Witch Hazel A Thanksgiving Story in Cloverton
Hazel Atherton known as Witch Hazel broods over a hurt ego at Cloverton's Thanksgiving Eve party. A last minute plan by Callie Ashton and Miss May Moneypenny unfolds into generosity as Hazel’s rival is welcomed, changing Hazel’s heart and teaching a lasting lesson in kindness.
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Eied
Paris
Fashon Bazar
Hazel Atherton
Debby
Noddy
Hazel
Tory
Satan
Sonia
Riverton
Frank Kinnard
Cloverton
Hael
Dornier
Callie
Miss May Moneypenny
Callie Ashton
Farmlands Teach Thoughtful Plans in Sheep and Lamb Care
A series of farm notes urges farmers to abandon rote methods and plan ahead. Roberts recalls burnout from unplanned work and advocates thinking first, then labor. Lambs require careful feeding to build vitality, with extra attention for weaklings and smaller flocks. Breeders' Gazette insights stress proactive breeding and management.
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P. Roberts
Tess
Records Key to Profitable Dairy Returns, Devéreux Says
In a letter to Hoard's Dairyman A Devéreux of Deposit emphasizes precise record keeping for dairy cows. His herd of about seventy yields varied profits among groups from extra butter cows to poor cows, with averages of fifty dollars, twenty four dollars, and negative amounts per cow, underscoring that without records the venture would be guesswork.
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Hoard
A. Devéreux
Deposit
Der
Livestock Feeding and Breeding Notes From Country Gentleman
Articles discuss space needs for stock in stables, and an edible flaxseed milk jelly diet for young colts to aid growth. Humor and caution about profitability in livestock ventures, with advice on weaning a colt by halter training and gradual separation from its dam.
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D. W. Smith
Spectacles: rising use to cure eye defects in children
The article discusses increasing popularity of glasses for children to correct farsightedness and other eye problems, noting early misperceptions and social reactions. It explains how spectacles can fix vision, with some readers requiring glasses from youth through life and the importance of eye care.
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Chile
Eve Oy Im
Ates Pocea
Etiquette of the Sea and the Great Pyramid Tale
A Boston Herald piece traverses maritime etiquette aboard ships from East Indian clipper to liner, recounting Cape Cod fog encounters between Calcutta bound for Boston and Gloucester bound for New Bedford, then shifts to an account of climbing the Cheops pyramid with Arab guides, describing the ascent, interior chambers, and the colossal monument built by ancient laborers under guards.
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Boston Herald
Atlantic Ocean
China
East Indies
Cape Cod
New York Tribune
Cordwood Coaster
Calcutta
Boston
Gloucester
New Bedford
Great
Pyramid of
Cheops
Cigar Offer Sparks Curious Exchange in Letter Snippet
A fragmentary note describes A. visite B. offering a cigar and remarking on the friend’s response as they discuss cigars. The passage hints at social interactions centered on smoke and ceremony within a room.
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A. Visite B
The Pyramids and Their Place in Ancient World
The article surveys the pyramids of Gizeh near Cairo as relics of a vanished Nile civilization. It contrasts monumental geometry with lacking artistic form and notes pyramids’ towering scale, surpassing Gothic spires, while describing the desert, date palms, and burial grounds surrounding the site.
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Harper's Weekly
Jerusalem
Rome
Athens
Nile
Gizeh
Cairo
Desert
Cheops
Japanese Dentists Exceedingly Barehanded Tooth Extraction
The St Louis Globe Democrat recounts an episode in Japan where dentists pull teeth with thumb and forefinger rather than forceps. A minister recalls watching a 12 year old apprentice practice on pegs, explaining that with training the boy would master pulling molars by hand.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Wille Jolly - Dick Hubbard
Japan
Uncle Sam
Children of the Orient
Minister Hubbard
Green Marriage Customs Warn Of Odd Rite In Russia
A historical note describes enduring Russian marriage customs including a race down the aisle by bride and groom. The belief holds that the first to place a fool on the floor becomes master of the house, reflecting regional traditions in a Mona Caird era context.
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Russia
The Place that Sought the Man Epitaph Story
A Portland Transcript note tells of an incorrigible political office seeker who died and asked a famous journalist for a tombstone epitaph. The journalist drafted Here Lies John Jones In the Only Place for Which He Never Applied but the line was not used.
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Portland Transcript
John Jones
A Very Bad Steer at Westminster Church Service
In Westminster Connecticut a steer interrupted a church service by crashing through the door and trotting up the aisle with the door hanging on its hindquarters.
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Westminster
Conn
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Witch Hazel
L. H. Granger
Breeders’ Gazette
Professor Roberts
Shipe
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