Fourth Cousins and a Sunshine Day
In Santa Barbara a couple discovers their supposed fifth cousin status with the Strong and Weston families is nearer than believed. A highway ride leads to Judge Weston and Gen. Strong where the truth and a romance mingle amid family humor and warm palm groves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montecito Valley
Santa Barbara
Channel City
Papa
Sam
Mip
Catherine
Carling
Strong
Ebenezer
Bo Bluttafresh
Colorado
State Street
Tows
Richard Strong
Can‘lingly
Fether
Judge Weston
Pather
Richard
Ebenezer Strong
Hezekiah Strong
Weston
Misa Catherine
Land of Sunshine
Pie and the Tankers, Southerner Gazette exchange at breakfast
A Roxbury Gazette item quotes a New Englander denying the claim of morning pie for breakfast while the Southerner insists it is eaten for dinner and supper. The exchange mocks Peter the Great as an unspeakable boor who threw dishes at attendants when displeased at table.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roxbury Gazette
Peter the Great
Road Improvement and Tree Planting Guidelines
Road improvement shifts from theory to practice with a focus on earth roads. Use inexpensive iron road machines, avoid overloading, and ensure proper grade and ditching for better spring travel. Also, select surface soil for grading and employ the road hoe device when needed to enhance the track. Age guidelines for planting trees stress buying younger stock and choosing varieties suited to local conditions. Use well-bred cattle for quality beef and dairy outcomes, avoiding mediocrity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republic
Surfaes
Urdinney
Robert L. Dean
Country Gentleman
Porcupine Grass and Feeds From South Dakota Hayfields
A South Dakota Experiment Station bulletin describes porcupine grass and feather bunch grass common in the state, noting their appearance, height, and tough root systems. It warns about needle grass replacing porcupine and feather bunch grasses in the west, their potential for injury to rock fruits, and guidance on grazing, burning, and haying timing based on analysis from Brookings on June 30, 1601.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Dakota
Brookings
Tarmer
Kohl rabi grows in early season gardens
A garden note extols Kohl rabi as a seldom seen yet refined vegetable in American plots. The writer praises its flavor over turnip, notes it succeeds well in the early season, and encourages gardeners to grow this vegetable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Woodbanks
Enduring Medical Quackery Exposed in Humble Ad
An extensive fragment recounts a testimonial endorsing a patent remedy, claiming dramatic neck gland relief after six months and critiquing doctors. It also includes scattered humor, travel fare notices, seed and fertilizer notes, and ad-like snippets about tonics, ex cur sions, and household goods, reflecting a chaotic mix of late 19th century newspaper filler and reader submissions. The piece mentions Hartville Missouri, patients, and various period advertisements, weaving medical boasts with agricultural tips and entertainment quips.
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Charles D. Willard
Montecito
Staif Wiss
L. T. Bailey
Bulletin
Belpise
Gtare
Pera
Dia
Herald
Lincoln Nelson
Hartville
Tate
St. Louis
Tar Usvansisney
Svith & Haw
Detroit Free Press
Tne
Beuports
le Paul
National Republican League
Cleveland
Inworth League
Shatumooga
Tenn
Balt Lake
Cali
Jrs O'Brien
Minneapolis
Hoyes Brook
Bates & Wood Co
Ht. Paul, Minn
Ocean
Nashville
Luin
Anovenr
Uving
Whipple
Dave
Dri
Ing Remedy Co
New Yorke
Chicago
Puck
Hosteter
California Fig Byrup Co
Tom
Concord
Tha Betes & Wood
Coe St. Paul, Minn
Scott
Tmarz
P. R
Beott St
Covington, Ky
Tieyee
Foucaulid
Guegy
Corea
Hanno
Euripides
Dr. Pierce
Golden Medical
Pierce
Bia
W. Trwin
Prwin
Beecham
Mic
B. F. Allen Co
Canal Street
New York
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