A New Engendered Farm Dream Unfolds in New England
A college instructor leaves teaching to become a farmer in rural New England. He meets neighbors Bert Temple and Mike, secures a farm stake, builder help, and a housekeeper, and calculates a plan to earn a living while pursuing writing. The tale blends humor and earnest struggle as he adapts to farm life.
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Grey
College Botanica Department
Gardens
Boston
Bentford
Milt Noble
Port Temple
Siub
George Meredith
Enghand
Lebanon
Mike
Bert
Mile
Bart
Tyne
Mr. Upton
Siyger
San Towane
van Hegin
Nora
Mr. Tample
Ruby
Joyful May morning opens a home project in old orchard
The narrator and companions meet Hard Cider Howard to inspect a new dwelling. They plan to merge two rooms into one, remove a door to the hall, and cut a glass door into the south veranda. Workmen evaluate a solid oak cross beam and double doors for the renovation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May
Bert
Hard Cider Howard
Pine
Mike
Joe
Mike Hold
Finn
Aard Cider
Pergola Veranda
Bard
Farmer Treats His Farm Like A Plant For Profit
A professor refers to his farm as a plant and questions if it will earn him a living. The story hints at evaluating financial viability from the first day's work.
Elephants Rampage Across India In Unsettling Series
In Sukna nine elephants are captured with one refusing to eat. Six head to Chalsa where a tusker tramples a mahout. A tusker at a Tendu camp grounds the site and a European aide averts panic. A herd blocks the Paulguri Ramshahi line, injuring the engine albeit lightly as a elephant may have broken a leg.
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India
Sukna
Chalsa
Tendu
Paulguri
Ramshahi
Pumps Explode Test Water Supply for London
Pumps tested in a plant for London water supply operate by gas and air exploding directly against a volume of water, indicating an explosive propulsion method used in the testing process.
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London
National Forest Districts and Staffing Totals
The article lists six forest districts across multiple states and notes the Forest Service employment of 3,875 on July 1, 1916, with 3,225 serving national forests and a protective force about one per 80,000 acres. It also highlights the intercollegiate bureau of occupations in New York issuing its third annual report showing 874 positions filled to April 30, mainly college trained, with many women taking roles in secretarial work, suffrage, librarianship, relief efforts, writing, sales, and police work. hundreds of positions for stenographers remain.
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Montana
Washington
Idaho
South Dakota
Michigan
Minnesota
North Dakota
Colorado
Wyoming
Nebraska
Kansas
Arizona
Arkansas
Florida
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Utah
Nevada
California
Oregon
Alaska
Forest Service
National Forests
Intercollegiate Bureau of Occupations
New York City
Mysterious Youth and the Lost Bright Future
A reminiscence on Blanchard Ripley James as a once-promising high school star who vanished from public life. The piece argues youth is a mystery, predicting talent and failure alike, and notes the danger of early judgments as parents still praise every child while the future remains uncertain.
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Blanchard Ripley James
Olio
Grand Rapids
Great West
Sid
Daniel Webster
Second Congregational Church
United States Senate
Mountain Refreshment for Busy Lives
A reflection on escaping daily grind to the mountains for brief respite. The piece calls for stepping from narrow spheres and urban toil to breathe a purer air and think deeply, suggesting such moments grant more value than years spent in commerce.
Germs and Experiments Suggest Live Longer?
Brief notes from early experiments imply potential links between germ exposure and longevity. Researchers outline methods and preliminary observations, but conclusions remain tentative pending further study and replication.
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Sone
Dyli
Jwin Fres
Walter Prichard Faton
Gerow
Lert Temple
Bert Temple
Belplesa
Aga
Rhode Island
Furner
Carpenter
Deptford
My Brook
John Upton
I Ae
Ghapter
BEC
National Forest Reservations
Houses of Representatives
Blanchard
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