Thanksgiving at the Fresh Air Home for Unfortunates
Father Gray brings rescued boys to the farmhouse for a joyous Thanksgiving. A long-awaited feast follows their return from the station, with warm milk, bread, apples, and stories around the fire. The visit ends with a lavish dinner, gifts, and plans to adopt another child, spreading hope through Nat’s Corner.
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Father Gray
Ies
Gray
Nau
Ana Mra Gray
Nat
Tittle Nat
Gretchen
Mother Gray
Uheo
Yiir
Mra
A. W. Curtis
Chicago
Thanksgiving in a New England home memory
A nostalgic reminiscence recalls Thanksgiving in a New England home with a church service, a large family meal featuring roast pork, turkey and plentiful desserts, games, and social gatherings. It contrasts farm abundance with busy times and honors gratitude and family fireside warmth.
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Eday
New
New England
Cities
Case
Westarth
Sunflower Seed Yields and Uses Across Regions
The North Carolina station reports sunflower yields around 65 bushels per acre with large striped seeds weighing nearly 27 pounds per bushel and oil content near 22 percent. Black seeded varieties yield about 45 bushels per acre, with significant protein and fiber in hulls, suggesting sunflower meal as a cattle feed alternative to cottonseed meal.
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Caroling
B. W. Kilgore
Russia
Four Horse Team Driving Device and Brain Work for Farmers
A historical note describes a device for guiding four horses with a single pair of lines and multiple checks, outlining setup and adjustments. It also urges farmers to innovate, citing cucumber, onion, and sweet corn examples to show how new crops can become profitable, while warning to time entry to avoid market saturation.
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Bueisle
Vance
Good Meat Smoker and Household Fragments
A compilation of kitchen tips and domestic notes on smoking meat with a cooler smoke path, plus diverse recipes and home management hints. It includes instructions for a smoke device, drinks of turpentine and alcohol, chicken with peas, baked squash and mutton chops, tapioca and Farina dishes, dress lining advice, and miscellaneous lore from Farm and Home pages.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
Detroit Free Press
Jef
Ada
Heston
Through Car Routes and Old Time Travel Echoes
A fragmented, period tone piece mixes rail routes to Florida and Southern points with reflections on travel by stage and river, citing Uncle Iben and old newspapers. Mentions Union Island, the Bir Baur Route, and Through Car issues with hints of tariffs, schedules, and shipping stalls amid bygone era travel chatter.
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Teerane Groves
Florida
Redorvat
Siowealad
Unionia
Moria
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