The Swedish Wife in a Winter Weave of Mercy
The Swedish wife of an early Augusta settler endures hardship to feed her sick husband and children. She gathers cedar bungies into bundles, traverses eight miles to Carhouse for provisions, and returns by night to provide for the household as snow falls and hunger looms. Mrs. H. G. Rowe, 1 Youth's Companion.
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Carfhou
Mrs. H. G. Rowe
Lydia E. Pinkham
Western Avenue
Lynn
Mass
Bewitched Cat Guards Ship In Atlantic Storm Tale
The Seamen captains recount a strange voyage from Baltimore. A starving Cardiff crew on the Lily of Plymouth believes a cat aboard bewitched them as a nor eastern hurricane drives the ship toward peril and mutiny.
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Cat Returns Aboard After Mutiny Fears On Sea
A shipboard tale follows a captain who dreads a cat blamed for misfortune. After the cat is thrown overboard, mutiny fears rise but Maggie’s plea and the cat’s return calm the crew. The Lily sinks as the captain with cat and kittens head home aboard the rescue boat.
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Missy
Bill Bowser
Ana
David
Jack
Bowser
Halloa
Ted
Scitele Cwelome
Pany
Bestir
How alcohol is made from malt and fermentation
The article explains malt making from barley and other starch sources to produce wort, fermented into alcohol and carbonic acid. It covers the distillation steps to obtain low wines and spirits of wine, noting glycerine formation and yeast nourishment. It ends with the Virginia desk gift from George Mason’s great grandson to the Virginia Historical Society.
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Chambers’ Journal
George Mason
Alexandria
Virginia Historical Society
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