Hen Mathematics and a Baltimore Dream of Riches
A Baltimore girl believes poultry can pay off debts by breeding hens and selling chicks. She calculates 60 cent hens, 21 initial hens, 430 chicks first season, and exponential growth to 3 360 000 in five years, promising $1 500 000 at 50 cents each. The tale, cited from Hater’s Weekly, is followed by a glass sale notice.
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Department of Agricul
United States
Baltimore
Papa
Hater's Weekly
Wenatchee City Council Meetings and Public Concerts
Public notice lists Wenatchee city events with weekly council meetings at City Hall every Tuesday and a Friday park concert series. Wenatchee Military involvement noted.
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Wenatchee
Property transfers visible in local plat records
Elizabeth L. Gensinger sells to Henry Cross for 1200 dollars covering lots 32 and 33 in block 31 of the G N Plat. H C Peters sells to C J Luther for 100 dollars covering lot 67 in block 5 Cascade Orchards. Anna Evenson sells to Thomas C Berry for 9500 dollars covering part NW percent SE percent 21 24 18.
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R. H. Nowlan
Ida M. Nichols
G. N
Wenatchee
W. S. Gehr
O. W. Kinzebach
Millerale
John D. Dill
Lizzie F. Baumer
Dill
Orchard
J. H. McGahan
Wenatchee Development Company
J. A. Gellatly
Estes
J E Zook
Estes Valley Orchards
Josie Cady
Edith L Hathaway
Leave
J. R. Chase
C. B. Knons
James Wilder
Ida Co. Carter
John Kuelles
C. F. Dixon
David Sterling
Elizabeth L. Gensinger
Henry Cross
H. C. Peters
C. J. Luther
Anna Evenson
Thomas C. Berry
Old Paths and Legends of the New England Border
In a tale from Katherine M. Abbott theWhitney cotton gin gains praise for a woman’s quick wit aiding Eli Whitney. The narrative recalls a winter at Dungeness on Cumberland Island where Whitney witnesses a moving model, while a young boy disrupts tea with a lively gyroscope of antics.
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Eli Whitney
Lengland
Katherine M. Abbott
Gesesus Nathaniel Greene
Whitney
Dungeness
Cumberland Island
Spair
Do You Remember And the other when you got up before
A nostalgic fragment recalls dawn treks from the house to the barn for a quick snack then quiet travel along a wood road toward a river. The narrator notes avoiding bears and the red winged blackbirds as they reach the riverbank to begin fishing.
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Atlantic
The Mind as Cause of Suffering in Medical Beliefs
A discussion from Max Ezaz Monthly argues that much so called physical pain is primarily mental and reinforced by auto suggestion or family influence. It warns that fixed ideas of disease persist after cure and require counter suggestion to restore health.
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Max Ezas
Insect Tragedy The Mother Butterfly's Nest
The piece portrays a mother butterfly sacrificing to build a nest lined with her own down for eggs. It describes the nest’s luxurious construction, the delicate arrangement, and the implied death of the mother as she dedicates herself to her offspring’s future.
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Co Byatt
Domestic servants in Germany and old age insurance rules
The article explains a German system where workers below a income threshold must contribute to old age pensions. It covers ecards and stamps, employer or servant payments, weekly stamping at workplaces, and conditions for women who marry or continue insured. It notes pensions from age seventy if continued contributions.
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Germany
Teark & Moudar
Monts
Physician Advises Exercise for Mandarin in Frantic Discussion
The passage recounts a scene where Wu Ting Pang quotes a doctor joking about a selfish politician. A mandarin seeks medical help complaining of insomnia and depression. The physician suggests regular exercise, offering to have the mandarin polish his floors four times weekly.
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Wu Ting Pang
Shanzhai
A Rabbit and a Whistle Short Note
A brief New York Press item notes that a sharp whistle can stop a rabbit like Molly Cottontail and even an antelope may pause. It asserts elephants are highly timid and can be frightened into a cold sweat by a mysterious noise.
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Molly Cottontail
New York Press
Those Consultations. A Doctor’s Dialectic on Surgery
A witty exchange on medical consultations and the idea that two physicians may reach ideas one cannot alone. The Smart Set quips that one doctor may propose an operation that another had not imagined.
Not Always Well Said by Cannibal Chief As Explorer Is Brought In
A cannibal chief quotes a biting line as the lean explorer is led in. The exchange reflects a harsh, dark tone in this fragment from the Princeton Tiger.
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Princeton Tiger
W. O. Jones Namesake Bank Teller Affair in Rutland
In Rutland Vermont two men shared a name, one a bank teller at Rutland National, the other a saloon keeper. The teller denyed links to the saloon man, then vanished with over 15000 dollars, was tracked to Denver, returned, and jailed. Later the saloon man published a notice to avoid mistaken identity.
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Rutland
W. O. Jones
Vermont
Jones
Rutland National Bank
Denver
W. 0. Jones
Mercrow
W. O Jones
Turned Up Mustache Origin Traced to Spain Court
The history traces the turned up mustache from Philip IV of Spain around 1025 to spread across Europe. It notes later adoption by Charles V’s era and by German Emperor William II as an idealized fashion, with varied coercive styles and periods of untrimmed or clean shaven faces through the Rococo era.
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Spain
Philis IV
William II
Philip IV
Europe
Jes Ft
England
Belgium
Germany
Son
France
Louis Xtv
Minneapolis Journal
Debates and Dining in 1823 Commons Humour
The Westminister Gazette recalls inexact portraits from the 1823 House of Commons where Burke Pitt and Fox era members endured long debates and sought refreshment with pears and oranges. An illustrated lobby vendor wore a sprigged muslin gown with lace, white silk stockings and turkey leather shoes.
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House of Commons
Burke
Pitt
Fox
House of Continens
Josef
Westmnineter Gazette
Bs Ae
Tarantula Bite Causes Severe Pain and Debated Death Risk
The text discusses whether a tarantula bite can be fatal, noting it causes extreme pain and a lasting wound. It mentions dispute over the spider’s deadliness and references human suffering from its bite, with uncertainty about fatal outcomes.
Plant age concept illustrated by grafting example
A government botanist at Wasta explains a thought experiment on plant aging. If a tree lives about 100 years and a bud is taken at age 50, that bud effectively has 50 years of life remaining, and grafted onto another plant it would live about 50 more years.
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Duds Crow
Wasta
Ingto
Woman Refuses Job Over Child Care Belief
An applicant declines a domestic post saying she cannot work in a house with children. Mrs Keep notes an ad seeking a girl who understands children. The dialogue highlights a clash between employer needs and worker comfort in a domestic setting.
Philadelphia Optical College Bazaar Offers Palm Leaf Fans
Howard Thomas, trutate Philadelphia Optical College advertises glasses scientifically fitted by Dr Eva C Ditman a general practitioner in the Columbia Valley Bank Building Phone 1585. Two palm leaf fans offered for five cents at the Bazaar.
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Howard Thomas
Trutaate Philadelphia Optical Colege
Eva C. Ditman
Columbia Valley Bank
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