Bizarre Snuff Box Use Among Icelanders and Odd Telegraph Tales
Extracts describe an Icelandic snuff horn used like a pepper box to lift snuff, with riding at full speed cited as proof of its ease. The piece also parodies telephone delusions about subscribers having multiple unseen “girls,” then a Brieger laboratory anecdote about boiling sausages, followed by a light exchange about a fishing trip and remarks on marital divorce patterns in France.
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Pearson’s Weekly
Brieger
Berlin
Lion
Thes
Ion
Agai
South Wales
Australia
Bogen River
Sein
Indiana
Dix
Pennsylvania
Jack Bates
Enin
Virginia farm fire tragedy and a daring rescue
Horace Wilson and son Harry travel to a Virginia farmhouse to aid Ellen and her father after a fire breaks out. Ellen dies in the blaze while saving Snarly the dog, costing Wilson a lifetime of guilt and prompting a poignant moment of loyalty and loss.
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Father
New York
Harry
Ellen
Lan
Mr. Wilson
Eilen
Wilson
Horace Wilson
Boston Globe
Fairy Tale Met With Wealth and Woe From Sparrow Tongue
A Japanese folk tale tells of a sparrow with a talking tongue punished by a cruel woman. The sparrow leads the grateful old pair to a treasure that brings riches, while the envious neighbor loses all to a curse of evil.
Practical Hints for Early Garden Crops and Farm Work
Lettuce radishes turnips spinach and onions are advised for early yields with soil rich and fine. Early potatoes require good seed and deep prepared furrows. manage manure careful drainage and thorough cultivation. The piece also covers catching runaway horses winter farm work and general poultry and sheep notes with practical tips for sowing, topdressing, and tool care.
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Arly Jersey
Hebron
Poultry World
New Mexico
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Lindy
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Aft ‘Er
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Washington
Alexandria
Henry Brown
Horace
Mise Wilson
Marty Bowe
Amity
Hian
Tras
Aly
Napoleon
France
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Arsene Houssaye
Charles Brayley
Brighton
Mass
Brayley
Wife
Lynn
Ipose
Charles
Waterbury American
the Young Folks’ Corner
Arthur Howlett Coates
St. ‘Nicholas
Lottie
Frank
Dan
Tance
Harper
Equator
Detroit
Equatorial
Africa
Central Africa
Fisei Ag
Cromwell
London Spectator
Cromral
Rset
Simca Gee
United States
Tony Sin Stee
James Buckley
Lombard St
Philadelphia
Ia Deperaia
Bliownee i
Letty Huntley
W. S. Huntley
Corte and
N. Y
Hood
J. Hood & Co
Lowell Mase
Tara
Heennaren
Baty
Deaksinia
J.P. Allen
D Sinn
der Warler Medicine Co
Taney
Sarsaparnia
Sapariia
Cortland
Mies Haatley
Indy
Wat Hood
George Wilkinson
Boschee
Germost
Loure
Oden
Peart
G. Root
Tsaw S.S.S
Montpelier
Ohio
Catarh
Swift
Atlanta
Scott
Bradfield Regulator CO
Atlanta, GA
C. Aden
Esauth Areaeos Frame
Lacon Gay Lette
Andrave von Mowl Coers
Aera
Sorat Crvion and Medicine CO
Louie Mas
Druemter
Polis
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