Flowing Garden Advice From An 1708 Spring Seed Catalog
A garbled guide offers gardening tips on seed selection, plant care, and bed setup. It includes guidance on pruning, rotation, soil prep, drainage, and plant propagation with scattered references to cosmos and flowers, plus care instructions for bedding and trees.
Gimple Life at St Andrews in Sparse Text
Fragmentary passage describes life at St Andrews with references to teaching, walls, andRadicable terms. The text mentions cantin and gro femore as part of a disrupted scene amid southern seats of teaching and divided views.
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St. Andrews
Beauty of Day Lily Introductions Impress Gardeners
A note on the Day Lily hybridists efforts highlights a greatly improved variety with rich color. The plant, grown from seed or divisions of older stock, blooms from May 20 to September and tolerates adverse conditions better than many perennials. Gardeners are urged to plant these new lilies for their notable bloom and hardiness.
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Pripel
Rama
Wewety
Dave & Good
Mina
The Bosporus in history and myth through ages
A damaged text passage discusses spelling and pronunciation of Bosporus and notes several related emblems. It references the Greek origin of the name, the passage as a revered term, and mentions the Crimean Greek kingdom and Hun attacks linking to later Turkish resistance. It cites the Londor Chronicle as a source.
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Bosporus
Sea
Asoff
Crimea
Bustling Twin Name Debate and Old College Pranks
A light courthouse style exchange hints at neighbors arguing over names for a new twin while Judge Lang recalls an elderly St Andrews man who remembers a bachelor resident who cooked for himself and peeled potatoes with a taser. The Westminster Gazette notes undergraduates once broke windows and boasted of setting the college ablaze without more drink.
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Lang
St. Andrews
Keys
Westminster Gazette
Crepe de Chine Dress Material Promises Stylish Wardrobe
A fragment describes fashion design and sewing room scenes with crepe de chine dresses. It promises stylish frocks ready for wear, praises the fitted wardrobe and the craft of dressmakers, and hints at choosing a design for a white crepe de chine frock.
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Avery Worfeta
Miere design features crepe de chine suit with navy cross bars
A Miere dress description highlights a white crepe de chine ensemble with a smart contrast upper blouse and skirt yoke in the same material marked with navy cross bars. The piece is cut as a sleeveless vest style with a sheer upper section and a deep plain crepe de chine band below the bust line.
White Cottons and Net Fabrics For Summer Wear
A catalog of white cotton fabrics and sheer materials for warm weather garments. It highlights batistes, organdies, mulls, voiles, crepes, lawns, and handkerchief linens, with embroidery, inserts, and trims. Also notes tulle, net, and voiles paired with velvets, and popular cottons like gabardine, pique, and cheviots alongside wash silks in fashionably striped patterns.
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Paris
Novel Frock and Bolero Described in Washington Post Fashion
Lillan E Young notes a novelty outfit featuring a plaid taffeta frock and bolero with a pastementeric ornament, side plaited tunic skirt, patent leather boots, ostrich trimmed helmet hat, and long white crepe sleeves. The design includes a deer batiste collar, crossbar yoke, gathered belt, and intricate plaited detailing. A single pink rose at the waist adds a French touch.
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Lillan E Young
Washington Post
Hessian Fly Life and Control by Herb Shearer
An agricultural note outlines Hessian fly life stages from egg to flaxseed, spotting infested wheat by leaf color and growth, and warns many farmers remain unaware of infestations. It covers lifecycle in fall and spring, effects on tillers, and recommends fall plowing, stubble burial, and high cutting to destroy underground flaxseeds, stressing collective action.
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Herbert A. Shearer
United States
Mississippi River
Atlantic Coast
Middle West
Kansas
Removing Dust From the Face in Daily Care
Dust from the day clings to skin despite washing. Use a damp cloth on arriving home to cleanse the face and neck, then cool water to tighten pores. Reapply powder to match complexion but wipe away completely to avoid visible residue.
Veil Attached to Parasol Novelty Feature
A quirky description explains a parasol with a veil attached at the edge rather than the hat. The setup yields a unique effect though concerns arise about handling the veil when the parasol is closed. In a crowded shop the temper of the owner might be strained by the impracticality.
Wear Better Beds With Tustin Covered Ticking
Advertises using Tustin to cover ticking on mattresses and pillows to extend life and improve appearance. Claims ticking stripes stay hidden, covers detach easily for laundering, and promote sanitation.
Designs for the Summer Fashion Frocks and Hats
Bilver thread lace and silk bows trim new dance frocks in colors like Elizabeth blue and orchid momtive. Garden party dresses use soft linens and silks. features garlands, bowknots, and primroses inspired by colonial gardens. Straw hats with wide trims and ribbon streamers complete the look, while tulle gowns glow with floral garlands for debutantes and cream-tinted taffeta bodices pair with organdie skirts.
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Madame Pompadour
Goose Feathers Yield and Plucking Guidelines
A goose yields about a pound of feathers per year. Do not pluck during summer to protect growth and market appearance. Pluck when no blood remains in the quill ends, as they detach from the skin easily without hard pulling.
Soil and orchard care notes from the era
The fragment discusses soil depth and drainage for orchards, the importance of proper breeding pen setup, the costs of irregular work, and care tips for young alfalfa. It also mentions teaching calves to drink with patience and reflects on pruning practices that favor root growth in summer and wood growth in winter.
Elevated Playground on Williamsburg Bridge West End
A public recreation space on New York s East Side provides relief on hot days. The elevated playground extends 480 feet with an open air pavilion for dancing and band concerts. Seating is offered at intervals to accommodate thousands.
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New York
East Side
Williamsburg Bridge
Popular Mechanics
Fragments of Humor on Awnings and Expenditure Talk
A snippet notes beneath awnings for heat relief and mentions basket weaving and sewing taught to neighborhood children by Instructors, Historic Precedent. A husband quips about expenditures and a wife retorts that cackling saved Rome and she will try to save his capital too.
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T. Cackling
Rome
Boston Transcript
Way of Salvation Sermon on Look Unto Me
A sermon recounts Charles Spurgeon’s conversion experience and explains salvation as simple by looking to Jesus. It contrasts sincere repentance and outward reform, stressing trust in Christ over idols of conscience or reform, with analogies of Noah and the prodigal. It urges turning from everything else to trust in Him.
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Chas
H. Spurgeon
England
Spurgeon
God
Adam
Jesus
Noah
Isaiah
America
Paul
Nicodemus
Nathaniel
U.S
Oregon
China
Shanghai
Canton
Nagasaki
Japan
Jesus Christ
Florida Lands For Sale to Settlers
Old Bill Shiftless visits town buying cheap tobacco and cigars then skims plans of a Kansas City jug house booze consignment. He aims to travel to the San Francisco exposition after a good St Louis trip, while his wife worries about stock and home duties. The piece ends with a mock court scenario predicting the writer’s bright future.
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Bill
Osborne Farmer
St. Louis
Wild Dog Tale From a Childs Observation
A little girl at a nursery window calls out a dog she believes is wild. Her mother explains the dog belongs to a worker across the street and is friendly. The child, unused to dogs, notes the dog’s head seems calm but its tail appears very wild.
Woman credits Postum with cure for coffee linked illness
Ohio woman recalls years of heart trouble and nervous prostration caused by coffee. She switched to Postum and reports complete recovery, with steady nerves and restored health. Ad copy highlights Postum varieties, prices, and a “There’s a Reason” slogan from Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan.
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Ohio
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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