Park Ridge woman runs large poultry and duck farm
Mrs. Gertrude Morshangl, owner near Park Ridge, New Jersey, has invested $30,000 to develop one of the nation’s largest poultry operations. She employs about a dozen workers under supervisor Leon Chevannery, housing 1,200 Wyandotte, 1,600 Plymouth Rock, 240 pigeons and other stock. The farm features 17 buildings, 17 rows of housing, and incubators with daily output of 1,500 eggs. The enterprise supplies city restaurants and markets, while Mrs. Marshall also maintains a kennel of six terriers and aims to breed a premier Wyandotte.
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New Jersey
N. J
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Geetrude Morsingl
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Park Ridge
Lins
United States
Jen
Muraitali
Marshall
Geellekens
Lucks
Warker
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Calvin Rose’s Courtship and Wedding in Virginia Fun
A Southern Virginia party recreates a playful wedding courtship by inviting guests to answer floral themed questions. The hostess pairs couples as escorts, with answers naming flowers and personages to reveal roles, outfits, and the mock ceremony details amid a light entertainment scene.
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Virginia
Pring
Calvin Rose
Schample
Escor
Ogiri
Carolina Tose
Marigold
Phlox
Baall
Aster
William
Moss
Rosebud
Poppy
Priess
Hazel
Hyacinth
Violet
Pansy
Lily
Adorus Veovalle
Yonnit-Trose
Narelaang
Fragmentary note hints at a prize for a couple in a written tale
The text references friends, a miswritten phrase, and a prize judged by three judges who awarded the best dual treatment of the story to a couple. Details on location, cottage name, and wake are garbled and unclear.
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Lvergreen
Prairie chronicles of a western medical figure and gold rush tales
Dr Whitford of Dutte recounts early western mining days near Pikes Peak Alder Gulch and Cherry Creek. He recalls Major Bridger, Beckwith, and Bridger era miners, gold dust, and a preacher turned figure in a rough frontier town. A punctuated reminiscence covers lynch mobs, gold strikes, and old patients.
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Colorado
Toymer
Rachel Pike
Major Bridger
Old Bridger
Erecke
Uwleguat
Whitford
Alder Gulch
Wingwin Gliy
Mont
Col. Woods
Dump
Ike
Virginia City
Mut Springs
Olegraim
Donald Gilles
Rhode Island Hen Keeps Laying Eggs Record Pace
In Kingston Rhode Island a farm hen owned by Mrs McNally of Crompton allegedly laid 269 eggs in 88 days prompting questions about continuous laying. State officials and experts monitor the case as the Rhode Island College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts weighs the extraordinary claim amid local curiosity and political chatter.
Hen egg record and Easter weather musings in a torn page
A fragment from a late 19th or early 20th century issue recounts a sensational tale of Mrs. McNally and a hen laying eggs at extraordinary rates. Witnesses swear to six eggs in one day, with 299 eggs in 88 days vouched by Mrs. McNally amidst public curiosity and a Sunday halt. The report also notes the hen sent to the Agricultural College under Professor Fick for observation, while the rest of the page includes a Denver Post prayer and a lengthy weather themed poem about Easter.
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Pleld Aiso
Agricultural College
Mie
AleNally
Fick
Weather lore for predicting rain and cold from animals
A garbled weather almanac links animal behavior and natural signs to meteorological outcomes. It claims that swallows, chickens, dogs, mice, cats, and fish behaviors indicate rain, cold, wind, or sunshine, with seasonal cues and odd phrases suggesting looming storms and changing temperatures.
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San Antonio cottage plan for Texas Colorado Chautauqua
The Texas Colorado Chautauqua Association board adopted a plan to build cottages in Boulder for teachers and representatives. Texas communities are invited to erect cottages with cash prizes for best designs and free access to grounds and events for accredited attendees from 1900 to 1902. The Light publisher offers cash and train tickets as incentives for boosting subscriptions.
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San Antonio
Tte
Ganh
Texas- Colors
Chatauqua Association
Galveston
Texas-Colorado Chautauqua Association
Desire O
Cloee
Boulder
Colorade
Verdezvilla
Baulder
Colorado
Texas
Creveey
Bree
I .Clagsea
Irving
Clabmata
Texas-Coloradoe’ Chautauquea Association
Echoul Wistriete
Lona
Freeman
N. B
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Exis
Qaulder
Bion
Echool
Teabher
Daily Light
Menene & Ne Eee
Opery
Anislosea
Bitter & Sreb
Dati
Education and Chautauqua push for Texas towns
The piece lauds schooling and the Pilgrim Fathers for founding schools and churches, urges communities to support education, highlights the Texas Colorado Chautauqua movement, and notes San Antonio’s bid with Ten Dollars toward a prize trip to Boulder. It lists participating cities including Belton Corsicana Denton and many more as effort to secure better teacher preparation and public funds.
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Yame
Ameri
Oder
Ubon
Uist
San Antonio
Segal
Daily Light
Boulder
Colorado
Rata
Belton
Corsicana
Denson
Denton
Jinnis
Ellishoro
Marshall
Mexia
Palestine
Sherman
Wasxahucile
Sulphur Springs
Weatherford
Telar
McKinney
Texarians
Terrell
Bryan
Beaumont
Houston
Waco
Fort Worth
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