Life in the Merchant Fleet Engineers and their Watch
The piece surveys engineering life aboard merchant ships from New York to London and Liverpool. It details crewing watches, harsh conditions, and the mental and social strain on engineers, contrasting past practices with modern demands and the pathway to higher certificates through a career at sea.
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New York
London
Liverpool
Merchant Service
Naval Ap
Forest Gate
North Shields
Origin of the Dark Horse Phrase from a Tennessee Race
A Tennessee horse trader Flynn kept a famous coal black stallion named Dusky Pete. Judge Mc Minamee called Pete the dark horse during a race and Pete surged to win. The tale illustrates how the term dark horse originated from an unexpected victory in a local race.
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Tennessee
Flynn
Dusky Pete
Minamee
Pete
McMinamee
The Japanese House new members by occupation
The Japan Weekly Mall notes the six new house members are mainly Barristers 49 Bankers 43 Farmers 42 and Journalists 29. Other roles include Merchants 27 Ex-government officials 8 Government officials 8 Traders 7 and various single counts for land owners cattle breeders weavers ex-Buddhist priests education lists printers notary public tea trader sake brewer timber merchant communal mayor transport agent hotel proprietor marine products trader and similar.
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Japan Weekly Mall
Finishers Race with Cake and Sonnet Duel
A fragment notes a poet speaking to his wife about a playful race between finishing a cake and completing a sonnet. The line appears in Fuegendo Blaetter with a light domestic tone.
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Fuegendo Blaetter
Raising the ice ship Across the forests to the river
The text describes building a vessel over a large area using 200 oxen to drag a 100 ton ship on timber sledges. The team is enormous, described as a quarter of a pile long, starting instantly and moving the ship across land to reach a navigable frozen waterway.
Very Unusual Woman Keeps Four Husbands and One Cook
A humorous exchange sets a scene of a Chicago woman noted for improbable luck in her domestic staff. The speaker reveals she has four husbands and only one cook, highlighting the quirky premise with a wry comment on her relationships.
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Chicago
He Would Not Marry, She Offers Alternative Help
A dialogue exchanges consent for marriage with a humorous twist. He asks for marriage to improve him as a man, she replies she cannot marry but offers to help him become a better person. The exchange preserves lighthearted tone.
Homemade Dry Feed Hoppers For Chicks And Fowls
A Farm and Home writer explains cheap, practical dry-feed hoppers using one-pound coffee cans and five-pound lard pails for chicks up to four to five weeks old. For larger fowls, a long narrow wooden box with hinged cover and front cleats is described, allowing wall mounting and proper feed delivery.
Plymouth Rocks Are First In Market Demand For Poultry
Kansas Agricultural College poultry expert W A Lippincott ranks Barred Plymouth Rocks as the top market breed. He notes white feathers do not guarantee higher demand and that yellow shanks and skin, clean legs, and medium body size are favored for roasting birds.
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Plymouth Rock
W. A. Lippincott
Kansas Agricultural College
Prof. Lippincott
Plymouth Rocks
Wyandottes
Question of Profit or Loss in Poultry Keeping
The article argues success or failure with poultry depends on management. It notes the keeper must recognize fowls are creatures under his charge and that profits hinge on his judgment and actions.
Woman Recalls Cure by Lydia Pinkham Vegetable Compound
Mrs Susie Templeton of Hooper Nebraska details relief from severe back pain fatigue and insomnia after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound She credits seven bottles with restoring health enabling her to work long hours for eighteen boarders and insists others try the medicine citing personal testimony and marketing claims from the Pinkham brand
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E. Pickham
Susie Templeton
Hooper
Nebraska
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Egg-Laying Power Tied to Feed Elements
The article explains that eggs are a chemical combination and hens lose egg production when their feed lacks an element found in eggs. It suggests a direct link between dietary elements and the hens’ productive capacity.
Comfort for poultry in hot weather guidance
The notice advises caring for fowls in heat with shade, ventilation, clean housing, fresh greens, and ample water. It warns against crowding, recommends lice prevention, and suggests marketing sale birds after hatching. It notes hens vary in laying, and avoid feeding heating corn during high temperatures.
Sunflower Seed for Hens and Poultry Feed
Article extols Russian sunflower as the most prolific for poultry with early June seeds. It notes sunflower as a profitable crop for rich oil feed and egg production, emphasizing hardiness, rapid growth, and ornamental blooms. Guidance covers soil, spacing, thinning, and weed control for a good seed head.
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New Hampshire
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Seeree
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Branson
Tavsttaumetans
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O Street
Lincoln
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Dr. Beoj. F. Bailey Ganatorium
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