Duty and Happiness Clash in Verse by Susie Best
A lyric contrasts Duty with happiness, narrating a speaker tired of Duty’s austere visage and yearning for joy. The poem recounts a transformation where Happiness appears as an angel, challenging the Stoic ideal and yielding to a warmer, personal fulfillment. Susie M. Best, S. S. Times.
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Duty
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Steer by the Star in a Los Angeles Herald poem
A maritime allegory speaks of a lone ship at night guided by steadfast beacons in the sky. The speaker urges keeping the great Beacon of the sky in sight to navigate life’s sea and reach harbor safely, praising steadfast guidance by divine light.
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Arthur J. Burdick
Los Angeles Herald
Waiting for the robin and the unborn child of destiny
Poignant verse highlights waiting and faith as the seasons change. Helen M. Richardson reflects on spring return, life meaning, and divine order. Jennie Betts Hartswick envisions a forthcoming century and humanity’s shared humanity. S. E. Kiser and Charles Hanson Towne contribute poems on homecoming and resilience.
Milking Machine for Whole Herd Operated by Two Men
A new device milks a herd at once with two operators. One monitors reservoirs and pumps while the other moves through stalls attaching teat cups. Overhead vacuum lines and double wall teat cups regulate suction, ensuring safety and cleanliness. The system promises faster milking and consistent results. Chicago Daily News.
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Drain the Swamp and Boost Farm Land
A Farmers' Review piece argues that many swamps on farms can be drained with small ditches to convert idle land into productive pasture or tillable ground. It cites a farm where a two foot by one hundred foot ditch dried a long standing swamp, eliminating a cattle drinking slough and adding four acres of valuable land.
Filled Cheese Fraud in Ohio Sparks Wider Inquiry
Ohio pure food agents report many cheeses sold as full creams were actually filled cheese. The findings suggest the practice is widespread across states. Officials urge ferreting out guilty parties and tightening national and state oversight.
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Hedge on Division Line Question Answered
The answer explains you cannot plant a hedge on a division line replacing a removed fence without mutual agreement with the neighbor. The hedge would overreach and trespass, and you cannot trim from the neighbor’s land without consent. If a hedge is desired, place it on your own land well from the line to allow growth and trimming space.
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Boston vagrant pleads not guilty as bailiff quips
Willam Ross, a Boston vagrant, faced a vagrancy charge in a Washington court. Bailiff Kendig teased him with a witless line about rolling stones while Ross argued his case. Police testified Ross begged at the Baltimore and Ohio station. the judge sentenced him to 60 days in the workhouse in default of a $20 bond.
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Why Babylon Fell Cause in a Sunday School Class
A Chicago Times-Herald vignette shows a Sunday school teacher prompting children to name why Babylon fell. A freckled boy Percy hesitates then jokes a banana peel caused the fall, prompting mild classroom humor.
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Diverse Humorous Snippets Include Travel Gripes and Dialect Bits
The passages present a mix of humor and social caricature from several columns. A conductor complains about a slow train and rude passengers while a traveler rails at poor service. Dialect quips cover everyday gaffes and small comic scenes from urban life and domestic exchanges.
Markets Record Prices Across Several U.S. Cities
New York reports patent flour at 4.00 to 4.30 per barrel, wheat No 2 red 78 34 cents, corn No 2 45 to 46 cents, oats No 2 white 26 to 28 cents, cattle steers 4.50 to 5.85, veals 5.00 to 8.50, sheep 2.75 to 4.50, lambs 5.00 to 6.25, hogs 5.75 to 6.00. Cleveland lists winter patents 4.40 to 4.60, No 2 red 8 1/2? cents, corn 44 to 44 4 cents, oats 26 1/4 to 26 3/4, butter 23, cheese 11 1/4, eggs 16, potatoes 30 to 40, cattle 5.00 to 5.25, sheep 3.75 to 4.00, lambs 5.40 to 5.50, hogs 5.65. Toledo reports wheat 76 3/4, corn 42 1/2, oats 22. East Liberty shows cattle 5.75 to 5.90, hogs 5.55 to 5.60, sheep 4.30 to 5.70, lambs 5.50 to 5.70. East Buffalo notes export steers 5.75 to 5.85, veals 5.50 to 8.25, hogs 5.70 to 5.75 and pigs 5.70 to 5.50.
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Low-Rate Excursions to West Southwest and South East
Low rate excursions to points in the West Southwest and Southeast at half rates plus 2.00 for round trips. Tickets go on sale Tuesdays September 4 and 18 October 2 and 16 November 6 and 20 December 4 and 18, 1900. For full information and folders contact agents or H. C. Townsend G P T Agent St Louis Mo.
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Billville Note Honors Return of Son From War
A brief note from Billville district says their son John has returned from the Philistines on a furlough and one leg, and the family thanks God for a life pension. The item is sourced from the Atlanta Constitution.
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Atlanta Constitution
Cure for Chronic Tetter Promoted by Elmer's Lotion
A Nashville mother testifies that Elmer's Lotion cured severe chronic tetter on her son's head after other doctors failed. The pamphlet offers Lotion and Lotion Soap to treat tinea and other skin diseases and invites readers to request samples from Solon Palmer in New York.
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Daily Health Tips From Chicago Daily News
Moves the bowels each day and acts gently on the liver and kidneys. Urges sick head ache relief. Prices 25 and 50 cents. Don’t allow melancholy. Laugh once in awhile, whether you are tickled or not.
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