Members urged to attend Veda Local 742 meeting
Notice to Members of Veda Local 742 requests attendance at the next regular meeting at Yoda School House on Saturday June 24 at 4 30 p m. Members with membership applications should be present as it will be the last meeting until after harvest. Signed by Richard Owens. Also an ad for work horses and farm terms and a subscription offer for the Topeka Daily State Journal detailing political conventions and news coverage.
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Veda Local
Yoda
Wall Park
Clyde Barnes
Arnold
Kan
Topeka
Mexico
Topeka State
Sunshine as a tonic boosts health and mood
A short piece extols bright sunshine to banish gloom and improve health. It argues that extended exposure to sun lifts spirits, supports pavilion style hospitals, and can curb pettiness and jealousy. Suggestions include brisk outdoor walks, sunlit porch seating, and medical advice for lingering lethargy or a sluggish liver.
Peculiar Well in Florida Yields Two Water Types
U S Geological Survey reports a Welaka Florida well on the St Johns River reaching 309 feet with two water kinds. The first 160 feet yielded ordinary sulfur water, then deeper mineral water with a salty taste. An inner tubing allows simultaneous pumping of both waters, a rare arrangement with a playful prank of using weaker water first.
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Florida
United States Geological Survey
Welaka
St. Jolma
Aluminum discovery and price decline through history
The article traces aluminum’s early discovery by Sir Humphrey Davy and isolation by Wohler in Germany followed by Deville in France. It notes the metal’s early high value of $90 per pound and its use in jewelry, then reports a dramatic price drop to 18 cents per pound as production expanded.
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Humphrey Davy
Frederick Wohler
Germany
Deville
Louis Napoleon
Wohlers
Chemical
Utopian Reforms and a Fake Boston Dinner Invitation
Mayor Curley of Boston discusses reforms as utopian and impractical for now. A humorous example cited is a fake dinner invitation used to rebuke a Back Bay host’s parsimony. Also recounted is Mr Dunnell discovering a mysterious letter in the subway and a translator credited for Finnish language work.
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Curley
Boston
Back Bay
Back Bay Poultney
Washington Star
Dunnell
The Bootsack and a Lost American Moment
A reader recalls a bootsack and bootjack as symbols of a fading rural life. He laments changes in American customs, roads, and community bonds, arguing that simpler domestic devices once framed daily routines and hearty country pleasures.
Had Brought Pa's Prayers In Winter Aid Story
A country church pastor in financial distress receives a visitor with “pa's prayers” meaning relief items like potatoes flour bacon and other food and clothing. The prayer meeting turns into a fast aid effort as the farmer boy brings goods to the wagon for the pastor and his ailing family.
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Omaha
Kitchen Exhaust Fan Promises Odor Control
An early guide describes a motor driven exhaust fan for kitchens to lift smoke gases and odors during cooking. The unit mounts in an upper window pane near the range, powered by the lighting circuit with a snap switch for operation, venting odors to outside.
Where the Games of Yesteryear
An Atlantic excerpt recalls a town where marbles tops and slingshots have vanished over five years as rubber tires consume supply and modern life erodes toys and matinees. The piece reflects on lost childhood games and cultural relics from Kate Greenaway to Heston Museum.
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Heston Museum
Kate Greenawsey
Housewife and Hired Help Study Draws Modest Skills
A Minneapolis survey on domestic help finds housewives prefer less skilled workers and see little demand for advanced training. The report notes many households cannot afford highly skilled help, and devoted training by the housewife benefits others more than her own home as cooks with charm emerge.
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Minneapolis
Eros
All Should Be Advertised Embrace Advertising Truths
A brief remark asserts that any product with true demand can be advertised and sold. It argues profits justify promoting goods and rejects the notion that advertising suffices for weak or undesired lines. The emphasis is on the power of advertising to create demand.
Dramatic Waiting For Stenographer Returns From Lunch
A man paces anxiously awaiting a stenographer who is late for an appointment. He grows more agitated until she finally arrives, and he prepares to go to luncheon with relief and enthusiasm.
Humility and the Sage’s Blindfolded Lesson
A woman seeks wisdom from a famed sage and asks to learn. He agrees and sleeps, awakening bound by love, having failed to shield himself from the most dangerous weapon humility, in a tale from the New York Evening Sun.
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New York
Beginning of Jury System Emerges From Viking Era
The twelve man jury traces back to Viking invasions of England when land was divided into cantons and twelve portions under twelve chiefs. They judged serious criminal and civil matters, a custom surviving through centuries.
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England
Fletcher's Castoria Ad Senses a Reel Truth
A vintage ad style line proclaims children cry for Fletcher's Castoria. The excerpt then quotes Uncle Eben remarking that a man who is discouraged wants to quit work and go fishing, delivering a folksy moral about laziness and ambition.
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Uncle Eben
Realization of gold mine investment scam
A Buffalo Express quotation captures a man reflecting on gold mine investments. He realizes someone was deceiving him, realizing he was being played as a sucker in the dealings. The exchange underscores caution in speculative ventures and highlights investor skepticism.
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Buffalo Express
Variation In Morning Strength Ties To Seasons
Morning light varies 10 to 30 percent stronger than afternoon light, depending on the season. The daytime pattern shifts with solar position, affecting perceived brightness and warmth.
Classified Ad Fragments From Wa-Keeney Page
A garbled classified section lists items for sale and notices. Entries mention fresh beef and pork at Bakers, money to loan, sow and nine pigs for sale, seed barley, a black horse mule strayed near Palco, a lost endgate between Wa-Keeney and Bob Kirk, a four year old bay mule for sale near Wa-Keeney route 1, and other ad notes.
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Baker's
Bakers
Wheeler
Bert Groft
V_ Lewis
Palco
Kansas
Wa-Keeney
Bob Kirk
B. F. Christy
Aviv
Wa-Keeney Bank and local livestock ads in brief
An OCR fragment lists Wa-Keeney State Bank loan offerings for land purchases and land loans. It also runs several small ads: a large Gurney refrigerator for sale, a land-sale offer by Lester Mudge of Salvia, Kansas, and multiple livestock notices including mares and geldings for sale and two taken-up horses with owner claims.
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Wa-Keeney State Bank
P. Reade
Oyallah
Kan
For Sale or Trade Steam Merry-go-Round
For Sale or Trade listing from Earl King of Wa-Keeney Kansas offering a 20th century steam merry-go-round. Ad placed 15.
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Earl King
Wa-Keeney
Kansas
Bargain in Piano Near Wa-Keeney Kansas
An ad offers a high-grade Kimball piano near Wa-Keeney for quick sale with cash or trade. The seller, W. W. Kimball Company of Topeka, Kansas, seeks immediate disposition and is willing to sacrifice value to avoid reshipment.
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Nana
Wa-Keeney
Kimball
W. W. Kimball Company
Topeka
Kansas
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Pon
Richard Owens
Farmers’ Union
P. E. Keraus
Royal
E . Allman
Trego County
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Usce
Clas Hickman
Mears
A. S. Peacock
Af Pine
Retey Perper
Joe
Trego
Sibjec
Due Republica Tolers
Asesat
Ernest Hillman
Acre
Sousty
Tama
Register of Deeds
Dos
Evans
Tam
I. Lg
Ts Mrery
Tree
Perimary
George Hunt
Trege
Cout Kansas
Wourre
Thei
Mareet
Olga
Ucand
Jason
Cenduete Tor
Dagtdemocratic
Fletcher
Castoria
Player Pianos
Siedara
Schmoller & Mueller Piano Co
Farnam Street
Pittsburgh Chronicle
Telegraph
J. T. W. Cloud
Wa-meeney
Adi
W.e Baker
Lester
Mudge
Salvia
Lew Galloway
Wa Keeney
J. W. France
Frank Walker Raneb
Yoursay
Meruntere
WaltMeeney ‘Telephone Co
Sade
Will
Texplain
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