Alpine Railway Opens Inland Snug Mountain Route
An Austrian 1991 project nears completion creating a new Alpine rail line from Innsbruck to Trieste. The route opens up Tyrol’s valleys and Roman era resorts, shortening London to Trieste travel and bringing the Adriatic closer to Britain.
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Near East
Minneapolis to St Louis Rail Excursion Plan
The Minneapolis to St Louis Railroad offers a round trip excursion on the first and third Tuesdays with a rate of twenty one plus $2 and liberal stopovers. Tickets cover many states including Minnesota Iowa Colorado New Mexico Oklahoma Texas and more. For details contact A B Outta PLT A in Milwaukee or visit the Vindicator and Republican office for ink stock.
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Minnerpolis Do
Bt. Louis Railroad
Wost
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Southeast
Neketa
Minnesota
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Pl& T. A
Milaneapolia
How to Care for a Canary
Instructions on feeding a canary with mixed seeds two parts rape to one part canary seed. Suggest alternating with prepared bird food. Recommends daily lettuce and celery, occasional apple, and weekly hard boiled egg yolk. Advises cleaning cage, providing gravel, and avoiding stale food.
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Canaries
Caring for a Canary in Seasonal Care and Diet
The article advises keeping canaries out of strong sunlight and heat, offering daily baths in summer and every other day in cold weather. Prevention of vermin is easier than cure, with tips like washing the bird if suspected and using charcoal in gravel and a rusty nail in the fountain. It warns canaries are house birds, not used to open air, and exposure should be brief to avoid voice loss.
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Canaries
Treatment of the piano and recipes for salsify and pears
An old home care note warns against placing pianos near heat or drafts, and overloading with furniture. It then gives recipes for oyster plant or salsify salad and preserved pears with steps for washing, cooking, dressing, and preserving, including lemon juice and sugar proportions.
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Daniel
When and How to Work the Farm Ground
The article argues that success hinges on knowing when and how to till soil. It cites frost effects on different soils, notes past missteps from wet spring plowing, and warns against overdoing deep plowing. It urges studying the timing and methods in fall and winter when conditions are best for planning.
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Illinois
Homemade tread power for farm work and equipment
A detailed description explains a tread power driving small machines using a bull or horse. Construction uses heavy lumber between buildings with a roof, a central shaft with boxings bought for six dollars, a wood faced friction pulley, and a well supported inclined platform. Cable power can reach 200 to 300 feet.
Railroad Poker and a Cold Night on the Rails
The piece recounts Fred D. Underwood’s railroad poker game using numbered freight cars as hands. It covers how hands are formed from train car numbers, Underwood’s past as a brakeman, a tale of a clash with S Merrill, and a stark warning about the dangers and costs of the game. It also mentions the Sunday Magazine claim of pay per mile for the machine-like operation and a lighter note about a Grand Rapids conductor joke.
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Fred D. Underwood
Erie Railroad
Underwood
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
9. S. Merrill
Does Work of a Gang on Railroad Ties and Rails
A Canadian engineer recalls a construction gang repairing spiked rails to ties and smoothing a snaky, uneven line into four straight, level tracks. The crew used levers, gauges, shovels, tampers, and saws. the chief impression is the high cost of the work.
Compressed Air Tamping Machine Invented
A new tamping machine using compressed air was introduced. The inventor claims efficiency gains and reduced manual labor. Details include the device’s operation on a long track and an estimated cost around 140,000 dollars with potential for industrial use.
Avoid Castor Oil Plant as Pest Deterrent
The text extols the castor oil plant as a deterrent to pests. It notes that no bird, beast, or creeping thing will touch it. Goats will starve before nibbling leaves and horses avoid it due to its odor. Locusts skip it, and castor beans drive moles away from lawns.
The Artist's Mistake In An Advertisement
A trained nurse reviews an advertisement and points out a flaw in the nurse's apron. The image shows a nurse about to offer a cup to a patient, but the apron features large strings instead of a trim belt. The patient agrees the scene looks fine but misses the difference.
A Hydropathic Cure and Farce of a Literary Worker
A fragmentary newspaper item describes a literary worker reacting with phrases like Well Well and Well Wait Well amid a semi tragic story Two holes in the ground. The misquoted exchange hints at a humorous scene and a hydropathic cure motif.
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Weil
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Beautiful
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Conan Neti
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Ee. Fee
Wrarfer
Vindicator and Republican Co
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Estherville
Homeseekers
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Vindicator and Republican
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Castoria
Howard Graves
Emmet County Land and Abstract Co
Estherville, Iowa
Lota
Emmet Co
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W. Fullam
R. I
Bank OF Seek
Bank of Estherville
F. H. Rhodes
Jldtimer
Thia
New York Central
Dan Dormany
Dormany
the Central
Empire State Express
Albany
Utica
Grand Rapids
Union Station
Ton
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