Colusa Letters on Weather Gutter Ideas and Local Life
The writer from Colusa comments on Lincoln county prosperity amid hard times and drought, suggests guttering with planks as a practical street solution, notes hot dusty weather, California politics, wheat prospects, and personal health, then shares a humorous slice about Soper family antics and a bar dog tale.
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Coursa
Cat
Troy Herald
Lincoln
Lincoln County
Ilinois
Alreeta
Troy
California
Colusa
Tinea
Golden State
Liam
Colusa County
Missouri
Alissouri
Dream and Depraved Fly at Ragged Edge of Mouth
A fragmented line recalls a surreal dream where a man imagines kissing an academy girl and awakens to a bizarre image of a fly near his mouth, painting a surreal, ambiguous moment.
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Academy
To Clean Glazed Glass and Glassware Tips
An old rule says water and a soft cloth keep glaze in good condition. Rinse water bottles and wine decanters with a small amount of mercurial act, remove fur with care. Use acid for stains, avoid ashes or sand. Clean richly cut glass with a soft brush and a touch of fine chalk to preserve luster and brightness.
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Peter
Pete
Farm Railways Promise Big Farm Labor Savings
A wealthy English landowner applies narrow gauge railway principles to farming, noting time and labor saved, reduced land needs, and potential cost benefits. He cites a two foot eight inch gauge, a small locomotive, and speeds up to twenty five miles per hour, predicting English fields and prairie land could benefit as joint stock farming expands. The article calls for steam motive power in agriculture, foreseeing gains if machinery adapts to farm use and links to colonial markets.
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Alameter
England
Haa
It Katiens
Itinuts
East Indies
Stumbling Elevator Helper Shares Farcical Tale
A garbled account from Atlanta Constitution shows a man near a Whitehall Street doorway molesting a stairwell, asking others to help him on his way. He thanks them with drunken praise, then staggers off to his apartment and tries to unlock the door with a gimlet.
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Ile
Whitehall Street
Atlanta Constitution
A Curious Chorus On Medicine And Morals From Old New York
A fragmentary historic text contrasts a chatty sales pitch on quinine with moral reflections on humanity and the faults of society. The piece blends parody from a Louisville quotation and Brooklyn editorials, noting fickle markets, weather, and judgments within a juried public gaze.
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Lena
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Wa. Frasier
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Carter
Soper
James Kilward Soper
Mra. Soper
Mr. Soper
Mia
Stacy
Drust
Dot Suitlade
Saliajren
Wren
Putor
Parthele
Louisville
Chicago
Hrookiya Argus
Xes
Aald County
Obctober
Ion Sutober
Odo Venti
Horr
Oak
Hope
Auburn
Miliswood
Niteveh
Truxton
Post Oak
API VY
Gi. Silelton
Penny
United States
Nlow
Theophilus Parsons
Jones Biu's & Co
Sup
St Louis
Jane Sitterlevease
Lincoln Ty
J. W.sitton, Ex'r
Jon
John TW
Octavia Hoke
Appa &Ydin
Lineu
Permous
Chilnia Agalant Salel
Jung Jortau
Crrech
Adm
Linvy
A. T. Weide
Josiah Curbrcil
Alia
Eatuw
Maury Wilkinson
Ricks
Ecognizance
Fur Dale
Tix
Ata'te
God
Salen
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