A Suit Mix Leads Brett to Georgia at Peterman Parlor
John Brett narrowly loses Georgia Gaines during a chaotic sequence over a mislaid love letter and a misfitting suit. In a chain of comic missteps he tracks a parcel to Peterman's Misfit Parlors, only to confront Georgia at the storefront where letters and tailoring collide.
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Harold
Carter
John Brett
Georgia Gaines
Brett
Alway
John Brett, Esq
Gall
Wormwood
Marcelline
Bill
Prd
Mr. Brett
Mr. Peterman
John
Peterman
Peterman’s
Post Office Department
Georgia
Fourteenth Street
W. G. Chapman
Omens and a hearse that haunted a trek’s end
A Canadian ex-soldier recalls a Boer War tale near Middleburg where a hearse rolled from a cemetery shed and four scouts perished after returning to Cape Town two others securing jobs and two marrying Boer widows and staying on farms.
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Mounted Rifles
Middleburg
Transvaal
Cematery
Cape Town
Canada
Loneliest England voter given parliamentary right
William Goodfellow, living in a remote farm between Newcastle and Maltwhistle on Cumberland’s border, was granted a parliamentary vote by Brampton revising barrister. The area spans 30 000 acres with four cottages and a 600 year family history in the cottage.
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England
Brampton
Cumberland
Newcastle
Northumberland
William Goodfellow
London Evening Standard
Precaution Against Trichina Cooking Guidance From Health Note
A health note warns heating pork to about 160 degrees Fahrenheit kills the parasite causing Trichina. It advises cooking fresh pork thoroughly until it is no longer pink, with guidance applicable to all portions from center to surface.
Dusting Drones: A Bee Keeper’s Quick Slaughter Method
A Monterey writer shares a rapid method to remove drones from a hive using a queen-excluder and sieve. Bees are shaken from combs into the sieve, drones pass to a Porter escape, then are burned off with sulfur for a swift death.
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A. Sedding
Monterey
Cals
Farmers Gather Seaweed as Fertilizer Along Maine Coast
Farmers on the Maine coast gather kelp washed ashore at low tide to spread on fields as fertilizer. The seaweed, valued for soil enrichment in New England where stable manure is scarce, is increasingly used in drugs and other products, raising questions about future uses.
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Maine
Atlantic
New England
Bee Keeping For A Farmer
Farmers underestimate honey bees yet prize their product. A few backyard hives provide ample honey for home use or teaching family members. bee keeping is outdoor friendly and profitable, with typical seasonal yields around two dollars per swarm. Honey benefits all ages as food and kitchen ingredient.
Hitching a Cornstalk Pole Technique Described
The method uses a long chain fastened from notches to the center cleavers on the double tree. It reduces trouble at the stalk ends by balancing the stalks as the chain is near the end of each double tree.
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Virginia
North Carolina
Myers Duke
St. Tinsley
Tresperu Salacoo CZ
Selecting a Suitable Location for an Aplary Hives
The text advises choosing a nearly open site free of overhanging branches and near a building for workshop use. It should be close to the house for observation during swarming and on level ground to ease movement around the hives and keep the grass mowed.
Buying Bees In Spring How To Buy And Move Colonies
The guide warns buyers that bees may be purchased cheaply this season but urges caution. It notes that transporting hives by wagon in spring is feasible for small moves, while rail shipping of full hives and honey is nearly impossible at this time.
Seed corn drying rack from farm and home guide
Build a seed corn rack using two 2x6 beds 4 feet long and two 3x4 posts 6 feet tall. Attach posts to beds, bolt and nail. Mount six quart milk pans as seed holders, cut slits in pans, slide over posts to 20 inches from bottom, and nail. Add sx12-inch boards as horizontal shelves at 1 3/4 inch spacing.
Building a Corn Rack with Spikes and Spacing
Instructions describe preparing boarding tops and ends, setting dividers at 114 inches, striking perpendicular lines, drilling intersections with a 11-64 bit, and driving 20d spikes to form 3 inch ear holders. Using 1x12 boards or two 12 inch planks with 30d spikes, the rack holds a bushel per 214 feet square area and keeps ears from touching for quick drying, while being mouseproof.
Bees and Farm Notes on Silage Making and Farm Practices
Practical tips on silage cutting and packing, corn harvest timing, and silo sealing. Emphasizes thorough distribution, moisture management, fall plowing, and maintenance of equipment. Includes stray notes on barbed wire and general farm upkeep.
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Ntrodu
Quotation Play on Truth and Marital Jest
A fragmentary exchange features witty lines about truth and perception. The speakers hint at how certainty shifts when a spouse asserts it, mixing humor with domestic insight.
Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup Teething Remedy Ad
An old advertisement touts Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething with claimed benefits. notes gums soften inflamed gums reduce pain and wind colic with a price of 25 cents per bottle.
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Acre
California
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Steve He
ST. Louis, MO
Midas
Cole
Thompson
John I L. Thompson Son
Minneapolis
Euman
Mississipp
James A. Cox
Centerville
Miss
J.c.clair
Immigration Comm
C.R.R
Chicago
I. Trig
W. L. Douglas
Palvoot
Brockton
Douglas
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