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Home Canning of Fruits and Vegetables

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Water-bath canners are available on the market. Any big metal container may be used as a boiling-water-bath canner if it is deep enough so that the water is well over tops of jars and has space to boi..

The Wright Brothers

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The story of the Wright brothers is an inspiring narrative of success. Wilbur and Orville combined to a rare degree the searching intelligence of the scientist, the ability to visualize of the invento..

Overweight and Underweight

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Desirable weight is a very individual thing. It may be described as the weight at which a person both looks and feels his best. Height, bone structure, and muscular development must all be taken into ..

Guide to Rocks and Minerals of Illinois

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The complexity of Illinois geology is not produced by the upturning and sharp folding of rock layers such as can be seen in the Rocky Mountains, but rather by the changes in composition, thickness, an..

Inside Illinois - Mineral Resources

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Illinois is about 385 miles long from north to south and about 218 miles wide. It has an area of 55,947 square miles. The average elevation of the state is about 600 feet above sea level. Charles Moun..

Over 250 Ways to Cook and Serve Fish and Other Productions of the Sea

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Cook books there are of all sorts and shapes, but strange to say the subject of Fish Cookery has been sadly neglected in all of them. The experience of distinguished chefs and epicures of many la..

Mammoth Hot Springs Area

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The Mammoth Terraces are continuously changing. Had you visited the area in the 1930’s, you would have found Blue Spring, Cleopatra, and Angel Terraces to be the feature attractions. Today they stand ..

The corsair - a romantic legend of Hell Gate

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As we have invited the reader to a long Poem, we feel some misgiving in setting before him a lengthy Preface. We will therefore bring to his attention, as an Appendix, the matter intended as an Introd..