Drummers and the Wolf of Napoleonic Retreat
In the Russian winter retreat, two French boys Jean Petoir and Antoine Savary join Napoleon’s army as a drummer and a fifer. Surrounded by wolves at a snow-bound hut, they defend against a pack with drum music and musket fire, keeping the door as wolves claw from roof and door. The scene centers on courage, cold, and the wolves closing in on the young soldiers.
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Napoleon
France
Jean Petoir
Antoine Savary
Yonne
Russia
Jean
Antoine
Moscow
Czar
Prince Murat
Wolf, Cossacks, and the Great Army Rescue
In a harsh winter retreat, Jean and Antoine battle wolves assaulting their hut door. A lone drum and a fife summon distant horsemen who turn out to be Cossacks. The Cossacks free the boys, who survive the French retreat and later recount brave moments in Napoleon’s ill fated campaign.
St Louis and the Mississippi River Trade Spirit
St Louis stands as the Mississippi valley hub where southern commerce thrives while northern rush fades. The city’s famed timeliness and courtesy, shown to a drummer awaiting a steamer, embody its bond with the market and a future limited only by Mississippi development.
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St. Louis
Mississippi
Chicago
Lakes
New York
John Swain
Ainslee’s
New Orleans
Crescent City
T. Louis
South
The Valley of Decision’s Echoes in Wharton Tale
A man spends life wishing for different lives. On death he is joined by spectral doubles, each imitating another possible path. They answer his inquiry by stating they are the different lives he might have led, revealing a meditation on choices and fate.
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Edith Wharton
Valley of Décigion
Early muskmelons and cowpeas in northern farming notes
The article details methods for growing early muskmelons in hotbeds and glass houses with bottomless boxes, soil preparation, and temperature. it notes damping off fungus risks and remedies. It also discusses cowpeas varieties for the North, recommending early types for seed and later types for pasture, plus efficient seed bed preparation and clover seeding practices for wheat crops.
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New Yorker
New York
New Jersey
Desirable Porage Crop For Late Summer Mix Of Corn And Beans
Hatch station recommends a corn and soy bean mixture as a late summer fodder crop for the last ten days of August and early September. Medium early corn, including Canada or Longfellow varieties, combines with medium green soy beans. Plant May 15 and June 5. harvest begins Aug 20 to early September. Yield near twelve tons per acre, about 3600 pounds digestible material. Fodder corn alone also makes good green feed.
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Amsenchuse
Canada
The Cooling Moth and Garden Notes for Growers
The article analyzes the codling moth as a major apple pest, noting spraying controls, life cycle details, and natural predators like birds. It also provides farm and garden notes on soil, planting timelines, mulching, tomatoes, lettuce, and herbs, plus a discussion on alfalfa yield and muskmelon quality and marketing proximity.
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Oregon
Willamette Valley
Corvallis
Public Local Law for Denton Denton Town Boundaries and Tax Officers
Maryland General Assembly enacts to repeal and re enact sections of Article Six Caroline County Denton Sub title Denton and add two new sections 104 F and 104 G. The act details town boundaries by metes and bounds, eligibility for town elections, appointment of officials including president clerk and bailiff, tax assessment procedures, and collection duties for the town of Denton with limits not exceeding four hundred acres. The measure outlines qualifying voters and annual election timing and oath requirements for election judges.
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Public Local Laws
Caroline County
Denton
General Assembly of
Maryland
T. A
Queen Anne’s
Choptank
United States
Justice of the Peace
Caroline
Denton Town Tax and Penal Provisions Enacted
The act authorizes Denton commissioners to levy taxes, seize and auction nonpayers’ property after notice, and report real estate sales to Caroline County Circuit Court for ratification. It establishes penalties up to fifty dollars for ordinance violations, powers for town officers, and a yearly state grant of two hundred dollars for street repairs. It also allows tax discounts up to five percent and mandates one ten-hour day of labor or substitute payment for all able bodied male residents over twenty-one. The act takes effect upon passage, approved April 1, 1902.
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Circuit Court
Caroline County
Denton
Maryland
John Walter Smith
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Cornell
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Pierce
Golden Medical
Thomas A. Swart
Sub Station Co
Columbia
Dox
Dr. Pierce
G. K. Ebling
Ridgely, Mid
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Stedefo Piltaburg | Safe & Deposit Co
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Candyy
Vn Eee
Ena
Palatabie
Potent
Sure FE Constipation
Ove Diesnog Remedy Company
Chisago
Medires
New Terk
Nevius & Frampton
Landis
Imachinery
Birdsall
Nevius & Frampton, Eneton, Mit
Coulbourn & Noble
J. Uf
Coulbourn
Phiadelphia
M.l.coulbourn
Couthu U & Waller
Philadelphia
Denton Flour Mills
Are
Bran
Frederick Patery, Miller
William Pb Womeray
Avent
Missouri
Smith & Fountain
Wathes
Journal Building
H. Bullock
Denton, Md
Eureka
Standard Oli Company
Harvey M. Thawley
Nenheyrk, Lewis
T. Alan Goldsborougi
Lewis & Goldsborough
Attorneys-At-Law
Caroling
Rambest
Sylvester
Constalr
Denton, Np
Claima
Baltimore
Danton
C. R
Journal
UN Au
E.pratt ST
Dye
Allbuilders
W. J. Wlackiston
Lenton, Md
D. Bercey
Opus Eastoy
Mankyvcanp
Tfnead Piniaer
J Fletcher Clark
Public Local Law
John Hubner
Senate
Noble L. Mitchell
House of Delegates
Benate
Alfred Ritter
The
Beauty
Denton Bridge
M. M. Mowbray
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