Recruits Trek West Amid Rail Car Troubles
A long June 1898 westward train carries volunteers bound for the Pacific. Corporal Connelly disciplines Foster and Murray over money and liquor as recruits board a crowded diner car. An officer on the platform spots a handsome recruit amid farewells before the train departs.
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Promitory
Spain
Ogen
Union Pacific
Denver & Io Grande
Paific
Oakland Pier
Salt Lake Valley
Iowa
Jim
Nebraska
Colorado
Sena
Southern Pacific
Mellen
Murray
Foster
Connelly
Sia
Ark
Tumblein
Vrakeman
Denver
Sacramento
Bunco Clergyman Exposed by Fraudulent Letter Scheme
A man used a stamped letter signed by a Massachusetts clergyman to beguile a local resident. He carried an eight dollar check and a memorandum book listing four column entries for multiple pastors with notes like easy mark and no good. The ruse spanned three years and depended on swapping identities.
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Massachusets
David M. Steele
Ladies’ Home Journal
New York
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Smoothing the Soil For cabbage planting add boards with springs
Instructions describe smoothing soil before sowing cabbage using two 3x1 foot boards joined ends and strapped with barrel staves as springs. Center cleats on each board support a six foot board laid across and nailed in place to create a smoothing implement.
Soil Mellower and Field Smoothing for Seed Broadcast
Practical notes describe using a beveled underboard and a long wire to steady a soil smoothing implement. Standing on the board makes the device penetrate to the desired depth, yielding a smooth field for broadcast sowing. The piece cites a cabbage seeding success as proof of efficiency.
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G. L. Slade
Pity He Didn't Cain Had Original Brand Not Patented
A Philadelphia Bulletin quips that Cain possessed the original brand yet failed to patent it, suggesting missed legal protection or recognition.
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Cain
Philadelphia Bulletin
Siphon For The Farm Describes A Five Year System
Rufus R Libbey explains a home built siphon using 3?8 inch galvanized pipe with lead threads to create an airtight lift from a well to a trough 100 yards away and 64% feet below the water level. The design features a fill valve at A and a lower feed valve at B plus a vertical chamber C L with copper soldered joints and a steam valve S for safety, delivering about four gallons per minute from 61% feet head.
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Rufus R. Libbey
Ohio
How Fine Butter Is Made In Dairy and Creamery
Advice on dairy husbandry emphasizes cow selection and breeding, clean stables, careful milking, and prompt milk handling to prevent odor contamination. It recommends straining milk with a cheesecloth filter and proper crosswise milking for higher yield. Tasmanian saw and ax contests are noted as popular pastimes.
Western Canada offers unmatched sport and land abundance
A reader extols Western Canada as ideal for farming and hunting. The article highlights ducks, geese, elk, wapiti, deer, moose, and waterfowl along plains and lakes, plus nearby farms for butter and eggs. It notes settlement details via Canadian Government agents advertised elsewhere.
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Canada
First Milk Dealers Clash Over Ice Cold Milk
In a spirited exchange reported by the Ohio State Journal two milk dealers argue about ice use. One accuses the other of watering milk while the second defends using ice to chill the product.
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Ohio State Journal
The Queer Thing About It Quote in Philadelphia Record
The Philadelphia Record notes a wry remark about speech revealing thought. A man often speaks before thinking and expresses his true views in the moment.
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Philadelphia Record
Magistrate Faces Othello Moniker Mix Up in Adultery Case
A frail wife sues for non support in Magistrate Brain's court. She says her jealous husband Johnson refused to support her after another man showed attention. The magistrate asks the man his reply. a nearby policeman reveals his actual name is Johnson, not Othello, sparking confusion.
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Brain
Othello
Johnson
N. Y. Sun
Painter Confirms Oil Colors Calm Turbulent Seas
In Stray Stories a curious exchange shows a lady pressuring an artist about stormy seas. The painter explains oil paint cannot depict a real storm as waves calm when he starts applying color, making the sea appear tranquil like a duck pond.
Fat Lady on a Bicycle Delights Europe’s Royal Crowd
A local amusement resort lecturer recalls the famed fat lady who performs daily on a stationary bicycle. He weeps as he recounts her appeal before Europe’s monarchs, noting the Prince of Wales’ friend admired her, before Queen Victoria’s motherly protest. The scene ends with all in tears.
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Mademoiselle
Europe
Prince of Wales
America
Queen Victoria
Boston
When the Dead Awake Feigning Life in Strange Incidents
A London paper notes cases where bodies appeared alive. It tells of a Russian cemetery wedding at a grave, a cyclist dead at the finish line winning a prize in Australia, and a sealed ship’s deckhand dead at the wheel steering a derelict ship for days after abandonment.
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London
Australia
James Somerville
Ariets
British Columbia
Ariens
General Siglin
San Francisco
Alaska
Fodder Tree from the Adriatic Becomes Cattle Feed Source
From Lissa in the Adriatic agents report cuttings of St. John's bread a leguminous fodder tree suited to dry calcareous soils. It yields pods used for cattle feed and by brewers distillers. Trees begin bearing at 15 years producing 450 to 650 pounds per tree and on Lissa pods are valued at 5 50 to 8 50 per annual.
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Lissa
Adriatic
Agricultural Department
St. John’s
Porto Rico
Hawaii
N. Y. Sun
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Hall & Ruckel
Interstate Physicians League
U.S.A
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Miss Good
Mrs. Pinkham
Miss Pearl Goop
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Yestar Way
Seattle
Wask
Miss Pearl Goon
Yeslar Way
Wash
Miss Pearl Good
National City Bank
Lynn
Mass
Abere
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Long Island
New York City
Island
S Lom Island Railroad
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Long Island City
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