Wild Ducks Winter Home Along the Texas Coast
The Gulf coast serves as a wintering ground for millions of wild ducks. Freshwater ponds inland from the sea host senna weed with small black beans the ducks favor. Ponds span about a mile by half a mile and sometimes hold live oaks. When alarmed they rise with thunderous noise, creating a dramatic, colorful spectacle described by the Chicago Times Herald.
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Gulf of Mexico
Loue
Chicago Times Herald
Baldwin Locomotive Works Lands Major Foreign Orders
Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia secured fifty nine locomotives valued around six hundred thousand dollars in recent weeks. Foreign buyers include Russia Finland Central Railway Brazil Grand Trunk Canada Norway Pendes Mexico and Japan. Largest prior overseas order was forty four units from Japan.
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United States
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Philadelphia
Baldwin Company
State Railway
Finland
Central Railway of
Brazil
Grand Trunk Railway of
Canada
Misery by the Wholesale and varied remedies advertised
The fragment lists liver discomfort and nervous issues tied to misery from inactivity, touts Hostetter's for stomach and fever relief, mentions oysters killed in storms lowering Paris prices, endorses Piso's Cure for consumption, Winslow's soothing syrup for teething, a grand plane offer, and a joke about riding to avoid acquaintances, ending with Cascarets as a cure for constipation.
Simple Virtues of Shepherdland Mountaineers in England
A London Chronicle description praises Shepherdland near Brantwood for self reliance and sturdy independence. It highlights slate quarrying farms in the Langdales, immaculate interiors, and the hard long hours of north country life with women sharing load and children raised in honesty and health.
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Sta
Greenodd
Coniston
Ambleside
London Chronicle
Shepherdland
Ruskin
Felle
Brantwood
England
Langdales
Fell
North
Slater
Moral Hags and the Snobbishness They Feed
A critique of moral hags such as worry prone avoiders and snobbish self-consciousness in daily life. It argues moral hags hinder brisk action from nursery to work and church, warning they dull judgment and harm growth, while predicting their disappearance like witches.
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Mephistopheles
Faust
Athletics and Health Ideals Question Strength and Longevity
The text argues that athleticism does not guarantee health and that muscular development does not reflect constitution. It notes strong limbs can accompany weak hearts and that many strong individuals die of consumption. Health may be defined as the ability to endure life, suggesting some weak people are healthier and that long life does not ensure overall health.
No Place Like Home Says Husband and Wife
Dialogue from the Boston Traveler shows a husband declaring home is best and his wife asking if life at the club caused trouble. The exchange highlights domestic contrast and social setting.
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Boston Traveler
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New York Avenue
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Splasher
6Th St
Cascarets
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