Stay on the farm, Houston argues for rural opportunity
Secretary Houston urges improving farming conditions to attract city dwellers to rural life. He highlights federal and state support, $60,000,000 yearly for land grant colleges and agriculture departments, and plans to boost production, marketing, education, and community cooperation to keep youth on or return to farms.
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Houston
United States
Departments of Agriculture
Federal Department
Agricul
War Cannot. Destroy It. A Galsworthy Passage
A quotation from John Galsworthy in Scribner's Magazine extols art beauty and inner resilience amid war. The text celebrates spirit harmony, moonlight streams and wings in darkness, and the enduring goal to love and seek loveliness beyond conflict.
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John Galsworthy
Scribner's Magazine
Phrase avoids anger as emotion in guidance
The fragment discusses avoiding the word anger and defines emotion as a concept to be restrained. It appears as a brief editorial note or instructional snippet on tone and phrasing.
Crowd cheers as baby Beeson helps parole father
In Kansas City a judge paroled Arthur Beeson for three years after a baby’s plea and a hat fundraiser in court. Beeson, an horse handler, had stolen a horse near Independence, later returning to Des Moines. The crowd and officers contributed to the hat pot while Beeson awaited release and possible work.
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Kansas City
Arthur Beeson
Beeson
Herman’ Vogel
Independence
Des Moines
Latshaw
Baby Beeson
Mother Beeson
Woman regains hearing after violin's miracle in Newport
Mrs Hilda Runkel, aged 27 in Newport Kentucky, suddenly hears after neighbor John Catilla’s cigar box violin plays My Old Kentucky Home. She listens, then learns words daily, mastering fifty two by the seventh day with Mrs Catilla as teacher.
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Newport
Hilda Runkel
Kentucky
Catilla
One Look at Bride Sparks Quick Wedding Flight
Kansas City farmer Timothy Riley, smitten at first sight, intercepted at Union station as he rushed his wagon to guard the exit. He wore a Ted carnation to signal the bride, who arrived in a Palm Beach suit amid a crowd of garments and packages. he snatched the flower and fled, alleging the bride appeared much older than him.
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Frederick H.rawson
Union Trust Co
Chicago
NLESS
Kansas City
Timothy Riley
Riley
Union Station
Nevada
His Husbands False Teeth
In Pittsburgh a divorce case reveals the wife used false teeth to coerce her husband into giving money. Frank Jefferson testified he was fed by the dentures when money was demanded, while Mrs. Jefferson argued she was entitled to support as a lady of the house.
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Frank Jefferson
Spree In 101 Years Old Col. Johnston of Columbus
Columbus Mississippi resident Harrison Johnston celebrates his 101st birthday and claims to be the oldest member of the B P Q O in the world. He recalls never drinking to intoxication, little tobacco, one cigar, and being the sole U S government pensioner for Seminole War service in 1834. Johnston built a cotton mill fortune and donated the mill after tax collection disputes.
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Columbus
Miss
Harrison Johnston
B. P. QO. BE
Johnson
United States
Johnston
Oregon Supreme Court rules marriage not valid grounds for dismissal
Salem report states the Oregon Supreme Court affirmed Multnomah County Circuit Court in issuing a writ of mandamus ordering the Portland school board to reinstate Maud L Richards, dismissed for marriage. The ruling holds marriage alone cannot justify firing a teacher.
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Salem
Ore
Oregon Supreme Court
Circuit
Court. of
Multnomah
Portland School
Change of Life Warning and Lydia E Pinkham Claim
An advertisement urges women in the Change of Life period to use Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as the best remedy. It cites a testimonial from Mrs Margaret Grassem of Philadelphia praising relief from headaches backache heat flashes dizzy spells and nervousness after taking the product.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Philadelphia
Margaret Grasseman
N. Ringgold St
Beverly
Mass
Mrs. Groven A. Dungar
Roundy St
Beverly, Mass
Erie
Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription Promises Relief
A campaign style appeal touts Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a temperance remedy for female ailments. It claims many women suffer irregularities and distress and urges immediate purchase in liquid or tablet form to restore health and womanly function.
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Dr. Pierce
Castoria Reminder Cautions Parents on Safe Use
Citizens are urged to examine each bottle of Castoria for the signed signature and proper use for infants and children. The notice stresses trusted formula and the brand Fletcher’s Castoria as a safe remedy used over time for young ones.
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Mother Gray Co
le Roy
Mother Gray
Fletcher
Differentiation in Opinions on Culinary Skill
A wry exchange contrasts a asked for good cook with a comment that the cook is adequate yet the cooking is atrocious, illustrating divergent judgments on culinary quality through a sharp remark.
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