New Factor in the Agricultural World Women Farmers Rise
An article notes women students at the University of Minnesota College of Agriculture pursuing a three year course in scientific farming. It highlights female participation in carpentry and blacksmithing alongside cooking and domestic economy, arguing women historically farmed before men and have shown success in farms, fruit growing, cattle handling, and other agricultural endeavors across the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iity
College of Agriculture
Minneapolis
California
The Growing Chick Talk On Early Chick Rearing
Advice on sexing and separating young chicks, housing on range, feeding regimen, and protection from weather. Emphasizes space, dry shelter, constant water, hay and grain, with bugs and worms as meat source and grass for greens. Stresses two daily meals and wholesome grain during winter.
Hay knife fodder cutter described for farm feed
An Olde Rimer Correspondent outlines a device to cut hay fodder for feeding horses cows or cattle. The frame uses four boards with a 1 inch gap and a cross piece. a bundle is placed in the box and cut lengthwise with a hay knife, first from the bottom then from the top, to produce suitable lengths.
Duke’s kindness to cow boy proves honesty is best policy
The story recounts a chance meeting when the late Duke of Buccleuch bought a cow near Dalkeith. A boy, misled by a servant, earned a sovereign for guiding the beast, but a bell reveals the boy’s honest act and the duke rewards him by paying for schooling, praising integrity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buccleuch
Dalkeith
Weekly Telegraph
Sthuol
Remarkable Sequel at the Birmingham Post Office
A Birmingham post office parcel from Derby contained a pair of handcuffs with no usable key. A clerk tried them on, the key broke, and a chase to Derby followed to obtain a solution. The incident ended with the cuff being removed after communication with the owner and manufacturer. A second item recalls a chaotic street scene with a rider, a biker’s wheel, and a roller skater youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Derby
Supposing a Barbers Laughs in a Bore Talk
A barber quips at an Irish customer about a large head. The Irishman retorts with jokes on size and value, jokingly debating if a big head matters without clothes or trunk. The brief exchange showcases vaudeville style humor from a Chicago News excerpt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erin
Chicago News
A Domestic Outcast in Chicago Record Quip
A humorous jab from the Chicago Record contrasts domestic life with Billy's late returns. The quip notes his wife cleaning clothes presses and jokes that when she cleans house she won’t let him return. The line captures early 20th century social humor about marriage.
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Billy
Chicago
Seashore Quip Sparks Witty Exchange at the Season
In a breezy seaside scene quoted dialogue, a man proclaims bold daring while a woman counters with cautious restraint, highlighting the flirtatious give and take of a first season at the coast. The exchange captures social airs and light amusement from the era.
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Chivage Post
Parson-I Heah de Angel Totched Yo Anudder Baby
A fragmentary note in Life hablee Up renders a dialect scene where a Parson vows or proclaims with exclamations about angels and babies, using lilting speech to convey a dramatic, rustic moment.
Where the Profit Lies from Small Sheep Flocks
The article argues profits peak on farms with small flocks of 70 to 100 ewes. Such flocks aid better care and protection, allow lambs to reach market weight, and with limited grain, wool and meat sales cover labor costs. Mutton prices rise, boosting overall profitability.
Grand Roads pood roads plan for Connecticut highway
The pood roads movement in Connecticut proposes a 100 foot wide avenue running the length of the state from a point near Greenwich northward to an eastern locale. It would include four roadways for carriages horses and horseless vehicles and bicycles. A parallel plan aims to extend the grand highway to Massachusetts toward Boston, connecting New York and Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut
Eset
Greenwich
Massachusetts
Boston
New York
Parsnip for Covys and Winter Milk Color
Parsnips offer cleaning advantages for ivy utensils and dairy tools, with brushes and live steam to keep vessels clean. The crop can be wintered in the ground and parsnips contribute to richer milk and color in winter butter, a favored root among Jersey and Guernsey breeders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey
Guernses
Testimonial From a Young Student on School Progress
A boy writes to his schoolmaster praising his progress. He says he arrived knowing nothing and now has learned ten times as much in a short time, expressing home pride in his achievements at the school.
From Bad to Worse Court Case Notes Mr Smith Golf
Courtney Smith is writing a Scotch dialect novel and wonders what he knows about dialect while he plays golf, as reported by the Chicago Record in a compact item.
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Courtney Smith
Chicago
Very Confiding Barber Said to Believe His Own Lies
An Indianapolis Journal quote praises a man named Barber as exceedingly confiding and says he believes his own lies, illustrating a characterization of Barber as highly credulous and untrustworthy.
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Barber
Indianapolis Journal
Fragmentary Dialogue on Insects and Beings
Snippet shows a playful exchange about insects including a kissing bug and a singing bee. The text appears as a fragment from a Cleveland area source with quirky, incomplete lines. No clear event, date, or names to anchor a broader news item.
Transmitted Characteristics What makes your baby so head alrong
A quirky column or caption explores infant traits and nutrition myths, referencing phrase variations like raised on goat's milk and odd spellings. The piece reads as light survey or joke, highlighting common beliefs about maternal feeding and infant development.
Township and City Officials List in Nineteenth Century
A verbose roll call lists town and city officials including aldermen ward by ward, city clerk, treasurer, city attorney, superintendent of streets, police magistrate, and township officers. It names supervisors, clerks, collectors, assessors, highway commissioners, school trustees, justices of the peace, constables, and pound master with respective surnames and initials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. W. Rawson
Wm. Norbury
F. Mendenall
Hate
Avis
Henry Schuler
Fraternal and civic lodge notices from Troy area
Regular communications and meetings of Masons Rebekah Odd Fellows and other groups listed for Troy area. Includes dates for lodge sessions at Masonic Hall Odd Fellows Call Castle Hall and various halls with officers named and recurring weekly monthly schedules.
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Troy Lodgh
Alk
A.M
Masonic Hall
W. Rawson
W.M C
Xmiri
Rebekah Lodge
Pride of the Wests
Meéeta
Odd Fellows
Oona Granann
Macarn Tuseen
Mentor Lodgh
Castle Hall
Schott
Porwer Menxoaxan
Atrnut Howney
Kor
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Chamberlains Cole
J. R Gross
Fincastle
Shaver
Mr. Gibbs
Mr. Shaver
W. E. Casper
Kingston
Mamie O'Rourke
Walla
Manila
U.S. Marine Band
Washington
PL C
PopuLar Music Co
Indianapolis, Ltd
Grand Roads
Clevelang Rte
Township Officials
Socletier
Nellson Lodgig
Jsoln
Pisgah Encampmien'i
Haaren
G. P. Ron
Winniauseon
A. Invets
Droll’s Mall
August Diote
Clark
Gelamania Lodge
No. 66
Fred Kitfert
Foo Even
Roi
Teasan Surry Mayeflo Wis
Jas. M. Rosomworth
A. Rigelo
Rep
Phas MW. Bell
Rolls Lath
G.L, Eviott
Mus Claw
Euriotr
T. OF
KR. M
P. Hall
W.d. Gehauer
YW. Taylor
United Mine Workers of America
Troy
Central Hall
G Jones
Wandling
John F. Chaytor
F.s
American Federation of Labor
W. F. Feter
T. EL. Mawson
Ritcher
Nilding and Loan Aaspulation
Seachment
Wor. Warren
Wo Wuwanreu
Baptist Church
Kevins
Oshorne
McCullum
Presbyterian Church
J. G. Reynolds
EV. Proyvestan
Rev
G. Plassman
Lutheran ST. Paul's
L. W. Dornseff
ST. Jeromi's Catholic
Winea
H. A. Wieneke
Epworth Ceagu Fhi
Methodist Church
Little Folks
S'troy
Methors
Julia A Bell
Wm. Wild
J.C Holts
Board of Education
J. HW Harding
Smith
W. Stawson
W. Cook
Jus. Colling
J. K. Renfo
Slag Shwidwick
WM. F. Peter
City Barbe
ME Agall
Highland Marble Works
L. . Eckert, R
NEW Meat Market
Robert Winter
John Diehle
Immerchant
Riedar
Ruetur
F. W. Zanders
L. FE. Rawson
Jefferson Ave
St. Lauia Demtiyt
W. Zandera
IV ‘Troy
Theo. Guennewig
Troy, H
Phil. Eckert
Juimnes
Graham Fieur
Tires
Fred Kuntzmann
Baker and Conpectioner
Nevewapi Xpi
Magaz
Troy City
John Daimling
Prop
Bearson
Corney Market
Vickory Streets
Roy
Central Hotel
Wm, Meiners
Cale
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