Recruits aboard a crowded Pacific train in 1898
A long June Westward journey in 1898 carries troops heading to the Pacific coast. A lone recruit, Foster, clashes with a strict corporal over money and liquor as the crowded train prepares to depart for the diner's section and the rear cars. A young officer arrives to take charge amid shifting allegiances and farewells at the station, while Foster and fellow recruits settle into their new quarters.
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Far Pacific
Sierras
Great Salt Lake
Spain
Ogden
Union Pacific
Denver & Rio Grande
Southern Pacific
Oakland Pier
Salt Lake Valley
Iowa
Jim
Nebraska
Colorado
Rio Grande
Mellen
Murray
Foster
Connelly
Ark
Tumblein
Denver
Sacramento
Olick
Tried to bunco clergyman on forged letter scheme
A man used a stamped letter signed by a Massachusetts clergyman to beguile a church member. The ruse failed after a bank check was cashed and a memo book with names of ministers from multiple cities was found on him. The ledger listed amounts and verdicts like easy mark and not worth the effort.
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Massachusets
David M. Steele
Ladies’ Home Journal
New York
Rev. Co
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Smoothing the Soil With Board Tees
For smoothing soil before sowing cabbage and other seeds use two boards 3x1 feet placed ends together and fastened as a tec with barrel staves as springs. Across the center nail two inch cleats to support a six foot board placed across and nailed to them.
Field Implements and Butter Making Recalled in Old Methods
A reminiscence explains a hoeing and sowing implement with a beveled board to ease soil cutting, plus a five foot wire attached to a whiffle tree for depth control. It notes field smoothing aids broadcast sowing and cites cabbage seed practices. Also describes old butter making in churns with brine washing and drying, yielding prints once cooled.
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G. L. Slade
Pity He Didn't Cain Had Original Brand
A brief item notes Cain owned an original brand but did not patent it, mentioned in the Philadelphia Bulletin.
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Cain
Philadelphia Bulletin
DIY siphon for farm use lifts water from well to trough
Rufus R. Libbey describes a home built siphon using three-quarter inch galvanized pipe to lift water 18 to 22 feet from a well into a trough about 100 yards away and 644 feet below the well water level. The system includes a fill valve at A and a lower feed valve B with float, a vented chamber C L, a top vent D, and a steam valve S for safety, yielding about four gallons per minute with 6% feet head.
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Rufus R. Libbey
Ohio
Life and sport in Western Canada described by a noted traveler
The article extols Western Canada as ideal for farmers and sportsmen, noting abundant game including mallards deer wapiti moose and snipe. It highlights prairie scenery price of eggs butter wildlife districts and easy access to settlements with government land advertisements referenced.
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Canada
How Fine Butter Is Made in Dairy Practices
The article explains that a farmer should share milking duties and improve cows to yield better butter. Emphasizes clean stables and odor-free milk, advises straining and faster setting of milk, and suggests using cheesecloth to filter dirt. Notes crosswise milking to boost yield and mentions Tasmania saw and ax contests as a pastime.
Base Insinuation in Milk Trade Sparks Testy Exchange
In an exchange cited by the Ohio State Journal a milk dealer insists ice is used to chill milk, not dilute it, prompting a pointed dialogue that reveals tension over dairy practices and customer inquiries. The brief quarrel underscores concerns about quality control in early dairy markets.
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Ohio State Journal
The Queer Thing About It Heard At Philadelphia Record
A brief quotation notes that men often reveal their thoughts when speaking without thinking, as observed by the Philadelphia Record in a pithy remark.
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Philadelphia Record
Magistrate Witty Inquiry in Non Support Case
In a magistrate court a frail white woman accused her husband, a strong man, of non support citing jealousy of another man who showed her attention. The magistrate asked the defendant, “Well, Mr. Othello, what have you to say to that?” The arresting officer whispered the name correction: “It’s Johnson.”
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Brain
Othello
Johnson
N. Y. Sun
Stormy sea in oil proves elusive to artist
A lady questions an artist about his marine paintings claiming they always show calm seas. The artist explains that oil paints calm the waves as he outlines a storm on canvas but the painting settles into tranquility once color is spread.
Fat Lady on Bicycle Delights European Royalty
A local amusement venue features a celebrated fat lady performer who showcases on a stationary bicycle. The narrator recalls a tearful moment as he recounts a tale of her attraction to a prince who admired her before Queen Victoria, with the scene ending in emotional acclaim. The column echoes a light anecdote tone with humorous asides about stamps.
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Mademoiselle
Europe
Prince of Wales
America
Queen Victoria
Boston
Feigned Life Among the Dead and the Dying Sailors
A London paper recounts eerie cases where the dead seem to show life and the living feign death. Tales include a Russian cemetery wedding beside a grave, a bicycle race winner dying at the finish, and a derelict ship where a captain perished at the wheel after steering for miles.
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London
Australia
James Somerville
Ariets
British Columbia
Ariens
General Siglin
San Francisco
Alaska
St Johns Bread Trees and Portable Pod Yields Noted
From Lissa, Adriatic, agents report cuttings of St Johns bread, a leguminous tree suited to dry calcareous soils in the south, Porto Rico and Hawaii. It yields large pod crops for cattle feed, used by brewers and distillers, begins at 15 years, 450 to 650 pounds per tree, valued at 5.50 to 8.50 dollars per year.
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Lissa
Adriatic
Agricultural Department
St. John’s
Porto Rico
Hawaii
N. Y. Sun
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J. B. Lippincott Company
Chapter
Panhandlers
Ohio Farmer
SPORT
Western Canada
Tasmania
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Kleptomania
Philadelphia Press
Atchison Globe
Hall & Ruckel
Interstate Physicians League
U.S.A
Lydia E. Pinkham
Miss Good
Mrs. Pinkham
Miss Pearl Goop
Cor
29Th Avenue
Yestar Way
Seattle, Wash
Miss
Miss Pearl Good
Manila
National City Bank
Lynn
Mass
Lupia E
Pinkham Medicine Co
Long Island
New York City
Island
Long Island Railroad CO
H. M. Smith
H. B. Fullerton
Pass. Dep’t
Long Island City
N. Y
Matis van Paes
California Ave
Brooklyn
Ais T
Geo. W. Bow Les, Baird
Cece
Saul
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