Their First Vacation
Two elderly sisters Mindy and Jane face eviction from their home after the church forecloses their mortgage. A ministering path leads them from fear to a Boston theater visit where they befriend Mrs. Vandemere and share heartfelt memories of a vulnerable companion. The theater encounter culminates in a reunion with the sisters’ benefactors and a pledge of home.
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Mill Village
Mindy
Jane
Boston
Poston
Fiy
Mrs. Vandemere
Vandemere
Goodbys
Tom
God
Jone’s endorsement of Sloan’s Liniment for knee injury
Baldwin and L. L. Jones report using Sloan’s Liniment for a knee sinew injury above the knee cap from a fall. They claim it allowed a return to work in under three weeks and express great satisfaction with the results.
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Sloan
G. G. Jones
Baldwin
L. L
Dichotomy term used in medical press for fee split
The phrase arises from a botanical term borrowed by the U S medical press to describe a surgeon or specialist fee shared with the recommending practitioner. This usage frames a form of illicit business within medical referrals.
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United States
Landon Hospital
Reckoning the Cost of Keeping Farm Machinery Under Cover
A Miransar Farmer correspondent argues sheltering implements is overrated as lumber and shed interest exceed equipment depreciation. The paper counters that on160acre Kansas farms equipment averages about 1.50 per dollar? and depreciation from weather ranges 10-20 percent yearly. A $100 shed shields $1,000–$1,500 worth of gear, with cheaper options still beneficial.
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Miransar
Kansas
Growing Oats in the Cotton Belt and Its Profit
A. G. H. Alford argues oats can outperform corn for feed and soil benefits in the cotton belt. From Oct 1 to Nov 15 is ideal sowing time, with oats providing grazing, humus, and cover. experiments at Baton Rouge show strong gains in pigs and sheep, and a six to seven cent per pound value for lamb gains.
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Baton Rouge
Poland
China
Flour barrel coop offers cheap roomy chicken housing
A Farm and Fire side article provides an illustration and instructions for converting a flour barrel into a chicken coop. A simple frame is built with four boards and uprights 6 by 24 to form the front, making a roomy, inexpensive shelter for poultry.
Building a Simple Chicken Barrel Run System
Instructions describe constructing a ventilation proof chicken barrel run using a 2 by 20 inch frame attached to a barrel front with wire mesh door slots. A half inch mesh window wire panel provides ventilation, rainproof roofing, optional paint, and movable runs secured by ground stakes to deter crows and protect chicks.
Crops and Critters Grow Legumes for Soil Health
Grow more leguminous crops and keep animals to consume these plants. This practice builds soil quality and increases farm profits.
What the Lawyers Tell Us
Legal guidance outlines liability for vicious animals when owners know of their character and ratification of agent acts in business purchases. It notes disease liability from food sold via middlemen and recommends written rental contracts to prevent misunderstandings, contrasting with weaker oral agreements.
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E. D. Keyes & Co
Vernus Union Pacific ‘En Company
Atlantic
Noyes
Federal District Court
New York
Man chases burglar in funny town encounter
A Cincinnati Times-Star correspondent recounts Jim Smith waking to a tinkling in his front room. He pursued a burglar with a six shooter, both fleeing into the street until police detained them. The burglar was discharged after a court ruling that Smith could not be certain in identification. Smith spent the night jailed for carrying an unlicensed revolver, bound over to the grand jury.
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Cincinnati Times-Star
New York
Jim Smith
Mr. Smith
Smith
Lands of Our Forefathers by Edward Everett
Edward Everett expresses deep reverence for his native land while honoring England as cradle of free principles and birthplace of his forefathers. He contrasts patriot devotion with admiration for Italy Greece and Shakespeare and Milton as embodying his ancestral heritage.
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Edward Everett
England
Italy
Greece
Shakespeare
Milton
Heavy Coal Producers in Pennsylvania Anthracite
The 1911 anthracite industry shows concentration in few mines with over 100000 tons, 87.2 percent of output from mines over 200000 tons, 168 such mines averaging 444697 tons each. 1910 had 157 mines in the 200000-ton class averaging 419035 tons. 1909 had 170 mines averaging 386688 tons.
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Pennsylvania
Geological Survey
The Hohenzollerns Rise From Thassilo to European Thrones
The Hohenzollern dynasty traces to Thassilo who built Hohenzollern Castle around 800. Frederick of Nuremberg became Elector of Brandenburg in 1417. The Prince of Hohenzollern abdicated for Prussia in 1849. Charles son of Charles Anthony was elected Prince of Roumania in 1866. Leopold was nominated for Spain in 1870 but withdrew amid Franco Prussian tensions.
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House of
Abalone Meat In Demand Amid Southern California Trade
Dried and smoked abalone meat, cured in southern California fishing ports, is bought by Oriental importers at high prices. Some lots fetch as much as 300 dollars per ton. Divers are hired to harvest mollusks and return them to surface.
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California
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Anna A. Greenleaf
Henry A. Woess
Somerset St
Plainfield, N. J
Sloan’s
J. T. Redman
W.M.D
W. R. Massey & Son
Covington, Ind
Colorado
Burke Potter
Peyton, Colo
Rock Island
H. M. Coe
L. M. Allen
Debe Scbeation
South
Weil
G. H. Alford
Ttic Service Bureau
Flour Barrel Coop
Coor
The
Hohenzollerns
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