Rivers and harbors congress eyes 50 million annual aid
A survey notes the Rivers and Harbors Congress in Washington will press for annual federal appropriations of at least 50 million dollars to improve rivers and harbors. The group includes senators, representatives, and business leaders aiming to educate the public on government duties in river and harbor enhancement.
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Washington
Wilson
United States
Joseph BE. Hansdell
Louisiana
Avers and Harbors Congress
Renators
Fletcher
Newlands
Sparkman
Amall
Metzami Baker
Burke
Congress
Congress of the United States
Parcel Post Rules Promoted by Post Office Officials
Washington issued guidance urging public cooperation to improve parcel post service. Aimed at increasing understanding of rules and common sense, the effort seeks orderly handling of parcels to prevent improper wrapping and waste.
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Burleson
Washington
Piret
Yoaneus
Back Up Your Noise With All the Fight in You
A Rochester period piece urges merchants to seize opportunities and back up their bold claims with action. It cites Lincoln and Cornell on seizing opportunity and warns that success comes from capability, not luck, with a nod to Josh Billings on backing up one’s boast.
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Abraham Lincoln
J. C. Cornell
Josh Billings
Store Clerk Brings Value by Welcoming Customers
A note extols the store clerk who gains friends by kindness to customers. It urges not to see any patron as a bore and suggests good nature and a simple smile over gruffness.
Retailers Gain Edge By Advertising Prices To Big Shoppers
A historical note says mail order houses faced reduced business as retailers learned to lure customers by advertising their prices to large online merchants and big figures.
Origin of Hydropathy in Early Medical Practice
Hydropathy or water treatment for disease dates to 1411 when Sir Heberden of London housed patients in a damp room and slept them between damp sheets. He exposed patients to damp sheets dipped in a spring and wrapped them before bed.
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S Ir Heberden
London
Wintering Sheep on the Farm For Tough Weather
On farms sheep need dry sheds with a low wind chill, free range when possible, and light grain feeding through winter to maintain condition and wool. Avoid warm stables as they cause disease and lamb losses. ticks stop developing in cold, and moisture in wool is dangerous during rain and snow.
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Selkirk Range
Rocky Mountains
Glacier
B. C
Montreal
Switzerland
W. J. Griffith
Homestead
Tool Shed Plan for MiMewer Implements and Small Repairs
A special tool shed is proposed to store MiMewer Implements with a bailer for small tools. It should include a work outfit for minor repairs and a routine to wipe and oil iron and steel parts or treat them thoroughly.
Joshua Leads Israelites Across Jordan In Ancient Strategy
A Sunday school lesson recaps Joshua dispatching two spies to Jericho, the river crossing with the Ark, and twelve stones as memorials. It notes divine backing, sanctification, and obedience as the march begins, with the Jordan waters diverted for safe passage.
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Jacob
Bethel
Angela
Samuel
Eben-ezer
Jordan
Hermon
Lebanon
Stenl
Dead Sea
Adam
Ad ‘Omah
Jevieho
Ammonia in Stables Prompts Fertilizer Use
Farmers observe ammonia odor in stables and seek to reduce animal exposure while reclaiming fertilizer. Suggested method: soak sawdust in a dilute sulphuric acid solution, drain, spread on shelves to absorb ammonia, producing ammonium sulfate fertilizer. Saturated sawdust can be added to manure piles weekly.
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New Yorker
Saving Seeds From Pumpkins and Squashes
The piece discusses gathering seeds from pumpkins and squashes for animal feed and planting. It notes that seeds from finer specimens are valuable, while ordinary seeds are in demand in May or June for seed purposes and may yield good profits.
Healthy Chickens Plan Proves Highly Successful
A Farn and Fireside writer describes a January or February mating schedule with 10 to 15 hens per rooster or two roosters for 25 hens. Feeding includes a wheat oats buckwheat barley mix, wheat bran mash with minerals, boiled potatoes, and greens. Daily corn, grit, shells, and fresh water complete the regimen to promote fertile eggs and robust chicks.
Mystery of the Lady Leighton's Desk Unfolds In London Sale
Lexander Tilton, a young American heir, buys a spindle desk at a London auction. A hidden drawer yields love letters and a marriage certificate linking Leighton and Eugenia Buoph. Tilton traces Eugenia to a Western town, confronting Beatrice and the widow's past as he seeks the truth behind the desk.
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Lexander Tilton
Wavel
London
Hilien
Titton
Titoo
Leighton
Eugenia Buoph
Sir Leighton
Digby Moore
Reginald Wad
Arthur Logi
Hecwald
Eugenia
Tilton
Eugenia Booter
Westers
Beatrie
Wilton
Beatrice
Csighoon
Rita
Titus Io
England
Westa
Ae Rey
Tatiana
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Joseph E. Ranedell
Rivers and Harbore Congress
Washington Manor
Sulgrave Manor
Earl Grey
Ghent
Laurence Washington
Bay
Grey
John Washington
Wharton
Lancashire
George Washington
Northampton
Sulgrave J
Northamptonshire
St. Andrew's
Sulgrave
National Poultry
Beyene Social
Harey Dowle
New York
Fort M'Henry
Crothers
General Riggs
Fort McHenry
Baltimore
L. F. Speer
Bangor
Internal Revenue
Speer
Internal Revenue Bureau
Wash
Ington
Payne Tone Lata Ie Wee
Tas Collectivis
Freak
Serapline
Aurumdeen
Frankfort
Amusalapa
Giana
Gaal
Martes
J. F. Speer
Berean
Spiex
Joshua
Kabab
Jericho
Diod
Moses
Israel
Goda
Jehovah
Nouthing
Lady Leighton
Edna Garwood
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