Elizabeth's Big Boy Redeems a Love Lost Engagement
Aunt Martha guides Elizabeth through a torn engagement with Dr. Martin as Elizabeth learns to value self worth and recognises Jack Dunbar as her true partner. He wooes with quiet strength and vows to protect her happiness regardless of public opinion. Elizabeth accepts, reunited with her lifelong friend and artist, finding lasting love.
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Elizabeth
Teresa
Catec
Jack Dunbark
Martha
Ashe
Miletbeth
Tereua
Tuck
Koon
Jack
Rew
Jack Dunbar
Ate
Maynardville
Martin
Jef
Tsun
Japan
Atay
Ellaabeth
Hog raising in Oregon shows profits for barley feeding
Oregon Agricultural College researcher Dr. James Withycombe argues hog raising can be profitable in Oregon and the Northwest. He favors barley and skim milk or tankage as fattening feeds, noting cost reductions and substantial gains in experiments, with sows farrowing twice yearly and pigs finished in about sixty days for early fall markets.
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Oregon Agricultural College
Corvallly
Oregon
Northwest
James Withycombe
Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station
Withcombe
Canada
Denmark
Oregon ‘Experiment Station
Ongon
Elover
Alfilia
Berkshire
Poland
China
Fortune Teller’s odd truth about marriage fate
A quirky dialogue has a fortune teller warn Miss White that a husband may be poor while she asks how he knows. The teller replies that rich men seldom marry for money, inverting expectations with witty social observation.
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Miss White
At the Card Table
A humorous dialogue snippet features Mr Henpeck refusing to partner with his wife who never leads, and Mrs Sharp quipping that everyone assigns her as the leader on dates.
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Mr. Henpeck
Longest English lawsuit over lands near Gloucester
The case cited as the longest English suit arose from a dispute between the heir of Thomas Talbot Viscount Lisle and the heirs of Lord Berkeley over lands near Woottenainder Edge in Gloucestershire. Began in Edward IV’s reign and lingered through James I, reportedly about 120 years, with a later compromise.
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England
Thomas Talbot
Viscount Lisle
Lord Berkeley
Woottenainder-Edge
Coun
Gloucester
Edward IV
Orem
James L. Knox
London
Notes From the Washington Experiment Station on Clean Cultivation and Orchard Pests
From Washington Experiment Station Pullin Wael advises clean cultivation to remove china lettuce with soil knives and repeated passes, warns neglect risks losses, and outlines gopher control using poisoned carrot pieces with sergelaise. It also covers strawberry mildew control, field sanitation, and spraying with Bordeaux mixture, plus potato soil and fertilization tips and late spring flower recommendations.
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Washington Experiment Station
Pullin
Wael
Ohio
Burbank
Hebron
Mathers
Landmark Mention Sparks Traveler’s Memory at Station
A gray haired traveler in a railway refreshment room recalls a landmark he carved years ago. He points to initials and a date on a nearby bun, asking the bar maid to confirm the mark and share its meaning, as tears surface in his elderly eyes.
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Yonder
Venus inhabited by intelligent beings declares Naval Observatory head
San Francisco astronomer Professor Thomas Jefferson Lee at Mare Island asserts Venus is inhabited by highly intelligent beings capable of communication with Earth. He claims a received message and outlines a controversial theory of planetary evolution challenging Laplacian cosmology, citing Rabinet’s criterion and a capture-origin model.
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Naval Observatory
Mare Island
San Francisco
Cal
Thomas Jefferson Lee
United States Naval Observatory
Maresland
Venus
Lee
Earth
Sue
University of Missouri
University of Berlin
Yerkes Observatory
University of Chicago
Germany
See
United States
Naval Observatory Service
See Beleves
LaPlace
Rabinet
Uch
Farmer Melton in Danville arson and murder attempt
Melton, a wealthy Ver milion county farmer, is jailed on arson and attempted murder charges after a drunken rampage that began with accusing his wife of hiding hogs. He shot at his wife, killed a dog, fired at the family horse, set fire to a new $5,000 barn, an old barn, and the dwelling, before being overpowered by a crowd.
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Danville
Newton
Melton
Vermilion County
Porter's aging process upgrades violin value in Alma
Alma Michigan jeweler George Porter says his chemical treatment ages the wood to remove sap and resin, transforming a $3 violin into a $300 instrument. A cheap violin treated this way was tested by an expert and deemed as good as a $300 instrument.
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Alma, Mich
George Porter
Sues Husband's Slayer for Supper in Pittsburg
Mrs Michael Chekan sues Frank Chawe for 15000 dollars seeking support for four children after Chawe allegedly shot her husband. The court found the killing was accidental.
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Pittsburg
Frank Chawe
Michael Chekan
Chowe
Where did the old fashioned boy and knife go
A curious note asks what became of the old fashioned boy who calls his knife a frog slicker and what happened to the old fashioned Barlow knife. The query hints at nostalgia for simple tools and their names, with no clear report of an event or person.
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Barlow
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