The Strawberry Bed Tramp and the Widow’s Daughter
A summer cottage tale follows Nellie Weewick who pelts a stranger with stones to defend her berries. The wounded man, Mr. Clarence Dart, is saved by Nellie and the cook, and the doctor predicts a romance if Nellie agrees to marry him within a fortnight.
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Fenwick
Werle
Davis
Nellie Peewick
Mollie
Nellie
Deivid
Swat
Ber
Soames
Molly
Misa Neille
Ilee
Seni
Nuran
Poppy - Ted
Clarence Dart
Mr. Dart
Givan Thorough Scooling At Margaret Morrison Pittsburg School
At the Margaret Morrison Carnegie School in Pittsburg girls in the household arts program learn cooking and hosting. In a model flat groups of three act as mistress parlor maid and cook while hosting meals for up to fifty covers, with menus costs and duties detailed from menu to plates and linen. The school was built by Andrew Curdogle as a memorial to his mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Givan
Margaret Morrison Carnegie School
Pittsburg
Andrew Curdogle
Bia
Measuring Heat From Vega and Arcturus, 1900s Style
The Yerkes astronomers attempted to gauge stellar heat using a Crookes radiometer like device. They concluded Vega sends Earth heat like a candle six miles away, while Arcturus radiates about twice that amount.
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Yerkes Observatory
Crookes
Vega
Arcturus
Job
Harper's Weekly
Horse Barn Plan With Space For Carriages
A 26 by 30 foot horse barn design features space for carriages and harness room, four stalls or more, drive-in access, loft for hay, and 12 stalls of 5x10 feet each with mangers. It describes chute-fed feeding, box stalls, grain boxes, a granary, and harness work room suitable for a farm with eight to fourteen horses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Curtis
Hoard’s Dairyman
Managing the Young Colt by R B Rushing
Practical guide on training a young colt from halter introduction to early driving. Emphasizes gentle handling, gradual acclimation to harness, introducing ropes, and desensitization to common sights like water umbrellas and papers. Advises progressive steps from tying to manger to roadside driving and manners at a year old small harness.
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R. B. Rushing
Weights and measures and horse training notes
The item lists old weight measures such as fifty pounds of butter per firkin and 640 acres per square mile, plus a note on training horses. It claims horses can be trained to walk over four miles per hour and emphasizes the walking gait as crucial, warning against early trotting which horses learn too quickly.
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Bome
Timber Drying Guidelines For Log Timbers
After cutting, timbers should be dried top and evenly to remove moisture and prevent checks. Do not place wood in contact with the ground until thoroughly dried to avoid fungus entry and rapid decay.
Single Come Brown Leghorn Breed Featured
A brown Leghorn is praised as a leading laying breed and excellent for storing and converting waste food into valuable feed. The article notes it as a practical choice for farmers, requiring hens or an incubator for hatching and highlighting its commercial traits.
Thumb prints sought to identify groom in marriage plot
A woman asks a police bureau to take thumb prints of her fiancé claiming experience with two prior husbands who vanished. She plans to marry tomorrow and insists prints could prove identity, noting prints supposedly never change and could track a person. The officers agree to take the prints for safety.
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Poon
Abe
Doctor Cures Scalp Disease With Cuticura Remedies
A girl recalling childhood scalp disease states she recovered in weeks after using Cuticura remedies. She notes prior hair loss and later improvements on a hand rash, praising the treatments. Also cites Barnum endorsement and short anecdotes about traveler's card incident and whisky debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeasle F. Buchanan
Hamilton
Catarrh Cure Claim Promoted by Toledo Firm
A dubious advertising notice promotes Mail's Catarrh Cure, touting broad mucous tract action and constitutional relief. It claims a large cash reward for proof and cites testimonials, listing CHUENIEY & CO Toledo Ohio as promoters and claiming availability through druggists with a mail address for samples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mail
Sondor
Chueniey
Storm Episode Between Two Women On Slushy Crossing
Two well dressed young women slip and fall in melting snow at a crossing, rise soaked and angry. An observer notes the insult and the crowd condemns the taunting remark. Philadelphia Lodger. Inquiries arise about a brute named in a heated dispute.
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Philadelphia
Odd Reads On Local Tales And Odd Dialogues
fragmented diary style chatter describes domestic scenes and quirky remarks about recipes dates and neighbors. includes misheard phrases and clipped conversations with references to chores meals and social gossip in a small town setting.
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Thrower
Associated Literary Prosa
Misa Nellie
Arness Room
Barnum
P. T. Barnum
New York
Taft
Richard le Gallienne
Bt. Regis
Liverpool
Albert Docks
Blufy
Houston Post
Baia
Ander
Dr. Pieres
Rat Pat Hee
Giedell
Vel
Brown
Atorsky
Dodds
ROSS
A.W. Price
Fredonia
Sloan
Sloans Linimen
Salt Lake City
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