Where Beldid and the City Farm Movement Rise
Elizabeth van Benthuysen surveys urban farming shifts amid war fear and food scarcity. from window gardens to Long Island truck patches, city dwellers adopt scientific methods, favoring potatoes over ornamentals while seeking support for agricultural education, legislation, and transport to market.
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Elizabeth van Benthuysen
Nores
Edwin Markham
Eorth
Childrens
Akirt
Long
Jerey
Long Island
Jersey
New York City
Harry
The White Carnation by Betty Pake Cultivation Notes
A dated horticultural snippet advises on growing pure white carnations. It covers plant vigor, seed-grown replacements, soil mix of loam and manure, September cuttings in shallow boxes, spacing, staking, watering, and gentle feeding. It warns common soil limits longevity and recommends conditions to deter red spider.
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Betty Pake
Thmey
Hydrangea Beautiful and Hardy for Cold Climates
By E Vam Benthuysen, the Hydrangea article extols a thin hardy shrub for easy culture and strong rural beauty. It notes early white blooms turning pinkish brown as they age, strong heads with graceful curves, and advises planting one mature specimen to maximize effect in challenging soils and severe northern winters.
Beautiful Window Plant and Wildlife Musings From a 19th Century Page
A fragment argues for the beauty of a so called Dive flowered winlow Plant with blue Mowers and rich foliage that blooms in winter and summer. It discusses pot culture and pruning turning into a globular mass. The text shifts to wildlife notes from Canadian rocks and wild birds, mentioning ruffed grouse and tame behavior, then a Chicago doctor’s claim on infant speech development.
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William ‘T. Hormaday
Tral
New England
Frugal cookery and home style seafood casseroles
A long composite of kitchen guidance covers ramekin casseroles and leftovers turned into appealing dishes. Recipes include Beef Tongue En Casserole Calves Hearts Casseroled and practical notes on cooking peas, green vegetables, and inexpensive summer desserts with punch and strawberry gelatin ideas. Historical tone emphasizes thrift, manners, and family meals with detailed steps and ingredients.
Pique waistcoats and golf boots in early fashion notes
The article notes plain pique or linen waistcoats for tailored suits, sometimes with collars or cuffs. It highlights the Scotch brogue golf shoe with kiltie tongue as an English style, plus a waterproof boot design with rawhide strip. It mentions new sport boots with plaid effects and female nurses in the United States knitting socks earning $50 a month.
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Milady
United States
Moorish Gardens and Houses of Mustapha Superior Algeria
The article surveys Mustapha Superior near Algiers, detailing Moorish garden design and hillside villas. It highlights irrigation aqueducts, private courts, lattice screens, and the livable interior style derived from Roman and Byzantine influence. Notable estates include Djenan-el-Mufti and El Bardo with terraces, fountains, tiled walls, and lush bougainvillea.
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Alegiers
Mustapha Superieur
H. Inigo Triggs
Damascus
Persia
Bagdad
Pompeii
Algiers
Djenan-el-Mufti
E. W. Arthur
Hadj-Chaban Pasha
Constantinople
Cyprus
Ini
Mustapha
el Bardo
Cairo
Alhambra
Alcazar
Seville
le Salon de la Favorite
Nitrogen Plant Planned at La Grande Washington
A nitrogen extraction plant costing about 500000 is planned for La Grande Washington to supply products for fertilizers dyestuffs explosives and related uses. It had been slated for a site 60 miles north of Everett but Seattle water concerns stalled the project and the site was abandoned for now.
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la Grande
Wash
Everett
Seattle
Great Picture of Hezekiah and the Assyrian Crisis
A wartime era sermon compares Hezekiah’s prayer and divine deliverance during Sennacherib’s siege of Jerusalem to modern dangers. It cites Hezekiah’s prayer, Isaiah, and the Taylor cylinder to emphasize God’s power, humility before God, and the fate of Assyria, ending with Sennacherib’s death as divine judgment.
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Hezekiah
Assyria
Judea
Sennacherib
Nineveh
British Museum
Sargon
Jerusalem
Egypt
Lakish
House of God
Tsaiah
Hebron
Iselah
God
Rod
Senmacherib
Ike
Jehovah
David
T Sam
Israel
Imitation of War: From Iliad to Smoke Screen
London Observer notes a curious parallel between ancient battle lore and modern warfare. It cites the Iliad where Mars spreads vapor over the field, likening it to contemporary smoke screens used to obscure troop movements.
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Mars
Thundebolt
London Observer
Can't Cut Off My Leg Says Railroad Engineer
A railroad engineer recounts an accident out West and his refusal to amputate. He credits Peterson's Ointment for itching piles and offers a money back guarantee if not satisfied at the druggist.
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Peterson
Ady
Fragmented Oddities and Wit From a Murky Shop Window
A jumble of street theater and bystander quips unfolds in a chaotic shop window scene. A visitor named Jam Rolle, aware of a sharp exchange with a witty ironmonger, engages in a strained conversation about marble busts and mundane objects. The dialogue shifts to a humorous dinner table exchange with Mrs Baker and an elderly gentleman, revealing a light domestic moment. The piece closes with quick snippets of puns and social quips about life and Providence.
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Florida
Syria
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Charlotte
Rorton
Mr. de Wealth
Miss Seeker
Isvsyer
Y E. C. Sellers
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
Judah
Loston Woven Hose & Hubber CO
Hain Baca Eatiet
Mar
Sears
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Peokaviee
Ana
Debert
Bestest
W.N. U
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Eireus
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