Grow your bird boxes from gourds for easy bird homes
An old suggestion outlines growing calabash gourds to fashion weatherproof bird boxes. Plant seeds along fences or arbors, trellis vines, and harvest gourds ripe in September to create ready made houses. Hang gourds on posts or branches. ensure openings face away from rain and protect with tilting. Wrens and bluebirds favor gourds, offering sanitary, removable nesting quarters.
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The
Country Gentleman
Hershey and Palmyra Friends Attend Masonic Home Visit
The Hershey party and Palmyra friends visited the Masonic Home on Sunday for religious services. Superintendent N Franklin Heckler welcomed guests as J W Millard spoke on Hershey’s interest in the Homes. Rev N L Linebaugh preached on The Sign of the Cross and the program featured the Palmyra men’s chorus and Prof Harry G Witmeyer.
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Hershey Party
Elizabethtown
S. D. Clark
Hershey Company
N. L. Linebaugh
First Church
United Brethren
Hershey
Palmyra
Meyer Brothers
Harry G. Witmeyer
Peppermint Popularity Dominates Other Flavors in Ledger Era
Peppermint candy remains dominant with over sixty times more peppermint oil than wintergreen and about nine times as much peppermint as black birch. Peppermint outpaces spearmint four to one, while wintergreen and birch decline as output grows. John L. Sullivan once quipped that peppermint is relished by the dryest men.
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Girard
John L. Sullivan
Rainwashed Parade Echoes Umbrella Lapse
In Boston a remark on the Preparedness parade notes rain broke it up and nobody brought an umbrella as Lumpoon quips. The exchange captures weather complicating the march and public reaction.
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Lumpoon
No Complaint Diner Exchange Cited by Boston Transcript
In a brief quoted dialogue the Boston Transcript notes a diner remark about spring chickens and an exchange acknowledging a tough spring season. The exchange features Walter replying that they have endured a tough spring, reflecting local parlance.
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Boston Transcript
Women at Work and Study Across Worlds
A collage of women's progress from Topeka deputy marshalship to Japan’s rising divorces. It notes Wisconsin and Cornell universities admitting women, German occupied Poland women in service roles, and notable female officials like Miss Jennie Cardell in Oklahoma City as internal revenue collector duties align with the era’s shifts.
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Mary Robertson
United States
Topeka
Kan
Japan
Wisconsin University
Cornell University
College of Arts and Sciences
Poland
Fraulein Radner
Popendorf
Saxony
University of Wisconsin
Montana
Frank Lusk
Jennie Cardell
Oklahoma City
Internal Revenue Collector
A Burden for the Unborn War Debts Estimated for Major Nations
A reader seeks an estimate of public debts of nations at war. Figures to August show Britain at 18.5 billion, France 114.6 billion, Russia 15 billion, Germany 15 billion, Austria 89 billion, with Belgium Turkey and Servia bankrupt. Five nations’ interest at five percent will exceed 3.5 billion yearly. The National Stockman condemns shifting debt to future generations.
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Great Britain
France
Russia
Germany
Austria
Italy
Belgium
Turkey
Servia
Princpal
National Stockman
Fragmented dialogue features a dog and a guard
A playful exchange centers on a dog named Brunel. An admirer and Miss Ethel discuss the pet's affection, with the dog urged to demonstrate to Charlie Smith. The language shows dated social chatter and invitation for the animal to perform.
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Miss Ethel
Brunel
Charlie Smith
A Happy Party for Children
Wholesome drinks and plain, attractive foods suit a children's party. Slice fruits for cakes and avoid strong peels. Offer small sponge cakes iced in chocolate and fun shapes, with lavish but simple decorations. Thin sandwiches, early start and finish prevent tiredness. outdoor marshmallow and corn popping add cheer.
Crown or breast of lamb with mint sauce recipe
Article outlines a mint sauce lamb dish with crown or breast of lamb as prime options. Directions include bacon on pan, flour for dredge, roasting with a pint of boiling water for twelve minutes per pound, and making a mint sauce from two tablespoons chopped mint, half cup vinegar, and sugar. Serve sauce after lamb. refrigerate gravy for tomorrow.
Temperance by Inches in War Time England
The piece argues Britain risks alcohol control similar to a vodka monopoly as war demands push a Liquor Traffic Central Board to buy out brewers and restrict sale. It notes workers’ rising wages, republicized near beer, and public house closures while public support for munitions undercuts prohibition aims.
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Russia
New York World
Canligle
Liquor Traffic Central Board
Fragmentary Interview Exchange From Tattered Ledger
A snippet shows a man asking about marriage and mating, suggesting control over a wife. The dialogue reflects personal dynamics and a claim of power over a spouse, embedded in a damaged newspaper fragment.
Bread Request From Destitute Stranger
A man approaches a bustling crowd asking a stranger for a loaf of bread for his wife and children. The stranger, noting the man's destitution, refuses to take advantage and tells him to keep his family, offering no aid.
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Equitable Life Assurance Society
Ralph M. Maulfair
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