The Frozen Dude and the Bunco in New York
A reporter known as The Frozen Dude, an Episcopal clergyman in a neighboring city, tells of his encounter with bunco men in New York. He recalls meeting Douglas Peabody, a Stock Yard bank nephew, at Italian cafe and casino style draw games where he was mistaken for a detective. He recovered $40 and witnessed the crooks flee as detectives arrived.
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Tom
Billy
Harvard
Caime Billy
Plymouth
Ladies’ National Temperance Association
Chickering Hall
the Sun
Bogart
South Side
New York
Sun
Press
Journaliani Siz
Bunco
Hamilton
Chicago
Princeton
Ienac Orton
Bhunco
Billy Ad
Pes Tuatea
Douglas Peabody
Preni
Stock Yard Bank
Douglas
Delmonico’s
Twenty-sixth Street
Twenty-eighth Street
Peabody
Fourteenth Street
Broadway
Douglan Peabody
Caugh
Seventh
Eighth Avenues
Bes
Rhoderick Chu
James
Mouquin's
Kid Miller
Mike Norton
Stories of the Veteran Comedian John E Owens
Anecdotes recount the late comedian John E. Owens once acting in earnest as Richard III in Baltimore. A heckling crowd, led by Gallagher, sparked a playful rebuttal as Owens cultivated the scene. He later acknowledged the audience’s laughter and joined Gallagher to heighten the comic moment. Owens, a Baltimore county native, was drafted in the Civil War era while in Washington, recalling a quip about a draft from a humorous wartime context.
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John E. Owens
Fourth Street
Baltimore
Richard
Gallagher
Owens
Hebeeck
Baltimore County
Washington
Detroit
How and When to Plant for Good Crops in the Garden
Practical notes on garden placement and sun exposure for value, with emphasis on southern and eastern slopes for vegetables and northern western slopes for cool crops. Guidance on Golden Queen raspberry variety, seed quality, soil temperature, drilling, and shallow cultivation to improve germination and yield.
Transplanting Native Trees From Nursery to Field
Native trees transplant well with care but nursery stock often succeeds better. Select dry open sites and preserve as much fibrous root as possible. Top growth should be cut back by half to two thirds, and planting should occur on a cloudy or damp day after pre dug holes.
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American Agriculturist
Rope strap method to steady cow tail during milking
A Country Gentleman correspondent suggests using a rope strap passed over the cow’s hips and hanging down over the tail to keep it still during milking, as shown in the illustration.
Tail securing method for cows described
A brief note explains tail tying for cattle, insisting tails be at least three inches in circumference for weight and security, and that the method can be swapped from cow to cow quickly as one walks.
Cause of Barren Vines and Cross Fertilization
An article explains that some wild vines are sterile due to defective anthers or stigma. Cross fertilization with a bisexual fertile variety like the Concord can restore productivity, but if the stigma is defective the pollen fails to act and the vine should be replaced. Also notes on cattle, fruit baskets demand, sugar cane yields in Louisiana, wool clip, and cotton crop estimates.
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Maine
Minnesota
Florida
Louisiana
Texas
K. S. Car- Tan
Carman
Sibo
Beaton
California Editors and Rural Press During the Civil War
Special correspondence from Boston recalls the life of California editors in the Civil War era. It notes temp editor transitions, editor battles with personal insults, shooting incidents in Sonora, and the mix of pistol and pen in frontier journalism, reflecting harsh Western editorial culture.
Cotton prospects in Bokhara raise U S cotton stakes
The report notes 1,000,000 ponds or six million pounds of cotton awaiting cashing to Russia via the new Asiatic route in Bokhara. It states 1,000,000 acres are watered along the Nurgab river for future cotton growth and that a U S company failed in purchase attempts as Moscow capital seeks monopoly with government subsidies backing the cotton industry.
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Bokhara
Onur
Russia
Anfulloscow Capital
Frank
Do Not Fall for Imitations of Dr King’s New Discovery
Warns readers against wasting time with inferior cough and cold remedies and urges use of Dr King’s New Discovery for relief. Cautions that some dealers push cheap imitations for profit and stresses seeking the genuine product.
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Dr. King
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Henry B. Lowman
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State OF Kansas
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