The Tiger Named Captain and the Haunted Farm
In 1867 western Ohio a traveler on horseback rents shelter at Abel Shelly’s farm. A ferocious dog named Captain guards the place and forms an unlikely bond with the narrator. A ghostly apparition haunts the woods near a fallen tree, seen by Shelly and his wife, with the dog reacting to the sight. The tale ends with a question about what the dog witnessed.
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Vaccane
Ohio
Abel Shelly
Pis
Ras
Obi Oegro
Dio
Mr. Shelly
Sundin
Keenel
Sheily
Amity
Mr. Shelley
Reuben
Captain
Lin
Ais Dinger
Petoel
Shediv
Gaptiin
Wiyself
Shelly
Caine
Moon
Ane
Shelly Fanning
Hades
Tiet
Ory
Beasen
Waverley Magazine
Change the Dictionaries
A Brooklyn public school teacher seeks input from lexicographers about gender forms as she drills a class on masculines and feminines. A student suggests marelady as the feminine of horseman, prompting a moment of humorous wordplay.
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Brooklyn
Ste
Mail and Express
Texas town stalls church edifice amid beer scarcity
Reported in a Texas town a congregation left their new edifice unfinished as a satior was being erected due to a shortage of beieks.
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Texas
Kansas City Claims 50 New Factories in 1900
Kansas City Missouri reports it established fifty new factories in the year 1900. The claim highlights rapid industrial growth and broadening manufacturing activity in the city.
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View
Kansas City
Market guidance for growers and orchard spacing discussed
The piece offers advice for fruit and vegetable growers about shipping when prices are low to avoid market glut and outlines a traditional commission system. It also weighs rainfall ammonia effects on soil, care with manure, and notes on wide versus narrow orchard rows for apples and pears, citing New England Homestead.
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Carnrec
Norfolk
Moassachusetts
Soil Fertility through Legumes and Cover Crops
Faragers discuss soil improvement via legumes that fix carbon nitrogen and return nitrates after plowing. Other crops absorb phosphorus and release it when tilled under, with certain plants deepening roots to access subsoil nutrients. Topics include crimson clover cow peas velvet bean and pasture peas as nitrogen sources while grasses aid phosphoric availability. rape and related crops may mobilize phosphoric acid to boost soil fertility.
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Ogee Pei
Dao
Furaip
Pasture Lands and Chicks Debility in Farm Notes
An early article discusses pasturing grass instead of burning land to improve pasture, recounting farmers’ shifts to clover and timothy. It also notes that overstocking and crowding in chick coops causes general debility in young chicks, urging roomy clean coops and careful hen management.
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le Prato Harmer
Knddy Bowers
Erin
Tford
Weighing Milk Reveals Poor Performers in Dairy Herds
Weigh each cow after milking and keep records to spot profit killers. Over a month, weight variations reveal the best and worst cows, sometimes showing two or three underperformers draining profits. Spring scales cost about two dollars and repay themselves. Storing sweet potatoes with cottonseed hulls and cotton seed in sand or straw yields best results. cottonseed filling is especially effective.
Farm Notes on Peach Trees Bees and Wheat
Farm notes advise using bone meal on peach trees each time and removing peach tree borers. Unripe honey is blamed for foamy honey. Sugar beets must not dry after digging to avoid sugar loss. Minnesota beekeepers favor sweet alfalfa clover for bee pasture. A bean harvester helps cut cowpea vines. Kansas wheat buyers will get hard red Russian or Turkish wheat from Crimea via state associations. Hessian fly spreads west, and Kansas Secretary Coburn pushes burning wheat stubble after harvest.
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Suys
Minnesota
Kansas
Crimea
Coburn
Georgia Boiled Rice Guidance
Advice on boiling rice for best texture. Wash rice then boil in salted water for twelve minutes, drain, and steam ten minutes. Keep grains distinct and moisture-free. overboiled rice becomes watery and speey. Season with salt pepper and butter or serve plain.
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Georgia
Cucumber Salad and Lamb Kidneys on Toast from The Summer Table
The article details cucumber salad steps including salted ice water chilling and a vinegar dressing, followed by lamb kidneys on toast with butter flour dredging, parsley, wine, and seasoning. It notes serving suggestions, recipe variations, and tips for garnishes, chilling, and presentation. It closes with cooking reflections on veal cutlets and beefsteak and the value of garnishes and cooling salads.
Strawberry Meringue and Related Dishes
Instructions for making Strawberry Meringue, Brussels Sprouts with cream sauce, Little Neck Clam Salad with shrimp and remoulade, Curry Beets stew with eggs, and Grape Jam. Includes step by step mixing, boiling, and serving guidance for each recipe.
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Berton
Dewaytrwe
Louide
Cabrallas Fennel
New England
Ted
Llamestead
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