Road Dragging by Farmers Improves Central Kansas Highways
In central Kansas farmers using motor cars drive a road reform by dragging roads after rain and laying clay to cover sand. Abilene to Enterprise and Detroit show smoother, drier routes. Jo seph and Isaac Page promote drags and faster speeds. Over a hundred motor cars in the county aid the movement as road tax funds finance definite improvements.
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Kansas
Abilene
Enterprise
Ikan
Kansas City Star
Joseph Page
P. H. Gfeller
Junction City
Greller
Con
Gfeller
Detroit
Kansas City
Denver
Smoky Hill River
Benneath
The Rattler's Buttons A Lengthy Rattle Tale
Francis Metcalfe explains rattlesnake rattles misbeliefs. The article notes each skin shed adds a button, with variations by age and injury, and discusses the snake’s protection, hibernation, and parasite challenges.
Child Seeks Roost With Chickens After Dinner Talk
Edith, visiting with her mother on a farm, misinterprets a local saying about going to roost. She waits by the chicken house to see how Mrs. Farmer supposedly roosts with the fowls, reflecting a child's literal reading of homely speech.
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Edith
New York Times
The Greeting at the Pier
A New York Press observation notes returning travelers from Europe find pier greetings burdensome due to baggage, customs, and transport delays. The speaker recalls welcome moments feeling like a nuisance as relatives rush to manage luggage and officials.
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Europe
New York Press
Eglinton Castle in Ayrshire Aims for Historic Echoes
The Ayrshire castle built about a century ago sits north of Irvine. Visitors travel a mile from Irvine to gate, then another mile to the castle. Inside the circular saloon with a cupola, mementos of the 1839 tournament are displayed along with the gun used to kill the tenth Earl of Eglinton and Montgomerie’s Chevy Chase battle axe.
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Scotland
Tweed
Eglinton
Ayrshire
Irvine
Lord Eglinton
Percy
Montgomerie
Chevy Chase
London
Puzzler No 263 Reversals
A wordplay puzzle listing seven reversals. Each clue asks for a word meaning a verb or noun, reverse its letters to yield a different word matching a second definition such as a stopper, a queenly figure, a celestial body, a time period, a great wrong, toilet articles, or to stupefy.
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Arthur
Name of Bird Puzzle from Illustration
Name of a Bird Puzzle asks to guess each object in the illustration and place initial letters to spell a common bird. One object is not required, adding confusion to the task.
Behead an oily substance obtained by churning milk or cream
Behead a delivery of goods in trust upon a contract, expressed or implied, that the trust shall be faithfully executed and leave disease. Behead a city in the Bible and leave a girl's name. Behead the chief officer of a college and leave one who resides or dwells in a place for a certain length of time.
Letter Enigma Riddle for Curious Kids
A verse riddle asks for a six letter word. Each clue says a letter appears in one word but not another, guiding to the final word. The riddle promises a solvable mystery that children can see.
Five word riddle forms one phrase
I am composed of five words all made from the same letters. The first word names the current age. The second word appears in statements. The third word means small parts. The fourth means to emit. The fifth means to strike.
Hidden Things About a Ship
A fragment from a period piece mentions a fear of a wasp and a farm summer. Walter finds money in a letter while Julius appears ailing and in need of help. A reference to a woman choral society appears in the scene.
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Walter
Julius
I daily breathe a bellows
A riddle in verse describes a bellows that seems to breathe when used. It kindles feuds in conversation as a metaphor but causes no real harm. The poem hints at its function without life or intent, presenting a playful puzzle about a common workshop tool.
Dinah Lilywhite-Yaas and Sam Johnsing dispute over gifts
A fragmentary dialogue reveals Dinah Lilywhite-Yaas and Sam Johnsing in a heated exchange about recalling the past and returning presents, with Mandy Snowdrop pressing for memory. The crude racial slur in the text indicates offensive language in the source.
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Dinah Lilywhite
Sam Johnsing
Mandy Snowdrop
Dinah
Not at All Shy Dolly Seashore Tales Spanning Seasons
An anecdote from the Detroit Tribune recalls a visitor asking if a doll cries when squeezed. Bessie replies the doll is not slow and has traveled to the seashore three seasons, illustrating a playful child’s memory.
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Little Bessie
Detroit Tribune
Let joy be unconfined as cork is pulled
A playful quip from a Birmingham Age Herald note mentions the master of ceremonies declaring joy and the keeper of the goods pulling a cork, signaling celebration.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
Key to the Puzzler and Farm Yard Puzzles Summary
Puzzle listing showing numbers 258 to 262 with titles and brief clues including Connected Square Puzzle for No 258 and a Farm Yard Puzzle entry for No 259. Other items include Easy Metagrams No 260 Start at third letter No 261 and Double Acrostic No 262 with given primals and finals.
The Pamirs Roof of the World
The Pamirs, often called the Roof of the World, comprise bleak plateaus and shallow valleys about 13,000 feet high and lie north of India.
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The
Pamirs
World
India
Number of Republics Reaches Twenty Four Worldwide
The text notes that there are now twenty four republics in the world including Uaiti Santo Domingo Panama and Liberia.
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Uaiti
Santo Domingo
Panama
Liberia
Lapland Way of Dress Described as Identical for All
The text notes that both men and women in Lapland wear similar attire with tunics belted loosely at the waist tight breeches wrinkled leather stockings and pointed shoes. To the casual observer their appearance is indistinguishable.
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Lapland
Sixteenth Century Fencers
Sixteenth century fencing featured a right hand sword and a left hand dagger to ward off blows, reflecting the era’s dueling methods and weapon use.
Seeds Like Pebbles Near Manila Coast
Seeds of the Philippine bean found along the Manila coast resemble quartz pebbles in shape size color luster and hardness with similar stratification making them nearly indistinguishable from the surrounding stones.
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Manila
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Offers Reward
One hundred dollars reward for an incurable catarrh case with Hall's Catarrh Cure. F J Cheney Co Toledo O endorsed by Walding Kinnan Marvin druggists. Cure taken internally and said to act on blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials free. Price 75 cents per bottle. Also Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Notice of Voter Registration in Washington Iowa 1908
Officials announce registration for the November 3 1908 general election in Washington Iowa. Registers will meet October 22 1908 and October 31 1908 and on election day to issue certificates. all voters must register at designated times and places or cannot vote. The notice is signed by Mayor J A Cunningham under official seal.
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Washington
Iowa
Boards of Registers
Morton Sessler
Geo. F. Ross
City Hall
C. N. Stinson
Chas. Hebener
Tom Chilcote
C. E. Deuel
G. G. Sigler
Iowa Gas & Electric Co
Fourth Ward
Matt Springman
O. F. Haight
J. A. Cunningham
DeBell's Kidney Pills Ad Claims Curing Kidney Trouble
An advertisement describes kidney disease as caused by impure blood and weak nerves, outlining symptoms such as back pain and abnormal urine. It touts DeBell's Kidney Pills as the superior remedy, urging readers to try them to rid the body of poisons and regain vitality.
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Swift Specific CO
Atlanta, GA
Theody
Henry Hood
Mineral Ridge, C
DeBell
Bright
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Zoological Garden
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Bronx
Francis Metcalfe
Outing Magazine
Eglinton Castle
Puzzler
Riddle
1Spbalm Choir
Sulla Horde Alla Orrilllano
OLIVE
Goden
Edwin Griffith
North Side Square
Washington, Iowa
Washington National Bank
Debells
C. W. Beggs, Sons & Co
Proprietors
Chicago
McElhinney Drug Co
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