Old Frigate and a Boy’s Honest Deception
A fragment from Chicago News recounts the 19th century effort to save the frigate Constitution Old Ironsides at Boston and Charleston with Holmes poetry. A later scene shows Font being thanked by a father whose sons mocked him over a rattle snake prank.
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Boston
Constitution
Navy Yard
Charleston
Oliver
Harry
Font
Bob
Frank Nega
Chicago News
Beauty in Nature Seasons in a Poem
A lyrical meditation on beauty across spring, summer, autumn, and winter. The verses praise birdsong, rivers, clouds, flowers, and snow, noting nature's ever present splendor in every season and weather. The narrator asserts beauty in all facets of the natural world from blossoms to frost.
A Boy Named Font Outsmarts Snakes and Bullies
A barefoot boy named Font helps two frightened city boys after a rattlesnake bite. He uses an old Indian remedy with leaves and roots, regaining trust and earning dangerous attention. Later Font’s quick wit wins respect when three horsemen arrive at his father's orange grove.
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Bob
Font
Pont
Florida
Bent
Harry
Faye
Hee
Sweden Moves to Return Emigrants to Fatherland Effort
King Oscar initiates a broad campaign to repatriate Swedes in America by studying emigration causes. A Swedish emigration committee requests information from emigrants and parishioners about motives, conditions, trades, and visits to Sweden. A U S bureau, funded by 400,000 crowns, will aid skilled workers wishing to return.
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Oscar
America
Stockholm
Sweden
United States
Royal Swedish Statistical Department
State Street
New York City
Ovt
Lagerkrants
Ekman
Lagerkrantzs
ARMS Handy Combination Hayrack From an Old Manual
The article describes a pine or oak framed hayrack with fourteen to sixteen foot bed pieces eight inches wide and three inches thick, reinforced with four crosspieces. It details the rigging across arms, grooves to prevent movement, eight iron hooks, possible bolt fastening, and adjustable standards for height. It notes the design can haul rails boards stones manure and similar loads and emphasizes ease of assembly and strength.
Growing Cucumbers for Pickling Factories Forming
Farmers are forming pickling cucumber factories to raise small cucumbers under two inches, with yields around 100 bushels per acre though hundreds are possible. Mildew is mitigated by spraying, while striped beetles resist common insecticides. Use long green varieties, heavy manure, a fertilizer of 1 1 2 parts nitrogen to 1 phosphorus to 2 parts potash, and salt cucumbers with two quarts per bushel in tight containers with daily brine replenishment. Growers may form joint stock companies to maximize profits.
The Peanut Trade and U S Foreign Commerce
The article notes peanuts rising as a key foreign commerce item. U S peanut imports grew from six thousand dollars in 1900 to five hundred thousand this year, while exports approach three hundred thousand. By year end the bureau expects peanuts to reach near one million dollars in total foreign commerce. It also mentions a 150 percent increase in peanut acreage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Commerce and Labor
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Wendell Holmes
Ira
Beauty
Nils
Font Inns
Bor
Filegender Blaetter
Amie Bet
St Joseph
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Guar Man-Journal
Fon
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