Old Bill Finds Granddaughter at His Maine Camp
In a Maine woods camp Old Bill, a longtime guide, welcomes Isabel Rogers from Omaha, Belle’s daughter, as the granddaughter he believed missing. The reunion occurs on a cold December night as friends and travelers share venison and warmth, and Isabel settles into a new home with her grandfather.
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Old Bill
Maine Woods
Smalling House
United States
Maine
Old Bil
Bill
Henerath
Frank Allen
Isabel
Rogera
Omaha
Nebraska
Belle
Rogers
Greenville
Tsabel
Kin’esteve
Hey
Jeabel
Sabel
Onlooker Zi Narrates Temptation and Resolve
In dialect narration WUBUR D NESBIT describes a backslider's struggle with temptation. The speaker recalls intent to stay on the straight path despite the devil urging deviation, and asserts self blame avoidance while resisting persuasive whispers.
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Wubur D. Nesbit Sey
Debbie and the Trouble at the Dance
A narrator recalls a tense scene at a dance where a man flirts and pressures. She confronts him with a sharp retort, then the situation escalates as the man closes in and she dares to stand her ground.
Helpful Household Hints From Everyday Items
Salvage worn gloves by stitching them into a decorative cover for a table. Use old piano practice silences with earmuffs for nervous neighbors. Recycle lamb chop ruffles into lamp shades with mucilage. Stuff old furniture with rat and puff remnants as upholstery. Save eggshells for lime mortar with a contractor’s approval.
Race Between Clipper Ships of the 1880s
The Army and Navy Journal recalls a 1886 ninety nine days race among five clipper ships. Taeping beat Ariel by twelve minutes, Serica four hours, while Fiery Cross and Falsing arrived two days later. Melbourne later logged 5100 miles in seventeen days.
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Fort
Ariel
Serica
Fiery Cross
Red Jacket
Bandy Hook
Rock Light
Liverpool
Melbourne
Donald McKay
Samuel Hall
Mercantila Marine
Army and Navy Journal
The North Wind Tries to Break In Then Calms at Home
The North Wind batters windows and doors, roars through woods, and shakes the night with tempests and snow. Yet inside the chimney its noise softens and becomes a steady note of safety behind home’s four walls.
Captain Questions Safety After Engine Room Break
A retired railway conductor aboard a ship halts progress and questions the captain’s precautions. He suggests sending a flag man back half a mile to mark the issue and improve safety. The exchange underscores concerns over proper signaling and response to a break in the engine room.
Care of Machinery on the Farm by Demaree
The article argues for proper tool storage to prevent rust and depreciation, calculating machinery cost as a per acre charge. It cites Bulletin 312 and uses Ohio farm averages to show that a $774 machinery investment yields about $10 per tillable acre yearly in depreciation and interest, advocating a tight shed as a profitable investment to cut production costs and boost efficiency.
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F. H. Demaree
Agronomies
J. J. Case Plow Works
Bureau of Plant Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
Ohio
Mouke
Improving Oats Yield By Seed Bed Preparation
Prof M L Bowman argues seed bed prep is essential for oats and criticizes broadcast sowing on corn stalk ground. Iowa tests show 70 percent of oats sown before seed bed prep. Recommend discing corn stalk ground twice to three times, harrowing, and forming a compact yellow seed bed two to three inches deep before sowing.
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M. L. Bowman
Iawa
Iowa Dairy Progress Urges Efficient Herd Use
Ames reports Iowa makes progress in dairying with 1911 butter fat up by 4 million pounds from 1910. State Dairy Commissioner BH Barney says gains come from better herd care and breeding. Hugh Van Pelt warns many farmers milk cows wastefully for little profit, urging selection of high producing cows to boost profits.
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Ames
Iowa
Barney
van Pelt
Hugh van Pelt
Waterloo
Iowa Dairy Association
Mr. Barney
Mr. van Pelt
Northern Iowa Dairy Improvement Association
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Secretary Van Pelt Advocates Sire Selection for Dairy Progress
Secretary Van Pelt declares no other agriculture offers such development and profit. He says improvement begins with choosing good sires backed by long lines of good mothers and followed by intelligent care. Creamery Butter priced at 37c per pound at Paul Goodrich Grocery.
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van Pelt
Paul Goodrich Grocery
Good Marksmen in High School
Iowa City high school shooters set a U S interscholastic rifle record by scoring 956 of 1000 against Morris high school New York City, beating their own Astor cup mark by four points in a national contest update.
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Iowa
City
Tan
Lincoln Baseball Club Faces Financial Woes in City
Lincoln Nebraska January 9 The Lincoln baseball club struggles to sell 12000 of preferred stock. President Despain seeks aid from the Commercial club as a special committee will report on the feasibility of buying the franchise at an upcoming meeting.
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Lincoln, Neb
Lincoln Baseball Club
Despain
Commercial Club
Five Carlisle Children Die in Motley House Fire
Five children of Erwin Carlisle perished in a house fire that also left Mrs. Carlisle seriously burned. The blaze destroyed the Carlisle residence in Motley, Minnesota, on the night of January 9.
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Brainard, Minn
Erwin Carlisle
Carlisle
Motley
Here
All But Two Torpedo Boats Accounted For
Washington Jan 9 All but two the Mayrant and McCall of the fourteen United States torpedo boat destroyers caught in the storm late last week while en route to Guantanamo Cuba are accounted for Rear Admiral Winslow commanding the second division of the Atlantic fleet reports the fleet sweep of the sea in search of the vessels.
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Washington
Mayrant and McCall
United States
Guantanamo
Cuba
Winslow
Atlantic Fleet
Actor gets twelve years in penitentiary appeal planned
Louis Rogers vaudeville performer is sentenced to twelve years for being implicated in the death of the day old child of his traveling companion Mrs. Caroline Ritchie. The case will be appealed. Also notes that Mr and Mrs Monsch sailed from New York to San Francisco and planned Isthmus crossing. friends in Waterloo regret timing. Case's milk delivered.
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Fremont
Neb
Louis Rogers
Caroline Ritchie
Hollenbeck
J. M. McStay
C. L. Monsch
Mr. Monsch
New York City
San Francisco
Panama
Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company to Acquire Cream Separator Plant
The Waterloo Gasoline Engine company purchased the Clarinda Cream Separator factory and will move the plant to Waterloo. About 65 workers are employed. the deal involves at least 50000 dollars in local capital. The plant will occupy the downtown Cedar and Third streets site, with expansions planned on Miles street and the old baseball park site. Annual stockholders meeting elected George B. Miller president, L. W. Wurr vice president, J. E. Johnson secretary treasurer, and D. Witty and J. D. Caldwell as directors.
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Waterloo
Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company
Clarinda Sa
Cedar and
Third Streets
Miles Street
The
George B. Miller
L. W. Wurr
J. E. Johnson
D. Witty
J. D. Caldwell
New York steamer Wilhelmina stranded near Cape Cod
The New York steamer Wilhelmina, traveling from Weymouth to Newport News, ran aground one mile from Pamet river mouth in Truro Cape Cod bay during thick weather. The vessel sat high at low tide with a west wind and the crew remained aboard, not in immediate danger.
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Provincetown
Mass
New York
Weymouth
Newport News
Pamet River
Truro
Cape Cod Bay
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Associated Literary
E Press
W. B. Barney
Qcase
Case
Clarinda
Waterloo Gaso
Line Engine Company
N. Y
Crystal Theater
Laskys
Libby Bros
H.T. Shepherd
Cadillac
Morris Motor Car Co
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