Willow baskets and forest service plan for Arlington crops
The U S forest service manages a program near Arlington Va distributing 100000 willow cuttings to farmers. Four approved varieties are grown for trial and selection of tall straight unbranched rods to boost basket willow production with guidance from Washington and ongoing experimental results to expand distribution.
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Arlington
Potomac
Eltr
New York
United States
Europe
France
America
United States Forest Service
Washington
Forest Service
The
Congress
London’s Official Timekeeper Woman Holds the Place
A woman serves as the official timekeeper, a role that began seventy years ago as a curious but persistent duty. The piece notes how many watchmakers and clockmakers once relied on the position and paid a fee for ensuring correct time, underscoring the historical prominence of the occupa tion.
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Vitte
London
Creenwich Observatory
Pond
John Henry Belleville
Battle
Astronomer Royal
Greenwith
Orber
William Christie
Miss Belaville
Maidenhead
Greenwich
BeHeville
Hy Vo Weing
Peesty
Met
Lecuatt
Locust plague mistaken for yellow locusts ruin coffee crop
An old New York Times note describes locusts spreading across South American plantations. A planter in a city asks his estate major domo if locusts have appeared. the reply is no while nearby plantations suffer severe damage from millions of yellow hoppers devastating the coffee crop.
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New York Times
Clerical golfers provoke restrained audience on links
A humorous note recalls a three ball on the course with two imitations of a top club golfer. One player trapped in a bunker. amid muttered frustration he quips about the difficulty of escaping with a Congregational minister and a Baptist beside him.
Old Frontier House Sale At Fort Whipple For $180
A government owned house known as the old Gen Crook house at Fort Whipple near Prescott sold for 180 dollars after a bidding start of 50 dollars. The building cost over 90 thousand and was tied to Gen Crook and Gen Kautz. It contained 40000 feet of lumber and two bathtubs. The purchaser may remove it as government no longer covers it. Washington Post.
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Fort Whipple
Prescott
George H. Morgan
Aris
Gen
Crook
Los Angeles
Kautz
Washington Post
Barrie Apology Noted in London Exchange
In London Barrie, living near Lancaster Gate, faced a quip from an American in Kensington Gardens. He quipped that his Scottish thrift shapes his wit, citing Saunders Carlyle and a joke about drinking whiskey to the last drop.
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Mr. Barrie
Jim
Barrie
London
Lancaster Gate
Bayswater Road
Kensington Garden
Kensington
Crichton
Saunders Carlyle
Saunders
New York Times
Whale tale turns into fishy club argument
An angling club overheard boastful talk about fishing feats as Commissioner George M. Bowers notes the season opening. A pale man asks what became of the whale that swallowed Jonah, prompting playful quips about the tale and elusive catches among the trout fishers.
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George M. Bowers
Bureau of Fisheries
Washington
New York Times
Orthodox Lover Passes Harsh Family Interview
A young man seeks to wed a society daughter and endures a blunt parental exam. He claims to abstain from liquor tobacco and gambling, denies horse racing, and faces a shocked reception. The father concedes the marriage is the daughter's funeral but blesses the union if she chooses it.
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New York Times
No Chance for Argument Sparks Courtroom Satire
A terse quip mocks a married man and his wife in the Brooklyn Seagbard Union style. It frames a social joke about spousal authority and the idea of a wife as a dominant figure in domestic disputes.
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Brooklyn Seagbard Union
Euthanasia and the Mysterious Purchase of Chloroform
A New York Times piece debates who should pay for anaesthetic to euthanize injured animals in town. Citizens discuss police actions and public contributions, while critics ask what the SPCA does with collected funds.
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S.P
Getting Legal Advice
A Broadway lawyer receives a mysterious call from Mrs Brown who refuses to state her name and asks if two copies of a lease exist. The lawyer questions who is calling and where she lives as she tries to discuss private matters. The call ends abruptly after she mentions a desire for valuable legal advice.
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Ifi
Prosperous Brittany Truck Garden Supplies English Market
The Brittany village of Pinugastel thrives during strawberry season with harvests shipped to Plymouth for Britain. Vast asparagus and potato fields feed a large market, as locals note Britain’s demand for produce outpaces local use. A woman questions local usage, suggesting factories would consume the potatoes.
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Brittany
Plymouth
England
Great Britain
Covent
Garden
Usines
New Orleans
A Delicate Hint of Stakes in a Scottish Dialogue
In a silent exchange Sandy and Mazzie discuss days and presence in a Scots dialect, testing trust and memory about who has been where. The conversation hints at an improvised plot turn as inconsistency grows. Mazzie finally asserts warmth despite suspicion, and Sandy reflects on the uncanny repetition.
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Sandy
Maggie
A Foot Salesman and a Southern Philologist Dinner Exchange
Carey Johnson Ludlam, the Southern philologist, recalls a dinner encounter with a brisk foot salesman. The salesman offered a patent cement, prompting Ludlam to reject him and question the man’s insistence. The exchange highlights social friction and the salesman’s persistence.
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Carey Johnson Lud@lam
Morning Post Passes to Countess of Bathurst
Through the death of her father the Countess of Bathurst she becomes sole owner of the Morning Post of London, taking control of the newspaper and its assets.
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Countess of Bathurst
The
Morning Post of
London
Sweet Milk Gridded Cakes From New York Telegram
A recipe from the New York Telegram describes sweet milk gridded cakes. It lists flour sugar butter milk and baking powder with instructions to sift dry ingredients, mix with milk, then add melted butter and cook spoonfuls on a greased hot griddle.
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New York Telegram
Omelet with Lemon Jelly Filling Recipe Note
A fragment describes beating yolks with sugar and lemon rind then folding in stiff whites. Add baking powder, bake in an omelet pan with melted butter for about ten minutes. Split and spread with lemon jelly between layers, serve promptly.
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Haven
Egg cooking guide from New-York Telegram
Pedestrian kitchen instruction describes boiling eggs in two saucepans of boiling water placed near a range. Remove to time soft boil six to eight minutes and hard boil thirty to forty minutes. Serve in warm egg cups with butter salt and pepper.
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New - York Telegram
Dessert With Banana Custard From The New York World
A glass bowl lined with lady fingers holds alternating layers of orange segments and 107 bananas with nut meats, topped by two thirds full. A custard of scalded milk yolks sugar and cornstarch is poured over fruit, then meringue is spread and browned in the oven, served with whipped cream.
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New York World
Blanched Almonds Dipped in Chocolate Treat
Instructions from the New York Telegram describe blanching almond meats by hot water, rubbing off skins, melting chocolate in a hot water bath, and dipping blanched nuts onto skewers to coat with chocolate. A second dip and vanilla flavoring may be added, then cooling on oiled paper.
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New York Telegram
Home Cook Tips From a Bygone Kitchen
A quirky collection of household hints covers food prep and storage. It suggests using capers on fish salad, galt in a coal oil lamp for better light, repurposing small jars as jelly molds, and cleaning greasy photographs with talcum powder. It also offers tips on moth prevention, removing price marks, poaching eggs, cream toast, sugar use, and scalloped oysters served in individual shells.
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Shells, Co
Gounod Shrine Villa Vignettes On Riviera Fame
A fragmented account touts Gounod’s Villa near Saint Raphael as a famed modern music shrine in France linked with Mistral and Provençal lore. It recalls a coastal Riviera setting and implies a surrounding scenic allure while touching on unrelated political notes and local reporter fragments.
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Riviera
France
Persistent Stomach Ills Find Cure After Years of Struggle
A reader reports long lasting stomach trouble and failed treatments by physicians. After years of suffering the writer finally finds relief and can eat and sleep better, claiming the condition is greatly improved.
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