Farm and Stock Notes From the Prairie Farmer
Long column notes on farming practices and stock care. Advice covers preventing sorrel feeding, marking horses, crow dispersal of acorns, soot use for plants, poultry fencing for grape growing, Pekin ducks, keeping fowls, wheat milling timing, shade trees in pastures, feed mixes with cottonseed, linseed meal benefits, and ongoing corn tests and exhibits. A brief note mentions a forthcoming agricultural association in Chihuahua City, Mexico.
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Shvill
Romdaldes
Weiss
Westie
Praca
Prairie Marnier
Domestic Hints and Recipes for a Boston Holiday Table
A collection of kitchen notes covering roast turkey stuffing cranberry jelly and side dishes. Includes directions for beef and fruit pies, plum pudding, potato methods, and onions boiled then buttered. The piece also touches on Boston social clubs and manners among young women.
Senator Evarts and the Sing Sing Trial Story
A 1842 incident features William Maxwell Evarts as a 24 year old criminal practitioner defending Monroe Edwards. Evarts’ famed forefinger and courtroom zeal failed to save Edwards, who was convicted and sent to Sing Sing for ten years. The tale, recounted by a lawyer, highlights Evarts’ early style and a missed opportunity involving a signature on a bank check.
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Evart
Willan Maxwell Evarts
St. Mark's Churchyard
Evarts
Monroe Edwards
Penman
Leheck
Young Evarts
Sing Sing
Jas
Senator Stubbent
Wines
William Maxwell
Toelf
Edwards
William Masewell
Eashtris
William Max
William Muswell
A Ghastly Fireplace and the Elusive Sontistie Artist
A grisly fireplace display features a physician turned artist shaping a macabre skulllike form with natural gas jets. The scene shows a sunken skull, a knocked tooth, and crimson flames bursting through jaws, giving a eerily lifelike but disturbing impression.
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Sontistie Physicia
Ely
Hecker
Skeleton Hand Haunts Home Shocking Witnesses in Atlanta
A frightened resident reports a ghostly skeleton hand seen near a window and later a disembodied arm bones found in the yard. Neighbors heard a bark as the eerie figure moved through shrubs, causing paralyzing fear before fleeing. The tale ends with the note urging readers to speculate themselves.
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Atlanta Constitution
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Lara Belle
Cincinnati
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Wis
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Fatt
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Joseph Johnson
Peru
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Maho
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Verce
S “Hielden
Lhostott
Rae
Hue Linda Anti Rubine
Midland Park
Teniel Donner
Matticon
Mich
Niagare Pally
Doris
Paris
Linimem
Cape
Lydia E. Pinkham
Ima
Aghof
Aatalma
Oablawn
Murase
Et Familion
M. W. Dunham,page Cor
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Grand Rapids
Qerina Midium
Jonge Carre
Apie
Lswerr
Wizard Gil
Hamlin
Aadiass
Wizard "Oil Company
Chicago
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Arnica Oil
Dover Ae
Wiekle
Imps Masi
Tae
Jhman
Mien
Horne
Idesten
Yaicion
Joseph Cillotts
Tack
Cotter Manta
Wasi
WiLliams
Tae Wee
Klages Pastiu
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Astin
Alea
Vlaae
Valentine
Jai Tarce
Benear
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Harrison. Co
Painesville
Procter & Garmble
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