Just a Postal. Just a Postal. Arlington Love Reunites
In a small town a postcard spurs Jimmy to return from the city. He seeks forgiveness from Bessie Drewster, admits past wrongs, and declares love. They reunite on a snowy Arlington platform, promising a future together as lamps break in the parlor.
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Pruya
Jimmy
Newmans
Arlington
Eric
Red House
New Frick Methodist Church
Migiyn Sherman
Tie
Bessie Drewster
Phe
Ble Wee
Twggle
Bessie
Dim
Tina
Lis
Ariington
Ms Room
Oon
Pinnet
Jimmmy
Bess
Yler
Jin
Pio
Ory
Thackeray and the Scotch glimpse in Memoirs of a London Chiab
Thackeray is portrayed as a sad sensitive man at Garrick Club dinners during the 1860s. The writer recalls a Shakespeare birthday dinner where Thackeray sat beside him and the group teased national stereotypes in a club “war of the nationalities.” The anecdote includes Thackeray’s remark on describing an Irishman versus a Scot and a stray line about life and proverb usage in court pages.
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Thackeray
London
Chiab
David Misson
The
Garrick
Thack
Tia
Notre Dame and Paris Bridges Move the Author
The narrator reflects on Paris sights from a boat and bridge crossings. He describes the towers above high roofs, the quays, Pont Neuf, the island, and Notre Dame in a vivid Sunday scene. Elizabeth Robins Pennell writes of enduring awe and urban beauty in the Century Magazine excerpt.
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Otrenais
Paaris
BP Osec
Prenter
Bom
Pont Neuf
Notre Dame
Milizabeth Robins Pennell
Breeding of Pesligree Seed Strains Proves Successful
Sugar beet plants examined by the North Dakota station show maturity at defined days after planting with deep, nearly perpendicular taproots reaching over three feet. Lateral roots begin four to five inches from the surface, with little root growth in the top six inches. Most fibrous branching occurs between eight and fourteen inches depth.
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North Dakota
Sugar Beet Root Depth and Breeding Progress Report
The Kansas station finds deep sugar beet root systems allow for deep cultivation and subsoiling improves feeding roots and main root symmetry. Breeding pedigree seed lines from analyzed roots expands across New York Utah Washington and Michigan sites. About 20 acres of high sugar beets produced 15 000 pounds of seed from 22 percent plus beets on Morrison farm in Fairfield Washington.
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Kansas
Saylor
United States
Bureau of Plant Industry
B. T. Galloway
New York
Utah
Washington
Michigan
TE. N. Morrison
Fairfield
Wash
Support Hilachd Horse Improves Farm Utility
A farm horse designed to fold when not in use is described as an improvement over the typical stiff model. Made from strip boards with hinged top boards, it folds flat for packing. In use the legs are kept apart by a long hook, enabling handy carpentry and other tasks.
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New England
Llamestead
Fencing to Protect Livestock and Improve Yields
Farmers urged to fully fence every field to allow horses cattle sheep and pigs access at proper times. Proper fencing could save millions in fodder value yearly and support better fertilization by grazing and resting fields. Only a few have spoken in praise of these results.
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Sam and
Pyreside
Cheapest Protein Feeds in 1906 Jersey Station
The New Jersey experiment station identified the least expensive protein feeds for 1906. Buckwheat middlings malt Kprenits dried brewers’ grains distillers grains and cottonseed meal were listed as the cheapest options.
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New Jersey Experiment Station
Gratis
Tigh Grande
New York Press Item on Det and Tickets
A terse New York Press snippet notes Geraldine fearing detection was possible and Gerald To attempted something unclear. It mentions bet Po and an inability to locate tickets, with no further context or outcomes.
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Geraldine
Gerald
New York Press
Dangerous tale of squatters wives in Australia
A Chicago News item recounts a lurid anecdote of a station wife left alone on a vast plain who feeds natives gathering at her kitchen. When threatened with death she boils water over their crowd, shouting I give you budgery tuck out. The incident ends with the natives fleeing and vowing never to return, convinced of a dangerous devil in the house.
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Indy
Chicago News
Misplaced Monuments and the Quiet Decay of Statues
A Fortnightly Review excerpt by Mrs. John Lane criticizes statues for aging after unveiling. She notes soot and weather mar a bronze frock coat, mocks the fate of lesser heroes, and recalls a sparrow family nesting beneath a famed statesman, imagining his indignation.
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Ady
John Lane
Fortnightly Review
Lost Her Prestige And A New York Beauty Turns To Books
A prominent New York socialite known for beauty entertains literary ambitions at luncheon. She questions Ibsen's status as a psychological writer, then admits she cannot recall the meaning of pathological, prompting curiosity and a awkward moment among guests.
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New York
Tiut
Ibsen
Iere
New York Times
Artemus Ward and the California fifty nights query
A telegram to Artemus Ward from Tom Maguire asked for fifty California nights rate, prompting Ward to reply that he would take “Brandy and water.” Maguire sought an explanation via a 30 word message for $16.50.
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Artemus Ward
Tom Maguire
Pacific Slope
Artemus
New York
California
Maguire
Ward
Not Prepared
A fragment shows a woman declining a sudden question about a math problem, promising to fetch a diploma and prove her college graduate status. The text captures a lively dialogue with a New York Press flavor.
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Pama College
New York Press
Modern Play Fragments Prompt Puzzling Dialogue
A garbled dialogue from a modern play fragment shows lines about planning a mock confrontation and a joke about wedges. The text includes stray phrases like Get one upperotiet and steif to wedge em apart, with references to Kansas City Journal and London Graphic Acunun.
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Bowant
Kansas City Journal
Skull composed of twenty two dates in craft and face
The skull consists of twenty two separate dates, eight forming the craft and eight forming the face.
Prigmore’s Assurance Turns to Narrow Ice Rescue
A party of young people o rides a Long Island ice bay when Prigmore seizes Marjorie Kent for a sail. A broken ice crash forces Morro to chase and rescue them, saving Marjorie and revealing Prigmore’s bravado as fear takes its place.
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Long Island
Harry Morro
Marjorie Kent
Guthrie Prigmore
Prig- More
Morro
Prigmore
Bayside
Miss Kent
Marjorie
Harry
Mr. Prigmore
Saver
Saved
Prigimore
Florence Norton
Iles Sugivestian Says Advice on Copays and Callers
The speaker remarks that Iles Sugivestian should not demand high copays and that the number of callers per day exceeds a weekly total. A domestic setting is implied as the speaker suggests being more agreeable could increase friendships.
Mrs Winpicker and Mrs Booker Exchange Witty Quip
In a brief exchange from the New York Sun Mrs Winpicker asks if her husband complains about missing buttons. Mrs Booker replies he has to fasten so many that he would not have time for his own duties.
Death in Hotel Room Prompted by Gas
A hotel guest died in his room after the gas was blown out. The hotel clerk notes no body has been claimed and no one knows who will pay for the room, the g16 exchange. A girl recalls the minister's sermon and misquotes the text saying Mercy Goodness My cup's tipped over.
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Jiminy
Della
Booth
Trelia
Delia
Offee
Hte
Tla
Wises
Wiges
London Graphic
Acunun
Mauke
H. J. Mooge
Chicago
Tek. Nteed
Batts
Mae Tas Oy
Dump 8 Company
Ride WM. PF. Jungkunz
Stephenson ST
Iles Sugivestian
Bradfield
Davenport Savings Bank
South West Corner
2D and Main Sts
Davenport
Wo. O. S&cumipt
Henry C. Struck
Louis Houser
W. H. Wilson
Freeport Gas Light & Coke Co
Golden Rio
Malta Vita
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