Susie and the Aristocrat and the New Life Choice
Susie, a factory clerk in a great city, meets two men after a street accident: a noble aristocrat and a strong mechanic. She is drawn toward the aristocrat through rides and romance, but faces an ultimatum about class and love. Chester Bitty declares his love and asks for marriage, while Susie contemplates a life beyond her store. The story shifts between romance and social tension as she weighs duty and desire. The piece ends noting the Latin government auctions rifles and cannons.
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Tee Equity
Paris
Great Ciy
Devine
Foley
Vic
Susie
Ani
Strange Volo
Youle
Ton
Thomas Knapp
Ald
Phils
Berside
Knapp
Arinte Erat
Walt
Duly Nee
Tin
Ashe
Chester Uddy
Tom Knapp
Boen
Lone Faye
Mr. Eddy
Amy Vine
Connie
Tom
Fife
Ed Ton
Chester Bitty
Geoly
Ale
Stockings and notes bind soldiers and knitters in wartime
A nursemaid narrator recalls how women in northern towns formed sanitary and Christian societies to knit stockings and sew bandages for sick and wounded across hundreds of hospitals. Letters tucked in stockings reveal personal tales of patriotism, love, loss, and hope from the Civil War era, as a veteran recalls meeting the stock knitters and the lasting impact of their gifts.
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American Tribune
Flag on Each Grave at Stillman Valley Memorial
Old Gary keeps the flag waving over graves of soldiers at Stillman Valley. A small American flag is kept at each grave year round, with new flags replacing torn or fallen ones. The Stillman Valley Trattlefield Memorial Association preserves the site with a monument funded by state and local backing.
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Gary
Stillman Valley
Wayne
Chicago Tribune
Stillman Run
Bate
Truckhawk
Grand Army of the Republic
Blackhawk Yiew Tims
Grand Army
Stillman Valeley Trattlefiel Memorial Association
Ilinois
Minots
Morgan's Dog Meat Tale From the Fourteenth Army
A memoir recounts Gen. Morgan's army during Hood's era when foragers seized livestock and a dog. A prank invocation of dog meat spread as a muttered byword, provoking arrests and a hunt for the offenders while Morgan rode ahead, unaware of the joke.
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Thirty-fourth
Olively
Fourteenth Army
Hood
Sys
American Tribune
Morgan
Gen. Morgan
Fourteenth Corps
Morgaa
Canker Rot Of Apples Described In Detail
A late season apple disease slides into a broad syndrome called canker rot. It shows brown specks on unbroken skin that enlarge into dark circular sunken spots. Spores are pinkish and rainborne. Wintering spores survive in mummies and cankers on branches, with first infections from these sources. Removal of infected fruit and cankers is advised followed by copper sulphate spraying and Bordeaux mixture to curb summer spread. From Illinois Experiment Station Bulletin No. 77.
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Timots
Mise Court
Bordeaux
Illnois
Good Spraying Pays Prof PLM Webster Sign
An instructive excerpt from the Farmer's Review urges hands on supervision of spraying work. It warns against relying on hired men or inexperienced workers and advises the farmer to personally direct and accompany crews. Emphasizing even distribution and thorough coverage, it cautions against dripping or pooling spray at trunks and bases.
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Plm. Webster
Farmera
Making a lime wash recipe with zinc and ochre
An instructional note describes mixing lime wash with a wooden tool, adding boiling water and zinc sulfate, salt, and optional yellow ochre to create a cream colored finish. It specifies quantities and amounts of weak wash needed per room.
Care for Skin Disorders Promoted by Cuticura Regimen
An appeal urges mothers to treat infant skin conditions with warm baths using Cuticura Soap, Cuticura Ointment to soothe irritation, and Cuticura Resolvent to cool the blood when needed. It claims the regimen speeds relief, promises cure, and notes widespread usage by millions of women for skin, scalp, and hand care and for various sanitary purposes.
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Fasvicaely Stara Ate Win. Corp. Pruptiniyta
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Wetty
Dall
Jory Pub Cat
Sheldon
Wader Buell
Trigg
Kentucky
Louisville
Clie
Ohio River
Hird
Sanitary Commission
Ministers of Mercy
Xenia
Shildon
Perryville
Tigg
Buell
Oen
Woolf
Ide
Nevins
Old Glory
la Tapia
Foxy Voragers
Carter
Western
Canada
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Eto
Chira Oralire
Unio
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