Capt Jane Smith of One Hundred Acre Farm Gains Independence
The article profiles Jane Smith known as Captain Jane Smith, who, with her sister, built independence on a hundred acre farm after their brother went to war. They plowed, spun, and farmed from dawn to night, raising crops, hogs, cattle, and chickens, and making almost everything at home despite adversity.
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Tue Loo
Jane Smith
Lefton
Sit
Have
Themerives
June
Shane
Howe
Mie Smith
Miss Smith
Cai Bo
Cole
Tour
West Tobe
Oliver Med
Hoon
Tailer County
Shoeid
Ubey Weid
Ancient beliefs of the evil eye and mourning fashion debate
The article surveys beliefs on the evil eye across cultures, noting prayers and protective formulas in Brahmi and Bindoo traditions, and references classical writers like Medea and the Gorgons. It then shifts to a Pittsburgh Dispatch piece criticizing mourning garb, arguing fashion enforces grief and urging reform, with a Niagara rapids swimming anecdote and a miscellany of fashion updates.
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Pliny
Ovid
Plutarch
Hor
Herodotua
St Mark
Christ
St. Paul
Thane
Pittsburg
Sour Cream Butter Debate Shows Varied Dairy Opinions
A correspondent weighs whether sour cream or sweet cream yields better butter. Some favor sour cream for flavor, others prefer sweet cream. The piece discusses factors like acidity, churning temperature, casein behavior, and age of cream, noting defects from improper mixing and old skimmings.
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Goders
The Death of a Colt and Other Anecdotes from Home
A fragmentary column recounts a flary colt that died after a mount by George, a family tale of truth and discretion, and a shift to habit and travel of a matriarch through Fredericksburg. It then shifts to health statistics across Europe, noting England, Sweden, and Scotland, and closes with satirical remarks on women's roles in various countries.
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Victoria
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Europe
United Kingdom
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Perth
Sentland
America
Holland
United States
Germany
Italy
Switzerland
France
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Susan Bi Anthony
St. Louis
Kevin Trionchizis
Agee
Thomas Boswil
Helston
Gronaville Cat
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Denrshero
Tenn
Ray
Ayer
T. H. Chamberlain
Baltimore, Md
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Sedgwick County
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