Queen Anne Era Imagery in Verse from Overland Monthly
Fragmentary text hints at verse celebrating Queen Anne era and aristocratic fashion. Mentions jewels lace and brocade, military dress, and romantic vows. Attributed to C. Gillington and published in Overland Monthly. source language is garbled OCR with broken lines and phrases about Jacobite, Marlborough wars, and ceremonial attire.
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Strephon
Area Anne
C. Gillington
Overland Monthly
Turtles Strike Over Duck Work in Si Evershed Tale
In Pike County a man named Si Evershed trains snapping turtles to catch ducks. After overwork and harsh punishment, the turtles rebel, bite his toe, free each other, and vanish into the lake, leaving Si to ponder the lesson of humane treatment and loyalty.
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Bilis
Mr. Duck
Tre Striek
Naure
Heaven
Earth
Pike County
Pennsylvania
Dick Benehon
Everehed
Si Evershed
Mystery of a paunch and a slayer lad Sol omon Sackruui tale
An East End tale recounts Solomon Sackruui known as Shechet the slayer for a vast paunch. Children spread fear with legends of devouring youths. Buried he wore a cloth paunch hiding a post office savings bank book in the name of Solomon Sheehet. A later inquiry traced the book to an unrelated man, ending the claim of Mrs Morris.
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East End
Solomon Sackruui
Green Dragon Yard
Solomon Suckruui
Llebrew
Shechet
Solomon Sacruni
Post Office Savings Bank
Solomon
Sheehet
Solomon Suekruni
A. Morris
Caviage
Solomon Sheehet
Marpes
Martigny
James
Martignys
Washington Post
Moving Camp for Angora Goats Homemaker Shelter
Agricultural note describes a movable six by ten by six foot shelter for an Angora goat herd’s herder. The design allows relocation with two horses, prevents theft, and keeps goats browsing trees for park like grounds near bedding sites. The piece notes 15 years of use without tampering.
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Angora
Pumpkins for Hogs and Summer Feeding Notes
An agricultural note discusses using pumpkins to feed hogs weighing 140 to 200 pounds, with trials showing costs per pound of gain around 2.9 cents when pumpkins and shorts are used. suggests cheaper mixes with cornmeal and shorts. It also mentions feeding green bone to hens and ducks’ care, plus winter feeding tips for sows and raw roots for hogs.
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Oregon Experiment Station
Feeding In Yards For Poultry Health And Profit
Practical guidance for raising confined poultry with attention to exercise and diet. Emphasizes access to green forage, straw feeding to encourage activity, balanced protein and carbon content, and avoiding overfeeding. Recommends barley oats bread vegetables meat scraps and boiled potatoes with bran as economical supplements for hens, chicks, and fowls in small yards.
Profit in Squabs For Five Years Of Squab Raising
Farmers’ Voice advises careful squab management with 175 pairs, selecting preferred box heights per flock behavior, keeping boxes closed to prevent intrusions, and identifying odd birds. Feed corn and wheat with oyster shells, clean boxes weekly, and maintain well aired, disease-preventive conditions year round through perseverance and constant attention.
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Weil
A.J. Smith
Warm Poultry House Sited on Sloped Ground
A damaged excerpt describes constructing a warm poultry house set facing south or southeast while the ground slopes toward the north. The floor was dug level into the sloping site, illustrating adaptive building in constrained terrain.
War Mouse on Northern Slope Featured in Farm and Fireside
The article describes a bank and foundation wall built to fit rising ground on a northern slope, with a drain under the wall, a full-length cement floor, and a large south end window. The structure is noted as unusually warm in winter despite its hillside location.
Fertility and Fertilizers for the Farm
A farmer can grow large crops yet grow poorer as soil fertility falls. Crop rotation, green manures, and manure saving help, but soil nutrients are lost unless replaced. Fertilizers are advised to sustain farm fertility at high levels.
Paschwa canal workers, many employed in 19th century project
A broad rundown of diverse historical topics notes Paschwa canal construction employing over 3,000 men and other global trivia. It covers industrial labor, geography, science, and cultural curiosities ranging from Irish linen imports, German navy plans, and Antarctic funding to Egyptian Nile wells and Australian desert water yields.
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Missouri
Boston
Germany
Dexvull
HaAwan
Washington
Harvard
Dewey
Cincinnati
Hania
Africa
Nile
Pants
France
Vicief
ATAW
California
Hawaii
Maine
British Association For the Advancement of Science
Asoxa
England
Io London
Transvaal
Louis XIV
Queen Victoria
Japan
God’s Acre
Langtry
Jersey
War Department
King of Saxony
Dresden
Txxice
Spain
Queensland
New South Wales
Denerx
Prestoxst Kacarn
Ges
Jounert
Susdvor Hanna
Claridge’s Hotel
London
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Ana
M Mean
Oregon Staton
Mirda
Ali
Whiels
Tatene
San Diego County
Uni
Chuago Daily News
Cam
Buckingham
P.M
Syme
Wrecmed
Bis
Olympia
Chicago Evening News
Tehison Globe
Tan
Cascareth
Mos Giluard
Eigle
CANDY
Uae
Caer
Aery Eae
New York
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