Little Oh Dear Garden Poem by Eugene Field
A playful poem describes a narrator's fantastical garden dedicated to his Little Oh Dear. Vivid flowers and a lavender tree host a silver bird that sings endlessly “I love you” as the beloved walks the path of blossoms. The speaker vows the garden remains forever summer for her.
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Eugene Field
Jel
Rabbie
Fred
Tom
Bobbie
John
Philadelphia Telegraph
Little
Scotland
Burglary on Larkspur Lane a Silent Shadowy Heist
In a quiet Larkspur Lane villa row a meticulous burglar slips over a fence, frees a chest with a steel chisel, pockets valuables, then escapes amid a disturbed scene. The household’s secrets surface as Mary’s past ties to John emerge and Fred’s jealousy unravels.
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Warkspur
Moneta
Delphinium
Eliza
Valerian Villa
Larkspur Lane
Tie
Lawks
Mary
Feeds and Breeds for Farm Fowls and Dairy Cattle
An extensive note on poultry care and dairy feeding covers egg hatching, daily turning, and diet changes for hens. It discusses the value of green foods, proper water access, and the economics of keeping fowl. It also addresses peafowl mating, winter egg feeding, and the role of corn silage, hay, and oil meal in boosting milk yields for cows, stressing balanced soil nutrition and practical on farm feeding strategies.
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F. McSparran
America
United States
Lathrop
English Sport is Work Not Mech Play About Honting Scotland
A Boston man asserts that English sport is serious labor not mechanized play, challenging the view that English athletic effort is easy. He argues that true English sport demands rigor and discipline, countering stereotypes about lax training and effortless performance.
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Scotland
Boston
Nature and Birds Create Wooded Cactus Bowls
The piece notes how nature shapes a cactus into wooden bowls through woodpecker activity. Birds hollow trunks to protect their holes, the plant exudes resin that hardens into a woody lining, and the cactus eventually dies while the bowls endure. It also includes a quip about blondes being selfish.
Green bone cutters boost egg yield for small flocks
The article argues one pound of green cut bone daily boosts eggs more than five times the same weight in grain. It notes bone-cutters cost $5 to $10, are affordable for small flocks, durable, and quickly repay the investment through higher egg production. It urges flock owners to use bone-cutters to maximize profits.
Salt for Sheep and Farm Household Notes
Salt for Sheep reports that salt intake improves weight wool quality and reduces gad fly. It advises troughs with turpentine mixed salt and daily access. Busy on the Farm urges constant productive work in any weather, including shop tasks and tool maintenance. Horseflesh Consumption notes German markets selling horseflesh as a nourishing meat. Care for Choking describes using a rubber hose to clear cattle chokings. One hundred and fifty firemen are required of some Atlantic liners.
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France
Postmaster General Meyer Recommends Postal Savings Banks
The annual report urges postal savings banks with deposits as low as $1 and up to $500 per account, 2 percent interest, and expanded parcels post. It also calls for modern bookkeeping, ongoing office leadership, and notes growth in postal receipts from $8.05 million in 1857 to an expected $850 million by 1917.
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Meyer
Post Office Department
Ammong
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Lark Spur Lane
John Fenwycke
Climin
Winder
Ile
Mrs. Fossick
Robbie
Fossick
Fossith
Wettre Ees Little
Saxonia
Mr. Little
Maine
Fou
Farmer’s Home Journal
F. C. Ainsworth
United States Army
Isthmian Canal Commission
AOA Ie
Lawrence O’murray
Commerce and Labor
Herbert Knox Smith
Charles P. Neill
United States Labor
Goldfield
Nev
Gov. Sparks
Panama
Cortelyou
Congress
Cannon
Trouse
Sowler
New Jersey
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