House Cleanin Is On The Program In Domestic Tale
A narrator warns of growing tension as Eliza Jane shows restless fever, planning housecleaning that will uproot curtains and carpets. The couple anticipates brads in coffee and soap flavored butter, while Mrs S plans trouble. The refrain repeats that housework signals impending strife.
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Eliza Jane
Knoxville Journal and Tribune
Moon
Earth
United States
Globe
Europe
Pacific Coast
California
Oregon
Washington
America
Foreboding Vision of the Panama Canal’s Future
The poem notes the Panama Canal as a looming achievement and imagines a future where air ships prevail and canals may be unnecessary. It reflects on delay, doubt, and the question of completion as a prophetic musing.
West Virginia laborer builds watercress empire
In a West Virginia mountain tale a poor laborer rises to wealth by growing watercress in a swamp near a B&O rail line. He buys land for five dollars an acre, gains railroad and merchant support, ships carloads to Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York, and expands to a hundred acres while repaying the cattleman who financed the venture.
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West Virginia
Baltimore
Baltimore & Ohio
Criwsus
Smith & Wesson Rebounding Lock Target Pistol
The single shot target pistol features adjustable sights and is praised for workmanship and balance. Recommended by the committee and used by experts, it suits .22 LR ammunition and is bored to accept .32-10-88 and .35-15-146 cartridges.
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Smith & Wesson
Smrru & WeEs- Son
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Pinehurst
Moore County
North Carolina
James W. Turrs
Herbert L. Jillson
the Outlook Publishing Co
THE
Outlook Publishing Company
Simpkinses
Chicago Tribune
Panama Canal
Rocky Mountains
Pacific
Virginia
Arma
Pinehurst General Store
Stockbridge St
Springfield, Mass
Whitman
Mehlbach Saddle CO
Whitman Saddle Co
Chambers St
New York
New Orleans
Charles
Andrew R. Blakely &Co., Ltd
Nationsite
Joseph G. Brown
Mal Bank
Raleigh, N. C
Bank
Henry E.litchford
Tyron
N. C
W. H. Stearns
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