Barbarossa Napoleon Bonaparte Smith Joins Our Household
The narrator recalls Barb, a scraped and scarred child left by Nancy in Georgia then traveling north to find a grandmother, arriving at the narrator's home on a sleety November afternoon. Barb, calling Mrs Smith his grandmother, stays after revealing his harsh past and long journey by rail and boat, showing resolve to settle with the family.
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Barbarossa
Napoleon Bonaparte Smith
Barb
Loiss
Mamma
Amon
Mra. Smith
Lois
Nancy
Smith
Mrs. Smith
Georgia
Upport
Howard
Ihmeteef
Barb and Lois in a tragic tale of guilt and salvation
A narrator recalls Barb, a troubled boy who ruins Lois and Nancy's home in a failed search for hidden treasure. After mischief and street life, Barb dies in a November fire warded by Lois and Nancy, who comfort him and offer a prayer for passage to a merciful Good Man.
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Gibbon
Barb
Nancy
Lois
Mamma
Births Marriages and Deaths During Queen's Reign
Dr Louis Parkes discussed birth, marriage and death rates from 1841 to 1895 at the Parkes Museum in London. He noted a decline in marriages and births amid changing manners, with a rapid fall in death rates due to better health and sanitation in towns.
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Parkes Museum
London
Louis Parkes
Chelsea
Parkes
Insect Pest Threat to Grain and Remedies Described
The article explains the grain moth pest harming stored wheat and corn in Maryland and the South. It details identification, life cycle, spread from Europe, and how to disinfect granaries, plus fumigation with bisulphide of carbon as the preferred control method.
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Maryland
South
Baltimore
Europe
Virginia
United States
Texas
Dorchester
Weed odor deters moths in stored grain claim
The text notes Mexican tea or American wormseed known as Jerusalem oak in the county. It describes a peculiar odor when dry and suggests the odor helps keep moths from grain storage.
Whitewash peach trees to curb cold injury and hasten bloom
The Missouri experiment station reports darker colors absorb more heat than white when fruit trees are exposed to sun. Four winter applications of lime whitewash with skim milk and salt can whiten peach trees, with copper sulfate added cautiously for fungicide trials.
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New England
Missouri Experiment Station
Medicines and Poultry Cure Methods
The article argues medicine is ineffective for poultry. It suggests culling severely ill birds with contagious diseases and lightly feeding the rest while monthly inspections check for roup or other illnesses. Roup signs include a clogged mouth roof with fluid and mouth blisters called canker.
Profit in Pork From Best Breeds and Proper Feeding
The article argues that maximum profit in pork comes from raising the best breeds from birth to slaughter. It suggests summer pasture of clover, orchard access after wheat threshing, and feeding on unmarketable produce. After frost, confine them and feed corn with ashes salt charcoal, plus a coal bed, and keep a quiet clean dry bed for profitable fattening.
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Colman
Impecunious Couple Found in Plano Box at Seattle Freight Yard
A poor couple was found inside a plano-box being loaded onto a freight car in Seattle. The box was addressed to Boston and contained provisions for the travelers.
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Seattle
Srm
Ward Sent to Canton as McKinley Near Death
Ward departs Washington for Canton to be at the president’s bedside amid reports that Mrs. McKinley’s recovery is doubtful. President’s condition worsens as nation awaits word from the bedside vigil.
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Ward
Washington
Canton
The President's Mother Stricken in Ohio
Mrs. Nancy Allison McKinley, mother of the president, was stricken with paralysis near Canton Ohio. Attending physician Dr. Phillips said the attack is serious due to her age nearly 89 and may prove fatal soon or in a longer interval. Abner McKinley, visiting from New York, notified the president by telephone and awaits further medical guidance.
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Canton
Nancy Allison McKinley
Phillips
Abner McKinley
New York
McKinley
Mother McKinley
Abner
A. J. Duncan
Cleveland
Chicago
Sarah
Helen McKinley
McKinley Leaves Washington for Canton to Be Beside His Mother
President McKinley departed Washington at 7:30 last night by Pennsylvania Railroad to reach Canton and be at his sick mother’s side. Judge Day accompanied him as he hurried to address pending business before leaving. The stay in Canton depends on the mother’s condition, with a possible return for Congress opening.
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Washington
McKinley
Pennsylvania Railroad
Canton
Judge Day
Day
Porter
Cortleyou
Congress
President and family rush to Canton as Mother McKinley near death
The president and most McKinley relatives head to Canton to be with Mrs. McKinley as her condition worsens. Doctors warn the end may come soon amid senility and partial paralysis, with Abner McKinley sharing concern and Abner noting rapid sinking. A National Prison Congress opens in Austin with remarks by Governor Culbertson and Mayor Hancock. The navy department accepts the gunboat Vicksburg.
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National Prison Congress
Austin
Tex. Dee
National Prison* Congress
United States
Foight
Culbertson
Hancock
Roeliff Brinkeroff
Mansfield
Prison Association
Ag Pdh Eng
Professor Holmes Dies at 77 Former University of Virginia Professor
Professor George Frederick Holmes of the University of Virginia has died at age seventy seven. A native of England, he was the second oldest faculty member and known for his punctual attendance, missing only five lectures in forty years. He retired at the start of this season due to failing sight and strength and was noted as a writer and critic with many essays on politics and school books for southern colleges.
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George Frederick Holmes
University of Virginia
England
Baltimore American
Lincoln's early schooling noted by Austin Gollaher
Austin Gollaher, Lincoln's boyhood friend, recalls Abe Lincoln as top of his class and never turned down. He cites his studious habits as a teacher favorite and a source of jealousy and unpopularity among classmates.
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Abraham Lincoln
Austin Gollaher
Abe
Whittier's Modesty Shown By Poet's Polite Reply
Mrs Alice Freeman Palmer recounts Whittier's boyish modesty when a Boston visitor hurriedly entered his space and exclaimed this is the supreme moment of my life Whittier answered with a light touch saying Is it and tucked his hands behind his back in a courteous pose
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Whittier
Alice Freeman Palmer
Boston
Anti Neuralgique Order From Lupton Reader
A Lupton Illinois reader encloses one dollar for a bottle of Anti Neur l gique from French Chemical Co Chicago praising its relief for neuralgia affecting head stomach and heart. The letter thanks the makers and hopes for their prosperity. Also noted is Clarence Cook to contribute a December Century piece on Clement C Moore author of A Visit from St Nicholas and the poem’s anonymous early publication.
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Lupton, Ill
French Chemical Company
Dearborn St
Chicago
Mary_E. Perkins
Lupton P. Q
Minois
Clarence Cook
Clement C. Moore
St. Nicholas
Reputatione Made Day Are Precious Scarce
Reputatione Made Day are precious scarce Time tries the worth of a man or medicine Hostetter s Stomach Bitters is a forty five years growth and it flourishes perennially as hardy lichens on Alaska rocks It is highly regarded for fever and ague bilious remittent constipation liver and kidney disorders nervousness and rheumatism A college education at home shows wonderful advancement in educational matters The average weekly loss of vessels on the seas throughout the world is twelve.
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Alaska
Holiday Excursions on December 7 and 21
The Big Four Route and Chesapeake and Ohio By will offer ex cursion tickets from points northwest at reduced one way and round trip fares to Virginia, North and South Carolina and other southern states. Round trips valid twenty one days. For details and pamphlet call A. L. Trutt, Northwestern Passenger Agent, 234 Clark St, Chicago.
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Chesapeake and Ohio
Virginia
South Carolina
A. L. Trutt
Northwestern
Clark
Chicago
Beauty Ads Claim Blood Cleansing and Pimples Cure
An 1885-era advertisement touts Cascarets as a beauty aid by claiming cleansing of the blood and liver stimulation to cure skin issues. It promotes ten cent use with druggists guaranteed satisfaction and cites a Denver address for another medicine claim. An eminent doctor warns excessive salt use dulls taste.
Christmas Jewelry Catalogue Offer Delights
An illustrated catalogue from Mermed & Jaccard Jewelry Co. promotes 3,000 jewelry and silverware items for Christmas. Tiny ads mention tobacco on duty and a playful note about a nail file. other fragments touch on cremation in Paris and a message about gratitude and growth.
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Grand New Illustrated
Mermed & Jaccard Jewelry Co
Broadway
Cor. Lecuat
Alec
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Navy Department
Vicksburg
Professor Holmes
National Correspondence Institute of
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H Ave
Denver
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Hartford” Street Railway Company
France
Paris
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