Rosamond Faces Choice Between Love and Guardianship
Rosamond contemplates independence after a strained scene with Godfrey Medlicott and his guardian uncle. Luke Abershaw writes that Mr Medlicott is ill and Rosamond should return home to assist, prompting her plan to regain autonomy while wrestling with her feelings for Godfrey.
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Elisa
Godfrey
Rosamond
Mr. Meldicott
Mr. Medlicott
Take Abershaw
Medlicott’s
Stilligher
Gs0on
Dawson
Vin
Church Row
Luke Abershaw
Medlicott
Mrs. Gardiner
A Letter Reveals Rosamond's Hidden Romance
The Gardiners of Croydon host Rosamond while her confidences spill. Mrs Gardiner deduces Rosamond and Godfrey have fallen in love, and Medlicott disapproves. John notes the likely marriage obstacle, questioning approval of such a match.
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Godfrey
Mrs. Gardiner
Rosamond
James
Medlicott
Lingham
Mr. Gardiner
Mr. Giardine
John
Rosy
Sheltering Farm Machinery and Storing Implements
Practical advice on protecting and storing farm tools and machinery to prevent rust and decay. Emphasizes painting, cleaning, greasing, and arranging implements in order of spring use, noting paints and solvents and the value of timely care for barns, plows, harrows, planters, cultivators, binders, mowers, and sulky rakes. N. J. Shepherd, Farm, Field and Fireside.
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N. J. Shepherd
Portable fence idea for folding feed in pasture
A cost efficient method to pasture fodder uses a movable fence. Panels twelve to fourteen feet long form temporary enclosures for a day’s feed, shifted daily, with extra boards for folded sheep. Construction details are described in the sketch from Orange Judd Farmer.
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Orange Judd
Rye Pasture Value and Manure Practices Highlighted
The article argues rye as a hardy, versatile forage and soil conditioner for fall to spring pasturage and green food. It notes drought stress, early growth, and multi-use yields, plus best practices for stable manure application to crops like corn oats rye barley and potatoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hampshire
Dice McLaren
Ohio
The Long-Dead Hamilton and the Highwayman Tale
The New York Press recalls Alexander Hamilton killing a highwayman in a late 18th century New York street duel and living with the belief he had committed murder though no record exists. Tailor, a relative of Hamilton, is noted as a distinguished citizen with Revolutionary fame.
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Alexander Hamilton
FE NX
New York
Mr. Hamilton
New York Press
The Hammock Sleep Trick Begs New York Recorder
A New York Recorder excerpt extols hammock sleeping as the ideal rest, detailing a method to snuggle between sheets, tuck clothes beneath, and roll with the sway for ultimate comfort. It promises perpetual coziness compared with a standard bed and suggests practical daily storage.
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New York Recorder
Oxygen Light Theory by Prof Dewar
Prof Dewar argues oxygen is highly phosphorescent and can emit steady light under certain conditions. He links light to atmospheric composition, noting light and oxygen proportion rise near the surface and fall with altitude, suggesting sunlight drives a reaction in oxygen to ignite carbon gases and produce light.
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Dewar
Earth
Rhode Island Capitals Through History
The Rhode Island constitution lists the state as the State of Rhode Island and the Providence Plantations. Newport and Providence have served as capitals, with a historical note that five capitals existed before 1854, including Newport and Providence.
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Rhode Island
Providence Plantations
Newport
Providence
Providene South Ixingston
Bristol
Fam J
Saving poultry manure as fertilizer in gardens
Poultry manure is a strong plant fertilizer and should be saved from roosts by collecting daily. Build roost platforms to drop droppings onto a covered, absorbent base, then pack damp manure in barrels and keep it moist and covered to preserve ammonia before use.
Make a Chick Shade Patch Shelter from Cloth
A simple low cost shelter helps chicks avoid sun. Drape cotton cloth a foot above ground across supports as shown. The shelter can be extended to any length and offers notable protection for exposed raspberry patches and young birds.
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Orange Judd Farmer
Vegetable Wool substitute debuts in textile trade
The Wool and Cotton Reporter describes Peruvian cotton as a shrub fiber with a woolly feel used in hosiery flannels blankets and underwear. It notes growing use since early 1890s with bales imported, price range nine and three quarters to thirteen cents per pound, and urges disclosure of fiber content.
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Peru
Feeding Fowls By Schedule To Keep Them Laying
Farm News urges a fixed feeding routine for hens to keep them active and producing. Evening feeding at the same time trains hens to come for feed, preventing noon or irregular meals. Summer tips: feed in morning and evening only, avoiding mid day rations.
Preventing a Tlessian fly attack on next wheat crop
Farm News recommends strong measures to curb the Tlessian fly. Burn all wheat stubble infested with fly eggs where there is no young clover or grass. Create an early border around fields and turn it under late, followed by reseeding the entire field. Late sowing aims to avoid further fly attacks.
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Channel
Cambridgeport
United States
Boston
Breed selection and consistent improvement in stock
A Kar in News excerpt warns against crossing stock indiscriminately. It urges choosing one breed and sticking to it, whether starting with mongrels or pure-bred stock, to avoid losing valuable points in the second generation and to achieve constant improvement through focused breeding.
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Karin
Oil and cotton seed meals affect butter quality in dairy rations
Linseed oil meal yields a soft oily butter and worsens flavor while cotton seed oil produces a hard crumbly butter with poorer flavor. Small amounts cause little damage but raise product output, especially when the remaining ration has low protein. Oil meal aids digestion and mildly laxative, unlike cotton seed meal.
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Hoard’s Dairyman
Homemade corn cutter powered by one horse
J A Pettis of Crawford County Iowa describes a cheap one horse driven corn cutter that cuts one row at a time. The drag uses old lumber and a welded twenty six inch knife from plow shares costing 25 cents plus 15 cents bolts. He claims it lets any farmer with two acres or more avoid hand knives.
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J. A. Pettis
Crawford Co
Towa
Devastating Shell Strikes Japanese Flagship Chen Yuen
Commander McGiffin reports a single 12.2 inch shell from the Matsushima caused massive destruction. The blast disabled a 13 inch gun and killed forty nine officers and men while wounding over fifty. A gunnery lieutenant vanished with only his cap and telescope recovered.
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Matsushima
McGiffin
Chen Yuen
Kentucky Rat Defeats Rattlesnake at Curley's Distillery
Thomas J. Bailey describes a remarkable scene in Jessamine county where a rat killed a five and a half foot rattlesnake. The snake was kept in a glass box and fed a frog and the rat. the next day the rat sat on the snake's head and the snake was found dead with bite marks. The rat, uninjured, was kept as a curiosity.
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Thomas J. Bailey
Curley’s
Jessamine County
Kentucky River
Cincinnati Enquirer
Telegraph Life and Death Messages Across the Wires
A New Orleans telegraph worker dying of consumption in Franklin Tennessee sends a farewell from the office to Memphis. Taylor Brown dies in the chair while a colleague types the final words. A historic 18 year old message from Jackson Miss. saves a man’s life at Wilkinson county jail and leads to nine months in the penitentiary before release.
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New Orleans
Franklin
Clay
Taylor Brown
Brown
Jackson
Miss
Wilkinson County
Woodville
Royal Baking Powder Endorsed For Purity And Power
Advertisers claim Royal Baking Powder remains the leading leavening in households. They insist its purity and superior leavening power are undisputed while attacking cheaper brands as inferior.
Cornstalk Cellulose Wins Naval Test for Dams and Hulls
A U S Navy study led by Constructor Linnard finds cornstalk cellulose outperforming cocoa in water resistance and fire safety. In tests, cocoa leaked after shots while cornstalk showed no leakage, minimal charring, and little effect on paint or iron plates. Cost advantage further favors cornstalk at about two thirds the price.
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Herbert
Linnard
Washington Star
Thunder and Lightning Warns and Explanations
A Brooklyn Eagle piece explains lightning dangers and safety. It notes avoid standing by open windows and doors, especially before rain, and cautions against shelter under trees or barns. It discusses barn vulnerability, heat lightning, and the nature of a thunderbolt as electricity in a spherical form.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Seven Hours Battle With Whale Ends In Escape Of Dig Fish
Capt. Ed Dodge aboard the Ocean View chased a 30 foot whale for seven hours about twenty miles offshore. The harpoon struck the whale's back, rope wore through, and the great mammal escaped with the spear still imbedded. Dodge plans to recruit Massachusetts and Connecticut girls for future whaling crews.
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Ed Dodge
Dodie
Ocean View
Springield
Enfield
Mr.Taylor
Dodge
Capt. Dodge
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Dart
Capt
Larbor
Block Island
Lizzie the monkey dies after bright life of counting
Lizzie, a five year old monkey famous for counting up to ten, dies from a lung cold in Chicago. Her owner lamented the loss as children recalled her friendly handshakes and penny-collecting performances. The London Sally chimpanzee is noted as a counting claim, but Lizzie showed true counting skill. Her doctor’s bill stood at seven dollars.
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Lizzie
Chicago
London
Sally
Past fashion forecasts point to a Louis XIII revival this autumn
Paris budgets of fashion predict a return to old time gowns with modern tweaks. French gowns feature shoulder to hip lines with a princess style front over a printed vest, lace or silk skirts, and lighter colors. The Louis XIII coat contrasts short waist length, double front, satin jabot, and embroideries with brocade revers and velvet or satin lining.
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Paris
New York
Milkers differ in value of milk yield says Michigan Farmer
Three or four years ago a brief Wisconsin Station report by Dr Babcock tested milking effects on milk quantity and quality. The writer notes observations supporting a ten percent yield difference between milkers, asserting workers vary in value even among capable hands.
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Jersey Bulletin
Babcock
Wisconsin
Hypnosis Offer Sparks Consent Question
A dialogue explores whether a hypnotist could induce memory loss during a kiss while under influence. She initially doubts awareness but then consents to be hypnotized, asking to be guided by the hypnotist Jon.
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Sune
Jon
Special Freight Cars on Electric Railways
Electric rail freight expands with new car forms. A 28 foot by 10 foot 8 inch car hauls whisky and serves as a locomotive on three Sox cars. Spokane wheat and flour traffic uses 20 foot grain cars with 12 by 6 by 5 ft6 in compartments, 12 000 pound capacity. Cars load grain from main line, dump at mills, then carry flour bags to stations, and also macadamize streets with broken stone using Edison motors.
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Spokane
Maine farm report expects bumper deer season next fall
Maine farmers report deer plentiful and bold in grain fields orchards and patches across the state. A Caribou farmer saw four deer in his oat field repeatably returning after being driven off. Nearby girls collecting berries near North Rockport returned to find a big buck feeding before being chased away.
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Maine
North Rockport
New York Sun
Miserable Mood as Divorce Decree Drops In
In a sharp exchange, Hle jokes about misery as she quips about a decree of divorce that leaves the other party stunned. The dialog captures a tone of irony and public jolt at a split.
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Hle
Nay to Love Without Stamps Echoes in Life
A young editress rejects a penniless lover, insisting she cannot break tradition of her chosen calling and cannot return his love without stamps, in a curt Life magazine style moment.
Rat Hole Remedies Mentioned For Household Pests
Pulverized potash should be put in all rat holes as it soon becomes sticky when exposed to air. Some advise mixing Cayenne pepper and Scotch snuff and sprinkling it into the holes for greater effectiveness.
Sneak Thief Foiled on Omaha Train at Menomonie Junction
In Hudson Wisconsin on August 21 a thief boarded a west bound Omaha train, entered a sleeper, rifled the grip of J A Gammans of Chicago, seized two razors and other items, and was captured when a porter summoned by the awakened traveler alerted the crew. The intruder was delivered to authorities.
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Hudson, Wis
Omaha Road
Menomonie Junction
Hammond
J. A. Gammans
Willimatic Linen Company of
Chicago
Gammans
Hudson
Morning Breath Secrets in a Quiet Detroit Tribune Snippet
A Detroit Tribune fragment hints at a covert scene as a man hides a body or secret, the breath of morning sweeping through an open window while a sleeping figure remains unseen, a clove masking the scent and the man facing away.
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Detroit Tribune
Newport Women Adopt Bloomers in Summer Cycling Trend
A Newport summer correspondent reports that bloomers have become common among young female riders, replacing divided skirts. Riders train in dark gray, brown, or black bloomer outfits with high gaiters, signaling bloomers as the prevailing wheel attire in coming days.
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Newport
Wart treatment by acetic and salicylic acids advised
The New York Post notes that warts can be treated at home with glacial acetic acid or a saturated salicylic acid solution. Apply with a wooden point to the wart, avoid healthy skin, and repeat every two days until the growth vanishes. Label the remedy clearly and keep it away from children.
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New York Post
Emancipation Debate Says Woman is Man's Superior
Mrs Beard challenges Mrs Taddles about support for women's emancipation. Taddles denies equality, arguing that woman is man’s superior and not capable of equal rights, prompting a resumed debate on gender roles.
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Mrs. Beard
Mrs. Taddles
Obey Word in Marriage Service Sparks Debate
A dialogue questions whether the term obey should appear in the marriage rite with Ada and Ida Omited arguing against altering the consent by omitting the word. The exchange suggests the obligation be transferred to the other contracting party.
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Ada
Ida
Prath
Aspacia's Striking Blue Eyes Draw Attention
Aspacia stood out with regular features and notably large expressive blue eyes, making her a memorable beauty in the scene.
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Aspacia
Syrup of Figs Offers Gentle Relief and Health Benefits
Purportedly comforting and improving, Syrup of Figs markets itself as a pure liquid laxative. It claims to cleanse the system, dispel colds and fevers, and cure constipation without harming kidneys or liver, and is sold by druggists in 50¢ and $1 bottles, manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only.
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California Fig Syrup Co
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Josephine
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Porli
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England
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Charles Bonaparte
Gardiners
Croydon
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Nhore
Rural Press
Origin of
Japan
Cach
Jagin
Pittsburg Dispatch
Kentucky
Davis Cream
Davis & Rankin Slog
MFC. CO
Fale
Bloomers
Minnesota
Saint Paul and
Duluth
America
Hopewell Clarke
St. P
DR. R
St. Paul
Minn
Parker
Aduress
van Buren
Menamera
W. Morris
Washington, D.C
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Geo Kobuler
Huchester
N.Y
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