Building a Home Plan and Furnishing in a Modern Style
The article surveys a detailed two story house plan with four to five bedrooms, two stairways, a front hall closet, cellar access from a side entrance, and a connecting kitchen passage. It discusses architectural choices such as a single chimney serving multiple rooms, the shift from parlor to larger living spaces, flyscreen and storm doors, and the value of a well placed sitting room with window seats and proper lighting. It urges careful planning and hands on supervision to avoid wasted materials and ensure each room is finished to maximize comfort and practicality.
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Canada
Not So Excusable Ambition Sparks City Lecture Plan
A Houston Post quip notes a wife eager for her husband to lecture in her hometown to impress friends and enemies alike. The exchange frames a witty clash over pride and notoriety in the city’s literary scene.
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Houston Post
Processes of Cooking Explain Meat Handling and Heat
A Housekeeper article outlines cooking methods including whetting, reacting, and boiling. It explains that searing the exterior permits juices to stay inside and keep meat tender and nutritious, while overboiling wastes water and toughens the surface.
Decoration of the Wall and Whimsical Kitchen Dishes
The piece urges tasteful wall decoration using fine black and white prints, proper framing, and thoughtful display as in Japanese practice. It also offers recipes for a peach souffle, baked apples with nuts, and a homemade furniture cream, with steps and tips for proper preparation and serving.
Diseases of sheep and how to treat them
A historical overview of sheep diseases and prevention focusing on epizootics, navel ill, tapeworm, and foot rot. Includes farm hygiene, carcass disposal, lambing yard management, antiseptic naval care, and copper sulfate foot baths as practical remedies. Emphasizes sanitation, isolation of sick lambs, and careful management to reduce losses in flocks.
Preacher and the Poet in Proparity Shakespeare
A fragmentary 19th century commentary debates Shakespeare's religious views and Puritan relations in Stratford. It mentions alleged conflicts with clergy, Susanna and Judith, and quotes Theodore Y. Munger on clergy and poets. The piece hints at Shakespeare as a single joined figure in faith and vocation, citing Cardinal Newman’s idea that God’s union cannot be divided.
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Shakespeare
Stratford
Potonius
Avon
Susanna
Judith
Datalessed
Violeta Blad
Wrace
Sanday
Pareen
Breather
Pont
Wettier
Cardinal Newman
Theodore Y. Munger
The Vegetable Treatment and Hazing Debate at College
A dubious medical concoction called The Vegetable Treatment or Cyclone Mood Purifier is promoted for blood disorders with ingredients sold by pharmacies. A college president denounces hazing as harmful, while South Carolina Game Cocks broker ships to Mexico, with Mr Pickens selling game cocks and chickens, claiming high prices and strong breed lines.
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South Carolina
Mexico
M. Pickens
Anderson Intelligencer
The Mugger's Attendants in Calcutta Exhibit Monster Crocodile
A London Field writer recalls spotting a 27 to 28 foot crocodile near six young crocodile guards. An old Cawnpore resident says these attendants act as bodyguards, warning of danger to their overlord.
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London
Cawnpore
Coffee Threshed Her But Postum Brought Renewal
A patient recounts long suffering from spinal irritation and nervous trouble tied to coffee. After switching to Postum she regained strength, walks with a cane, sleeps well, and feels life is worth living. She cites a friend who benefitted after using Postum properly and notes a shared future of Postum use. There’s a claim of a reason behind Postum’s benefits.
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Pentum Co
Battly Creek
Mirch
Wellville
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