Winter birds feed and defend orchards
In a long rustic meditation a writer details winter birds and their roles for orchard health. The hairy woodpecker and chickadee raid tree trunks and bark for pests while the downy and other species probe limbs and trunks, boosting tree defense. Boxes of seeds and suet attract flocks, reducing reliance on chemical sprays and aiding fruit yield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strane
Deedpecsery
Scomnalin
Fuet
Drynbates Villosus
Robert Page Lincoln
Dearborn Independent
Bismarck and William II in a Famous Quarrel Exposed
An excerpt from a memoir discusses Bismarck and William II, detailing tensions between a chancellor and the Kaiser. It notes how the writings predict the 1914 1918 war, portrays William II as vain and theatrical, and contrasts him with a steadier Bismarck. The text reflects on legacy and the leak of the manuscript.
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Bismarck
Wolay
Germany
Ansmarck
Dymiy
Pring
Strussian Royal House
William
Kiiser
Withyny
Bismarsis Non
Kaiser W
Cps
Mans
Marck
Witings
Bismarek
Russia
France
Heaven
Corres
Bony
From Civil War Prices to a Rail Freight Fine
A Civil War era reminiscence recalls price spikes for meat and fish as wages rose to fifteen shillings to a pound, plus a modern note on a Norfolk and Western Railway claim fined 125 dollars for transporting 49 cattle 28 hours before unloading, highlighting lingering issues of supply and regulation.
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Birmingham
Norfolk and Western Railway Mmpany
United States
Baltimore
Hawer
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Charles Town, W. VA
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Owens’ Drug Store
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Snepnerdsewn
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Lew A. Caosierr, Inc
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Sag 2
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