Buried Gamble of the Racehorse Master
Hardwicke, famed horse picker, risks his fortune with a Snow White stallion Bob White at a town race. The crowd backs Cremona. Bob White collapses and Hardwicke flees with thirty five thousand dollars, planning a southward horse-breeding future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardwicke
Egliston
Cleopatra
Ida Brown
Coniston
Medico
Bob White
Jones
Cretiona
Cremona
Hardwicke Hima
Colonel Simms
Bob
White
Always Room for Love
Horace, a skilled engineer, is heartbreakingly refused by a siren and contemplates suicide. He destroys a photo, pays his debts, and reads letters from his mother and others before recounting his past passion and risk of death. A New York letter in the Cincinnati Enquirer notes the tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace
Arnold
New York Letter
Cincinnati Inquirer
Untitled Child's Visit to Hen Nest Surprises Family
A four and a half year old boy visiting the city frightened a hen from her nest and carried two warm eggs to his mother, proudly announcing the discovery as he watched the hen. The scene occurred during a summer visit, with the boy eager to learn about birds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baro
Selection of Location for Orchards
The guide stresses choosing orchard sites by considering roads, rail access, markets, and transportation costs. It emphasizes soil depth, drainage, gentle slopes, and elevation for air and soil drainage to prevent frost and disease, plus climate suitability to avoid severe freezes and late frosts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Doctor Sandy Soil and Garden Crops on Long Island
The article discusses lower cucumber yields on sandy soils and soil fertility. It explains rotation and cover crops like rye and crimson clover to improve soil, noting rye’s poor nitrogen addition but benefits for acid or poor land, and crimson clover’s nitrogen contribution and rapid decay. It recommends fall rye sowing, topdressing with acid phosphate, and plowing under rye or crimson clover to restore land health, with winter legumes as an alternative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. F. Button
New York State School of Agriculture
Long Island
Farmingdale
N. Y
New Jersey
New York
United States
Kilmer’s Swamp Root Promoted as Kidney Remedy
An advertisement extols Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root for kidney liver and bladder troubles noting common symptoms such as back pain, fatigue and complexion changes. It urges readers to buy fifty cent and one dollar bottles and to request a sample by enclosing coins to Binghamton New York. The piece includes a brief note about a book of letters and a taxidermy of extra notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Kilmer
Binghamton, N. Y
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N
Cuticura Soap and Ointment Offer Free Sample by Mail
Heal skin troubles with Cuticura bath, dry, and ointment applied for instant itch relief. Clears pimples, blackheads, redness, rough skin, dandruff, scalp irritation, and heals sore hands and baby skin. Free sample by mail with book sent to Cuticura Dept L Boston. Sold everywhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuticura
Dept
Boston
Andy
Winter Visit Sparks Family Plans and Jests
Dialogues touch on a mother-in-law's winter visit and a mix of light banter about cooking and money. A speculative note mentions Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills for piles and a quip about dynamite safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wright
Pearl St
New York
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George
ISON
W. G. Chapman
Walter Baker
e @Ltd
Dorchester
Mass
Hawkins
Baldwin
Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
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