Do Not Quit Farming Do It With Utter Care
An exhortation from F Davenport urging farm households to stop blaming hard times and instead fix routines. It stresses planning, quality seed, maintained equipment, honest dealings, debt payments, and continuous improvement. A closing note mentions a Catskill boarding house for colored Sky boarders.
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New Yorker
Catskill Mountain
Ulster County
New York
Troy Times
Queensland Sentry’s Remarks On Mackay Paints Grim View
The article cites a book on Queensland by Sentry for Os White Man. It quotes harsh impressions of Mackay describing dust covered streets, limited greenery, many pubs, and a flat monotony. It notes dangerous wildlife including a deadly snake and spiders plus hostile encounters with locals, with anecdotes from Finch Hatton’s party in a cattle station.
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Finch-Hatton
Queensland
Mackay
Underwood
Victorias
Chicago Tribune
Lake Sailors Superstitions On Friday Fear Of Red Headed Women
In a Louisville Courier Journal piece a captain recalls lake sailors' superstitions and fear of anything supernatural. He notes they avoid Friday sailing and tremble at will o the wisp or St Elmo's light, then tells of red headed women inducing misfortune. The tale ends with sailors begging to be left ashore rather than risk loss of life.
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Iate
Reas
Oma
Maha Medical & Surgical Institute
Cor
13Th St
Omaha
Wek
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Old Coleridge
Pat
Hairdye
Cook
Brin
Louisville Courier-Journal
Red squirrels shun toadstools while snacking on mushrooms
A Troy Times note humorously contrasts red squirrels eating edible mushrooms with their avoidance of the poisonous toadstool. The columnist muses that humans are foolish for those many poisoning cases reported daily, while the squirrels show restraint and merriment in their own way.
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