Famous Old Trees and Historic Elms Across America
A curio of venerable trees ties American history to landmarks from the Penn treaty site in Philadelphia to the Emancipation Oak at Hampton Institute. The piece links each tree to notable events, leaders, and moments, from Washington at Cambridge to battles near Charleston and New Orleans.
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Philadelphia
William Penn
Hartford
Colony of
Connecticut
Fort Wayne
Ind
Little Turtle
Cambridge
Washington
King’s Mountain
South Carolina
Fort Edward
N. C
Jane McCrea
Haveratraw
Hudson
Wayne
Stony Point
Charleston
S. C
Lincoln
Villere’s
New Orleans
Gen. Packenham
Gov. Endicott
Massachusetts
Gov. Stuyvesant
New York
Hampton Institute
Hampton
Newton
Mass
John Eliot
Boston
Burgoyne
Albany
N. Y
Mount Vernon
Palto Alto
Cal
Cary
Alice and
Phoebe Cary
Hamilton Turnpike
College Hill
Mount Pleasant
Hamilton County
Ohio
Those Courteous Dons and the Georgian Passenger
A southern newspaper excerpt contrasts southern Georgia passengers with high class Spaniards noted for bowing on entering and leaving cars. The observer, Mr. Brest-The-Plithy Stanly, wryly comments on cultural etiquette clashes between American crowds and courteous Spaniards in transit.
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Georgia
Simon
Mr. Brest
Inference on Animal Diets and Digestion
A Montreal Herald view emphasizes digestion over mere nutrients in animal feeding. It notes differing stomachs and gut structures among horses, cattle, sheep, and pigs shape appropriate diets and forms. Digestibility governs absorption of proteids fats and carbohydrates, with poor curing or imbalanced nutrients lowering absorption and storage.
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Montreal Herald
Door for hog house plan a satisfactory design
A simple hog house door uses three boards with interior battens and a wider bottom board. The door has a quarter inch clearance all around the frame and a half inch rod across the upper batten allows free swing. Rod ends enter the frame and iron collars prevent binding, keeping doors closed and adjustable for drafts.
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Montreal Herald
Livestock Care Tips From a Dairy Note
Practical guidance on safely handling cattle with a staff, maintaining regular feeding and milking, and ensuring a healthy cow before first calf. Emphasizes avoiding fat cows, keeping milkers vigorous, and growing succulent forage during the cool season to reduce feed costs.
Coarse Fodder and Humorous Snippets from Old Notes
Reading fragment discusses coarse fodder for winter feeding with clover hay pea straw corn fodder oat hay oat straw and millet listed by palatability. It also contains assorted jokes and quips about a servant question a millionaire and a triple alliance tale from the New York Sun and New York Weekly.
Boy Servant Named Number One Graces Shanghai Dinner
An American woman in Shanghai hosts a dinner for her husband’s guests with borrowed items and a chandelier. The servant, calling himself the Russian ambassador’s “Number one boy,” boasts credit for the lavish setup and explains he borrowed the items for the occasion.
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Shanghai
States
One Eyed Jury in Missouri County Court
Sheriff John Steel in Missouri assembled a jury panel of notably overweight men to flatter the new county judge. The hot day and heavy dinner caused the jurors to sleep, angering the judge who demanded a fresh panel of alert men. Steel rode the countryside overnight to assemble a new, "one eyed" jury for the judge.
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John Steel
Missouri
Steel
Saturday Evening Post
Dholce
Housekeeper Quip and Honest Yorkshire Testimony
A newspaper anecdote contrasts a superintendent testing teachers by opening desks with a witty exchange about housekeeping. It then recounts an Earl of Mansfield character reference praising a coachman for driving and sobriety, and dismissing cheating with a blunt Yorkshireman’s claim.
Naw Profession Flrst Tramp in the Suburbs
A suburban tramp voice jokes about settling into a regular job rather than a casual life. The fragment hints at social shifts and streetwise humor in a late city newspaper style. The text centers on a character named Bill who contemplates work and routine.
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Bill
Pipe-Hitting Act and Lowell Anecdote Highlight Oddities
A humorous piece recalls a man’s bizarre pipe hitting routine in a theater district chat with a New York Press writer. It also notes James Russell Lowell’s February 22 birthday and a “Old Man of the Mountains” anecdote from a Boston saw mill, linking travel and local lore.
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Lowell
James Russell Lowell
Washington
White Mountains
J. Lowell
Boston
Mr. Lowell
Bunkers Hill
Strange catches in library book returns reveal odd items
The Milwaukee Star notes librarians occasionally recover unusual objects in returned books. Hair, eyeglasses, scraps of paper, unpaid dinner checks, and even parlor matches appear as curiosities in the borrower's trail. No infants or banknotes are reported in these notes.
Songs Reflect National Character in Folk Tunes
A traveler notes differing themes in folk songs. The Irish focus on love and a beloved, the Scot on country and history with songs like Scots Wha Hae and Loch Lomond, while the English center on self glory and power, mentioning Mogland only as a fame maker.
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Bonnie Doon
Loch Lomond
Old Mogland
Churches Build Roads and Help Fund Local Public Works
The New Goshenhoppen Reformed church and St. Paul’s Lutheran church join the Improved Highways drive. New Goshenhoppen plans $500 from residents with township funds for road rebuilding and the other church pursues a similar local project. The article also recounts a Garos India wedding custom and a lawyer’s golf story about a Bala boy oath question, illustrating local color and anecdotes.
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Perkinmen Valley
Philadelphia
Goshenhoppen Reformed Church
Upper Hanover Township
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Down
Local Citizen John Altmann Dies After Lingering Illness
John Altmann, longtime sectioner and town resident, died at home on Ohio Street Friday at age 72 years 7 months 6 days after a lingering illness. Born in Bayern Germany May 22 1834 he emigrated at 21 settling in Zanesville Ohio then Ferdman before a 28 year shoe trade and later a confectionery business. Married 1860 to Elizabeth Mueller they had seven children two surviving. remarried 1876 to Magdalena Erny. Funeral Sunday was well attended reflecting his popularity and esteem.
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John Altmann
Ohio Street
Altmann
Bayern
Germany
Zanesville
Ohio
Ferdman
Elizabeth Mueller
Madisonville
Louisa
Marki
Magdalena Erny
Ming
Annual Report of the Town of Ferdinand 1906 Finances
Balance of hand and the foregoing statement show the annual receipts and disbursements ending December 31, 1906. BEN SEIFERT is noted in connection with the report.
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Ferdinand
Ireet
Ben Seifert
Pinockle Party At Wirtzbergers Residence
A Pinockle party at the Wirtzberger residence featured a string band and songs, with music, wine, cakes, pears, and apples. The attendees included Mr and Mrs John K Roemke, Peter Boekmann, Gust. The event described as an evening social with best efforts in a quaint local setting.
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Hezekiah
Beaton
New York Weekly
Francois
Pluto
N. Y. Sun
Earl of Mansfield
John
Dobson
New York Press
Boeing
Milwaukee Star
M. Russell Thayer
Bala
John Uoffmann
Treas Liquor License Corporation
Cpt
Marshall
John Olinger
M. Olinger
1 News Co
J. A. Sondermann
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