Nantucket Hiding Party Tests Mrs Dustin's Resolve
In Nantucket, a playful hiding party spills into Mrs Dustin's early morning house. Her cellar sanctuary shelters four girls as chasers comb the island for them, while a steadfast hostess maintains order and a clever wager leads to a quiet romance between Miney Mayhew and Mark Coffin.
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Mrs. Dustin
Nantucket
Ann
Mindy Pike
Lucy Smith
Law
Jack Sperry
Quick
Lucy
Miss Dustin
Mrs. Ann
Mark Colin
Aung
Justin
Coffin
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Jessamine
Tobes
Dustin
Sam Mayhew
Sach
Issidar
Sam
Land
Czar
Dressamine
Molly Greenleaf
Susy Lock
Molly
Smooth Harmock's
Sarah Jane
Birs. Greenleaf
Moly
Tiwon
Mark
Coffe
Mincy
Jesusmine
Mark Coffin
Ana Dustin
Nathitie
Tanti
Mr. Dustin
Jegsamine
Harper's Bazar
Building an ice house for private use in the country
The article outlines affordable methods for storing ice at home, detailing a ten by ten foot shed design with a tight roof and air openings. It explains packing ice in two foot cubes, using straw or tan bark as insulation, and filling gaps to minimize heat transfer, plus tips on obtaining thick ice and efficient packing to extend shelf life.
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Taxtow
Lee
Chicago
Various Household Tips and Recipes From an Old Column
A long list of home remedies and recipes including polishing powder for knives and teeth, a note on honey types for children, stoves with mica and cake tins, and a guidance on lice treatment for cows. It also includes several baked puddings, a complex stewed dish with seafood and herbs, a horse care note on giving water, fuel-saving carpentry and general household advice. The piece ends with reflections on small details mattering in farm life.
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New York Times
Asherican Agriculturist
Curious Features and Puzzles from 1851 to 1881
A retrospective collection notes curious numerical relationships linking 18 and 81, including palindromic reads and quotients that yield 9s. It mentions dangerous poisons from meat decomposition and a joke about a singer's voice through a furnace. It also cites St Jacobs Oil acting like a charm after an accident.
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Lfa
Chicago
Trotas O. Tromrsox
St Jacobs OU
Little Girl Dies After Ghost Prank At School
Eleven year old Annie Sicable was selected to be haunted by classmates at public school No 3 near Carsin's Run. A sheeted figure appeared. frightened Annie severely and she died the same day at her father’s nearby home. Hertford Maryland.
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Annie Sicable
Annie
Hertford
Auctioneer Sells frail horse at Fifth Street sale
A frightened horse at a Fifth Street sale stable drew a noisy crowd. Bidders shouted dozens of voices in a fierce fifty dollar bid. The exhausted animal toppled and died after the sale, leaving the buyer with the lifeless creature as the crowd fell silent.
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Fifth Street
Borgé
Theverard
Enda
Gincinneti Comumereigh
Caterpillar Battles Ants In Comical Field Scene
A writer recalls a morning scene where a fast moving caterpillar is pursued by many small black ants. The insects attack, bite, and are repelled, then strategize by sawing through a grass stalk until the caterpillar is slain. The field scene ends with the ants marching away in triumph.
Minceple Season Notes Include Feather Fiber Chews
A fragment notes a minceple for 1830 51 with fewer raisins than last winter yet more bits of feather and nerve fiber. Leather accessories may be chewed hours after the rest of the piece, offering a safe substitute for chewing tobacco and gum. Lurlington Hawk vs
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Lurlington Hawk
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