Cordelia and the Skagit Valley Revival of Love
In the Skagit valley a faded boom era crashes around Pericles Pemberton and his daughter Cordelia. A Seattle stranger, Armstrong, pursues Cordelia, revealing a renewed romance with her long‑lost lover. Pericles blesses the couple as the Quick Conquering Compound is hailed in a final, ironic flourish.
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Miss Cordelia
Cordelia
Pericles Pythagoras Pemberton
Illinois
Puget Sound
Pericles P. Pemberton
Skagit Valley
Pericles
Pemberton Cottage
Pericless
Pemberton
Ife
The
Conquering Compound Co
Seattle
Snywamish
Skagit
Armstrong
Chicago
Frank Armstrong
Mr. Pemberton
Pericles Pemberton
Plan for a 60 foot rose garden with central oval bed
An illustrated plan outlines a 60 feet square rose garden featuring a central large oval bed for Hybrid Perpetual roses and a selection of varieties. Triangular beds hold Hybrid Teas and ever blooming roses, with Rambler climbers on a rear trellis and Moss roses nearby. Plant count ranges 690 to 750 depending on bed size.
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Anna de Diesbach
Frau
Karl Druschki
Jacqueminot
Magna Charta
John Laing
Paul Neyron
Ulrich Brunner
Fisher Holmes
Killarney
Captain Christy
Caroline Testout
Grus and Teplitz
Kaiserin Augusta Victoria
la France
Souvenir du President
Papa Gontier
Hermosa Clothilde Soupert
New Yorker
Philadelphia
Madame Planker
Orchard Practices and Crop Warnings for 1909
Orchardists should focus on raspberry and onion crop care with proper spraying and trash burning. Emphasis on scab prevention, seedling weeds, and cautious orchard management to improve profitability across Oregon Washington and western farms.
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Oregon
Washington
Stock Advice For Young Orchardists By George RR Murray
George RR Murray of Walt County urges careful stock selection for apple orchards. He favors sourcing good stock from skilled nurserymen or using carefully selected scions to ensure strong growth, long term vigor, and reliable yields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George RR. Murray
Walt County
Fransach
Furnsin
Peleere
Costa Aba
Fall cultivation of orchard questioned by Farmers' Review
Fall cultivation in orchards can injure or spare trees depending on conditions. Early fall cultivation may promote soft wood that winter kills, while late cultivation cannot start new growth. Deep frost from stirred soil increases root freeze risk. firmer ground reduces frost depth.
Saving Orchards From Scale From New York Experiment Station
Investigations at the Geneva NY station report old orchards can be preserved from San Jose scale. Bulletin 296 finds sulphur wash and home-made oil emulsions best for efficiency economy and safety. Oil emulsions show higher efficiency on old trees, with good results when used after lime sulphur wash on young wood. Either spray or the emulsion plus sulphur wash can control the scale if applied thoroughly.
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New York
Geneva
San Jose
Handy fruit ladder adapts pole ladder to reach in trees
A basswood pole about 20 feet long is split near the small end, with an iron ring welded to prevent splitting. Holes for rungs are bored and the two halves spread to form a ladder that can be inserted on the side and nailed. Leave a foot unsawed to keep the top from entangling in branches.
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David
Amnon
B. C
Absalom
Jerusalem
Hebron
Palestine
Solomon
Nathan
Ahithophel
Bath- Rheba
Sam
Hushal
Maacah
Talmal
Geshur
Sea of Galilee
Lebanon Mountains
Israel
Alexander Whyte
Bethlehem
Bordeaux dust and liquid Bordeaux compared at Kentucky station
H Garman reports Bordeaux dust or powder failed to match liquid Bordeaux in tests at the Kentucky Experiment Station. Dust treatments cost about two cents per tree but produced poorer or inconsistent results. in Oregon dusting yielded only 13 percent clean fruit versus 89 percent with Hauld Bordeaux spray. unsprayed trees had six percent.
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Kentucky Experiment Station
H. Garman
Oregon
Absalom Rebellion Against David Beliefs and Times
This study outlines Absalom's rebellion against King David, detailing timelines from 2 Samuel and addressing Absalom’s beauty, heritage, and leadership traits. It notes historical context, political strains, and the moral call to gratitude toward God.
Pruning Trees and Orchard Training in Youth
The article stresses pruning timing and shaping start when trees are young. A skilled chardist trains saplings toward an ideal form, arguing a young tree with many strong branches benefits future structure. It notes debates among experts about the best method and outcomes for open centers and balanced growth.
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Milner Torin
Sda de
Ducipi Cos Uoins
Tovancu Dyad Hous
Love Letters Decline Sparks Household Debate
A Boston couple uncovers boxes of love letters while sorting papers. The husband suggests discarding the letters as junk, while the wife pleads to preserve them as memories, highlighting the clash between sentiment and practicality.
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Clarence
Helen
Lippincott’s
Cure for Itching Sores Ends Boy’s Distress
Mrs. William Geeding reports a long case of itching sores in her son. After trying many remedies she used Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment and, within three applications, the sores heated and faded. She notes the rash never returned and praises Cuticura as the best she has tried. Attica Indiana July 22 1907.
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Cutiura
William Geeding
Washington St
Attica
Ind
Amusing school dialogue from Chicago classroom
In a Chicago school a pupil recounts a humorous exchange about quiet and shoes. A primary teacher tries to impress the need for silence, and Kenneth quips about the teacher's shoes, claiming she wears only a larger show. Waverly Magazine notes this pupil’s remark from a public school setting.
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Chicago
Oe A
Bevel
Kenneth
Waverly Magazine
Talk on the wire despite warnings in busy booth
A heated exchange unfolds over a telephone wire as a man insists on talking after being told to hang up. The caller proclaims he has paid ten cents and remains determined to speak, prompting a tense confrontation between the two sides.
Nature Over Man In Rainfall Fundamentally Essential
A Philadelphia Bulletin excerpt argues that nature dictates human needs beyond cities clothes and tools. It states rain is essential, and primitive needs persist despite vaunted wisdom and skill, emphasizing basic natural sustenance over civilization.
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Ife
Philadelp; Bulletin
When Women Are Taken From Co Educations Colleges
An orator questions the fate of co educational colleges as women are removed described by a speaker and a responding voice in the audience echoes a bold declaration from Success Magazine.
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Speaker
Dience
Success Magazine
Astonished the Doctor Old Lady Got Well with Change
A reader letter claims nutrition cured a 71 year old woman of long illness. It credits Grape-Nuts and Postum with enabling the grandmother to retain food, gain strength, and recover from a stomach and bowel consumptive condition once deemed fatal by doctors.
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N. Y
Postum Co
Fi Creek
Mich
Ville
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Shortstory Pub. Co
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Trumbull
Cairo
Pyramids
Lear
BR. Woomargin
Josephus
Judea
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