Some rents were to be raised; others lowered; and some half dozen of the poorer cottages were to be forthwith put into good repair, at Mr. Aubrey's expense.
— from Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. by Samuel Warren
Sauerkraut is a preparation of cabbage leaves produced by adding salt, and later crushing them with considerable pressure; after a time alterations occur of a fermentative character, and the product is generally regarded as more wholesome than fresh cabbage.
— from Health on the Farm: A Manual of Rural Sanitation and Hygiene by H. F. (Henry Fauntleroy) Harris
All the other tribes throughout the Great Plains region also knew of the veneration in which this hill is held by the Pawnee, so they, too, pay it great respect, and many individuals of the other tribes have personally made pilgrimages to this holy place.
— from Prairie Smoke, a Collection of Lore of the Prairies by Melvin R. (Melvin Randolph) Gilmore
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