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A set of vignettes from a Restoration era children’s story collection and a moral reflection. It includes a lively croquet scene with Manda and Mella, a family scene about cheering others, and a humorous anecdote about General Grant learning to speak louder in pidgin English.
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Manda
War
Molin
Petit
Grant
China
Tientsin
Pekin
Caslon
Ike
Cherot Family Club Sparks Kindness Plan
A family tale centers on five siblings forming the Chovr-up Club after Debbi asks for a project to cheer others. They draft laws and fines, fill a tin trunk with pennies, and search for someone to brighten with their efforts while a dull day looms.
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Debbde
Austin
Clem
Debbi
Jesale
Mammin
Jesse
Debbis
Sant Sela
Papa
Lota
They Carried Lunor Lesson Ends In Lunch Joke
A Cleveland Sunday school teacher tests pupils on the trek to the Promised Land as priests march behind the vanguard. The first boy recalls what was carried, and a youngster named Hally triumphantly answers lunch, ending the tale with a humorous note from the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Lunor
Cleveland
Elise
Layad
Promised Land
Hally
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Explorer Sven Hedin Endures Freezing Tibetan Ascent
In a letter from his recent journey to the Tibetan mountains Sven Hedin describes extreme cold despite full clothing. At an altitude near 16 000 feet he could not walk without heart palpitations and had to stay mounted on his horse to endure the freezing conditions.
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Thibetan
Thibetan Mountains
Sven Hedin
The Power of Will and To Be in Home Life
A late 19th or early 20th century home advice piece urges cheerful outlook and will as foundations of happiness. It argues mental brightness aids health, courage, and balance, and warns against brooding. Practical tips include a mid day rest in a quiet room and using onions as a simple sleep aid.
Sleep and temperament in a Ledger Monthly view
A Ledger Monthly view describes sleep as essential to health and links nine hours of nightly rest to vitality. It notes slimmer women show quicker movement and higher energy use, while heavier individuals appear lazier, though motives and temperament may drive these traits.
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Ledger
Ancient girdles and demi-cent fashion traced to Louis XIII
The Detroit Free Press notes that girdles with pendant chains for knickknacks date back to Louis XIII. Demi-cent girdles carried gold chains, small mirrors, and other trinkets. Women showed rare fidelity to these adaptions, though forms have varied over time.
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Tost
Detroit Free Press
Gown described with satin scarf and silk details in recipe
The passage details a deep red gown with black satin scarf and white moire trim, plus a dinner recipe noting soup preparation, meatball gravy, and a rolled roly poly dessert with raisins and strawberry jelly. It reads like a fashion description followed by culinary directions from a 19th century page.
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Panama
Koly-Paly
Cooking School Notes and Odd Fashion Tidbits
Whonsseed Meat falls, to one and one half pounds finely minced from the round, add one teaspoonful salt, one fourth as much pepper, two beaten eggs, one half cup of fine cracker crumbs. Grass cloth parasols are dyed to show color. Self is the shortest and deepest definition of sin. Kid buttons are the latest fashion aid for skirts, hats, and coats.
Building Silos and Feed Strategies for Dairies
Farmers urged to build green corn silos as a drought remedy and winter feed. Indiana station reports a 65 ton silo with a simple 12 by 28 foot circular design costing under 60 dollars plus labor. Also notes on late crops, rape, turnips, barley, oats, and rye for forage.
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Indiana Station
Plumb
Indiana Experiment Station
Fall Forage Forage Crops For Winter Feed
Fall forage guidance urges planting catch crops now to bolster feed as pastures fail. Emphasizes using current crops while green, feeding corn and sorghum while succulent, and saving hay for winter. Stresses early feeding prevents waste and preserves grazed pasture.
Formalin test in milk and union labels spark debate
A new formalin detection for milk uses phenylhydrazin and soda, yielding a rose color with formaldehyde presence and no color otherwise. milk sugar detection follows with added sodium acetate. Separately in Chicago, Egg Inspectors' Union circulates anti uninspected eggs, naming seven firms amid grievances. Oleomargarine coloring controversy cited to explain consumer perceptions. Leaves anatomy described with leaf framework and green pulp. Missouri reports imply late apples and peaches will improve in rain-affected areas with good crops.
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Chicago
Missouri
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Mammen
Degrens
Walt
Breesey
Montreal Herald and Star
Meah
Mella
Meliana
Melin & Bright
Rhode Island
Jorge Edward
Mindy
Mary WH
Q.frueh
Paput
Debbie
Sagerly
Nahum
Mamma
Mumma
Mia
Hatterworth
Christy
Kent Bishop
Mama
Kent
Nora
Ireland
Io Nick
Kitty Clover
Clam
Anala Hallion Donnell
Boll
Cooking
Dairy and Poultry
F. J. Berry
Turkey
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