The Enchanted Francesca and the Marital Deception
A narrator recalls the Italian stage dancer Francesca Pauli, her perilous romance with him, and a perilous plot by her father and brother Pietro to kill him. Francesca saves him by producing a marriage certificate proving she is already wed, forcing her father to relent and sealing their union on the stage.
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Francesca
Beenes
Duval
Maid of the Sea Shell
Francesca Pauli
Pietro
Signor
Pape
Maree
Corps de Ballet
Thelra
Maleditto
Signer
Paull
Tam
Father
Artin Architecture five room house on post foundation
Architect GEO A W KINTZ outlines a five room house plan with a post foundation priced at 1100 dollars. Rooms include a Bitting room a kitchen pantry and two story ceilings nine feet with 2x8 floor joists and 2x4 studs. Exterior features include white ash green paint creosoted shingles and red pressed brick chimney facing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo
A. W. Kintz
The Breeding of Corn in Agricultural Practice
The article explains corn breeding as applying plant and animal breeding principles to corn. It cites sugar beet gains as a parallel, notes corn yields eight crops a year, and describes selection increasing shank length, stalk height, and leaf width or narrowing it, highlighting the impact of selective breeding on crop attributes.
Seeds Survive Deep Burials Prove Long Lifespan in Plants
A historical article notes Dr Beal's findings that 12 of 21 species germinated after 20 years. The U S Department of Agriculture begins experiments to test extreme vitality by burying 109 species of seeds in dry clay soil at depths of six to eight inches, 12 inches, and three and a half feet, with germination tests scheduled at multiple year intervals up to 59 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beal
United States Department of Agriculture
Cause of cloudbursts linked to distant forest fires
A Columbia weather bureau official cites widespread New York and New England forest fires as the primary nuclei for cloudbursts. He notes smoke and dust drift aided by northeast winds, high humidity, and local topography could have produced torrential Pacolet river flooding within hours, with five inches of rain possible in a few hours.
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Kansas
South Carolina
J. W. Bauer
Columbia Weather Bureau
New York
Mount Washington
New England
Paoolet
Pacolet River
Columbia
Matter
Boston Globe
Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Praised by Readers
Letters recount dramatic relief from female weakness after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Women describe hemorrhages, back pain, insomnia, and nervous strain improving after several bottles, with grateful testimonials from Mus Norton, Mrs Premuau, Mrs Las, and Mrs Caamures. The ad features Adirondack travel notes and humor snippets interspersed with tips and offers.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Dean Mus
Pryxuax
Lydia Pinkham
Guy
Tydia Pinkham
Lormm
Lormm V. Norton, 1328 N. J. Washington, D. C. Ave., N.W
Mas
E. Pinkham
Maza
J. M. Las
Lyndal St
Newcastle
Deas Mas
R. F. Caamures
Bennet
Her First Run on the Alton Limited
A Chicago Record Herald reprise notes a young woman running the Alton Limited for 100 miles, attractively told and illustrated. Copies available for four stamps via Geo. J. Charlton, G P A Chicago. Also contains miscellany from London Answers and other items including humorous quips.
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Chicago & Alton Railway
Chicago Record Herald
Alton Limited
Geo
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LaWrince Henry
Daly Bary
Artin Architecture
Weittersee
Det Toor
Ourpker
Ouarher Axe
Adirondack Mountains
Adirondack
Adirondacks
Jorge H. Daniels
Grand Central Station
Tommy
Rastus
de Wouldn’tworkers Union
Baltimore American
Sunn
Jabama
Mississippi
Write Inc. i P. A
Mobile & Ohio R. R. St. Laity
Chicago Record-Herald
Uncle Allen
Uncle Allen Sparks
George
Chicago ‘Tribune
Mesmerist
Carlos Mesmerist
London
Dean
Indocs
Rootheer Na Het Wren
St. Wins
Willie
York
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