Crop prospects glow as weather aids West Virginia crops
The 1833 West Virginia crop outlook, based on a joint report by State Commissioner J. B. McLoughlin and H. Co. R. Stewart, notes wheat at 82 percent condition with 13 bushel yield per acre from 192,000 acres, rye at 84 percent for 11 bushels per acre, and hay benefiting from heavy spring rains. Pastures rise to 88 percent while fruit prospects improve with apples at 62 percent, cherries 56 percent, and peaches three times last year’s volume. Wild blackberries also promising in the state.
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West Virginia
J. B. McLoughlin
H. Co. R. Stewart
Pinhandle
Woodsmen Picked for Reforestation Camps in West Virginia
Five experienced woodsmen from Kanawha Boone Logan and Raleigh counties led Charleston last night for Enos Kentucky to join Civilian Conservation Corps camps. They will instruct younger recruits after physical exams by Dr. D M Post of Morgantown. Beginning June 22 the government will select 380 veterans in West Virginia for reforestation.
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Kanawha
Boone
Logan
Raleigh
Charleston
Enos
Civilian Conservation Corps
D. M. Post
Morgantown
Wife for Sale in New Jersey Farm Marriage Saga
Norah Oliver, jobless in a penniless family, answers a personal ad and marries Barry Dunsmuir to support her widowed mother and invalid father. They relocate to Foxaway New Jersey where Norah experiences a rebirth amid a frigid, mythic farm setting and a hopeful, secretive union.
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Norgh Oliver
Keith
Eve
Norah
Barry Dunsmuir
New Jersey
Foxawey
Sassoon
Noreh
Olivers
Foxaway
Norah Makeing
Barry
Hobart
Keith Salls
Guetamala
Hardy
Pauline Taft
Back in that mood again a letter from Hobart inspires memory
The writer recalls mornings in a kitchen at dawn with a view from windows, Pauline sleeping near the woodshed, and her comfort being a mite. They describe daily routines, pie and bread gifts from Pauline’s mother, and plans to tidy the house room by room. The uncle’s study is converted into a workroom for the recipient.
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Norah
Foxaway
Pauline
Hardy
Dr. Duns
Notah
New York
Eve
Pauling
Harry
Hobart
Mother
Quivering nerves promise of Lydia E. Pinkham remedy
An old advertisement extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a solution for nervous tension and fatigue. It claims 98 out of 100 women report benefit and urges readers to obtain the medicine from their druggist to regain energy and a sense life.
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Lydia EB. Pinkham
Parlor Reflections and Sudden Loss After Mild Days
An excerpt recalls a lovely parlor scene with all comforts, contrasted by a late afternoon walk from the Kleisers where a mother dies suddenly, following a prior event with Bessy. The tone blends domestic warmth with abrupt tragedy from a single, poignant moment.
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Kleisers
Bessy
Village whispers thread through a wartime era tale
An excerpt recalls family ties and village intrigue as references to a cousin living with relatives, a interrupted engagement, and a romantic elopement unfold. The narrator mentions hearing peepers by a pond and vividly notes red willows on a bright day, signaling a continuation of Kathleen Norris's 1933 fiction excerpt.
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Kathleen Norris
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