Doubtful Br Jean Cowgill and a chase for truth
A Chicago wife endures a month of quiet suspicion as her husband hides a secret. After shopping for a red runabout to follow him, she discovers his affair with a younger woman. The husband surprises her by buying the car herself, and she vows not to reveal the folly.
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Congress Street
Wabash Avenue
Auditorium Hotel
Merry
Fort Sheridan
Nell
Yoursel
Ataira
Chicago
Pruning Roots of Trees Promises Mixed Results
The article argues against the String fellow plan to prune both top and roots on young trees, noting it fails with many species and soils. It favors back cutting the top and balancing roots to create a strong root mass, with cut ends sprouting vigorous rootlets for a robust start after planting.
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Indianapolis News
Home Market for Fruit in Spring Packing
Illinois correspondent discusses fruit melt, stressing uniform packing for buyers and sellers. He explains watching ripeness, avoiding shipped fruit, and using small fruit for canning. Local sales through grocers, with better margins from ripe, vine-grown fruit, and careful sorting to keep packages consistent.
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Farmers’ Review
Antilinois
Transplant huckleberries and sugar corn tips from Farm Journal
Practical garden hints urge planting sugar corn in waves through July and frequent harvesting. Do not disturb berry roots, weed lightly, and consider tied bean poles in pyramid shapes. Hand-drop seeds if plaster clogs, and bake pumpkin pies as incentive.
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W. J
Farm Journal
Mulch for Orchard Improve Tree Care
A brief note urges proper mulching of orchard trees. It states ten trees mulched well is better than twenty neglected, emphasizing avoiding weedy, starving, and unhealthy conditions.
Don’t neglect orchard care for better fruit profits
A discourse urges timely orchard work to prevent crop losses and maximize profits. It stresses proper planting, soil, root handling, and cultivation, including soapsuds for pest control, ash fertilization, and pest-damage prevention. It notes apples, peaches, and cherries fetch strong markets and advises soil, pruning, and thinning practices.
Novel Gardening Ways Cucumber Trellis and Barrel Methods
An old farming note describes two cucumber growing techniques. One uses a barrel buried near the bed with holes in its side, half full of stable dressing and organic matter, seeds planted around it, and vines trained along strings. daily watering drives the vines to fruit. The second method digs a four foot trench, half filled with stable dressing and soil, with a trellis built from boards and stakes, seeds planted along the trench, and vines trained over the trellis for easy picking.
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Igotad
Fragments Reflect Old Time Theatres And Matings
A clipped fragment notes a young man who can bellow ball and after a year in roe joins an opera, with forces replenished. It hints at seasons and fledglings disappearing as young men move to marriage, mentioning grand voices and a j. Xe reference.
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Roe
J. Xe
Unlucky Freddy and Quips From the Era
A montage of quips and light social jests from Detroit Free Press and other papers. The notes touch on bad luck, family fears, nurses and Roosevelt era wages, plus a Berlin scientist claiming a cure for laziness and a joke about an author’s dictionary claiming 8500 writers.
Bald heads covered by Cure all remedies cited
Fragmented quotation filled with misspellings and brand names praising Cuticura and Pine's Cough Care. Mentions of remedies for skin and coughs, with scattered opinions from newspapers like Washington and Philadelphia Times. Indicates advertising and mixed commentary without a clear single event.
Painful Sciatica Tale Promotes Williams Pink Pills
An elderly line inspector from Plaistow New Hampshire recounts a severe 1903 sciatica attack. He credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with a dramatic recovery after five boxes, noting quick improvement and complete cure. The ad-like testimony frames the pills as remedy for blood and nerve ailments.
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Mr. Donovan
Joseph A. Dourovan
Plaistow
New Hampshire
Haverhill
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