Thoughts of Home Impregnate Mind of Genial Niles
Hoosier writer notes homesickness distortions as he travels through Mexico and deserts, comparing costs and conditions with Indiana. He warns newcomers to westward travel about harsh realities, charity aid for stranded tourists, and the labor needed to live, citing Bisbee, El Paso, and tourist car traffic amid a long uphill stretch for motors.
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Niles
Bisbee
Douglas
Elysian
el Paso
Massachusetts
Owensburg
Inevitable班 Investors and miners in a frontier dream
The narrator recalls travel hardships and hotel Christmas hospitality as he contemplates returning to Lin ton miners with money. He notes the lure of opportunities in the new country, but laments how tin horn investors struggle against big corporations squeezing out smaller players. NILES.
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Signor
Gracies
Linton
Croesus
NILES
Horses fed on fruit across countries threaten traditional feed
A survey notes diverse equine diets from nation to nation. In Egypt top horses thrive on rai sins, Smyrna figs replace hay or oats, Canada uses apples, Arabia favors dates, and Tasmania horses eat perch. The piece highlights cultural variations in horse feeding and performance implications.
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Egypt
Smyrna
Canada
Arabia
Tasmania
Advice on liver and heart valve from a medical exam
The document quotes a doctor offering reassurance about liver trouble and a leaking heart valve but warns that kidney disease is fatal within a year. The tone is cautionary about hidden medical risks and prognosis.
Cottages Built for Luck in English Outposts
In remote England, cottages with sloping walls persist due to a superstition that precise square construction would cause collapse. Builders angled walls slightly to ward off bad luck and structural misfortune.
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England
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