Officers Augusta W T A Society
Dr Jos A Eve, Rev Mr J Aard and others listed as vice presidents and officers of the Augusta W T A Society with named managers and treasurer figures including James Harper Rev C B See John G Dunlap E E Scofield John Milledge James Godby and others.
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Jos. A. Eve
Niel HO
J. Aard
Hawkins Huff
WM. Haines, Jr
SecaeTany
LD. Ballerstedt
Tasasuaer
James Harper
John G Dunlap
E. E. Scofield
John Milledge
James Godby
Preventive Wheat Disease Measures Across Ancient Observations
The report notes rust attacks during ripening and cites experiments on seed treatment to curb smut. It describes soaking and limeing seeds in brine, selecting dry soil, deep planting, and late sowing as guard methods, referencing Culley and Northumberland data. It emphasizes protecting seed quality to reduce losses.
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Ellsworth
New Jersey Agricultural Society
Northumberland
Culley
Lime and Brine Treatments Prevent Smut in Wheat
An experiment compared lime, brine, both, and none on wheat. Brine alone caused rare smut, lime alone produced similar smut levels, lime plus brine yielded no smut, and no treatment led to a mass of smut. A separate Southern Planter note reports salt at a quart per bushel preventing smut.
Garlic in grain stacks preserves stored grain
The Paisley Advocate reports a farmer using garlic in the bottom of grain stacks to deter vermin. Since adoption, rats and mice pests have greatly diminished, claiming the method is simple, cheap, and effective for preserving grain in stacks.
Miscellaneous Reflections On Fortune And Fate
A fragmentary meditation contrasts wealth and poverty through a tale of an ancient conqueror observing a kneeling king. A rider notes the wheel on triumph will turn, the top will fall, and the untouchable becomes vulnerable. The piece ends with a caution to remember fortune's changing balance.
After Wealth's Flight and a Child's Reading
A Social Monitor quotes a farmer's wife lamenting wasted riches and the hollow joy of wealth. She recalls a six year old reading fluently in any Bible section and mentions a harsh household incident with a cat and a gimblet, illustrating rural insight and discipline.
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Hinckley
Fragmented Dispatch on Engagement and Recipe Notes
Fragments describe a performance judging someone as the worst and a fellow fifer who endured the engagement twenty times. A kitchen recipe line follows detailing a catsup or sauce: mix salt, pepper, allspice, red peppers, and vinegar, simmer slowly for hours, reducing to half a gallon.
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Cers
Frederick the
Human Pavement Ceremony in Caro on Prophet's Birthday
A fragmentary report from Caro notes a ceremonial gathering on Prophet’s Birthday, marking a yearly public display along a southern street edge. The scene involves spectators, a guiding procession, and a crowd stirred by the event’s traditional significance despite unclear details.
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Caro
Isbekia
T Phet
Uncertain Crowd Gathers As Sheikh Arrives Amid Turmoil
Eyewitness account describes a volatile scene with hoarse cries and a crowd forming a protective circle around a Sheikh on a black horse. The gathering dissolves after gestures and tense dialogue, hinting at religious zeal and brutal vigilantism amid chaotic street preparations.
After Battle Scene Witnessed by a Clergyman
An account by a clergy man describes the aftermath of a battle near Solden. He recalls hundreds of Russian fugitives arriving bareheaded and barefoot seeking aid while fires consume seven villages. He joins a Cossack horse to survey corpses and wounded stacked across two miles of plain as Prussian victory is proclaimed.
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Solder
Solden
Character of Cortes as Adventurer and Commander
The passage extols Cortes as the bravest enterprising adventurer who set foot on American shores. It praises him as a rapid, daring commander who forms resolute plans with perseverance and boldness in exploration and conquest.
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Cortes
America
Urie
The Stuarts and Their Fateful Downfall Across Four Centuries
A chronicle notes the repeated tragedies in the Stuart lineage from James I to Mary and beyond. It recounts assassinations, battles, imprisonments, and royal misfortune shaping a doomed legacy across four centuries.
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Robert
James
Perth
James 2d
James 3d
Flodden Field
Henry Stuart
Lord Dudley
Mary Stuart
Charles 2d
Anne
M. Y. Sun
The Young Mother and Warns to Young Men
A moralistic piece extols a mother's deep joy at first sight of her child and the duties of parental love. It then warns young women and men against flashy romances and empty prestige, urging steady, domestic values over flirtation and vanity.
Mother’s Faith and Prayer for Infants
The passage reflects a mother’s deep religious inclination seeking divine protection for her child. It emphasizes maternal tenderness and the belief in an infinite wisdom greater than human skill to guide the infant through life’s temptations and vicissitudes. Mother's Magazine.
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Mother’s Magazine
The Drunkard's Fate and the Mockery of Wine
A moral reflection condemns drinking as a false pleasure. It warns that wine promises happiness but brings sorrow, death, and ruin as the drunkard spends his substance, abandons duties, and dies, echoing the proverb that wine is a mocker.
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Hercules
Sodom
Gomorrah
What do you like
A brief comic anecdote recalls a blustering American at a boarding house who, after two Englishmen joined the group, escalated with bold speech and brandishing his diary. He threatens beef, but a calm English reply ends with the offer of mutton.
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Hoveta
Know Thyself in a River Steamboat Encounter
A coded scene on a river steamboat shows a man defying a no smoking sign aboard. A captain confronts him as the man asserts he is not a gentleman and refuses to follow the stern deck rule, insisting responsibility lies with others.
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