Battle of Baja California Bloodshed and Escape
A deserter’s eye witness account from Baja California describes a brutal clash with Mexican forces and advancing artillery. Amid flames and retreat, a wounded American comrade begs for aid as bullets tear through the line and the narrator fights to reach the border with a fallen buddy.
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Stars and Stripes
Bunkie
Mother Earth
Tecate
Alamo
Baja California
Mexico
The Wanderlust and a Nameless Soldier’s Grave
The narrator recalls a brutal Mexican campaign scene with retreating troops and a lone boy soldier who dies, leaving a mother’s note reading come home. He buries the nameless youth on a hillside, then surrenders to U S authorities with ninety three comrades at Fort Rosecrans, noting others fight in distant wars.
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Mexico
United States
Fort Rosecrans
San Diego
Sam
Jack Mosby
Naval Disciplinary Barracks
Puget Sound
United States Navy
Balkans
Europe
Pearl Carpet of Baroda panel donated to Victoria and Albert Museum
The Gaekwar of Baroda lent one of four panels of the renowned Pearl Carpet to the Victoria and Albert Museum South Kensington. The panel, from Khande Rao Gaekwar's era, shows an arabesque of pearls and glass beads with gold bosses, diamonds, rubies, emeralds and sapphires, centering a floral motif. The full carpet includes the Pearl Veil and gold carpet-weights encrusted with diamonds.
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Gaekwar
Baroda
Victoria and ‘Albert Museum
South Kensington
Khande Rao Gaekwar
Mohammed
Madina
Ugliest Man the Most Married Chief in the Congo
Tupungu the Basongi chief is noted as wealthiest and most married in the Congo with 300 wives each yielding two francs yearly. He is nicknamed the ugliest man on earth by provincial officials and is described by Vice-Consul Castells as villainous with one eye and scarred by smallpox. He曾 deserted as a child, was adopted, claimed occult powers, allied with Arab traders, and overthrew his father to become chief.
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Tupungu
Basongi
Congo
Castells
Lupungu
Flag of Tragedy Recovered by Canterbury Museum
A two by three inch New Zealand ensign carried by Doctor Wilson of Captain Scott’s polar party was found on his dead body after his death in Antarctica. Miss Anne W. Hardy of Rakala had given the miniature flag to Wilson to take if possible. The flag was returned to Miss Hardy by Mrs. Wilson and then donated to the Canterbury Museum.
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Canterbury Museum
New Zealand
South Pole
Doctor Wilson
Robert Scott
Lyttelton
Antarctic
Anne W. Hardy
Rakala
Dr. Wilson
Miss Hardy
Wilson
Enormous Flood Damage Described Across United States
The article notes flood damage across the United States totaling about 100 million dollars annually. It highlights widespread losses to property and infrastructure and calls attention to the fiscal impact of flood events on communities nationwide.
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United States
Mule Eats Destination Tag Sparks Runaway Misdirection
A man ships a mule by rail to a neighboring county. A darky guarding the mule notices the animal gnawing the destination tag. He races home to tell his master that the mule has eaten the place where he was bound.
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Darky
Harper’s Magazine
Motorist fashion trends mix soft hats with vivid veils
Style notes urge small soft hats with flexible brims and varied veils. Hemstitched chiffon veils in 1% to three yard lengths feature at back wraps and front bands. Bright color contrasts like red with royal blue and emerald greens dominate, while taupe remains in vogue.
Four or More Skirt Tiers Stir Parisian Fashion
The article notes M. Jacques Worth predicting a surge in multi tier skirts for Easter. French designs now feature up to nine tiers with white mousseline fabric, pivot edges, and deep to narrow layers. A blue velvet rose accent lifts the front while the back arches, and bolero like plaitings frame the waist and arms.
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M. Jacques Worth
M. Worth
Pretty Hot Weather Frock for Children’s Dress
The drawing features a summer frock for a child in light materials like batiste or spongee. Notable is the narrow Irish crochet sleeve insert and a pointed yoke outlined with embroidery. A wide girdle effect formed by two embroidery insertions. bodice blouses over the girdle and a side-plaited skirt completes the design.
How a Girl Hosts Noted Club with a Scrapbook
A girl known among friends for hosting well explains her method. She collects newspaper ideas for games and entertainment, pastes them into a notebook, classifies them, and uses the scrapbook to quickly pick suitable activities for each club gathering. If a game stalls, she consults the book for a quick replacement.
FANCIES OF FASHION Bracelets and fabrics featured in fall styles
The piece notes new fashion items such as faceted bangle bracelets and mohair dust coats with raglan shoulders. It highlights separates like vests and waistcoats, Mandarin sleeves, practical Serge street dresses, plaid silks, summer hats of maline and lace, and velvet trim in Paris hats.
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Paris
New Cream Porcelain and Silver Tea Set Delights
A heavy imported cream porcelain tea set with silver deposit and hand engraved trim includes a teapot a sugar bowl and a cream dish. Described as an attractive wedding gift the combination is dainty yet durable appealing to many couples.
How to lace a corset cover with crochet cotton
Advice for replacing ribbons with white crochet cotton to lace a corset cover. Crochet a string through the top and finish ends with tassels to prevent broken ties. A double thread can also pass through lingerie petticoats for secure lacing.
Shepherd Plaid Skirt and Black Satin Coat Fashion Item
A fashion feature highlights the shepherd plaid skirt paired with a separate black satin coat. The outfit is described as fanciful with ruffles of net or shadow lace, reflecting current vogue.
Pen Painting Promises Dress and Fan Elegance
An English method called pen painting uses a special oil paint to apply color in fine dots to fabrics. It offers new effects on gowns fans and book covers with satin ready for presentations or bridal books. a complete outfit costs 3.50 dollars and foils cost a dozen.
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England
New Coat Sleeve Styles With Lace and Buttons
The article describes fashion updates for coats and gowns with sleeves slashed in the same way as skirts. It notes openings filled by lace ruffles or finished with decorative buttons, highlighting current detailing trends.
Mixing Ingredients Priced At Three Dollars A Dozen
The text notes that the necessary ingredients for mixing cost three dollars per dozen. Patterns for the work are available for those who are not skilled at drawing their own patterns.
Sample Wash Goods Shrinking Shortcut
Practical tip advises cutting two small squares from the fabric and shrinking one to compare against the other. If the laundered piece shows no size change, the full piece need not be shrunk, saving effort.
Ornament for Bows with Seed Pearls and Imitation Pearls
The article notes new seed pearl ornaments for marine neck bows offered in genuine pearl form at extravagant prices and in imitation pearls at 56 cents to $1. It states the imitation variety is in good taste and safe to wear without tremor and can be used with ribbon.
Practical and Timely Hog Lot Notes
Hog feeding hinges on the feeder. Avoid red clover for hogs and give home grain twice daily. Prefer heavy boned boars but steer from lazy sows. Alfalfa yields more forage than clover. pigs can graze on rape with grain. exercise aids small pigs. Pasteurized swill and milk are needed. shade boosts profits. High-quality hogs mature faster. cross-bred hogs offer advantages if properly managed.
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Professor Smith
Purdue University
Lafayette
Ind
Lous
Destroy Canada thistles in year long field control plan
By G H L Dacy. Thistles spread by roots and seeds via wind water and farming practices. Effective eradication comes from fallowing fields deep plowing four to five times, intensive cultivation, and spring plowing if needed. Alfalfa seeding and heavy manuring aid suppression, while grazing animals or salt can finish remaining plants.
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G. HL. Dacy
Canada
New fruit discovered from blackberry raspberry graft
A California horticulturist has grafted a blackberry raspberry hybrid onto a climbing rose vine. He believes the resulting fruit could be remarkable and promising for future cultivation.
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California
German Animal Census Shows Decline Since 1907
German census records a drop in beef cattle calves and sheep since 1907 with sheep decline totaling 25 per nonk. The data highlights weaker livestock numbers across species and signals rural farming shifts in the period.
Proper Care of Tools Best by Quarterly Paste
A historical note explains a rust prevention method. Mix two parts graphite and two parts tallow with one part gum camphor to form a stiff paste. Remove rust from steel, dry surface, apply paste, let stand 24 hours, then rub dry. When idle, cover tools with preparation longer. The coating acts like oil while leaving no residue for months.
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F. Grinstead
Goats Boost Profit on Noncultivable Land
Profit in Goats notes goats can be raised profitably on land unsuited for any cultivation. The piece discusses evaluating land fitness and using goats to generate income where crops fail.
Keep Milk Flow Steady with Darkened Dairy Barns
Darkened stalls and screen doors and windows in the dairy barn will help to keep the milk flow steady.
Domestic Stock Totals in United States Horses and Mules
The United States officially estimates 20,567,000 horses and 4,386,000 mules. This government tally highlights the breadth of equine and draft animal assets across the nation.
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United States
Ancient Irrigation In Spain Since 1844
The note records irrigation efforts in Spain beginning with the first canal started in 1844 and describes nearly a century of irrigation practice across the country.
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Spain
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