Interesting Number breeder holiday issue announced
An Interesting Number farmer and Breeder will issue its annual holiday number December 21. The two color cover will feature buffalo imagery on fine book paper. The edition will include stock and farm scene photographs and practical articles by experts from Minnesota Iowa Nebraska and national departments on management breeding fertilizers silage feeding and stock environment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thos. P. Cooper
University of Minnesota
Frank A. Peck
U. S. Department
W. H. Stevenson
Iowa Agricultural College
H.R. Smith
University of Nebraska
Veronicas Ride Ends In Public Humiliation
A summer resort tale follows Veronica Bondy as she tags along on a walk with Arthur Daw, inciting envy and irritation among onlookers. After a taxing trek through rain, hills, and fragile footwear, the narrator and Arthur witness Veronica collapse into a self absorbed display, ending with Arthur’s frustrated remark as Veronica is “wiped off the map.”
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Veronica Bondy
Tian
Arthur Daw
Ist of Lunatics
Miss Bondy
Arthur
Veronica
Get the Free Daily Paper for Half a Year Iowa Offer
An advertisement promising six months of the Marshalltown Times-Republican at no extra charge. It urges readers to mail a postal card to begin the free daily newspaper subscription and hints at savings compared with magazine costs.
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Iowa
Marshalltown Times-Republican
T.A
Uch Magazine
Daily Tunes-Republican
Daily
T.R
Ponta Review of Reviews
McClure
American Boy
Boal Housekeeping
Home Journal
Saturday Evening Post
McCture’s Ene
Everybody's
Scribner's Aes
Harper's Use
World Today
Maine
Us Times-Republican
Marshalltown
Pieces for Quilt and Brahms Dinner Anecdote
A Needlecraft contributor describes a quick quilting method using a cardboard pattern with beeswax corners to hold fabric, letting sewers press and cut without reapplying pins. The piece ends with a humorous quip about Brahms dining with a wine-loving admirer who compares Brahms to his wines and requests Beethoven next.
Mrs Penfield Quietly Aids Husband In Writing
In a Puck excerpt Mrs Penfield explains her method to support her husband’s literary work. She says she stays in another room and remains silent whenever he sits at his desk until he finishes.
What Fear Did: Wealthy New Yorker Ends Life After Doctor’s Call
A wealthy New Yorker killed himself after being told he had appendicitis. The post mortem revealed no appendicitis. The tragedy is framed around fear of evil far outweighing the actual danger, invoking Proverbs 1 33.
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New York
Honest Farmer Hornbank Reflects On His Nephew’s Graduation
A humorous exchange from Woman's Home Companion features Farmer Hornbank admitting his nephew is a college graduate, yet contending the college itself did not prepare him with foresight or sense beforehand.
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Hornbank
Cough remedies and bedroom sleep guidance in ad text
An advertisement blends Foley’s Honey and Tar claims for cough relief and a bizarre sleeping method for adults with young children. It promotes Good Housekeeping endorsed sheets and a poultry remedies recruiting offer from Eureka Poultry Food Mfg Co in Hast St Louis Illinois, inviting serious business responses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eureka Poultry Food Mf G. Co
St. Louis
Ilinois
Turbine ship Turbinia marks turbine era start
The Turbine notes the first steam turbine fitted vessel Turbinia built by Hon C A Parsons at Newcastle on Tyne. On trial November 4 1894 the 100 foot craft demonstrated rapid progress in turbine propulsion, coal savings, and ship speed as turbine engines spread worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hon. C. A Parsons
Newcastle-on- Type
Turbinia
Evidence Enough. A fortune and original claims debate
A terse exchange hints at changing public opinion on Mailer. One speaker notes past rumors of insanity, while the other counters that he is now seen as original, signaling shifting reputational judgments in literary or public life. The fragment reflects a characterful dialogue on fame and perception.
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Miss Pickard
North Carolina
D. D. DD
Mailer
Lustige Blatter
Boarders Take Risks In Austrian Leasing Case
In Austria a boarding-house keeper who sublets rooms and fails to pay rent allows the lessor to levy for payment against every item in the house, regardless of ownership. This ruling emphasizes the landlord's broad rights over house contents in such subletting arrangements.
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Austria
French Lady’s Will Leaves Farm to Town for Vault Care
Burial vault funds pledged by a deceased Frenchwoman dictate the town maintains her family vault at the farm she left, while the remainder of the estate is divided among attendees of her funeral. The bequest stems from the will of the deceased and specifies ongoing maintenance as a condition for beneficiaries.
Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets Endorsement
The tablets are described as not sicking or gripping and safe for the delicate, the young, and the old and feeble. They are said to aid digestion and regulate bowels and are sold by I. S. Shadle & Co.
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Chamberlain
I. 5
Shadle & Co
Boy notices star on sky after school day
Donald, age four, recalls watching a teacher mark good conduct with stars on cards. That evening he and his parents walk home under a starry sky and he observes there have been lots of good boys today.
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Donald
Dr. Kings New Life Pills Sold By H Williams
An advertisement urges readers to take Dr King's New Life Pills to prevent constipation leading to severe indigestion jaundice and liver trouble. It promotes relief for biliousness headache and debility and lists 25 cents at H Williams as the seller.
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Dr. King
H. Williams
Pipes Not Made From the Brier In France
A note explains that French brier pipes come from white heath root rather than brier, grown in southern France for pipemaking. The term derives from the French bruyere, dialect briere. Includes a promotional line for Foley's Honey and War Compound and a signature, 8 H. Williams.
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France
Foley
H. Williams
Mod ern girl resists marriage in Life dialogue
A fragment from Life presents the heroine as a modern, independent woman with her own ideas about not wanting to marry. The colonel replies politely, noting he has not encountered that type before.
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Miss Scribble
Foley's Kidney Pills Promote Urinary Health For All
Backache and headaches signal kidney trouble in men and women. Do not let it progress. stop it promptly with Foley's Kidney Pills. They regulate urinary organs, act as a tonic, and bring quick results, says S. H. Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
S. H. Williams
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Lkely
First National Bank OF
Estherville
Sioux City
Eixteen
Marmner
Breaader
Bank of Estherville
Rhodes
Traudh
Stenth
Magazines
Brahms
Beethoven
Milwaukee Solvay
Northwest
Milwaukee
Pickands, Browh & Company
Calby-Abbot Building
Milwaukee, Wis
Northern Lumber Company
Estherville, Iowa
F. S. Shadle & Co
Shadla & Co
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