Will Raise Ginseng Industry Near Indianapolis By Two Men
Two young Indianapolis men plan to start a ginseng farming venture near the city after visiting W A Bates’s farm in Allegany County New York. Bates says Indiana climate suits ginseng, notes high Chinese reverence for the root, and describes an acre yield potential of thousands of seeds annually with careful cultivation and protection from thieves.
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Indianapolis
W. A. Bates
Allegany County
New York
Bates
China
Mr. Bates
New York City
New York State
Indiana
Rural Expedient Warns of Summer Board Risks
A porch club recalls a misadventure in seeking rural summer board. Rebecca and the narrator found a picturesque farmhouse but faced no modern comforts, limited milk and fruit, and swarms of mosquitoes. They endured a week before a sudden home return.
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Rebecca
Becky
A Gypsy Song by Jessie St. John
The poem celebrates wandering minstrels in joyful concert with gypsy comrades. It paints a life on open roads with music and stories, praising freedom, simple cheer, and generous sympathy from audiences, while contrasting with narrow, closed homes and gates. Marton Indiana attribution.
Ways of Making a Living in Indianapolis in 1900s
The piece profiles several odd jobs thriving in Indianapolis as the city passes the 200,000 mark. It spotlights Jerry the hoodoo dealer on Indiana Avenue, a four leaf clover jeweler supplier, the Brightwood cookie girl, a taffy and brown bread sellers, a professional finder by the bleachers, the coin-tossing underpass vendor, and the apron man selling kitchen aprons through home visits.
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Indianapolis
Jerry
Indiana Avenue
Fall Creek
Tiffany
New York
Brightwood
Ike
Joseph Taggart
Boston
East Washington Street
Taggart
Baseball Park
Reuben Glue
Louisville
Cincinnati
How to Bring Up Children Through Self Education
A long illness prompts a thinker to argue that true child rearing starts with the parent’s self education. He urges visible self discipline, consistent conduct, and open honesty, warning that hypocrisy and unresolved flaws erode a child’s respect and moral development.
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