Cotton Fields of Home and a Lumber Camp Tale
A narrator recalls leaving Georgia for Michigan to help a rich lumberman with his son, whose drinking problem leads to a life-changing camp punishment. The experience is praised as a cure, with the son later succeeding in the family business after sobriety. The piece blends memory of home with an anecdote about rehabilitation and responsibility.
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Georgia
Home
Minna Irving
Leslie's Weekly
The Making of a Man in a Lumber Camp
A tall, refined man and his handsome wife enter a city hotel. A Michigan lumber foreman recalls hiring a dissipated youth as a cook twelve years ago in Alpena. The man proves to be a capable lumber camp cook who overcomes booze, earns steady wages, and gains respect among workers.
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Detroit
Michigan
Heidelberg
Washington Star
Alpena
Mich
Michigan Woods
Far West
Mie Red Eye
Trowels Of The Bricklayer
A bricklayer’s trowel has evolved over the past dozen years to suit cement use, growing wider and slightly shorter to handle fluid mixtures. The dealer notes regional variations, with California favoring a larger thinner blade and chisels for brick trimming, and Western masons sometimes laying multiple bricks at once while Boston masons work one by one.
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California
Boston
Wonderful Hospital Work At London Hospital
The London hospital reports vast annual activity with 7.5 million pills dispensed and over three tons of cough lozenges used. Dressing injuries consumed 92 miles of lint 476 miles of bandages six tons of cotton wool and nine miles of plaster. Daily output included half a ton of ice and 400 syphons of soda water. Eggs if laid end to end would stretch six and a half miles. The year's milk and meat bills exceeded 15000 and 25000 dollars respectively. If last year's patients stood side by side they would form a line sixty six and a half miles long.
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The
London Hospital
Animals and Poisons
A Family Doctor column notes that some substances deadly to humans are harmless to animals such as horses dogs goats and mice, while dogs and cats are more vulnerable to chloroform than people. The piece argues animal experiments cannot reliably predict human outcomes and warns against overgeneralizing from animal tests.
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Belladonna
Desert Reveries of Death Valley and the Lotus Charm
Mary Austin explores Death Valley and the eastern California desert, detailing its harsh climate, plant and animal life, and the lure of hidden mines. She contrasts sun scorched wastes with rare oases, notes yucca and cacti adaptations, birds and nocturnal creatures, and the mystique of lost treasure legends that haunt travelers.
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Death Valley
Armagosa Desert
California
Sierras
San Joaquin Valley
Customs of the Eskimos Sleep Naked During Arctic Winter
A tale on Eskimo customs describing infants born naked inside sealskin, mother and child skin to skin warmth, the mother’s attire like the father’s, and the bare life that fosters sociability. It notes blubber diet, subcutaneous fat, communal living, and shared meals after seal hunts.
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Les
Quaint and Curious Bits From Historic Gazette
A collection of eclectic notes on Chinese telephone operators in San Francisco famine bread in Sweden and England’s beef origins. It covers preserved Egyptian plant remains and deluge chronology, old Chinese eggs and pickling, and 1840s Boston New York heating habits, ending with a remark on fame.
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San Francisco
Old England
Chicago
England
To Keep Silver Bright with Borax Soak Method
A reader advised soaking silver in strong borax water for four to five hours. Use boiling water when pouring over the plate. The method promises bright results with less elbow grease and less plate powder if followed.
Scouring Knives And Convalescent Diet Tips
An experienced housewife recommends using an old school eraser as a scouring knife substitute with a Brussels carpet lining for durability and finger protection. A convalescent diet guide lists acceptable foods including clams chicken mutton broth tender meats eggs milk toast cereals fruit custards and jellies for gentle nourishment.
Rattan Window Seats for a Young Girl's Room
Low rattan seats without backs appear very pretty in a private girl's room. Placed before the window they form a cozy seating area with colorful pillows. Offered in various lengths and natural or stained finishes to match woodwork. A loose cushion enhances comfort and chic appeal.
A Device To Clean Bottles And Several Recipes
A description of a hinged three part rubber coated bottle cleaning rod for reaching bottle bottoms and sediments. It is followed by several recipe summaries including Baked Hash, Prune Pudding, Orange Cream, Tenderloin of Beef, and Sweet Potato Pie with steps and ingredients.
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Hudson View
Cres
Sean Foam
Mary Austin
Atlantic Monthly
Sweden
Iceland
Egypt
Usher
China
New York City
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