The Carpet from Dagdach and a Burmese Affair
Warrington or Paul Ellison travels with a retinue to Rangoon and meets Elsa Chetwood and the consul general’s circle. A web of misinterpretations surrounds Warrington’s past as gambling losses surface. Elsa questions gossip, debates individuality with Craig and Mallow, and confronts her own judgments while a wedding invitation looms and tensions rise in Anglo-Indian society.
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Warrington
Ain Amerie Adventuar
Dumea
Rangoon
Elan Chettwood
Laa
Tuuragoon
Wirerington
Byean
Newell Cras
Leveinda
Craig Neil Tabaine
Ilan
Ramipore
Valde
Craitg
Warerington
Ian
Cele
Ponong
Mallow
Elsa
Drake
Balta
Itthie
Min Mallow
Iaw
Tan
Mr. Warrington
Aorte
Liara
Mar
Afides
James
Poopla
Higa
Bewlderment
Lopeless
Ife
Elsd
Martha
Jaipur
Mir
Tom
Blaa
Alra
Craig
Soodler
Alea
Elag
Tim
Straits Settlement
Surrey
Chetlwood
Cauliflower Duel Leads to Wounding in San Francisco
In a colored quarter near 1273 Turk Street Ulysses Underhill invited friend Michiel Scott to supper. After scolding Scott for not peeling potatoes Underhill struck with two heads of cauliflower and a steak. Scott replied by shooting Underhill in the left thigh and was jailed for assault with a deadly weapon.
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Ulysses Jackson
Underhill
Turk Street
Michiel Scott
Vourbon Place
Scott
Central Margency Hospital
Misto Scote
Misto” Scott
San Francisco Chronicle
Couldn't Foot the Dog in Banger Seeks Honest Meal Trick
A citizen of Banger describes a skye terrier that carries a paper bag to a restaurant for meat. The dog waits for food, but a restaurant trick with potato scraps fooled it until meat was placed in the bag. The terrier then ate and departed.
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Banger
Women Grow Wealthy Garden Crops With Early Seed and Hotbeds
The article argues farm gardens yield over $200 per acre annually, with city dwellers often more successful than farmers. It urges women to lead garden work, improve seed choice and proper fertilizers, and hire help for 3–4 hours weekly. It describes building a hotbed in February using manure, soil, and sash frames, with careful watering and ventilation practices.
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Providence
Essentials for Garden Work by Mrs John Meld
Mrs John Meld offers practical garden tips focused on sun exposure and windbreaks. She recommends planting a hemlock hedge in May, growing perennial crops like asparagus rubarb and strawberries at one end, and grouping root and vine crops. Advice covers soil preparation, use of ashes and fertilizers, fencing to protect the garden, careful timing for plowing, and maintaining heat in hotbeds.
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John
Asparagua
Ussono
Tomato Planting Advice for Home Gardens
A housewife plans to grow a substantial tomato crop and notes that 200 plants would be excessive. She suggests using a packet each of two or three reliable varieties such as Livingstone’s Beauty, Careless, and Boarka Warligna to ensure enough capacity and supply for canning and table use.
Gardening Prep Phrases in Uneven OCR Text
A garbled note reads suggests pulverizing and harrowing soil and pulverizing a coil in a garden. It mentions thorough raking and leveling before planting seeds, but the text is fragmentary and lacks clear details or identities.
Greatly Improved Pepper Varieties Overview
Green peppers grow well in warm ground and come in many improved varieties. New Up right Sweet Salada is bright scarlet, mild and sweet. Magnum Dulew yields the largest peppers and is highly prolific. Ruby King remains a long standing standard but is outclassed by newer types. Chinoss Giant is very large though not as profitable as the top varieties.
Harness Adjustments for Gaited Horses and Collars
Properly attaching collars and harnesses reduces shoulder soreness and neck strain. Accurate alignment prevents gait issues and extends harness longevity through correct adjustments.
Early Hog Pastures for Winter Fodder
Provide early pasture for the sows and their young. Winter rye and rape are as good as alfalfa and are ready when most required.
Peoria Woman Promotes Mayr's Remedy Experience
Peoria woman Mrs. W. L. McClellan relays relief from indigestion gas and stomach pain after trying Mayr's Wonderful Remedy from a drugstore window. She reports immediate progress including a natural bowel movement two days after first dose and urges readers to try the product with a guarantee of satisfaction or money back.
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W. L. McClellan
Peoria
Mayr
Ady
Shocking Judge Learns Agriculture From Farm Arrival
A distinguished US judge buys a farm for his family and tours the grounds with curious pride. He notices the hired man left a patch of ground dry and sarcastically asks for tidier raking. The man answers that the small dribbles are the crop, exposing the judge’s humorous misreading.
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United States
Plan Humane Sunday in May
The American Humane Association asks clergymen nationwide to observe Sunday May 23 as Humane Sunday to highlight protection for suffering children and animals. Dr William C Stillman, president of the association, will distribute literature to interested readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Humane Covociation
Wm. C. Stillman
Albany
Cuticura Mantra and War Quips in Suspect Ad Copy
An advertisement extols Cuticura Soap and Ointment for dandruff and scalp irritation promising a healthy scalp and shiny hair. It offers free samples by mail and a Boston address for Cuticura. The rest contains vague rhetoric about war timing and a cynical quip about people’s mood, then a general reflection on life.
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Boston
Adv
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Dagdach
Bobesatenrill Colifany
Elea
Risa
Botanical Gardens
Mira
Courange
Ragird
Aeso
Anea
Otheing
Irrawaddy
Umea
Rifframtan Parra. & Co
Mir. Warrington
Arthur
Paul Ellison
Gomes
Pash
Isenkina
P. C. Dix
Young Men's Christian Association
Loutaville Times
Warners
Warner's
Remedios Co
Rochaster, NY
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