The Carlton Legacy
A distressed family faces mortgage and widowhood after the death of their husband and father. Mrs. Carlton and her daughter Caroline fear loss of the house until Uncle Benjamin returns destitute, dies, and leaves twenty thousand dollars in shares and a will, freeing them. Rivers’s suit ends as Caroline marries a worthy suitor with her inheritance.
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Carlton
Langer
Qakiton
Caritan
Caroline
Furlao
Bud
Ke Tench
Dean
Lanisure Waalall
John Rivers
Tohae
Bey
Egsnamaliratro
Ghawla
Vito
Anther
Mr. Rivary
Mia
Benjamin
Carolina
Brief
Mrs. Carlton
Tobn Rivers
Remarkable Climate Oddities Reported in Norway
The piece notes extraordinary winter weather near Stuvangay Norway at latitude 58 deg 58 min just south of Greenland. Thermometer reading dropped to freezing, grass plots appeared summerlike with daisies snoods and violas in bloom and peonies pushing through. The Boston Budget quotes the observations.
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Stuvangay
Norway
Greenland
Toses
Boston
Yale professors revise Webster's Dictionary after century work
A large staff of Yale professors is revising Webster's Dictionary with publication soon. Many are also working on the Century Dictionary. Lelia Jotmaon, a Boston lawyer, distinguished herself by winning a suit for a deserted wife seeking custody of her children.
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Yale
Lelia Jotmaon
Boston
Benjamin B. Harrison
Indiana
Harrison
Ida
Wrestling Brutality at Irving Hall in Bora Sorakichi Bout
The article recounts a brutal match between Bora and Sorakichi in New York at Irving Hall with a second Cleveland bout earlier. It describes the size disparity, intense fighting, and injuries including a broken wrist and a near arm injury. It notes the crowd’s reaction and compares danger to boxing. It also mentions other wrestling incidents and a separate essay on heaven’s dimensions.
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Dronkdyn
New York
Irving Hall
Bora
Sorakichi
Scotchman
Gheveland
Cleveland
Ross
Cition
Hin
Thiri
Sorakiehit
America
San Francisco
Whistler
Muldoon
Dufur
New England
Germania Hall
Eneli
Pallos
Jett
Dig
Tie
Adiuns
Rmn
Mmy
William Miller
Donald Dinaie
Miller
Domestic tips and veterinary remedies from a late issue
Practical household hints cover cleaning methods with kerosene and milk, lace ironing techniques, gingerbread recipe, poultice guidance with mustard and pepper, and a veterinary drug list from Professor Brown. It lists doses for Aconite, Avoca nut, Carbolic acid, Castor oil, Salia, Salicylic acid, Santonin, Turpentine, Vaseline, and more for farm stock care.
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New Orleans
Dover
Brown
Emerent Journal
The
Royal Agricultural Society
Fleming
Norma
Preservas and Asparagus Guidance From A Storied Page
A fragmented 19th century column mixes strawberry preserves with sugar and boiling method, a vivid gender observation on shoe shopping, and practical tips on asparagus planting. It describes steps for making strawberry preserves, noting weight loss after juicing and cautions on color. It then portrays a comic domestic scene about trying on shoes. It closes with asparagus planting advice, including costs, yields, and seasonal timing in Oyster Bay.
Making Crab Apple Jelly From Fresh Berries
Instructions warn about crab apples and weeds, then explain selecting fresh berries and avoiding sand or dirt. They describe washing, simmering, straining through muslin, weighing, returning juice to the pan, adding sugar, boiling twenty minutes, testing with a plate, filling jars, and storing in a cool dry place per The Caterer.
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Gar
Old Farm Advice on Crops and Soil Enrichment
The text advises planting in autumn, sowing radishes and salads, and intercropping between rows. It suggests preparing soil, using ample manure, keeping weeds down, and careful cultivation to maximize yield, and notes early potatoes and vegetables can be grown between rows on newly set-out plantations.
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Oyster Bay
Seedless Fruits As Evidence Of Ancient Cultivation
Dr. E L Sturtevant notes in the Botanical Gazette that many fruits show partial or total seedlessness from long cultivation. Apples, hayberries, cherries, cucumbers and oranges often seedless, while grapes show seed reduction with improvement, yet wild vines remain seedful. Some seedless examples occur in wild plants too.
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Supa Fraite
E.L. Sturtevant
Botanical Gazette
Tiaa
Rica
Menocher
Sturtevant
Lesson in Handling a First Gun by St Nicholas for Tune
A stitched guide teaches safe gun handling focusing on stance grip and aiming. It covers foot placement, posture, hand positions, muzzle direction, and eye alignment to ensure correct sighting. It warns against careless handling and emphasizes constant alertness to prevent accidents.
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St. Nicholas
Amusing Ignorance and Journalistic Feats Collide
Amusing quips on language contrast with serious notes on journalism history. The piece recalls a New York crowd misusing polysyllables, mentions Miss Anna Godwin's betrothal to a Turkish Turk, and muses on Turkish ministers and American wives while detailing press diplomacy and the race to transmit dispatches during wars.
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Anna Godwin
Parke Godwin
New York
DeCastro
Blacque Bey Marrieg
Valentine Mott
Valentine Blacque
Aristarchi Bay
Ias
Debated Theorist On Human Remains And Decomposition
A fragmentary discussion from an early 20th century medical debate argues over the fate of dead bodies after burial and the release of gases. It cites authorities and scenarios from London and mentions charnel houses, monks, and the disposal of corpses, weighing space, sanitation, and public policy concerns.
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Philadelphia
Juang
Jeffersorm
Warren
Posten
Hurray
Magen
Earth
Dane
Laurel
London
Homie
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Garston
Edward
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Heaven
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Stern
Anya
Yates
Ero
New York Horn
Stanley
Livingstone
Suaha-Wvontey
Onde
Landon Pelegraph
Ganny Binith
Wear
Ste Poblikii
Port Babah
Annie Hetails
Vayape
England
Oxford
Dajlifa
Madeira
Lisbon
Tendon
Connor
Ifor
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Nowa
London Journalitte Finbliss
Auhanbeoni Ieee Ersus
Maron
Til
Ted
Aftien
Leu
Marmoud Ou
Tee
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