Weekend visits turn into romance in Bel Air tale
A group of college friends travel by Brooke’s trap to a Chesapeake shore cottage. Brixton meets June Sherwood, Commodore Sherwood’s daughter, after an icebox raid and flirting, then asks to stay as June hints at a budding romance.
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New York
Express
Bel
Husky
Happy College
Brooke
Brixton
Chesapeake
Tip
Garret
Alster
Farns
Hermes
Miss Brooke
Bob
Fellows
June Sherwood
Commodore Sherwood
June
Love
Braxton
Cas
Jane
Bel Air
Handy grub puller made from old shovel claw
A Farm and Home sketch describes a metal grub puller built from the claw of an old double shovel cultivator. The tool has a bent foot of 2x4 wood to rest on the ground, a curved gripping end, a hinged groove piece, and a wooden handle. The inventor says it pulls up bushes about an inch in diameter and has used it for three years with great success.
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Albert W. Kahl
Buffalo
N. Y
Gustave A. Eisengraeber
St. Paul
Minn
B. J. Dennis
St. Louis
8. A. Buchanan
Philadelphia
J. B. Simpson
Chicago
R. H. Askildson
Omata
Neb
L. R. Robinson
Kansas City
Edwin F. Pardes
New York City
N. B. Sizer
Brooklyn, N. Y
For the Lover of Flowers by Josephine de Mar
Plant sweet peas in six inch trenches with light cover and soil mounded as they grow. This encourages strong roots for hot dry weather. Chrysanthemums can be grown from seeds or cuttings and may bloom first year. Include hardy roses and vines like prairie roses honeysuckle clematis and wisteria for screens and arbors.
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Josephine DE Mar
Hly
Barrel Cart For Transporting A Barrel
A practical article describes making a barrel cart from a 3x3 inch wooden axle and iron ferrules to fit an old hand-cart. It explains shaping ends, securing with staples, and using two tapered handles with heavy wagon-tire bands to cradle the barrel securely for easy movement.
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J. G. Allshouse
Handy Barrel Cart Brace Design
A simple barrel cart has a crosspiece under the handle ends, bolted solid at one end. The opposite end features many holes spaced about an inch apart to adjust bolt position and fit the barrel size precisely.
No Eloquence Without Truth Declamation
The passage argues eloquence requires belief and certainty, noting quotes like no belief until a speaker convinces others he believes himself. It cites how phrases such as I know appear frequently in epistles and cites Paul’s use of reckon as a claim of knowledge.
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Paul
Insecticide Advice for Fruit Growers
A fragmented note discusses insecticide options including arsenate and Bordeaux mixtures. It mentions mixing ratios and application cautions to avoid slumps during spraying, emphasizing foliage eaters and timing in fruit production contexts.
Calumet Baking Powder Wins Top Honors in 1912 Paris Show
Calumet Baking Powder has been awarded the Grand Prize and Gold Medal at the International Pure Food Show in Paris 1912, adding to prior top honors at Chicago's World's Fair. The awards underscore Calumet's claimed purity, wholesomeness, and uniform leavening excellence.
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Paris
Chicago
Comparative Values
A brief exchange highlights wit and the sharp edge of domestic comedy. Two lines show a playful contest over clever replies and culinary savvy between spouses.
Militant suffragists drift into new forms of protest
A London policeman recalls warning that militant suffragettes forewarned of trouble. He notes some have stopped parading and speeches and are now training with quoits and baseballs. The exchange underlines rising tensions in the suffrage movement.
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London
Great Scott Maria Dares a Daring Dress
A judge remarks that a costume is a fancy outfit while the speaker urges sticking closer to fact, highlighting a tension between spectacle and truth.
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Scott
Maria
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Handy Barrel Cart
Munyon
Jefferson
Castoria
Astoria
Chas. H. Fletcher
Monroe Drug Company
Guincy
Cole
J. W. Cole & Co
Black River Falls
Wis
Douglas Shoes
W. L. Douglas
L. Douglas
W. L. Las
Brockton
Mass
Buv & Home
Torrid County
Georgian
An & Vestment Co
Dawson
Georgia
Pierco
P Nature
R.V. Pierce
The
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Platoo
IOC
Saskatchewan
Canada
Lloydminster
Ifrom
Oxalate
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