Helene von Ritz Negotiates War and Love
In a tense offshore room, Helena von Ritz and Sir Richard Pakenham duel over a torn Oregon treaty and a slippery future. She forces him to repair the document with wafers, trading secrets and a fragile truce for a final, uneasy partnership.
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Austria
France
Richard
England
Oregon
Richard Pakenham
Helena von Ritz
John Calhoun
Ricard
Sir Richard
Texas
America
Monsieur
Fiveyearold Bertie Sees Silver Linings On Boardwalk
Little Robert aged five walks with his grandma in Atlantic City. He imagines clouds have silver linings and jokes that God must own a big needle as his mother sews hat linings nearby.
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Robert
Atlantic City
Bertie
Grandma
Plymouth Rocks Alderman Cross Between Black Java and American Dominique
Plymouth Rocks, especially the barred variety, are highly popular in the United States and likely include blood from Black Java and American Dominique as well as Asiatic lineages. They grow fast, pullets lay well though yearling hens fatten, and true-breeding bars are hard to maintain necessitating separate breeding pens. White and buff varieties share similar traits with fattening tendencies and color challenges in buff types.
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Plymouth Rocks
Java
Plymouth
French Geese Feeding Method Sparks Humane Tool
The article describes how geese raised for pate de foie gras are kept in narrow cages and force fed through a tube. A new instrument using a galvanized funnel and piston aims to ease the process by avoiding throat injury and preserving breathing.
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France
Washing Dirty Eggs and the Urgent Cleaning Task
An admonition that washing dirty eggs is a necessary evening chore, not to be delayed. It notes the hens breaking ore and frames washing eggs as a timely, unavoidable duty before supper.
Swamp Root touted as kidney remedy in letter to editor
A letter from Henry Searle of Little Rock Arkansas praises Dr Kilmer Swamp Root for curing severe lumbago and kidney trouble. He recounts prior attacks, notes age seventy three, and urges others to try a sample bottle and booklet by Kilmer Co Binghamton NY. Available at drug stores for fifty cents to one dollar.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N
Homeward Bound Boy Gains Confidence At School
In his native town Jimmy was popular with all ages but felt homesick after boarding school entry. A week later his second letter told his mother he was adapting, that the boys were proud of him, and he could stretch his mouth wider and his feet longer than other boys.
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Jimmy
A Curious Exchange About Humor
In Harper's Weekly a dialogue shows Binks and the Philosopher debating humor. Binks notes his strength in English jokes while admitting limited French, and the Philosopher truths a keen eye for English humor as a sign of sharp vision.
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Binks
Philosopher
Harper’s Weekly
Age of Oysters in Brief
Oysters grow mainly in summer and reach full growth after seven to ten years. The oyster’s age is read from growth marks on the shell, with a summer hump and winter sink each year. Oysters can live up to twenty years.
Feed Young Girls Right Food During Growth
A editorial urges proper nutrition for girls entering womanhood to build health and avoid chronic illness. It cites a testimonial about Postum improving stomach issues, headaches, and overall vitality, attributed to the product from Battle Creek, Michigan with the slogan There’s a reason.
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Postum
Postum Company
Battle Creek
Mich
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M ‘Aihoun
Setrew ‘& Tyler
Sarche
Nicholas
Pakenham
Talhoun
Trist
Montreal
Eliz Harchill
Ass Trist
Serily
Calhoun
Barone
Washington
Polk
Mexico
Trista
Nis
Irn
Tyler
United States
Threlka
Richard Paken-ham
Emerson
Jough
Tiaghus G
Syngpsis
Lumbago
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