Rob Cleverdale Restores Order On The Black Cat
Rob Cleverdale leads the mutinous crew of the Black Cat, clears Starne’s plot, and delivers evidence to Mr. Horton. After a Buenos Aires landing, Rob escapes peril, earns a government mission, and the president rewards him with a gold medal and a government schooner. The tale ends with Rob poised for further adventures as a trusted ally of Horton.
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Buenos Ayres
Rob
Nose
Starne
Torrero
Mr. Horton
Black Cat Bay
David Horton
Anita
Elsie
Elvin
Lemuel Starne
Richard Elvin
Lemuel
Black Cat
Ancient Coffees Houses and the Bedford Circle
The essay describes coffee houses as lively schools where police scholars and wits gather nightly to discuss nature, press, theater, and society. It notes how Buttons at Bedford hosted Ad dison, Steele, Pope, and their circle, shaping readers’ minds and spawning later writers with sharp, confident charm.
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Buttons
Bedford
Addison
Steele
Pope
The
Bolting Food A Hazard of Modern Fast Eating
The article argues that rapid eating harms health and urges people to slow down. It notes businesspeople dine quickly, eat and depart, consuming beer or wine in haste. Doctors recommend slow, pleasant meals with conversation to improve longevity and well being.
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Ife
Bette
Overdrawn Deposit Promptly Rectified by Polite Woman
A dainty note from a woman depositor caused mild merriment at an uptown bank known for women customers. The account of one female saver was briefly overdrawn, a courtesy notification followed, and she replied with apology and a check for the amount, prompting a gentle reminder that overdrafts are not credits to be drawn.
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New York Commercial Advertiser
Looking Out for the Family Divorce Promise
A light dialogue during a calm interval where a couple discusses marriage vows and future divorce. The wife asks for a pledge that if they ever divorce, her husband's brothers, who are young lawyers, will represent them. The line is recited in a Philadelphia North American context.
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Horton
Rob
New York
Eisie
Mr. Horton
Uncle David
Rob Cleverdale
Lemuel Starne
Philadelphia
North American
Better Girl Now
Mrs Upjohn credits a new sealskin collar for Bessle with improved behavior and regular church attendance since December. Clarence confirms it was the first week in December when the change began.
There is nothing certain in life but loss
A brief quote attributed to Owen Meredith notes the inevitability of loss in human life, reflecting on mortality and change as a universal condition.
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Owen Meredith
Up-to-Date Hints on Cultivation of the Boll and Yields
The article urges adding beauty to farms with scattered trees and vines and discusses practical pruning of old orchards. It cites a Green ing apple tree rescue, cider making from frozen apples, and the value of liquid fertility for decadent trees. It narrates a farmer’s successful early cultivation method to control pests and boost crops, including corn and potatoes, with cross-furrow cultivation.
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H. A. Aldrich
Listed Potatoes and Corn Harvest Tale of Old Farm Practice
A rural Irishman rents a poor farm and combines potatoes and corn in one field. With limited labor and gear he uses varied planting and cultivation methods to salvage a crop, but early seed corn fails and delays cultivation for about seven weeks until the potatoes reach cover.
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Ohio
L. B. Pierce
Planet Jr
Adapting Crops to Soils on Hilly and Rolling Lands
Farmers should match crops to soil types, as sugar beets thrive on sandy loam but fail on heavy clay. Cabbage favors clay soils while parsnips need clay but require small areas. Many crops suit such land with careful study. narrow the list to those best suited to local soil.
Challenges and tips for clover hay and orchard health
The article argues clover hay is hard to harvest and cure but suggests sowing on snow in March and cutting at first bloom to avoid woody stalks. It promotes hay caps to protect curing clover and notes a mild winter reducing rodent damage to fruit trees, with Asparagus thriving in well drained, light sandy soils.
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New England
Tees
Eubrmaa Chemical Co
la Crosse
Wig
Lost Portal Beyond the Fair House of Youth
Louise C. Moulton laments leaving the fair House of Youth and closing a door behind her. She reflects that every hour feels bitter with the truth that the portal to that time and place cannot be found again.
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Fair House of Youth
Oil tycoon Miss Stone runs Texas wells solo
The sole female oil operator in the country is Miss Jane Stone who owns 180 acres in Texas. She supervises drilling her own wells and manages oil plant operations with thorough knowledge.
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Miss Jane Stone
Texas
Miss Stone
About Texas a Handsome Illustrated Monthly Magazine Ad
A promotional notice for a monthly Texas resource magazine published by the I. and G. N. R. R. outlines issue topics by month from March 1899 through December 1899. It invites readers to receive free issues on payment of postage and offers back numbers and an art map of Texas and Mexico for stamps.
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Texas
Houston County
Montgomery County
Cherokee County
Leon County
Anderson County
Palestine
Rusk County
Walker County
Bexar County
San Antonio
Brazoria County
Mexico
D. J. Price
G. P
T. A
Half Hates South via Omani and St Louia Routes
Advertisement style notice lists routes O at St Louis and Wabash offering home seeker tickets at one fare plus 2.00 round trip on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays. Winter tour rates to Hot Springs Arkansas and winter resorts. Mentions Quincy route office 1415 Farnam St Omaha Neb and Henry E. Moores as agent. Includes product ads for Magnetic Starch Grain-O and Laxative Bromo Quinine.
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Louia
Wabash
Hnes
Hot Springs
Ark
St. Louis
K. C
Quincy
Kansas City
Farnam St
Paxton Hotel
Henry E. Moores
Omaha
Neb
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Robert Bonner
David
Eider
Louise C, Moulton
Ilustrator
England
President Low
Columbia College
New Orleans
Zea
BE. W. Grove
Madison St
Omicags
Ill
Gramors
Gregory & Son
Machi
Mons
Kansas
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