Weeds in Cities Bring Weeds to County Farms
A Chicago botanist notes that urban areas seed vicious weeds into rural regions via bedding used in cattle cars. Buffalo burrs, prickly lettuce, wild oats, wild carrots, and mustards spread from Detroit Toledo Minnesota Oregon and beyond, often enduring for years with nine lives for seeds.
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Biotalo Commercial
Chicago
Germany
Michigan
Ohio
Detroit
Toledo
Minnesota
Oregon
Europe
The Potato History and Potatoes in Ireland
A mix of potato origins and cultivation notes traces the Trish potato roots to Ireland and earlier in the Americas, with Botany naming Solanum tuberorum. It offers potato selection tests for starch content and cooking quality and a humorous medical exchange about prioritizing injuries in a crisis.
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Washington Star
Agricultural Department
Chile
Peru
Mexico
John Hawkins
Ireland
Francis Drake
England
All's well at Gosport barracks as soldiers sing and reflect
In Gosport barracks canteen a group of private soldiers performs verses and songs while awaiting a discharged comrade. Arthur Russell, facing his own guilt over his past, consoles his younger brother Charley and forgives himself as a couple outside pledges their love. The scene closes with the sentinel's quiet oath, All's well.
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Chrustian
Aogria
Christan
Ieee
Herus
Hidas
Abena
Oman
Edier Taetory
Tosam
Pheu
Stetsaal
Christian
Este
Leo
Seuid
Sin
Mona
Sal
Istian
Huonna
Finn Tauchid
Chris
Dart
Phenaven
Pantos
Seberine
Ioan
Kisseck
Chiristiam
Kinvig
Christing
Sue
Gosport
Kipling
Legion of the Lost Ones
Arthur Russell
Arthur
Tony
England
Russell
Arthart
Charley
Florence
Father
Mother
Egypt
Flossie
Mape
Reuben
Bushwhacker’s map instinct charms readers in travel sketch
The Century features a natural bushwhacker who navigates by rivers and contours, boasting intuitive topography and compass sense. A Cairo Ill. misdirection moment shows his face a sunrise from the west.
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Pasides
Cairo
Ill
An Acquired Taste and a Parisian Punch
Howard Paul relates a Charles Reade anecdote about canvasback ducks sent by steamer with instructions. Reade enjoyed the ducks but disliked bay rum and substituted champagne, noting champagne suited the duck better. The wind claim follows, noting air movement from heating and cooling of local air.
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San Francisco
Argonaut
Howard Paul
Charles Reade
Mr. Paul
Paul
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Isle of
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Mr. Kinvit
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Winnie
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Hector Fuller
Indianapolis News
Portfolo Club
Alice Woods
Marcus Aurelius
OUR Pleasure Club
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Mr. Fitts
George
Jipson
Yabsley
Madge
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