Illusions and a New Backer Turn Comic City Lunch
John Henry I recounts a luncheon with Skinski and Dodo where a false backer scheme unravels. Bunch clashes over travel work while Peaches and Aunt Martha arrive with unexpected family ties, exposing the ruse.
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Bunch
Signor Petroskinski
Jeff Mulligan
Petroskinski
Skinski
Sixth Avenue
United States
Reubens
Nix
Wall Street
Blue Hills
Jefferson
John Henry
Mademoiselle Dodo
Dodey
Dodo
Mule Care Tips Emphasize Breeding and Gentle Training
A Rural New Yorker article outlines mule care from birth to three years. It stresses good stock breeding, delayed workload, and careful feeding with alfalfa, corn fodder, and oats. Weaning occurs at nine months, with separate stabling and gradual pasture access, plus late-stage training only after age three.
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Ed McLaughlin
New Yorker
Prudent Impertinence and the Chinese Queue
A Montana man describes a Chinese servant using his queue as a silent weapon of insult. He notes that the coiled queue in the pocket can signal defiance without words and that experienced workers or employers may resort to violence to suppress perceived insolence.
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Montana
Billingsgate
Bird Sticks to Old Ways
A writer notes the gray wagtail as an example of conservative avian behavior. The species winters in Africa and summers across Europe Asia and Greenland, never reaching North America. Its migrations follow a fixed path via Greenland England the Faroe Islands and Iceland.
Desert definition cited in school geography dig at PA head
A Philadelphia school director defends his pay with a desert definition after a teacher asked pupils to define the term. The director quips that a desert is a great barren tract like his head an inch above the ears, prompting a humorous family moment about geography and pride.
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Philadelphia
Early Spring Corn Planting Tip
The advice notes planting corn as soon as spring weather allows to supplement pasture that dries up in Lula.
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Lula
DIRT THAT POISONS THE MILK FROM SOILED COWS
A photo shows a filthy cow after ten days on pasture and in a vile stable. Illinois station tests reveal that milk from dirty udders contains 20 to 24 times more dirt than milk from clean cows. A glazed dish captured dirt during milking for weighing to prove the difference.
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Ilinois
U.S. Horse Values Rise Sharply Since 1900
Government data show the national average horse value at 111.67 dollars, up about 3 dollars from 1910. Since 1900, horse value has climbed from 44.61, with Illinois, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island among leading states. mules show Southern strength with South Carolina at 173 dollars.
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United States
Illinois
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New Jersey
Wisconsin
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
IlMnoia
Connecticut Farmer's Daughter Raises Japanese Spaniels
A Connecticut farmer's daughter, bound to home duties by her mother, raised Japanese spaniels for income and cleared three hundred dollars in the last year.
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Connecticut
Artist and her roses charm hardhearted recluse
Miss May Sheffeld trespasses on Roselands to take rose cuttings and is surprised when the buyer, an artist, appears with his dog. After a tense confrontation the man is impressed by her boldness. He later offers roses in repayment and hints Roselands will have a mistress next spring.
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Roselands
May Sheffield
Hinds
Mary
Aarteland
Miss May
Pos
Carlo
Miss May Sheffield
Mking
Sheffield’s
Father
Roseland
Roselandg
Gare
Heigho
Origin of Buncombe Gives Rise to Local Phrase
In Buncombe County North Carolina the phrase talking buncombe arose from Col Edward Buncombe who built Buncombe Hall with To Buncombe Hall Welcome All over the doorway The saying I am talking for Buncombe meaning Buncombe County spread locally and was later used by outsiders to describe political blarney or inflated praise quoted from In the Land of the Sky by Joe M Chapple National Magazine
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Buncombe
Buncombe County
North Carolina
Edward Buncombe
Buncombe Hall
Land
Linden Tree in Remborn Said to Be 1200 Years Old
The village of Remborn in Germany boasts a linden tree claimed to be about 1,200 years old. Local folklore and historical accounts center on the tree as a landmark, with residents noting its ancient origins and enduring presence through centuries.
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Remborn
Germany
Lee and Davis as Seen by Mrs Harrison in Scribner
Mrs. Burton Harrison recalls General Lee as the idol of the Confederacy in a spring visit with her mother. She recounts Lee kissing the girls, his noble bearing, and farewell, and notes his courtesy and light moments with young women at Mrs. Davis receptions. She mentions Mrs. Davis and her sister Margaret Howell aiding the salon and laments diverging paths with Mme. de Stoeurs.
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Army of Northern
Virginia
Lee
General Lee
Confederacy
Ell
Davis
White House
Margaret Howell
Mme. de Stoeurs
Mrs. Burton Harrison
Scribner
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John
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Martha
Cornelius McGowan
Flora
Springfield
Nephew
Doda
Cornelius
Fiora
Flo
G. W. Dillingham Co
Jack
Associated Literary Press
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Jeff Davis
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