Cape Cod canal proposed as vital inner waterway
The text argues for a Cape Cod canal as a strategic, privately funded deep-water route through Buzzard's Bay to Cape Cod Bay. It notes modest cost, potential annual tonnage, and reduced transits, highlighting Belmont and partners' plan, public benefit, and limited public funding. It compares to Panama and Erie canals and stresses national and regional commerce gains.
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Panama
United States
New York
Lake States
Washington
Cape Cod Canal
Miles Standish
Buzzard's Bay
Long Island Sound
New Amsterdam
Old Colony
Suez
William ‘Barclay Parsons
Panama Canal Commission
Cape Cod Bay
New Haven Railroad
Vineyard Sound
Great Hook
Cape
New England
South America
Pacific
West
Great Lakes
Canal Company
Massachusetts
Plymouth
Provincetown
Belmont
Buzzard’s Bay
Barnstable Bay
Cuthbert Pipwhistle Proposes in Flirtatious Moment
Cuthbert Pipwhistle waits in suspense as Gervangeline ponders the question of marriage. She poses a test about money and cards while he boasts of a potential windfall from a victorious hand.
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Cuthbert Pipwhistle
Gervangeline
Cuthbert
Miss Smith
Solomor Man Wins Free Bread Butter Potatoes Comedy
A restaurant owner advertised low prices and free bread butter and potatoes. A solemn customer demanded the free items and the waiter confirmed the offer. The proprietor relented and gave bread butter potatoes free plus coffee.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Army as Result of Riot At Ken Wood Estate
The article recalls a 1661 riot led by Thomas Venner's Fifth Monarchy Men at Ken Wood in Hampstead. The city uprising failed but prompted the reorganization of the British regular army, keeping life guards, blues, grenadier and Coldstream guards as its core.
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Ken Wood
Hampstead
Thomas Venner
Babylon
Coleman Street
Banda
Highgate
Caen Wood
Life Guards
Household Cavalry
Blues, Grenadier
Coldstream Guards
Montreal Herald
Almsbox on Parish Altar Rails at Parham Church
A Sufffolk village church in Parham possesses a rare key shaped almsbox chained to its altar rails. Its date is unknown but likely crafted by a local carpenter and blacksmith. The box may have served offerings from communicants or fees during ceremonies or been portable for use at occasions, secured when not in use.
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Parham
England
Flossy Floyd make up smears on sleeve noted
An offhand detail from London Tit-Bits describes a woman’s head leaning on a man and part of Flossy Floyd makeup transferring to his sleeve. The line reads as a colorful social observation from the era.
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London
Propriety and Names in School Talk
A teacher defends naming people as proper nouns while a pupil argues some men are so lowdown their names should not be spoken in polite company. The exchange highlights attitudes toward language and propriety in a school setting.
Value of Human Life vs National Wealth
The article argues the social value of an average human life is about 2 900 dollars and estimates total life value around 250 billion dollars. It contrasts this with the United States' physical wealth of 110 billion dollars, concluding that conserving human life is more important than protecting forests or eradicating cattle and hog disease.
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United States
Splendid Street Costume for Fall Fashion Notes
The article describes a versatile street costume with a bolero like jacket in Saxe blue Deauville cloth and black taffeta, featuring soutache trimming, a peplum, and a tunic skirt. It notes a fashionable long jacket impact, options in crepe de chine, and suitable afternoon wear.
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Batiste
Schoolgirl Hair Fashion Shows Simple Ribbon Bow
The fashion of bobbing hair is less popular now for practical short styling. A small girl wears her hair long, straight or curly, tied with a large ribbon bow at the back. The bow uses about a yard and a quarter of six inch taffeta ribbon.
Silk Shirt Care for Tucked Bosom Styles
To launder silk shirts with a tucked bosom that cannot be ironed, wash, wring, and fold in a Turkish towel. Roll up tightly and let it sit. Then iron the shirt except the bosom, which is placed on a bosom board and pinned while it dries to look as good as new.
Black Net Roses Adorn White Net Rose
A white net model features a single black rose. The black rose mirrors the vogue for black in women’s dress and serves as an effective decorative accent borrowed from prevailing fashion.
Round Shoulders A Defect In Posture Cited
The article describes round shoulders and flat chest as a familiar defect with forward head posture and protruding abdomen. It notes three types, links growth and activity to natural correction, and warns persistent causes include weak constitution poor air school life illness and lack of exercise.
What is a rucksacke in travel gear
The article explains a rucksacke as a denim or heavy cloth bag with one or two back pockets for easy access to books and articles. It closes with a cord, holds underwear and toilet items, resembles a meat sack in shape, and is easier to access than a knapsack.
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Europe
Simple Violet Tub Silk Frock Description
A delicate violet tub silk dress features a white silk collar and sleeve ruffles. The tunic tucks from a hip yoke with purple silk plaiting, and the violet silk yoke sits over a white underskirt. A purple satin ribbon knotted at the front forms the girdle.
Advice for stout women on dress and color choices
The guidance warns stout women to avoid shiny fabrics that exaggerate curves and to prefer soft dull materials. It recommends full dresses, restrained patterns, minimal contrasting belts, and low collars. Indoor skirts should touch the ground, with dark colors like black and deep blues or browns considered slimming.
Tulle Fashion Highlighted for Dance Frocks And Jackets
Tulle remains the favored fabric for dancing frocks with embroidered roses and leaves for color. A new shaped jacket, resembling a sack, slips on with almost any dress and suits Blender figures, needing careful wear.
Special Care Needed for Fall Pigs
R B Rusting explains fall farrowing for Wite pigs from September to October. Close confinement and warm sunny quarters aid newborn pigs until they gain strength. Overfeeding rye or barley can heat the sow’s blood and harm piglets. feed milk making seeds and nourishing grains in moderate amounts. Train piglets to feed independently with a small pen and skimmed milk plus shorts, keeping troughs clean.
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R. B. Rusting
Caring for Hogs at Vaccination
Hog vaccination tips emphasize pre and post care from H P Hoskins at University Farm St Paul Minnesota. Key steps include moderate feeding before vaccination clean dry housing grouped by size organized work area and careful dosing to reduce errors. After vaccination keep hogs clean dry post care exclude corn for a week provide laxative feeds and monitor for three weeks noting possible abscesses and dog illnesses.
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H. P. Hoskins
University Farm
St. Paul
Minn
Combining Feeding Crops for On Farm Profit
The text argues that feeding crops on own farms can boost profits by reducing costs and capturing market value. It warns against relying on manure crops and unprofitable stock feeding as viable principles in farm management. The focus is on maximizing two profits from crop growth and on-farm feeding.
Interior design guidelines for comfortable poultry houses
The article outlines practical poultry house interior arrangements to save labor. It covers roost placement high in warm areas away from the front, use of 2x4s and poles for roosts, easy removal for cleaning, and roost height by breed. It also recommends droppings platforms to enlarge scratching floors, easy cleaning, dark nests to reduce egg eating, and portable nests installed under dropping boards for easy egg removal.
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Ughter
Hay Quantity Rules For Measuring Mow Volume
The article explains that hay quantity in a mow is only approximately measurable and should not be the sole basis for buying or selling. It outlines old rules: good timothy day yields 850 cubic feet per ten, well settled 400 to 450, and partially settled 350 cubic feet per ten, with conditions noted to require a clear estimate agreed by both parties.
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Timothy Day
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