Odessa: A Great City in a Century’s Rise and Vast Harbors
Odessa, founded by Catherine II after the 1791 treaty, rises to be a leading port with six harbors and a population over half a million. Its strategic position near Constantinople, busy trade, and vibrant prewar social life contrasted with a large poor class living in underground catacombs.
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Dessa
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Black Sea
Bulgaria
Turkey
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Constantinople
Mediterranean
National Geographic Society
Catherine II
Jassy
Europe
Bosporus
Santa Sophia
Odessa
Mark Twain
Petrograd
Qdeasa
Paul
Catherine
Deleater
Dnieper
Moscow
Kiel
Varna
Russian Company For Navigation and Comtmaerce
Novorussia
New Russia
Bessarabia
Kherson
Paris
Vienna
Disappointed speaker quits preparedness talks
A public-spirited citizen explains he stopped giving talks on preparedness after discovering that chautauqua managers were not willing to pay him. He says he became discouraged and quit making speeches.
Deer Was a Fighter in Bush Hunt Narrow Escape
Jim Barlow, a thirty-year bush hunter, recalls a brutal deer encounter in winter. While his dog cornered a buck, the animal charged, mauling and goring the dog before Jim shot and killed it. The buck’s last lunge knocked Jim unconscious, leaving him frozen until his brother found him. The big deer weighed over two hundred pounds and Jim lost his hunting knife, only recovering it the next spring.
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Jim Barlow
Jim
Gift of Thought Echoes in Friendship
A reflective line from George Macdonald pondering that a cherished thought given to a friend might be as precious as a gem or flow er. The idea frames thoughtfulness as an angelic gift enhancing bonds between people.
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Dally
George Macdonald
Fuss and Feathers in Uncle Dben's Tale
In a humorous aside, Uncle Dben contrasts grandiloquent talk with real merit, likening flashy words to a turkey’s tail feathers that please the eye but misrepresent true substance. The anecdote mocks rhetoric over authenticity.
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Uncle Dben
His Future Home Apparent
A male figure declares he was never frightened by life yet warns that eternity awaits those who fail to tell the truth, urging immediate fear of consequences for deceit.
Surely Up to Date Knickar Bulletin Item
Brief courtroom exchange notes the car equipment as complete with a letter for delaying the grocer and butcher. Judge remarks on the detail, reflecting a domestic matter tied to payment or timing.
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Bhocker
Plagiary Note Prompts Cautious Academic Tone
A brief, cryptic remark about plagiarism, noting it was unintentional yet real, with a German version suggesting a signed note by O. B. W. The fragment hints at concerns over copying in scholarly work without explicit details or context.
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Bon Nietta
Sawed Off Sermon Delivers Pulpit Irony in Open-Faced Grin
A satirical column mocks a preacher’s sermon as a woman attends church to show off new clothes, provoking critique of vanity and display within a religious setting. The piece uses ironic tone to question outward piety and social display.
Common hog types and breeds in US agriculture
The bulletin outlines lard and bacon hog types, noting fat hogs as market favorites for high yield. It describes conformation, back, loin, ham, and fat coverage requirements, plus breed specifics from Poland China to Tamworth, Duroc Jersey, Chester White, Berkshire, Yorkshire, Hampshire, and English origins, stressing prolificacy and early maturation for breeding stock.
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United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Denmark
Ohio
Chester
Berkshire
Yorkshire
Hampshire
Preparation for Tree Planting in Local Areas
Ground preparation for tree planting draws attention to loosening soil to moisture depth. Blasting or dynamiting is presented as the easiest, cheapest method to loosen surface soil and conserve moisture for root growth through drought.
Small fowl breeds profit from short breeding cycles
Small fowls such as Leghorns Hamburgs and Anconas can be profitably kept for three years while larger breeds should not be kept longer than two seasons unless they are unusually valuable as breeders.
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Anconas
Planting Potatoes: Best Seed and Handling Tips
Guidance on selecting large clean potato pieces for planting. Use two to three ounce pieces free from scab, smut, and excessive sprouting. Avoid dry rot and injury. Treat seed with formalin or corrosive sublimate and handle carefully during cutting.
It is the even steady thrift of our stock that makes them pay a profit
A succinct investor remark notes that disciplined, steady thrift in stock holdings drives reliable profits over time, emphasizing the value of prudent capital management for enduring returns.
High Prices Good Crops Pay Off Land Purchase
A Western Canada settler bought adjoining land at Warner for 20 an acre and in one wheat season the crop paid the entire purchase price and operating costs, leaving a handsome profit. His 13,000 bushels of wheat funded plans for livestock. Canada’s trade shifts show exports to the United States surpassing imports by year end.
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Canada
United States
Warner
Hoe
Reliable Swamp Root Kidney Remedy Ad
A historical advertisement extols Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a physician’s prescription kidney liver and bladder medicine. It claims long proven results, urges purchase from druggists, and offers a ten cent sample by mail from Kilmer Co in Binghamton New York. The piece ends with a cipher line about meaning and a prompt to test if there is anything in the cipher.
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Kilmer
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
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Le Creole Hair Drosing Promises Restored Luster
An advertisement touts Le Creole Hair Drosing as a solution for grey or harsh hair, claiming it can restore beauty and lustre for $1.00. The text also includes a joke about considering an apartment proposition, and a mention of a banana ped hag en abling men to go that length.
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Duroc
P. Stevens
Ripley
Iowa
Shoe
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