Ex Governor Chandler humor cited in Southern note
A Gainesville remark recalling ex Governor Allen D. Chandler of Georgia mocks his cigar to pipe switch and claims a $203 yearly saving. The passage sits among a jumble of 1910 railroad launchups and brief society snippets from newspapers. It cites the Western Pacific railway opening, details on its length and features, plus ads and anecdotes from urban life and a Salt Lake Route excursion.
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Allen D. Chandler
Georgia
South
Chandler
Gainesville
Louisville Times
Western Pacific Railroad
Western Pacific Railway
Pacific Coast
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
Western Pacific
Silerras
Rio Grande
Denver & Rio Grande
Denver
San Francisco
East Lake City
Peruna Help Claims From Brentwood Woman
Mrs A B Rucker of Brentwood Tennessee writes of severe coughing and weakness, credits Peruna with curing her cough and restoring strength, and urges others to try it. She notes relief followed by improved health and recommends asking a druggist for a free Peruna Almanac for 1911.
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Mra
A. B. Rucker
Brentwood
Tenn
Gallantry and Charity Meet in Memphis Bishop Tale
A humorous exchange questions male chivalry in daily acts while Bishop Thomas Gallor from Memphis quips that charity balls are fine and he would dance the length of Memphis in tall canonicals if it did good. The vignette features the bishop and a skeptical Memphis resident.
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Tennessee
Thomas F. Gallor
Memphis
Communings by the Wayside and Workhouse Whimsy
A fragmentary reminiscence in which Adam Zawfox-Jovver recalls a winter spent working in a workhouse. The piece contrasts professional status with tradesman savvy, noting that tradesmen can sometimes buy and sell professors, reflecting a pithy social observation.
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Adam Zawfox
Jovver
Job Starkey
Dry farming rules and wind hinder spring soil moisture
A discussion of dry farming compares soil to a sponge, noting that loose soil holds more water and a surrounding barrier helps retain moisture. It urges constant cultivation, shallow versus deep plowing debates, and local experimentation to adapt methods, with Norweigan Texas colonists cited as storing moisture for drought years.
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Texas
Andérs L. Mordt
Guymon
Ohla
Hanford County
Pears Covering the Season From 45 Years of Growing
A long time fruit grower notes the pear season can be covered well by Clapp's Favorite Bartlett Seckel Beurre d Anjou and Seurre Clairgeau. Clapp's Favorite offers bright quality and good market appeal but must be picked before ripening to avoid core softening.
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Clapp
Bartlett
Seckel
Migrating Sheep In Spain Patrol Vast Transhumance
Spain preserves a vast migratory sheep system known as transhumants. About 14 million sheep move annually, traveling roughly 200 miles from plains to mountains to graze before snow. Private lands must keep a 90 yard road reserve for them and access is restricted at times.
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Spain
To Kill a Turkey Instructional Guide
The excerpt outlines a method to kill a turkey by securing the feet, hanging the bird, cutting the throat, and letting it bleed. It describes drying and picking steps, leaving head and wings on, with subsequent processing and sale.
Dry Farming Impacts on Soil Nitrogen and Humus
Dr Robert Stewart notes that understanding the nitrogen and humus effects is essential before permanent dry land farming. a 1907 Cache Valley study found wheat cropping in dry farming does not deplete surface nitrogen or humus, while deeper soil layers show different levels, emphasizing deeper depth over surface plowing.
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Robert Stewart
Cache Valley
Utah
An English Sheep Fair at Wilton
At the Wilton sheep fair BT 00 head were offered and all sold. The top price was 7S per head for 25 of the first prize lot of 100 wether lambs. The second prize pen averaged 64 shillings. Prices ranged from best two-tenth ewes at 40s to 62s, four-tenth ewes 5s to 44s, draft ewes 8s to 42s, grazing ewes 22s to 25s, best fat wether lambs up to 6s, best ewe lambs 18s to 49s, secondary 26s to 23s, best working lambs 21s to 40s, other lots 28s to 28s.
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Wilton
Poultry Notes on Care and Breeding Practices
Guidance for poultry keepers covers clean troughs, dark nests, avoiding roosting in chicken houses, bright combs as health signs, and keeping hens content with sunlight. Emphasizes egg records, culling diseased stock, proper feed, training fowls, and focusing on one or two breeds for profitability.
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Pa Ieee
Art In the Nude Photo Inquiry Sparks Odd Exchange
In a studio, a tall rugged man from the land asks about prices for photographs. The photographer's assistant offers samples and quotes two dollars a dozen for the nude image. He studies a photo of a small baby in a wash basin and asks how much with clothes on.
A Girl's Way and Love Trials with Family Objections
A girl rebukes a suitor named George who asks for marriage while preferring to keep his place in her life. She cites disapproval from his mother and sisters as the barrier. An advertisement touts Hamlin's Wizard Oil as a long standing cure for rheumatism and other ailments. Also notes about telegraph employment, stating about 20,000 workers in telegraph companies.
Fragmentary 1900s ad copy listing cures and quack remedies
A garbled ad style fragment touts cures for teething and piles amid scattered lines about modern life and moral reproach. Mentions Winston and Sembulla in a collage of product claims and philosophical asides with erratic phrasing.
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Salt Lake City
ENOILS _ TRADS
Toek
Salt Lake
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Los Angeles
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Biks Club
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Richard Croker
New York
Mr. Croker
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Adam and Eve
Ike
Julia Ward Howe
Boston
Sherif
Fayette County
Pennsylvania
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Peruna
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E. R. Wallace
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James McGraw
Mandeville St
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Winston
Sembulla
West Indies
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Orient
South Aamerta
Hamburg-American Line
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Colobado
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