The Flag Is Still There Verse Sparks a Soldier’s Fortune
Jed Davis, after enlisting, writes a patriotic song that captures the moment’s mood. A city publisher funds 25,000 copies and a mass enlistment meeting sells the song, yielding Davis nearly eight hundred dollars as Ivy awaits news at their modest home under the flagstaff. The old man, moved by the moonlit scene, proclaims the flag is still there.
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Welkin
Davis
Elmer
Ivy
Jed
Jed Davis
West Indian Witch Doctors
A colonial-era piece describes West Indian witch doctors as combining the roles of priest physician and scientist. It notes some claim personal contact with the Evil One and fears their influence over darkness. It cites Obeah men offering to remove enemies for a price varying by wealth and status.
Queer World Exchange of a Forgotten Loan
A man recalls lending $5 two years ago and receiving repayment unexpectedly. The exchange highlights a humorous pondering of memory and the oddities of human forgetfulness.
Prandial Readjustment and a Miner’s Odd Reply
The excerpt shows August, a mine blaster, and his wife Marie discussing dinner timing while he pockets nitro aglycerin. The dialogue hints at danger as August jokes about dynamite and leaves the reader with a sense of precarious routine in a mining environment.
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August
Marie
Cartier
New Jersey spray mix promises peach disease control
Circular 63 from the New Jersey experiment station describes a lower effort spray by Lawrence G. Gillam that replaces self boiled lime sulfur. The mixture uses flour or flowers of sulfur lime glue and water to create a suspending spray that protected 820 Greensboro and Carman peach trees from brown rot and scab.
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New Jersey Experiment Station
Lawrence G. Gillam
Gillam
Greensboro
Carman
New Jersey
Serious Pest of the Onion
The onion maggot is the serious pest of onions. Eggs are laid on the tops and the grub enters the bulb. Practical control is scarce. On small patches carbolic acid emulsion helps. Tobacco dust along rows deters. The best method is to plant new onions far from previous patches.
Increasing grape yield by spraying schedule
United States Department of Agriculture entomology experts outline a spraying program to control grape pests and diseases. The plan uses combined insecticide fungicide sprays including Bordeaux mixture and nicotine sulphate, with targeted applications before budbreak and two weeks apart, plus leaf surface spraying for leafhoppers and thorough bunch coating for berry moth.
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United States Department of Agriculture
A. L. Quaintance
Bureau of Entomology
C. L. Shear
Bureau of Plant Industry
Simple tea and economy dishes for the family table
A century era primer lists affordable tea service ideas with minimal gear and ready to make treats. It covers tea balls in muslin, tea canister storage, and a tray setup, then offers budget friendly recipes like Graham Cookies Drop Cookies Date and Nut Cakes and Savory Rice Dishes Chop Suey and Pudding recipes with steps and ingredients.
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Graham
Merrie Magnett Effert Saved
Willie asks his parents at lunch why they can not stop using fancy wording. His mother and father respond with puzzled patience as the child longs for simpler speech and schoolwork to begin.
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Willie
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The fragmentary text provides little clear context or named entities. It reads as a garbled line with no identifiable people, places, dates, or organizations to anchor a factual summary. Further readable content is needed for a reliable card.
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Brena
Dr Peary Worms Medicine Ad Dubious Claim
An advertisement promises a remedy named Dead Shot for worms or tapeworms. It directs readers to send 26 cents to an New York address to receive the product by return mail. The offer reads like a dubious medical solicitation with no verifiable endorsement.
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Dr. Peary
Pearl &T
New York
Key Found After Bonfire Bonanza in Pantry Mixup
In a humorous tale, Clarence and his wife misinterpret a wardrobe mishap. After a day of hunger, he burns a crepe de chine walking skirt to search for a pantry key, discovering it in the ashes and sparing the house from burglars.
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Clarence
Little Wifey
Boston Globe
Punchy exchange hints at wedding plans in family drama
Aristrocratic sister jokes about marriage for money while dismissing rumors about the banker's fiancé. The dialogue hints at intrigue surrounding wealth and business knowledge within a domestic scene.
His Kind and the Silent Wires
A quirky exchange reflects a prudish tone as a jab about sending a drink to a distant rooster hints at wireless love notes. The dialogue layer mocks social propriety while urging steady work and steady industry.
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W. G. Chapman
Yj P
Elpsy
Wimner
Velee
Elwanger
Merrie Magnett
Effert
Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Co
Bridge, Masa
Oli
Floes
Fia
Aene
Ocean Leach Development CO
Calvert St
Baltimore, MN
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