Walking Stick and a Night of Mosquitoes in the Australian Bush
The narrator recalls a heavy walking stick used for defense against snakes and danger in inland New South Wales. While staying in a hot interior town, he endures mosquitoes, heat, and a snake in his bed, wrestling with fear and improvising a plan to escape danger. The tale blends bravado with fear as he finally retrieves a protective walking stick in the dark.
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Australia
Central Australia
Europe
Ter Connrnes
New South Wales
Polemius
Galen
Torveton
Wader
Ybeliera
Shad
Thad
Hess
Lavenon
Cleopatra
Treipho
Mother's Kiss Shaped Benjamin West Early Painter Story
Cincinnati Tribune recounts how a mother’s kiss in early Pennsylvania shaped painter Benjamin West. A tale from the West family recalls John and Sarah West and their nine children in Newton Square where Ben’s sketching began.
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Ibn Carrer
Benjamin West
Pennsylvania
John
Sarah West
Benjamin
John West
Newton Square
Sheoldcot
Jan Wooden
Uincinnati Tribune
Happiness and wealth in pursuits of art and science
The essay argues that genuine happiness comes from pursuing intellectual or artistic interests rather than wealth. It cites Agassiz and Lamb to show that modest means can yield rich enjoyment, while wealth may not increase fulfillment for those devoted to books, art, or music.
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Agassiz
Maxidliy
Charles Lamb
Libya
Duhasan
Ryan
Siti
Chauley
Proper fashioning of Yew Devas and stout women
A late 19th or early 20th century treatise advises stout and short women on dress. It condemns crass lines, recommends solid colors, refined drapery, and tightly laced waists for health and silhouette. The guide favors basques, belts avoided by short figures, and modest hats for full-toned wearers.
Household Brevities From an Aged Domestic Guide
This column offers practical tips and home remedies for cleanliness cooking and caregiving. It covers whitening fabrics by immersion in parane solution, dewiring silk scarves, testing textiles for cotton content, making butter cream cake and almond flavors, brewing a berry and brandy cordial, and general parental guidance on fostering industrious and religiously minded behavior. It also mentions travelers carrying water bags and keeping phase bays drained and aired to prevent illness.
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Thomann
Dee
The Warming World Warning in a New Yorker Style
A fragmentary New Yorker note warns about foul air and tainted conditions affecting mills and shipping. It urges cooling mills with cate and avoiding sour air to preserve sweetness and prevent bacterial contamination, citing a veiled critique of secretive mischief.
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Dar
Paracn
Big Barterin
Bumbupatine
Miljiman
Linral New Yorker
Corn Shock Loader How to Make and Operate One of These Labor Saving Devices
A farmer explains a corn fodder handling device to save labor and increase fodder value. It describes making small shocks that can be loaded with a lever pulley system, ropes, and a standard attachment, enabling one man to do the work of two over three years of use. The article notes proper sizing, storage, and handling to avoid waste and spoilage.
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Sanborn
Ibis
Orange Judd
NOTES FOR GARDENERS AND WIDELY VARIED ADVICE
A collection of fragmented gardening notes covers rainfall effects on water supply, weed control, potato based alcohol, artesian wells in CATAVORSIA, feed and water quality for livestock, and pest management. It includes cautions about weeds mistaken for horseradish and a mnemonic to identify Virginia creeper versus poison ivy. The writing is chaotic with many misspellings and stray statements.
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Catavorsia
Virginia
Drying Up Cows Before Calving Uses Camphor Treatment
A veterinary writer reports using powdered camphor to dry cows nearing calving. Cows giving about six quarts daily for three weeks before due date received three doses of thirty grains each. They were declared dry two weeks prior and suffered no injuries, with careful handling and thorough stabling.
Hints for Dairymen on Creamery Butter Profits
A Canadian government table compares Toronto wholesale prices for dairy and creamery butter from 1892 to 1903, showing creamery butter sells higher than dairy butter and that quality improvements lifted potential returns. Traveling dairies influenced better churns, utensils, and handling to produce neater packaging, boosting market value by about $750,000 on 69,000,000 pounds.
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Charien
Toronto
Mather
Nunite Ab Hove
Unique plant stand built around a tree trunk
A rustic self contained plant stand is described, built around a tree trunk. Two cross pieces anchor a platform of boards wrapped to the trunk, four slender branches form under supports, and rough wooden edges use sapling strips for finish. Vines may climb the trunk, adding charm to home lawns. Countey Gentiemean.
Tyo prunve and the heading back of large trees
A Philadelphia correspondent reports on the belief that bending back tall trees prevents decay. The practice, though questioned, is linked to slow growth and the mistaken idea that fast growing saplings meet an original utility. The piece notes the historical habit and its questionable effectiveness.
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Philadelphia
A. R. McIlyaine
Sugeesta
Baegk
Meelan
Honyuly
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Ackley World
Carl Doula Uist
Linrned
Yamanta
Max O'Mell
Ladies Hosa Journal
Lord Almere
Dirk Amet
Lodge
Thas
Seelowshy
Feuyine
Bis
Sean
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