The Diplomat and the Duchess in Barschelt
A former American consul recalls Barschelt a quarrelsome duchy with strict laws military crowds and a meddling ruler. He narrates a chase for Princess Hildegarde amid court intrigue and a scheming uncle near the Carpathians as efforts to wed the princess unfold.
Inexpensive Sub-Irrigation System for Gardens
A DIY irrigation method uses eight foot galvanized iron pipes laid in trenches to water a 24 by 24 foot plot. Supplying water from a two inch line, the system distributes moisture evenly along three long pipes with cork shutoffs. A ten year old can build it. it keeps the ground from baking and yields good results.
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Farmers’ Mall
Oakley, Kan
Hillside Apple Orchard Planting and Care Tips
Select hillside with light wind exposure for orchard to protect crops. Plow across the slope to prevent erosion and leave some unplowed strips on very light soil. Manure or substitutes in furrows to curb washing. Start trees strong with proven local varieties and low head to reduce fruit loss in winds. Keep hillside ground sodded and avoid intercropping if slope is steep.
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Saya
Grasa
Garden Notes on Fruit and Berry Care
The article advises picking fruit early to avoid underdeveloped produce and starting tomato plants early for spring set out. It warns spraying currant and gooseberry bushes with white hellebore to kill worms, and suggests removing blossoms from newly set strawberry beds to direct energy to growth. It cautions against letting plants fruit in the first season.
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Manket
Onions as Pneumonia Remedy A Northern Jersey Trend
A Washington New Jersey health board promotes a folk remedy for pneumonia using ten chopped onions heated in a rye meal and vinegar poultice applied to the chest. The daily applications are said to bring perspiration and cure the illness, with a veteran New England physician cited as originator.
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Ita
Boards of Health
New Jersey
Health Board of
Washington, N. J
Washington
New England
A Bare Possibility in Jebb Diary Dinner Quip
In Sir Richard Jebb's Cambridge dinner diary a young woman asks if women die of a broken heart. He quips that perhaps other organs may have something to do with it. The anecdote appears in Life and Letters of Sir Richard Claverhouse Jebb.
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Richard Claverhouse Jebb
Cambridge
Richard
Jebb
Internal Revenue Collections and Limited Scope Explained
The term internal revenue refers to revenues collected by the Internal Revenue Bureau of the Treasury and does not cover all revenues from other sources such as public land sales patent fees or postal service revenues.
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Internal Revenue
Ite
Internal Revenue Bureau
Treasury Department
Magnetic survey in Pacific Ocean proves chart errors
The Galilee's 1905 magnetic survey yields a new chart showing earlier Pacific charts were faulty along key routes by three to five degrees. Such systematic errors affect navigation since compass indications must be as accurate as possible.
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Pacific Ocean
Galilee
Water Floods East Bottoms During 1903 Flood
In the 1903 flood an old man in the East bottoms awoke to find his property four feet under water. Rescuers later found him in the yard prodding the ground with a fishing pole. Asked his purpose he replied he was trying to locate his well so he could get a pall of water.
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United States
Harschelt
Volkagarten
Muller's Rathskeller
Diplo
Muerrisch
Emperors Bodyguard
Ike
Hildegarde
Ouida
Misa Braddon
Mischler
Barschelt
East Bottoms
Two Topers
A Minnesotan schoolteacher writes of switching from coffee to Postum, claiming improved nerves, steadier appetite, and better sleep after telling her husband and herself about the product. She credits conversion to Postum and urges others to try it as shown by a testimonial sponsored by Postum Co. with a note to read The Road to Wellville.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Stranger Guest Sparks Household Tension in Tennessee Mountain Tale
A traveler hidden in a cottage bed awakens to a father asking his daughter about a courting guest. The daughter replies the man is a stranger to her, prompting a humorous exchange about propriety as the family entertains company by the fire.
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Tennessee
Mandy
Success Magazine
Notable quote from Holmes on women and cold hearts
The speaker recalls faces of women appearing fair yet revealing icicles forming around their hearts, implying a chilling, sharp moral observation attributed to Holmes.
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Holmes
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promises Quick Relief
A historical ad claims Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cures female ailments including backaches and nervous symptoms. It features testimonials from Mrs Will Young of Rockland Maine and Mrs Augustus Lyon of East Earl Pennsylvania praising relief after using the product. The copy cites thirty years of use and lists conditions like displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities and digestive issues as addressed by the remedy.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Will Young
Columbia Ave
Rockland
Augustus Lyon
East Earl
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia K. Pinkham
Lydia KE. Pinkham
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