Will Todd’s Secret Studio Portrait Awakens Love
Ernestine discovers Will Todd renewing his artistry in a hidden Erie Street office. She reads his latest charcoal sketch signed by tears, realizing his passion centers on a mysterious muse. The family strains deepen as Will’s enigmatic obsession grows.
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Ernestine
Will
Peter
Hlaine
New York
Einestine
Wil
Mr. Todd
Odd
John Poole
Poole
Lil Iian
North Clark Street
Blaine
Hrnestitte
Dven
Erie Street
Todd
Poland Offers Much to Attract the Traveler
Poland invites travelers with diverse scenery native crafts and rich churches ruins and art treasures. Warsaw, the capital with over four million residents, dates to the Phinnenntty century and anchors Poland’s history and culture near Gracow, about nine hours by train from the capital.
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Poland
Warsaw
Flonia
Europa
Lao Kighigenti
Hirgest
Beer as a Cosmetic Gulla Romins Were Almost Minder
The passage discusses cosmetic use in a historical context noting cold water refreshing the skin and preserving the complexion. It mentions washing with vinegar, eyebrow dyeing with dye taken from sea pike, and yellow white hair admired in women, with references to unfortunate gray or pale effects and wigs.
Squab raising profits outlined by U.S. Agriculture
The Agriculture Department outlines squab production as a small scale venture with careful housing, breeding stock, and market planning. Bulletin 6847 details feeding high quality grains, dry pens, protection from pests, double nests, clean water, bathing pen, and marketing squabs promptly for profit.
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Office of Reformation
United Sates Department of Agriculture
Washington, D
Turkey Industry Gains Ground With Higher Production
A. R. Lee of the U S Department of Agriculture says knowledge of parneliic diseases improves turkey farming. He notes about 3,500,000 turkeys on farms, 174 percent of poultry, and a 1929 crop showing a clear rise over 1928 with an estimated increase around 10 percent.
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United States
A. R. Lee
Ponltre Bu
Pullets Begin Laying Need Proper Mash for Start
Wisconsin guidance on pullet diets for early laying recommends a mash of ground corn outs wheat bran standard middling and meat scraps mixed with salt. Targeted ration uses equal parts of the five ingredients with five pounds of salt per ten pots of mix.
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University of Wisconsin
Poultry Feed and Care Tips From a 19th Century Notice
Practical notes on feeding poultry to improve egg quality and meat, stressing grain rations, water access, and forage. Mentions chick starter, protein sources, and keeping hens healthy. Compares different poultry feeds and stresses consistency, with references to hens, geese, turkeys, and farm conditions.
Fertilizing Cover Crops Improves Winter Soil Health
North Carolina extension agronomist Blair warns farmers that cover crops need adequate fertilizer at planting to ensure growth. Rye oats and legumes use soil nutrients differently, so moderate fertilizer boosts winter crops without greatly raising costs, with some benefits deducted against spring applications.
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Blair
Extension Agronomist
North Carolina State Collage
Cutting Alfalfa Hay at Opportune Moment
University of Wisconsin expert says there is no single best stage to cut alfalfa. For permanent stands cut later, for fall plowdowns cut earlier, and in winter-prone states cut twice to preserve root food. Let hay quality guide timing, with early bloom for first cut if overly coarse and full bloom for second cut.
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Li F. Graber
University of Wisconsin College of Agriculture
Professor Graber
Storing Cabbage and Celery Before Freezes
Cabbage and celery should be stored before ground freezes. Turnips beets and similar root crops dry less when placed in a box covered with dry dirt. Onions should be dried and stored on dry shelves. Tomato vines pulled before frost can ripen green fruit in the cellar and be wrapped to keep for weeks. Straw cover at night helps vines and fruit resist frosts. Squash and pumpkins store well if not bruised.
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Singla
Controlling pests and feeding practices in farm poultry
The text discusses moisture and parasite growth, cost estimates for egg production, pasture management through alternating fenced pastures, effects of pasturing and hay cutting on crops, and a daily grain diet for 100 hens. It notes Vitamin or mineral considerations, rye as feed and soil improvement, and a comparison of kala versus corn silage feeding costs and value.
California Fig Syrup used for children's upset relief
Carolyn Babush of Milwaukee marks fifty years of California Fig Syrup as a trusted remedy for constipation and related ailments in children. Her mother credited it with easing upset, sweet breath, and energy, recommending it for biliousness, headaches, fevers, and general colds. The product is sold nationwide in drugstores.
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Carolyn Babush
Downer Ave
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Carolyn
California
Lightning Strikes Kill Italian Father and Son in Foggia
A Foggia family mourns after Rocco di Blasio and his son Michele are killed by a lightning bolt. The tragedy recalls a similar death that struck Rocco’s father and grandfather about thirty years earlier in the same family line.
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di Blasio
Foggia
Italy
Rocco di Blasio
Michele
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