Straw signals and warnings across Britain and Ireland
The article catalogs how straw wisps mark labor availability, sales, danger, and warnings. It details farm workers signaling for employment, livestock and vessel sale signs, danger alerts on bridges and scaffolds, and reminders for riders, walkers, and workers. It notes regional customs from Perthshire to Ireland, England, and Norway with diverse uses.
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Perthshire
Scotland
England
Ireland
Thames
Chester's
Kent
Fen
Home Counties
Minera
Germany
Pangeraby
Norway
Denmark
Busgex
Land Values Astonishing Rise Of Real Estate Prices
A historical analysis notes vast land value gains in the United States and Canada. It cites early grants and gifts of territory, including James I gifting Canada, Penn's land deal in Pennsylvania, and other vast tracts later monetized. It contrasts cheap beginnings with today's inflated values and mentions Manhattan and Johannesburg as prime examples.
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United States
Canada
James I
Newfoundland
Nova Scotia
Lord Stirling
William IV
Manhattan
Trinity Church
Pennsylvania
America
William Penn
Charles Fl
Penn
Trudson Bay
Liverpool
London
Johannesburg
Pritt
England
New York Herald
Wisdom of the Cadl A Persian Judge Tale
A Persian tale describes a cadl who resolves a disputed marriage claim by testing each suitor. He punishes the peasant and releases the milita after the woman cannot speak. The crowd applauds the judge after she proves adept with the writing case and inkstand, revealing his clever method.
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Adoet
Guatemalan Honeymoon Involves Bullfights And Ants
A woman correspondent recalls a Guatemala trip with a Sunday bullfight using worn out bulls, crowd fury, and a grandiose toreador gifting picadillos as a memento. The party endures rough mountain trails and a camp on boulders, where an eerie monkey encounter and a landlady serving eggs with red ants reveal local color and discomfort.
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Guatemala
Place de Toro
Boudoir
Picadiloes
Feeding Orange Trees Versus Soil Fertility in Fruit Quality
The article argues the finest and highest priced citrus come from nearly sterile soils rather than rich alluvial soil. Fertile land causes rank growth and huge crops, while balanced feeding with precise plant foods in sterile soils yields the best fruit. Trees may be started in poor soil and then nourished with targeted chemicals to produce superior quality fruit.
Rapid Writing Rate Across Time and Curves of Pen
The text describes a rapid writer moving at thirty words a minute and four rod sixteen and one half feet per space. It notes in forty minutes a furlong traced, in five hours and a third a mile, with an average of sixteen curves per word. It calculates curves per second, hour, five hours, and eight hundred days, comparing million counts and annual mileage of written letters. It also compares letter strokes averaging three to seven per alphabet letter.
Buckiets Unfinished Work and Final Dream
Buckiets aimed to trace civilization and labored twenty years in silence before publishing three volumes that brought him recognition. His grand scheme remained only an introduction as he pursued the great picture, but he died at Damascus exclaiming his dedication to finishing his book.
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Damascus
Maemin
Spirit Lake region haw hotel plans and rail fare deal
Beautiful Spirit Lake area hosts a new haw hotel at Orleans station on Spirit Lake Iowa with a peak season opening. Rock Island Lines offers May 10 starting one fare rate on Saturdays and Sundays with Monday return. One third fare for 30 day limited tickets. A booklet with full information on Split land Okoboj Lakes is now available from Farmer, Division Passenger Agent, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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Orleans
Spirit Lake
Towa
Nea
Buntness
Jone Thret
Rock Island
Splitland Okoboj Lakes
Dno
Farmer
Division Passenger Agt
Ucdar Staplis
Iowa
Juanes
Great Business Openings in South Dakota Road Extension
Local roads expansion into the heart of South Dakota presents excellent business opportunities. For full particulars contact Thomas A. Way, Pownsita Agent, Water town, B. Lb. a day 1.
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M. G&s
Heurt
South Dakota
Thomas A. Way
Ghostly Fare Details From Distant Rail Route
Fragmentary OCR notes describe travel costs and routes including New Haven Conp and Chicago via Nickel Pi Road. Mentions Jane vnd and excursion rates, June Mish, and an extension arrangement. References Mickel Pipte and a Chiowea Tone address, with scattered postal or ticketing glimpses.
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Chicago
Nickel Pi Road
Jane Vnd
New York
Enslank
Mickel Pipte
Oflee
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Just
Neville & Wilson
Neville
Estherville, Iowa
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Duluth
North Pacific Coast
Yellowstone National Park
Great Pacific Northwest
A. M. Cleland
Minn
MLA
Northern Pacific Railway
E. BR
Rockwell
Cltisens Bank
Des Moines
Iows
Great Britain
London Standard
Foncanon
Eureka
Ladd
Leola
McPherson County, South Dakota
K.c.s
Arto Thur
Crow Files
Kansas City Southern Railway
H. D. Dutton
TRAV
AGT
Roesler
G. Warner
Thayer
Kansas City, MO
Clipper
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Frank Queen Pub, CO. (Ltd
Os All
H. E. Fister
Optometrist
Coon Klock
Frank Monahan
Emmet House
East Main
Beautiful Spirit Lake
New Haven
Robert
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