Boy Wins Bear in Raffle Turns Farm Into a Havoc
In a Canadian village, Ben Kennison wins a brown bear in a raffle. He brings the animal to the granary, where it wrecks Mr. Kennison’s harness, robes, and whip. The bear finally roars in the granary and is shot by Mr. Kennison as punishment and a lesson on raffles.
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Ben Kennison
Canada
Lake Ontario
Ben
William Kennison
Mr. Kennison
Brain
Tony
Bear
John
Kennison
Brill
Raffles
Charles D. Clark
Cheerful Table Talk as Best Appetizer at Home
A piece extols cheerful conversation at meals to improve digestion and rest from work. Family members share simple anecdotes, school tales, and observations from daily life, avoiding fault finding and arguments to keep meals pleasant for all. The article cites mothers keeping notes of children's sayings and urges polite, enjoyable table discourse.
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Prince
Mr. So
Boston
Hyde Park's Rotten Row and the London Season’s Splendor
Frank Blockton describes Hyde Park during the London season noting Rotten Row for horseback riding from noon to two and the five to seven o'clock carriage display. He highlights Apsley House, the Duke of Wellington's residence, and the aristocratic spectacle of fashion, wealth, and ceremony in a compact urban setting.
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Hyde Park
Kensington Gardens
Hyde Park Corner
Apsley House
Duke of Wellington
Rotton Row
Rowle du Roi
Retton Row
St. John
Beauchamp
Beecham
Cholmondeley
Chumiley
Sevenoaks
London
Frank 2B Blockton
St. Nichols
Farm and Fireside Advice From Various Papers
A digest of farm notes on beekeeping barn size insure under one roof, hog feeding hunting acorns and forests flesh quality, bone-dust for strawberries, fresh eggs peeling, clean hog pens, cheese relish recipe, work horse fodder, chocolate caramels, color schemes in bright dining rooms, and poultry feeding guidance on diet and egg yolk color. It cites Rural New Yorker Indianapolis Journal Farm Field and Stockman Troy Times Country Gentleman Boston Budget Cincinnati Times Golden Rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Yorker
Crawford
Ohio
Indianapolis Journal
Field and Stockman
Troy Times
E. W. Stewart
Boston
Cincinnati Times
Harry
Jimmy
Susie
CODLIN MOTH CURE AND ARSENITE TREATMENT METHODS
Prof. F. J. Cook notes the value of arsenites in combating the codlin moth on bearing apple trees. He describes using London purple or Paris green at roughly one pound per hundred gallons, applied with force to ensure every fruit calyx is coated, warns against white arsenic, and explains preparation in a wagon spray for large orchards.
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London
Paris
4. J. Cook
Tribune
Global sheep numbers and wool yields in historical note
Scientific American reports world sheep counts by region with South America Australia and Europe cited. It notes U.S. wool yield averaging about six pounds per sheep, reflecting early 20th century agricultural statistics.
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South America
Australia
New Zealand
Europe
United States
Scientific American
Restoring Fertility and Quick Means to Rebuild Exhausted Land
Henry Stewart explains how grass and clover sod restore soil fertility through nitrogen and mineral enrichment. He discusses nitrogen sources from atmosphere and soil, root decay, and organic matter buildup, noting long term sod growth plus artificial fertilizers can rapidly renew tired land.
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Rey
Pennsylvania
North Carolina
Iowa
Kansas
Henry Stewart
Times
Fragmented Remnants and Oddities in 19th Century Snippets
A garbled collage of quotations and notes mentions the Modoc tribe and Indian removal, Bishop Thomson anecdotes, speech errors, and literary asides. It references a traveler, a hotel drummer, and muses on fashion, with stray lines about a rolling prize fight at sea and various quotes about hair, gold weight, and medical claims.
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Burmah
India
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Rome
Persia
France
Louis XV
Richelieu
British India
Washington Street
Boston Herald
Rotten Row
Sheep Statistics
Ramnant
Bogus
Chariay
Charley
Thomson
Mississippi
Unis
Jackson
Misa
Larence House
Tomeco
Chicago
City
Yanktes
Crrosce, Milwaunee & St. Pave {Way Company
Bloux Es Manills
Chicago and Council Byalts Division
Rioux
Bioux
Stenographer
Aerchent Jvav
GoLpEn
Laapres
Hill
Brocklon
Wayne
SR Jacea
Jones
E Cain
Cockle
Iorce
Draggista
Luks Pr
Aes
Otimoniane
Portem Leon Ioorin
Ss. Ivers & P
Warte
PTUR
Sionee Fanobe
Lino Sts
Sam
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Ies
Benge
Strehl & Co
Stesna
Valentine Broa
Ase
Procter. & Gamble
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