Green Dragon of the Plains Relives California Trail Ball
In Virginia City Dan de Quile recounts Bud Crowner’s wild tale from Hangtown and the Humboldt wagon trains. Crowner, famed as the Green Dragon, recalls crossing the plains in 1852, surviving alkali misery, dancing at Hangtown’s farewell ball, and drawing cheers from settlers and old friends alike.
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Virginia City
Dan de Quile
New York Sun
Silverland
Pacific Coast
California
Plains
Bud Crowner
Missouri
Bud
Hangtown
Placerville
Crossin
Elst
Humboldt River
Bexter
Sally
Jane
Betsey
Great Basin
Barnum
Sierras
Old
Havin
Humboldt
The Helpful Influence of the Wife of Robert J Burdette
The piece recounts how Mrs. Burdette's illness kept her largely from work while her husband wrote from home. She still advised edits and rewrites, shaping sentences with a delicate blue pencil and guiding his humor writing without print.
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Robert J. Burdette
Selene
Nan
Sweenien
Beef Tea Method For Delicate Patients
For a patient who takes little at a time, prepare clear beef juice by heating lean beef briefly on a hot iron and squeezing the juices into hot water. Add salt and serve warm. Do not cook the juice. use small portions, and if any remains, mix with warm milk for a palatable drink with crackers or dry toast.
Frost Bitten Feet Care and Remedies
Frost bitten feet require tepid water to restore sensation after chill or freezing. Severe cases turn white, swell, crack and bleed. morning pain makes shoes feel three sizes smaller. Use hot borax baths, glycerine rub, dry and warm feet, then loose stockings. A glycerine coal oil carbolic solution applied twice daily aids healing.
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Pauline Adelaide Hardy
Girls and Hammers. By Anna Dyman
An essay argues women can learn carpentry and perform home repairs. It cites two sisters who shingles their mother's house and a girl who helped a chair project, urging girls to use hammers and saws to gain practical skills and independence.
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Anna Dyman
Small Stylé Piaéushion Craft Notes
A guide describes making two small palettes from pasteboard covered with velvet and silk. Stitch fronts and backs with neat lob stitches, join them, and craft a tiny cushion by layering circles of fabric with cambric, gathering, and sewing to the base. A ribbon bow adds ornamental finish.
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Eporush
Wheat for Poultry and Varied Grains for Winter Feed
The piece argues wheat ranks highly for poultry feed alongside a mix of grains and greens. It warns against exclusive corn feeding in winter when ground is frozen or snow covers, noting fowls benefit from a diverse diet including beets and ground grains.
Wheat Favored For Poultry Feed Over Grains
Advice favors wheat for growing chickens and laying hens, noting oats and rye are less suitable. Wheat is prized by Eastern grain dealers and shipped in carloads from the West to meet poultry feed demand. Children should brush teeth, use charcoal powder dentifrice, limit sugar, and treat tartar with dental care to prevent tooth decay and related issues.
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Wall Ag
England
Warming Water Saves in Cow Diet Study
Prof. I P Roberts reports experiments showing 8 cent daily saving per cow in water heating without reducing milk yield. He advises stable housing in cold weather, moderate exercise for mature cows, and cottonseed meal use for milk production and soil fertility.
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I. P. Roberts
Barnard
Morris Lewis
What Good Girls Can Do
A fragmentary admonition in praise of virtuous behavior by Miss Ethel M. urging young women to curb tobacco use. The piece extols moral influence through sisterly care and thrift, citing improved breath and savings from quitting smoking for happier marriages and better futures.
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Ethel M
N. E. Homestead
Medical World recommends foot care for women in winter
The Medical World advises Madame on strengthening foot care with woolen stockings, dry warm feet, and careful drying after exposure. It suggests avoiding rubbers, except rubber boots briefly, and washing and drying feet properly to prevent cold, dirty conditions.
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