Early 1903 Rail Schedule For East Bound Trains
Schedule in effect May 24 1903 lists east bound trains Nos 8 23 24 18 21 with varied daily times and Sunday stops. Notes show departures and arrivals at Pennsylvania Lines station Cincinnati and L N BR R station Court and Broadway with through trains toward Roanoke Norfolk and Bluefield. Pullman sleeps offered Cincinnati to Bluefield and Roanoke. Local stops include Pocahontas Sardinia and other points. agents Bevill and Hull listed.
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Sunaey
Pennsylvania Lines
Pesr
Butler Street
Cincinnati
Court
Broadway
Roanoke
Renmood
Norfolk
Norfolk & Western Railway
Bluefield
Reneoke
Expert S Berry Shed Described After Five Year Trial
E W Wooster notes a berry packing house built in 1898 on a southwest slope with 24 by 28 foot main floor and 16 foot posts. The facility includes cooling and ice rooms, a drive through bay, a drying floor for 1000 quart baskets, air circulation features and attic basket storage under a vented roof.
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Basket Depository
E. W. Wooster
Rape as a secondary crop in northwest farming
The article explains growing rape as a catch crop after early cereals like rye oats or barley. It notes rapid adaptation on sprig wheat regions, with rye and winter oats or other forage crops preceding rape. The Cincinnati Tribune adds a social quip about frugality and success.
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Cincinnati Tribune
Ducks Should Be Trained For Home Location And Feathers
The article advises training young ducks to find home through regular feeding and care. It warns against hogs that may prey on ducks, noting older sows will eat duck meat and ducks can be endangered. It compares ease of managing ducks versus chicks, mentions feather production as an alternative to eggs, and notes feathers can fetch good prices locally.
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Farm Journal
Oats for Chickens Improve Feed and Yields
O P Bennett argues oats are superior for poultry at all ages, advising oat screenings moistened with milk for chicks and boiled oats for older birds. He notes oats mixed with corn and wheat boost growth, urges grit to prevent crop trouble, and suggests farmers reduce corn in favor of oats and wheat for healthier, more productive chickens.
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O. P. Bennett
Farmers’ Review
Inexpensive coop built from a single 13 foot board
Farm Journal describes an affordable chicken coop made from one 13 foot hemlock board plus lath for frame and slats. It directs cutting the board into three 24 inch side pieces two 30 inch roof pieces and an 18 inch back piece with a sloped side formed from one 24 inch piece and lath covering the joints in the roof.
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Farm Journal
Poultry Care and Breeding Advise From Commercial Poultry
Light nutritious food aids confinement fowls. Clean boards for chicks, sun drying or heat to keep them dry. Rotten eggs prove fertilization then death of the germ. Brooder chicks have no gapes when yards are kept clean. Market poultry breeding increases as product value is recognized. Clean roosts reduce disease, geese thrive on good pasture with ample drinking water.
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Estonia
Hes
Congo Free State and French Society to tame elephants
A Brussels dispatch reports a new agreement between the Congo Free State and the French National Society for the Taming of African Elephants to domesticate young elephants. Despite rising ivory trade driving slaughter, officials hope to save the African elephant. critics note past delays and callous hunting by natives and European sportsmen.
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Congo Free State
Belgium
Brussels
New York Tribune
Free State
French National Society
Congo
Mincemeat Becomes Unlikely Income for London Writer
Miss Elizabeth Banks recounts a London author who writes two books a year yet earns most of her living from mincemeat. The novelist, living modestly, shares that her income from books and journalism covers only part of her expenses, while a private mince pie enterprise provides steady earnings.
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Elizabeth Banks
London
Miss Banks
England
America
Mahogany in Cuba Export Wood Market Rise
The article notes mahogany as Cuba's principal export wood along with cedar. It reports good mahogany lands on the south coast available at low figures but warns that prices are steadily advancing.
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Cuba
N. Y. Sua
Four-Track News Promotes Travel in America
The Four-Track News offers vivid illustrations and text to entice readers to travel nationwide. It aims to boost demand for passengers, benefiting transportation lines and hotels while highlighting a diverse American scenery and climate.
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Buffalo Commercial
Genius dinner weaves guests from trapezes at Lil ian’s hub
A Cleveland Leader quotation notes Lil ian’s husband as a supposed genius after a dinner where guests reportedly ate while being dangled from trapezes by their toes, underscoring public amusement with social oddities.
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Lillian
Cleveland
Farm Reform Through The Great Southwest Works
Close relations note farming in the Great Southwest as a true exponent. Request for copy of this and other publications on price re making along the MT. Ry. Address Katy 511 Welhweger Building St. Louis Mo.
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Great Southwest
MT. Ry
Katy
Welnweger Bidg
St. Louis, Mo
Round Trip Fare Tickets On Sale With Extending Return Privilege
One fare round trip plus 25 cents. Tickets available July 7 to 10 and good for return to July 15 with extension to August 15 upon ticket deposit and 50 cent payment at the Joint Agency in Atlanta. Uncle Reuben quotes a proverb about truth and promises.
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Atlanta
Through Trains Chicago to California Route Details
One fare and third round trip via Queen and Crescent Route with tickets on sale July 2 to 4 and return by July 8. Three through trains daily Chicago to California, Oregon, and Washington on the Union Pacific and North-Western Line. Bright quotes from papers mid story note memory and debt jokes amid rail service tease.
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Queen & Crescent
Chicago
California
Union Pacific
North-Western Line
Californa
Oregon
Washington
Thon Pacific
Eccentric Nantucket figure Eliza Ann McCleave and her museum
In old Nantucket Eliza Ann McCleave kept a museum and lectured spectators. She once pointed to two small figures and joked which was Caesar or Brutus, asking Mary Lizzie to tell which figure got slowed, a quip cited by Youth's Companion.
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Nantucket
Eliza Ann McCleave
Caesar
Brutus
Mary Lizzie
Potatoes and farming notes from old papers
Dialog about potato preparation and serving, then notices of Santa Fe pamphlets on Texas Panhandle and Pecos Valley fruit growing. References to Lyonnaise potatoes and mashing, plus Uncle Reuben quote about opinions and honesty.
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Santa Fe
Panhandle
Texas
Pecos Valley
New Mexico
United States
Patent remedy ad and joke fragment from London hit Bits
A compressed ad for Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets claims stops the cough and fights the cold at 25 cents. A jokey exchange about a parrot’s clever remarks follows, with one speaker claiming to have trained it.
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London
Asheville and Return Fare Ad for Queen & Crescent Route
One round trip fare plus 25 cents valid July 22 through 27 via the Queen and Crescent Route. Inquiries to the ticket agent for details. Trade mark promotion for the Klean Kool Kitchen stove line features smokeless heat for comfortable cooking. Also includes miscellaneous quotes and advertisements from various sources.
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Queen & Crescent
Doan's Kidney Pills Promote Kidney Comfort
Doan's Kidney Pills claim to relieve aching backs and joint pains while easing swelling and dropsy signs. The product is said to correct urine with brick dust sediment, high color, and difficulty passing urine.
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Doan
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P. *Reeding
Batavia, Ohio
Office Oppsite Public Building
Rouderuse
Batavia
Ohio
Courier Block
James B. Swing
T. C
Southwestcorne
Frithamt Vine
Hammer
Clermont
Courier Bill
K. McDonald
Yrazier & Hicks
Louis Hicks
Attorneys AT Law
Court House
Geo. W. Hulick
Tiulick & Bishop
Libatavia
Dennison Building
Tpward Q. Crane
Te Counties
Public
Telson B. Cramer
Wcincinnati
Fosdeck
East Fourth Street
Hamilton
Wauglys
R. Woodlike
PVE
Bly
Kline
Matin At
H. Woodmansee
W. R. Walker
O. P. Griffith
Clayton B. Nichols
Riffith & Nichols
Attorneys-At-Law
Courier Building
Bell and Citizens’ Telephones
J. Nichols
H. L. Nichols
A. B. Nichols
Nichols
Nichols & Nichols
Batayla
Tatman Build Ing
Main Street
Hillshore Branch
Sardinia
Shore
Cordsboro
Traina
Pocainia
R. Bevill
General Pas
Allen Hull
Paas
Agt
Sun Sun. Sun
Sun A.M
A.M
Clare
Baldwin
Williamaburg
Dies
Burdinia
Winchester
Peebles Ona Weems
Mineral Spiinan
Sun Sup
Sun AM
PM AM
P.M
Portsmouth
Barden
Mineral Springs
Peebles
Bardipia
Williamsburg
Rani
U. S
Aeffice
Washington ,D. C
Copvaricuts &c
Linnea
Riety Confdential
Ordeat Agency
Newadealera
Veten
New York
Strawberry Packing Shed
Man
Queen
Reuben Saye
Detroit Free Press
Bangs
Chinley
Sparks
Chelsea Gazette
Boston Transcript
Reuben
Asheville
Bjohnson
Blackson
Somerville Journal
J. F. Boyer
Trinity Springs
Ind
Rivarol
B. M. Woolley
M. D
Atlanta,Ga
Dean
Deerfield, Inc
Jnc. H. Hoser
President Ridgeville
Indiana
State Bank
P.O
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Baxter Springs
Kansas
Davis
Kans
Falmovura
Brown
Falmouth
Yar
Long Island
New York City
Howard M. Smith
Long Island Railroad Company
Fifth Avenue
N. Y
H. B. Fullerton
Orial Ltd Ee
Weis
le Ae Samson Carriage Mfg. CO
Pearl St
Mires Rootbeer
Charles B
Malvern
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