Almeda Brown Builds Charity Horse Infirmary
Miss Almeda Brown inherits a fortune and plans a country infirmary for aged and injured horses. She funds barns and pastures, inspiring cousin Anson Brown and changing Jane’s social circle. Bencon of the humane society later marries Almeda, sealing a new life among Park Avenue society.
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Miss Almeda Brown
Miss Almeda
Tommy Tinker
Almeda
Almeda Brown
New York
Anson
Jane
Jeffries
Efort
Leasant
Aleda
Miss Alameda
Anson Brown
Europe
Mr. Brown
Bencon
Humane Society of
City
Benson
Park Avenue
William Henry Benson
Sturdy Potatoes Stored On Sloped Farm House Revealing Method
An article describes a hillside potato storage building designed to preserve color, freshness, and weight for months. It details excavation, tanbark, rafters, straw roof, and ten windable bins with a central track and flatcar to ease loading, noting a 40 degree below zero tolerance.
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Orange Judd
Plants From Cuttings Grape Vines and Currants For Landowners
A guide explains securing grape vines and currant bushes from cuttings. With eight small labor steps, landowners can start a productive plot. Cuttings use well ripened wood, two or three buds, planted to grow next year and form transplantable plants in one to two years.
Grape and Currant Cuttings Planting Guide
The article explains how to prepare grape cuttings with a lower cut across and an upper slanting cut just above the bud so they plant right side up. Currant cuttings should be six to eight inches long with several buds and can be buried in moist sand to overwinter.
What One Farmer Has Learned
A farmer reports experiments with cow care noting wood ashes on a cow’s back remove lice and rain exposure loosens hair and hide. He adds pine tar as a remedy to restore the hide.
Pea Weevils and Their Work
S A Johnson of Colorado notes a single annual generation of pea weevils. Eggs are laid in early summer on the pea pod exteriors. young grubs bore into peas and feed until harvest. A dark spot on peas signals infestation. holes in the skin reveal grub exit before adult emergence.
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S. A. Johnson
Colorado
Acre of peaches nets a hardy farmer large profit
John A. Gage of Jefferson County Illinois cultivates an acre of peach trees nine years old with 117 trees. This year he shipped 777 crates to Chicago at about 1.40 per crate and sold 259 bushels. Net receipts reach about 750 dollars after commissions freight and other expenses.
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John A. Gage
Jefferson County
Chicago
Winter protection for raspberries and tender plants
The text notes no rasp berry canes have been covered for years yet success with various soils. When covering is necessary plants may bend to the ground during thaw to avoid breakage. Stable manure or similar cover holds canes down to prevent damage from freezing thawing and dry winter winds.
Baby Herrick Brings Family Parade Of Opinions
In Chicago Daily News style a young mother brings home her newborn daughter as relatives debate her looks and charm. Uncle Doctor praises symmetry minus a stray eye while visitors compare the infant to imagined peers and the mother vows to shield her from harsh judgments.
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Baby
Chester
Mrs. Herrick
Bixby
Herrick
Bessie
Doctor
Chicago
Dan
Bess
Nan
Harold
Chicago Daily News
The Essentials One of the Essentials of Happy Homes
An aged advertisement extols a healthful lifestyle and notes a trusted laxative, Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna, as a proven product approved by physicians and widely recommended by informed consumers. It urges buyers to obtain the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. version through leading druggists.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Fragmented excerpts touch on business care and remedies
The text recalls John D Rockefeller Jr addressing balanced business ethics, anecdotes about a coal dealer and a two ton load, a medical testimonial for Cuticura remedies, a Peruna Almanac promotion, a quip on charity, and ads for furs and hides and Castoria. It weaves varied 1900s-era reflections and commercial pitches.
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John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Jim
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F. M. Howard
Mike Anabel Wilson
North Branch
Mick
Mushley
Crabbe
Harper’s Weekly
Cesar Sy Tela
Wordsworth
N. W. Hide & Fur Co
Minneapolis
Dodds
Guaranty
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