Veteran oarsmen duel at Saratoga in famed race
At Saratoga two aging champions James Ten Eyck and James Riley faced off on the Lonke Lonely course. Ten Eyck won by six lengths in 3.18% against Riley’s 23:31. The event linked to famous rowing lineages, with Ten Eyck’s family and Ned Hanlan ties highlighted as part of a storied craft.
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Saratoga
James ‘Ten Exel
Senley
James Riley
Mara Cassidy
Tea Ryck
Riley
Ong
Ten Eyck
Tve
Syme Puse University
Vacins Qimeek
Iiley
Jim Ven Eyck
Ned Yeo Eyck
Diamond Scully
Wnd
Wisconsin
James
Syracuse
Fishkill Landing
Hudson River
James Ten Eyck
Ned Hanlan
Jim
Ned
Jim Riley
Ned Han Jan Ind
Pop Courtney
Goulds Sister Gifts Charity After Estate Disposition
Mra Annie Gould Hough, sister of Jay Gould, has practically disposed of her entire estate and will die penniless in Los Angeles under nurse care. Human Life notes her lifelong philanthropy toward education and relief, as she and her minister husband aided the needy and supported missions in early California. Born in New York, she followed Rev Hough west in the 1860s, enduring privations as they served in Los Angeles and supported the Gospel through generous donations.
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Mra
Annie Gould-Hough
Jay Gould
Los Angeles
Hough
New York
California
Miles
Hirst
Mithey
Gould
Howe
Pronesty
Figure in the literary world at the age of 87
A biographical sketch honors Thomas Wentworth Higginson born December 22, 1623 in Cambridge. Harvard graduate, he shifted from theology to abolitionist and Civil War service, becoming a colonel wounded at the Ediste river. He later gained fame as a prose writer through Atlantic Monthly essays and Outdoor Papers.
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James Russell Lowell
Longfellow
New England
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Higginson
Cambridge
Harvard
Divinity School
Astute
Eoldier
America
Lginson
Ediste
Atlantic Monthly
My. Higginson
Stephen Higginson
Boston
Francis Sugginson
Salem
Big Day
Smith claims world record for walking underground
Samuel G. Smith, longtime chief guide at Luray Caverns in Virginia, has spent years underground and traveled the earth’s depths from 6 to 260 feet. He averages four hours daily in caves, has served decades, and helped deter vandalism, while his health and imagination flourish under the cavern’s luminous darkness.
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Samuel G. Smith
Luray
New York
London
Seth
Smith
Carpenter
Fall set strawberries are most excellent
A Farm and Home article by J. J. Haynes argues fall planting of strawberries yields better berries and similar yields to spring sets, with easier weed control and ample time. It describes spacing, transplant timing from August to September, runner management, and straw mulch with early spring straw removal. It notes varieties Bubach Dur Lafayette Montmorency and Rabach as effective, with fall-planted beds producing large crowns and wine-quality fruit across adaptable soils.
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J. J. Haynes
Dairy Room Behind Sarn Building Described in Detail
A detailed drawing shows a dairy room in a separate building linked by a short passage to the milking area. It features a cement floor, three-compartment cooling tank with a wind-powered water flow, and a central section with four six-inch holes for utensil washing. The layout includes a cream spout, bottling table, windowed end, drying rack, washing table, stove, and a butter storage area, with an adjacent ice house.
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Sarn
Walry
E. H. Hicks
Spraying Trees and Careful Plant Protection
Before spraying identify the insects or diseases harming plants. Certain insects die from the spray while sap-sucking pests resist it. Apply thoroughly and uniformly to avoid waste. Exercise great care in preparing vegetation as missteps can kill trees and plants. Spraying pays off when done intelligently.
Arrange for Double Yards in Poultry Keeping
A Baltimore American writer suggests doubling poultry yards per pen. One yard grows green forage while the other provides pasture, allowing near year round grazing in the South. Various crops can be grown including oats corn rye and clover to keep continuous vegetation.
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Baltimore American
Pultry
Age of grape vines and enduring Hampton Court crop yields
The article notes that with proper care grape vines bear fruit indefinitely, citing Hampton Court in England where a vine planted in 1769 still yields large crops of good grapes each year.
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Hampton Court
England
Keeping Cheese Fresh in Warm Weather
The article offers guidance on storing cheese during hot weather. It advises buying only what is needed for immediate use, refrigerating cream and soft cheeses in jars or tins, and keeping odors contained in airtight containers. It warns against moldy cheese and suggests wrapping in linen with vinegar during wartime.
Care of Brooms and Corns for Thrifty Households
Thrifty households can extend broom life by soaking a new broom in suds for several minutes to tighten the whisk, then hanging it to dry. Hang unused brooms, groove around the handle to loop a cord or fit a fastener. Re-soak fortnightly. Another housewife uses cold soap water to wash corns, then presses to shape and air dries slowly. Salt and water wipes help matting last longer.
Little Date Pudding Recipe Steps and Tips
Recipe uses dates suet flour sugar salt spices and eggs. Chops dates and suet, folds in dry ingredients, adds milk and beaten eggs, then steams two hours in buttered individual molds. Notes that larger mold yields better expansion and presentation.
Chopped Piccalilli and Green Tomato Pickle Recipe
A vintage recipe explains salting chopped green tomatoes overnight then mixing green peppers onions and brown sugar. Spices including cloves cinnamon allspice and mustard seed are tied in a cloth bag dropped into vinegar with the vegetables. Simmer until tender and seal. Store in a cool dark place.
Sweet Apple Pickle Method Recipe Card
Twelve pounds of apples pared and quartered four pounds of sugar one ounce of cinnamon four ounces of cloves nine hundred six pints of vinegar wrap spices in a cloth tie and doll vinegar and sugar to coat apples then two minutes later jar and ladle syrup until thick pears also good prepared this way use winter sweet apples and winter pears
Feather Blecults Dough Recipe From OCR Fragment
Fragmentary recipe lists flour baking powder salt lard butter and sweet milk. Mix dry ingredients with fat then add milk. Roll to about half an inch and bake about twenty minutes. The steps are unclear and some words misread.
Cheese Pudding From Stale Bread And Cheese Layers
A simple bake uses stale bread and fresh cheese layered in an earthenware bowl with salt red pepper and milk. Two beaten eggs are added before baking for about fifty minutes in a hot oven.
Fried Tomatoes Breaks Frying Tradition
Slice tomatoes about a quarter inch thick, roll in flour, sprinkle with salt and pepper, then fry until brown on both sides. A simple skillet method yields golden slices suitable as a side dish or breakfast accompaniment.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promises Relief
A historical testimonial-style notice extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female ailments. It cites weight gain, improved nerves, and better work ability, with multiple Ohio testimonials and claim of many cures. The ad invites readers to write for free advice to Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Mass.
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Rs Minn
Rouleville
Ohio
Lydia E. Pim
Rand
I. Kounison
Brookville
Lydia E. Pinkhar
Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mage
Spohn's Distemper Cure touted for animals and poultry
An old advertisement claims Spohn's Distemper Cure can treat distemper in horses and prevent spread, also curing chicken cholera and dog distemper. It seeks agents, offers a sample, and lists a price of 1.008 dollars plus a commission book.
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Spohn
Mirs
Freon
Madica
Goshen
Tad
Chautauqua Sector Platform Sermon Prompted Confusion
A garbled excerpt shows four women handing out lemon pie and a long speech of thanks. Raymold Storey quips about sitting for the Chautauqua Sector, recalling a prior remark. The text reflects muddled dialogue and fragmented regional phrasing.
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Futon Wratz
Raymold Storey
Chawtauquay Sector
No Health After Years of Itching Suffering Ends
A mother recalls her five year old son suffering a severe skin eruption resisted treatment until Cuticura Ointment was applied on bandages. After repeated use the sores dried and the skin healed, leaving a healthier boy twelve years later. Robert Wattam from Chicago, October 9, 1903.
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Uittle
Robert ‘Wattam
Portyeighth St
Chleasc
His Only Affliction
A quip exchanges a joke about writer's cramp and a misheard condition named writer's kink. The repartee features a maid and a poor man, with a pun on overindulgence in power eating and stomach kinking as the supposed affliction.
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Otten
The Guilty Party and the Cat Tale
A fragment shows Cook scolding her young man over leftovers. She jokes the cat will be blamed tomorrow as she sighs about the dish. The brief repartee captures a rustic kitchen moment with peevish humor and domestic tension.
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Cook
Fragmented quotation on purpose and magnetism attributed to Munger
A fragment notes a strong definite purpose attracting what it serves with a magnetic power drawing in kindred ideas It attributes the notion to Munger and reflects a philosophical or motivational thought likely from a historical source
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Munger
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