Getting Rid of Stones in Farm Fields
A Scottish farmer’s tale and Wisconsin field example raise questions about removing surface stones. The text weighs cost versus benefit, noting stone removal may not help long term on gravelly clay and that on bowlder clay blasting or hauling out large rocks is justified, while natural doneness or weathering could supply plant nutrients. It calls for farmer experience to guide spring stone clearing practices.
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Wisconsin
A. S. Alexander
Farmers’ Review
A SIMPLE WACON BED HOIST AND FARM TOOLS
A simple wagon bed hoist uses pulleys and ropes to lift the bed or ladders from a wagon. The windlass draws the box upward as slings are moved over the ends, with rings added to ropes for racking. Also discussed are hand and wheel cultivators with attachments for garden use.
Seventeen wills by Irish widow in Cork probate dispute
Mrs Eliza Roche widow of a bank manager residing at Hilderrey County Cork left 2760 pounds to dispose of at her death. In five years before death she made 17 wills and the last will was contested in court with probate granted on settlement terms. The case highlights lingering questions over wills and inheritance.
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Eliza Roche
Hkilderrey
County Cork
Man Sand
Nothing New Phrase in Crevy Papers Letter
In the Crevy Papers edited by Sir Herbert Maxwell a letter dated May 3, 1803 from Dr Currie to Thomas Creevy discusses Napoleon and notes nothing doing as negotiations stall. The writer predicts war as stagnation leads to escalation.
Slight Difference Rumor From Fiji Islands
A Northwest automobile enthusiast reports natives worshipped a machine calling it the father of all devils during their rites. The observer notes Americans differ only in their custom of leaping sideways when denoting the device.
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Fiji Islands
Minneapolis Tribune
Beards in Birmingham Recalled by British Writer
Mr Holyoke recalls a theme from the past noting only four men in Birmingham wore beards and only military officers were allowed mustaches. He also mentions a pumping yard that served working class families in the good old days.
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Birmingham
Holyoke
Thoroughbreds in Kentucky Boss Humor Referenced
A Cleveland Leader cartoon caption mocks bosses in Kentucky as popular figures, likening them to noble equine rulers. It features exchanges about leading a boss to water but not making him drink, with the satirical tone framing leaders as sagacious animals.
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Rippah
Cyatab
Kaintucky
Cleveland
Florida boarding house keeps coffee prompt for New Yorker
A Florida boarding house keeper notes the coffee has run out as a New Yorker returns his cup. The exchange leads to a light remark about strength, highlighting a brief domestic moment captured by Yonkers Statesman.
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Florida
Yonkers
Survival rates of children by region and country
Out of every thousand children born, 885 survive to age five in New Zealand, 850 in New South Wales, and 844 in Victoria, compared with 837 in Ireland, 762 in England and Wales, 751 in France, 614 in Austria, and 571 in Spain.
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New Zealand
New South Wales
Victoria
Ireland
England and Wales
France
Austria
Spain
Alfonso the Brave Reignites French Legend in Spain
After returning to Spain, King Alfonso is popularly nicknamed Alfonso the Brave by his people, a title earned for his bold actions when a boat was hurled at him in Paris.
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Spain
Alfonso
Alfonso the Brave
Paris
Wondering About Divorce Costs in Marriage
A reflective remark from the Detroit Free Press questions whether a man weighs the harsh costs of divorce as he once valued the good before marriage, suggesting both sides may be equally remembered or forgotten.
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Detroit Pree Press
Electric Mail Wagons Boost Paris Postal Service
In Paris the post office department uses electric mail wagons to transport mail in larger quantities at greater speed than former horse drawn vehicles, signaling a modernization of city mail delivery.
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Paris
Post Office Department
Rail and transport notes from early 20th century dispatches
An Albany roundhouse notice urged trainmen on passenger trains to wear overalls in coaches. Reports note American rail patterns influence locomotives on Berlin Cologne expresses. A Cam bridge engine driver found a deceased news agent named Hinton. Hong Kong’s new electric trolley targets European residents, while locals cautiously accept it, preferring rickshaws previously.
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Cologne
Berlin
Cambridge
England
Wise
Oris Hacer
Hinton
Roundhouse
Hongkong
Potatoes and Railroads Shape Markets in Aroostook Case
The essay cites President Hadley and President Tuttle to show railroads move local economies. It describes eight to ten million bushels of Aroostook potatoes flowing to Boston and New England, aided by low freight rates that Michigan and Maine railways offered to avoid a market glut. Government rate controls are argued to hinder such responsive actions.
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Hadley
Yale University
Aroostook
Tuttle
Boston and Maine Railroad
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
Boston
New England
Maine
Michigan
Detroit
Chicago
Boston and Maine
France
England
Germany
Readable license plates joke from Life magazine
A humorous quoted exchange explains why cars carry numbers. The quip imagines readers aloud to highlight the practicality of legible plates for those who are run over, reflecting a lighthearted take on traffic safety.
One Ray of Cheer. Rodman The Materialists and Romance
Brief, humorous note where a judge quips that materialists have stripped romance from life except fishing.
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Rodman
Materialists
Quotes and cures flood old ads and sayings
A collage of 19th and early 20th century advertising lines offers assertive remedies and wry jokes. Claims promote Cuticura products for skin ailments, Caldwell’s Byrup Pepsin for babies, Allen’s Foot Ease, and a jab at bigamy. Headlines mix humor with medical quackery.
Fragments From Advertisements and Slogans
A collage of old advertising lines and humorous quips from newspapers. It mentions Dr Mowrey's Stomach Tablets to cure indigestion, a Sturgis Michigan address, and various quotes about cowardice economy and trains, reflecting period ephemera and marketing snippets.
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Dr. Mowrey
Stomachic CO
Sturgis, Mich
Doan's Kidney Pills Back Pain Testimonial
H B McCarver of 201 Cherry St Portland Oregon reports using Doan's Kidney Pills for months of back ache and kidney trouble. He credits the remedy with rooting out the ailment and no recurrence since. Dean's Kidney Pills sold by dealers at 50 cents per box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY
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Doan
H. B. McCarver
Cherry St
Portland
Ore
Trans-Continental Co
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
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Messis
DRS. Thornton & Minor
Oak St
Kansas City
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St.Louis
Chicago Tribune
Dr. Caldwell
Chicago ‘Daily News
Allen
A. &. Olmsted
le Roy
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BS de Steele
United
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Sir Knight
Welnheiner-Swarts Shoe Co
ST. Louis
U.S. A
Chicago Sun
N. Y. Times
J. F. Boyer
Trinity Shrings
Ind
Potter Drug & Chem
Carpe Boslon
garMailed Faw
Mull’s Grape
Mull's Grape Tonic Co
Third Ave
Rock Farand
Til
Aldrum
Kary
Lewis
Fitzgerald & CO
Box K
Washington
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