatt Small Staying Power
A household urged a late servant girl to attend the pictures. They believed her life needed brightness. She went and later said she enjoyed it but could not stay long, only two hours. Also a quip about met alic sodium hardening and rising when struck.
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Brightjeening
Exhibition sparks Baker’s aviation picture craze
A fragment recalls Baker’s aviator image drawing attention at an exhibition. Baker expresses delight at the buzz, noting the public’s obsession with aviation makes his picture stand out as a premier piece.
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Baker
Cascarets Ad and Workplace Joke From the Era
An old advertisement extols Cascarets as a 10 cent bowel cleanser promising quick relief from constipation without gripe. It claims the product cleanses stomachs, removes sour food, and prevents headaches and indigestion. A corny internal joke about a manager wanting a ten minute lunch breaks the ad.
Try This Man's Advice Try The Great Kidney Remedy
A testimonial from Walter Shiver of Hope Ark endorses Dr Kumers Swamp Root kidney remedy. He describes years of illness then rapid relief and full recovery enabling him to work again. Notary public attestation dated March 1912 accompanies the letter. The notice promotes a booklet by mail and a drugstore sale for the remedy.
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Kumer
Walter Shiver
North Main Street
Hope
Ark
A. V. Ware
Notary Public
Fragrant skin care and hair treatment claims
An ad dense with health remedy claims touts creams for skin and scalp, castor oil products, and tonics for infants. It includes testimonials, mail samples from Boston, and a note on Castoria safety. A strange line cites Copenhagen’s daily pork consumption.
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PELIS
States
N. Dearborn
Vermont
Wisco
North Dakota
West Virginia
Rocky Mountain
Egon
Wyhas
Briggins
Chesterfield
Dickens
Devils Lake
America
China
Worcester
England
Staff OF Life
Tate
Draive Towtly
Uvune
Mees Matwatt
Jones
Lance
Cuticura
Dept. Ly
Boston
Adv
Fletcher
Walker
Copenhagen
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