Neglected Bayberries and the Old Harvest Laws
A historical note on bayberry gathering once common along Connecticut highways. Towns regulated harvests with fines for violations as wax from the berries fed candle-making and medicinal salves. The piece recalls past abundance, today rare pickers, and memories of bayberry lore along Branford and Hartford routes.
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Connecticut
Branford
Maduy
Theenford Dow
Guether
Peple
Bayherrs
Lartford Courant
Dangerous Fish Like Devils Rays and Swordfish
A London Answers summary notes dangerous sea creatures including the devilfish, a massive green Bermuda grouge, and the swordfish. The devilfish can reach 3000 pounds with a barbed tail spike and has attacked boats. A Bermuda green grouper-like fish is described as savage, while swordfish are pursued for oil and flesh and can turn violently when attacked.
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cAtlande
Aransas Pass
Texas
Leite
Bermuda
Negro Loutman
United States
London
Hindoo Learns English By Dressing As European
A prisoner in Calcutta was caught sending a wall inscription into the Chowringhee compound dressed in a full European suit. The man, Lohant, had on a white shirt with studs, black socks, boots, a red tie, handkerchief, a watch, and even a cap. He claimed his aim was to learn English and to begin by dressing in the master’s clothes, an idea noted by the Bombay Advocate.
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Calcuta
Selib
Bombay
Hudin
Nests of the Golden Eagle and their multiple sites
A London Saturday Review excerpt notes that golden eagle pairs commonly use two or more nesting sites over years, with one pair preferring a single undisturbed cavern nest high on a limestone cliff. The author describes the sheer rock face and talus, depicting the difficult approach to the nest.
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London Saturday Review
University of Paris Doctoral Requirements Described
The University of Paris outlines steps for the Doctor's degree in letters and science. Candidates must hold the lower degree, submit two theses on different questions, answer questions or objections, pay a fee, and present 100 printed copies. The letters degree requires one Latin and one French thesis. science demands original research. theology uses oral and written exams.
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University of Paris
Scientifc
Schoo! Bulletin
Mistaken Identity Tommy Comes to Pinecrest Summer House
Mrs Vaughn faces a quandary when Aunt Mary North asks to leave her stepson Tommy at Pinecrest for the summer. Madge, preparing a quiet season, finds herself hosting an eight year old boy amid worries of uprooting routine. Tommy arrives, claiming kin with Dr. North, and Madge discovers the boy is real.
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Mary
Mr. North
North
Pinecrest
Madge
Aunt Mars
Jommy
Elin
Teall
Tami
Madec
Mars
Jim
Madee
St. Lawrence
Aloug
Pinecroft
Daffy
Miss Vangho
Madge Vaughn
Dr. North
Tom North
Tommy
Tommy North
Trees and Fools John Muir Quote
The passage echoes John Muir’s warning that while nature endures through droughts floods and tempests fools destroy trees. It laments human folly in preventing reforestation and contrasts centuries of growth with brief human lifespan and reckless action. Only collective stewardship can save forests.
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Sierra
Uncle Sam
John Muir
California
Out of the Schoolroom says Cary sisters and Whitler
A schoolboy recalls the Cary sisters as Massachusetts poets who spent time in New York making many friends, naming John G Whitler as their closest. He also cites a pupil’s take on Longfellow at the centennial, noting his poems are mostly self composed and that he let others do the talking.
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Cary Sisters
New England
Massachusetts
New York
John G. Whittler
Longfellow
Forryett
Lippincott
Bungle’s Bad Break
Mr Bungie shows sympathy as a passerby, Bungie jokes about a friend Jones fearing brain trouble. Jones hot foots it to a specialist, while Bungie dismissively quips that nerves over nothing are no worry, ending with a curt farewell.
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Bungle
Mr. Bungie
Jones
Bungie
Mr. Bungle
Mr. Jones
Teaching the Drummer in the Old Navy
A naval tale describes drum heads being exchanged for new as worn articles were brought to the mast. The drummer requests many drum heads and the commodore, growing angry, shouts to drum all over the drum rather than in the middle of the performance.
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Wateh
Plants That Hate One Another in English Fields
The article notes a long standing belief that thistles and rape do not coexist. It claims that if a field is infested with thistles that regrow yearly, sowing rape will kill the thistles. The passage presents this as a known English plant rivalry and remedy.
The Judge's Advantage Remark Echoes in Print
A Kansas City Independent line notes a judge has the advantage of trying in every case, while the Washington Star adds that the unspoken word can’t start a quarrel, implying regret for missed opportunities to speak up.
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Kansas City
Washington Star
Winter Butterflies
Hardy brood survives winter cold as angle wings or thaw butterflies. They endure snow and cold by hibernating as both chrysalis and mature butterflies, waking in milder spells to sun near their resting places.
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St. Nicholas
Courting Death The Work Of Mounted Police In Northwest
An article extols caution for Canadian Northwest Mounted Police, noting officers must avoid firing first and may die if necessary. It discusses pursuit, geography aids, and survival lore, with sayings on using natural signs like spider webs, tree orientation, gum, and moss to navigate and locate escape routes.
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Mounted Police of
Canada
Northwest
Cy Warman
Sunday Magazine
Dominion
Hawaiian Edict Converts Nation by Edict
A Kamehameha king declared all Hawaiians Christians after a royal order, noting the rifle’s superiority to clubs and that Christians invented it. He proclaimed conversion with swift enforcement and warned of immediate action for resisters, as reported by the New York World.
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Hawaikis
New York World
What He Had Done
A Parisian aboard a steamer responds to a neighbor's breakfast question with tact and restraint, noting he has not eaten and that the situation is opposite to expectations as he sinks pale into his chair in a humorous, lighthearted vignette from Everyman's Magazine.
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Fle
Monsieur
Favorite Prescription for nursing mothers and women
An anti overwork remedy ad touts Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a lifesaver for nursing mothers and women with fatigue headaches, back pain, menstrual issues, and prolapse. It promotes strength and nourishment for mother and baby, claims alcohol free formula, and invites readers to request a free booklet for composition and endorsements.
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Ife
Pierce
Plerea
R. V. Pierce
Tinttalo
N. Y
Blockaded kidneys claim lasting cure by Doan’s pills
Denton readers urged to treat kidney pain with Doan’s Kidney Pills citing Mrs. Martha A. Meekins of Cambridge Maryland who says two boxes cured a long severe kidney complaint after bedrest and hemorrhages. The ad claims a 1903 statement and a 1907 confirmation with Doan’s sold nationwide by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo price 50 cents.
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Dean
Martha A. Meekins
Choptank Avenue
Locust Street
Cambridge
Donn
Hegan
Postponed sale at Tuckahoe Station on stormy day
Postponed sale scheduled for Friday January 24 at the undersigned home in Tuckahoe Station, now to begin at 10 o'clock a m. Items include five rocking chairs one sofa six dining room chairs one organ stoves parlor stands bedsteads dresser glass 8 foot extension table cupboards sewing machine and other household articles as listed.
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Tuckahoe Station
Real Estate Auction Notice in Denton Maryland
By virtue of a mortgage and successive assignments dating back to 1598 and later transfers through Maloney Neal and Misber the property in Carole County is offered at public auction. The sale will be held in front of the Court House in Denton Maryland to the highest bidder.
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Willian I. Wilmer
Frances A. Wilmer
Rober H W. Maloney
Robert J. Maloney
Todward W. Neal
Edward W. Neal
T. Ply
Carole County
Court House
Denton
Maryland
Henry R. Lewis
Caroline County
Thomas L. Day
Fred R. Owens
Caroine
William H. Adkins
Circuit Court
John McKnatt
WM. H. Adkins
Thomas L., Day
Jaco E. Ellwanger
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