Nameless Warship Mystery Unfolds From Martin Hall Manuscript
The narrator recalls a perilous voyage as a yacht burns and a famed brasslike cruiser, gleaming in a moonlit sea, vanishes. He discovers a manuscript by Martin Hall detailing a detective’s rise, global postings, and a legendary South American battleship built of goldlike metal.
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John
Avbot
Iles
Axp Ilse Purrosr
Mark Strang
Martin Hall
Imeore
Ileal
Liverpool
America
Cape
Rome
Naples
Genoa
Amerea
Australia
Stoke-Hole
London
Admiralty
Ftander
Italy
Eposia
Thad
Signor Verula
New York
Verala
Giovanni
Spexia
Signor Veazin
The Crow and the Farmer's Friend or Foe
A discussion on crows as crop pests and nest robbers, noting they harm poultry by stealing eggs and feed. Practical tips include nest placement, guarding strategies, and occasional shooting to deter crows. Also covers farm advice from Inland Poultry Journal on poultry care and breeding.
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Inland Poultry Journal
Scientific farming and hog disease prevention
The text urges farmers to use government recommended preparations to prevent hog cholera and swine plague, detailing a mixture with wood charcoal sulfur and salts, plus daily dosing per weight and constant access to charcoal or ashes. It argues prevention is easier than cure and promotes sanitation and proper feeding as key to hog health. It also stresses the importance of chemistry to farming and the need for cooperation between scientific and practical farmers for feeding humanity.
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Algo
Brudy
Applying Manure to Land Prefers Immediate Spreading
Hoard's Dairyman advises farmers to spread manure directly from the stable to fields rather than storing it. Fermentation causes nitrogen loss as gas, so distributing manure promptly minimizes losses and preserves value, with nitrogen worth about fifteen cents per pound in fertilizer terms.
Where is the sire and how to manage a valuable boar
A Northwest Agriculturist excerpt advises locating the sire and avoiding overfeeding. It stresses exercising a rested, expensive boar to keep him vigorous, preventing fattening before sale. The text warns against overfeeding to enhance appearance and suggests timely care to preserve monetary value. It ends with an unrelated home remedy for roup involving coal inhalation.
Danger from old scrapbooks spreads dust and illness
A Good Housekeeping note warns scrapbooks harbor dust and trigger sneezing, colds, and hay fever. It cites trouble from pasted double-sided pages and ornate bindings left accessible, recommending fumigation, rebound, carbolized paste on one side, glass covers, and paper covers while not discouraging scrapbooking.
Pembroke Builds World’s Largest Egg Incubator
A new incubator at Pembroke, N. has been completed as the world’s largest. It holds 15,000 eggs and performs the work of 1,000 hens or of one hen sitting non stop for ten years.
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Pembroke
Three Girls Race Tokios Horses. One Wins
Three girls rode horses in recent Tokio races with one rider taking the win. The other two riders also performed well, delivering solid showings in the event.
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Tokio
Woman's health remedies advertised in 19th century text
An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription for female illnesses with symptoms like headache, dizziness, and pelvic discomfort. It claims alcohol-free glyceric root extracts, FDA‑like endorsements, and urges buyers to trust the well proven composition over substitutes. Also mentions Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as the original Little Liver Pills.
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Palvia
Falntapolis
Pierce
Dr. Pierce
To Wank Carpet
Instructional note on cleaning an ingrain carpet by loosening coils, agitating with hot soap suds, wringing through a machine, rinsing, and finishing with salt to set color before drying. Mentions Albanor 1, Perice.
Summer Hien and the Babblebed Maid Tale
A fragmentary verse sketch depicts Summer Hien lying beside a babbilug with a pretty summer maid reading an open book. A sunshade rests by her side, a rose lies on her bosom, she holds a fan, and a neat young man sits at her feet in a suggestive pastoral image.
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Iessel
Pasa
Tim
Dan
Martin Hull
Mloid
Martin Dan
Jashes
Aaid Dan
Martin Mab
la France
Roderick
Mary
Martin Mall
The Principal Villains and a Playwright Joke
A dialogue fragment features a child asking who a man is and a father replying that a playwright is a man who makes a play all wrong. The text mentions King Alfonso as the best of the royal rulers of Europe.
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Will Borns
Alfonso
Europe
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