Jennie Saves the Train and Foresakes the Fair
A Michigan farm girl Jennie Creek foregoes a Millgrove fair trip due to family hardship. After a bridge burns, she hoses the danger by signaling a passing excursion train, saving lives. The railroad grants Jennie and her parents lifetime travel passes in gratitude.
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Rydney Merryfield
Millgrove Fair
Jennie Creek
Indiana
Millgrove
Jennie
Mrs. Creek
Jenole
Detroit Free Press
A Match Trick Forming Squares with Eight Matches
A simple yet subtle match trick shows how to form three squares using four whole and four half matches. Though easy once learned, the puzzle may not seem so at first and can entertain for a while as spectators watch the arrangement evolve.
NEW FORMS OF KITES IN KITELAND ARROW KITE ADDS THREE TAILS
Norman Osborne reviews new kite designs in Scientific American noting the sailor kite and the arrow kite as innovative, high flying but requiring skill. He praises lightness and elasticity for light winds while cautioning against strong gusts. The article highlights crafting care for materials and construction.
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Her Majesty
Norman Osborne
Scientific American
California
To Be Congratulated Story Goes On At Home
The Chicago Record-Herald notes that Buzzington’s stories invite his wife to finish them and praises husbands who share the narrative stage. The quip suggests a light domestic dynamic where spouses contribute to storytelling.
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Buzzington
Chicago Record-Herald
Chief Navy Nurse Esther Hassen Named Hospital Head
Esther V Hassen of Washington is appointed chief hospital nurse of the navy and will head the women nurses corps in naval hospitals here and abroad. A New Haven Training School graduate, she has served in Philadelphia on the hospital ship Relief and on the Isthmus of Panama. The corps will grow to over 50 nurses with an army style organization and will not serve aboard ships of war.
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Navy
Esther V. Hassen
Washington
New Haven
Philadelphia
Relief
Panama
Naval Hospitala
Corps of Naval Nurses
Army Women Nurses
Foot in the Boot Confusion Between James and George
Dialog depicts James and George debating a misplaced foot comment. George accuses James of bungling a situation while James questions the remark and seeks location of the supposed foot in a boot.
Practical Fashions Lady's Bell Skirt Pattern No 2125
Paris pattern No. 2125 offers a seven gored bell skirt adaptable to any material. Round or ankle length with flare at the foot and deep hem, suitable for serge mohair Panama cloth tweed and ceviat. Eight sizes 22 to 36 inch waist. yardage varies by width and nap. Send 10 cents to Pattern Department with size and address.
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Paris
Paris Pattern No 1566 Girls Dress For Ten Years
Newsprint fashion item advertising Paris Pattern No 1566 for a plaid worsted girls dress with belt and velvet trim. Describes bodice fullness, gathered sleeves with turn back cuffs, shield collar trim, four sizes from six to twelve years, fabric yardage including wide variation by width, and requires contrasting material and ribbon. Instruction to send 10 cents to Pattern Department with name address and size.
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Paris
Jack for Buggy Easily Made and Easy to Handle
Instruction for building a light inexpensive buggy jack using oak boards metal strap and bolts. Describes assembly with specific dimensions nail placements hole spacing bolting between boards and a hooked strap end for operation.
Spohn's Distemper Cure and Other Odds and Ends
The fragment cites Spohn's Distemper Cure touted by horseman Bud Doble as a top blood purifier with price 0c to $1.00, plus ad copy for Druggists and a free book. It also contains a thumb-reading personality claim, a new steel tire grip invention, ad placements by H G Cady, and a joke about a mother scolding her child with a pun on sole.
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Bud Doble
Spohn
Spohn Medical Co
Goshen
Ind
Eye Salve and Cigars Advertise Old Time Remedies
If Your Eyes Bother You get a box of PETTIS S EYE SALVE old reliable most successful eye comedy made All druggists or Howard Bros Buffalo N Y To plead that anything is excus able is to admit that it is wrong Smiles Smokers have to call for Lewis Single Binder cigar to get it Your dealer of Lewis Factory Peoria Mr Many a man is buried in oblivion long before he is dead
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Pettis
Howard Bros
Buffalo, N.Y
Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
Feeding New Oats The Older Grain Preference
Farmers note that old oats are preferred to new due to dryness and weight, with new oats often being damp and laxative for horses. The article explains the risks of feeding new oats to working horses and advises mixing old and new oats when both exist to avoid inefficiency and digestive upset.
Truth and Quality as a Laxative Endorsement
An ad touts Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a trusted, mild laxative. It claims the product cleanses and relieves internal organs, with no debility or need to increase dosage, and stresses physician approval and authenticity of the California Fig Syrup Co. brand.
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California Fig Syrup Co
What is phosphate and how it fuels fertility
Phosphorus or phosphate is a key fertility element vital for grain seed formation. Rock phosphate, from ancient fish remains, is used on western soils but must be treated to release phosphorus. Heat, fermentation, and acid treatment affect its availability and cost in manure applications.
Farm Notes on Profitable Steps in Beef Production
The piece urges long term work in scientific beef production, noting farm boundaries lie along roads, and stresses soil study as profitable. It advises valuing hogs and cattle like machinery, culling nonprofitable stock, and thorough land preparation to ensure spring crops.
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Sailor Kite
George
James
Cours
Srerer Rugenee
Sesso Vane
Jack
H. G. Cady
Valentine Bt
St. Louia
Ie Cean Pinkham
T.C. Wieden
Mannings Town
Eeannes Pinkham
E. Pinkham
Lydia EK
Pinkham
Parker
Defiance
Morecres
Thompson
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