Runaway Boy Becomes Illustrator of Brunswick Scandals
A runaway farm boy, James, recounts his mistreatment by guardian Mr. Rawson in Brunswick. After a series of robberies by a con man dubbed Professor Darling, the duo collapses the crime ring when Darling is captured in a barn, confessing his crimes. James is exonerated, returns to work at Rawson’s store, and remains in town years later.
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Brunswick
Jacob Raweon
Rawson
Lie
Hin
Delig Rawson
James
Felson
Ber
Mr. Rawson
Jacob
Jim
Ekbels
Rll
Professor Darling
Miss Rawson
Understanding clothing sizes by inches across garments
A note clarifies that sizes vary by item with specific inch measures. Coats use one inch per size while underwear uses two inches, socks one inch, collars half inch, shirts differing, shoes one sixth inch, pants one inch, gloves quarter inch, and hats one eighth inch. The article cites the Saint Louis Republic.
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Louia Republic
Jowettan Master’s Quirky Wine Party Tale
A humorous reminiscence recalls a Baliol master famed for sympathy with undergraduates. The Bursar once pointed to a youth who, after a wine party, climbed a tree in a surplice. The master remarked he saw a white bird in the branches.
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Jenkyns
Baliol
Bursar
Ben Francisco Argonant
Woman's world in paragraphs highlights wealthy Mrs Green and women in business
A column extols Hetty Green as a shrewd financier who built a fortune of 50 million from a 4 million inheritance. It celebrates women investors and workers, citing Anna Austin, Robert B. Holmes, Jessie Colson, Lucy Stone’s cremation, and E M Jones as judge, arguing women can learn and succeed in business.
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Lillian Russell
Namue
Tett
Alice Sha
New York
Baltimore
Hetty Green
Massachusetts
Wall Street
Mrs. Green
Charles Egbert Craddock
Anna Austin
Pleasanton
Kan
Robert B. Holmes
New York City
Jessie Colson
Woodstown
New Jersey
Lucy Stone
E. M. Jones
Canada
Exiza Archard Conner
Subsoiler Idea Promises Deep Moisture Reservoir for Farms
The article argues a new subsoiler can create a two foot deep underground moisture and fertilizer reservoir. It claims reduced weed growth, cooler surface soil, and better rainfall condensation, replacing the mold board plow and easing cultivation in wet spells. It describes using a rolling cutter and light equipment to avoid clogging and to manage surface residues efficiently.
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Goodby
Russian thistle spreads across vast prairie and threatens farms
The Russian thistle spreads over 46 000 square miles with 10 to 15 miles yearly growth. It covers over 1 000 000 acres of wheat land, causing estimated losses of 2 000 000 dollars in a single week and 4 500 000 dollars in a year. Senator Hansbrough seeks a digging scheme to exterminate it while a Dakota sheep grower casts it as forage and a potential blessing.
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Agricultural Department
Congress
Hansbrough
Dakota
Roberts
Mr. Roberts
Homemade harrow praised for weed control and soil mellowing
Practical Farmer endorses a homemade harrow to kill weeds and loosen loamy surface soil. It uses four planks and crosspieces with 20 penny spikes and chains for an evener. A pink sport of white plume celery is expected to be introduced soon pleasing celery growers.
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M. Quad
Wets
Faanla
Opyrixbt
Neeve
Edgar Toomas
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