We Meet Wealthy Neighbors and Their Odd Garden Draws
John and Stella meet Mr. and Mrs. Eckstrom and daughter Julia who tour the couple's garden and pool. The visitors trade polite jabs and talk of tea, toads named Epictetus and Luella, and a plan to name future goldfish while John and Stella reflect on wealth and authenticity.
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Mr. Eckstrom
Julia
Stella
Mrs. Eckstrom
Eckstroms
Peter
Smith
Epictetus
Luella
Tuella
Gladys
Gaynor
John
Ltella
Mike
Thrush
Green Farming and Costly Experiments in Bentford
The narrator reflects on summer spending across necessities and luxuries, building a rainproof shed, a cement root cellar, and barn floor improvements. He details resistance from workers and neighbors, lessons from a head gardener, and cautious garden plans despite two hundred seeds and losses, with Stella tending plants and a wary outlook on gardening reform.
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Bert
Bentford
New England
Mike
Stars as guides lecture by Col Tilney at Edinburgh
Lieut Col W A Tilney RF R G S presented a method using the night sky to navigate, teaching how to read the heavens as a compass. He noted colonial experiences and Haig’s endorsement, explaining a system based on three to four bright stars to find one’s way hourly.
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Edinburgh University
Officers’ Training Corps
W. A. Tilney
Edinburgh
Christian Science Monitor
Colonel Tilney
Europe
Sir Douglas Haig
Asparagus Healthful History From Egypt To Modern Science
Asparagus, long called the king's vegetable, was cultivated by the Egyptians and used by the ancient Greeks as medicine. Rome in 200 B C saw early adoption with Cato urging national planting. Modern science attributes its benefits to asparagrin, with physicians recommending it for digestive and kidney concerns.
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Rome
Cato
Why Women Write Letters About Lydia E Pinkham
A historical column defends women letter writers for Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. as genuine and consented, noting the plant's vegetable compound aided many illnesses. It contrasts with a marriage anecdote about disappointments and ends with a joke about men and weather.
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Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lydia E. Pinkham
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