Plum and Price clash on Beaver Island in 1908 tale
Captain Nat Plum lands on Beaver Island seeking settlement from King Strang for prior looting. Obadiah Price coerces Nat into delivering a package to Franklin Pierce while warning of danger as Nell the Miacs helps and Marion awaits. Plum plots escape with Nell and Winnsome aboard the Typhoon as Arbur Croche closes in.
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Nathaniel Plum
Beaver Island
Obadiah Price
Mormon Council
Price
Nat
Franklin Pierce
United States
Plum
Strang
Casey
St. James
Nell
Arbur Croche
Winngame
Neil
Marion
Winnsome
Marion Reunites in Forest Encounter Amid Chase
Nathaniel stalks through the forest near the swamp as Arbur Croche’s men hunt. He finds Marion near a thicket, she asks for Neil, and Casey fires a distant gun signaling an attack on St. James. He consoles her, then realizes the danger.
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Nathaniel
Obadish
Arbur Croche
Casey
St. James
Marion
Neil
Hour of Vengeance on Marion Island Rescue Plot
Nathaniel Plum guards Marion on a stormy island romance set amid gunfire and betrayal. Marion urges him to save her brother Neil from death while insisting he must not join her on the island. He vows to try to avert an island marriage to Strang and to return her safely to St James before facing her brother’s fate.
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Nathaniel
Marion
Nathaniel Plum
Neil
St. James
Plum
Casey
Obadiah
Nell
Strang
Elaborate stock barn designed for Missouri stockman
A Missouri stockman commissioned an elaborate barn with a single roof for all stock in one complex. The design includes separate departments, 45 cow stalls, hog and sheep pens, horse stalls, and calf pens, plus a lay out for efficient feeding, manure storage, and washing. The self supporting roof, limestone foundations, asbestos roofing, gas-powered feed elevating system, and cement floors with drain traps showcase a large, highly engineered farm building.
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Missouri
J. E. Bridgman
Orange Judd-Farmer
Ensilage as cheap winter feed for farm stock
Ensilage ranks as one of the cheapest succulent feeds for winter use. It provides good nourishment, is easy to distribute, and is enjoyed by all classes of cattle, sheep, and other farm animals.
Champion Jersey for MilkSophia Nineteenth tops dairy records at Hood Farm
Sophia Nineteenth of Hood Farm Lowell Massachusetts is crowned champion Jersey for milk and butter fat among four to five year old cows. In the year ending December 30 1910 she produced 14373 pounds 8 ounces of milk and 1011 pounds 6 ounces of butter fat under Massachusetts Agricultural College test. Milk sold at ten cents a quart yielded a profit of 565.22 dollars. The U S Department of Agriculture estimates wealth from 22 million cows at 800 million dollars per year with potential to raise profits if feeding and breeding are improved.
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Sophia Nineteenth
Hood Farm
Lowell
Mass
Massachusetts Agricultural College
American Jersey Cattle Club
Sophie Nineteenth
United States Department of Agriculture
United
Elopement Debate Sparks Two Married Men in Town
In a New York Times style vignette two married men discuss Betsy Bunistuff’s elopement column. One mocks the fortune of eloping, the other asserts personal happiness after marriage, while a third character from the Evening Piffle chimes in with a boastful remark about Betsy’s opinion.
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Saya
New York Times
Betsy Bunistuff
Betsy Bumstuff
Shillalah Still Useful in Elections and Sport
The shillalah remains a valued tool in politics and sport. Described as carved from blackthorn, weighted for balance, and cared for like a cricket bat, it blends artistry with utility. The London Chronicle notes its proper pronunciation as ghill-ally with stress on all.
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Louth
Arisla
London Chronicle
Progress of Music and Oddities From a German Baker
A West Philadelphia baker fosters a young violin hopeful. weekly lessons and parental optimism frame his progress with performances of Home Sweet Home and Nearer My God to Thee. Interleaved jokes feature Maria, a steel trap, and Mortar. Ads tout Pierce's Pleasant Pellets and Garfield Tea. Lavater classic on character closes.
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West
Philadelphia
Market Day for Farm Produce Encouraged
Customers for Farmers. It pays to go down to the ecity and work up a trade for the farm produce. Hunt up customers for the butter eggs apples potatoes cabbage and all such stuff. Have a regular market day when you can always be found there. Folks will expect you and depend on you. They will pay you cash and as good prices as they would have to pay at the store because they get better weight and measure and freak or produce.
Free Advice to Women by Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Mass
Women suffering from any illness are invited to promptly communicate with Mrs Pinkham at Lynn Massachusetts. Letters are received opened read and answered by women. She offers confidential advice drawn from vast experience and asks only goodwill. Address Lydia E Pinkham Massachusetts. The 80 page Text Book is free by mail.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
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