A Smiling Villain by Violet M Blinn
The Beresford family scenes unfold in Caterham West as Moyra, the rector’s daughter, manages the bustling household while welcoming a prospective new guest. Bertram Charteris, Moyra’s visitor and source of tension, stirs quiet friction as Bride Lulu and the sisters navigate family duties and social expectations.
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Moyra
Bertram Charterisna
Brady
Bertram
Father
Hammond
Roga
Lula
Evry
Miss Prior
Drnde
Lulu
Charteris
Buffalo Bone Age in Kansas Pioneering Era
The Kansas City Star notes a harsh period in late 1870s Kansas when pioneers scavenged buffalo bones strewn across plains. Bones carried to rail towns by wagon, horns valued first, to sell for $1 to $8 a load. Proceeds bought basic goods and sustenance for settlers.
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Kadsan
Kansas
Kansas City Star
Parlor Scene Sparks Hint Of Mischief At Window
A fair maid sits by the window as a young man enters the parlor and asks to lower the blind. She questions where he will sit and the blind is polied down, suggesting quiet intrigue or flirtation in the domestic setting.
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Brite
Tia
Towhurther
Sarh
May
Bride
Sarah
Brida
Moyray
Lulu
Norah Kahleen
Moyra
Mra
Hay
Q Charteria
Mina Briont
Bertram Chattarla
Miss Prior
Dola
Moya
Hammond
Richmond Times
Brent Wasta
Chicago
Indianapolis News
Fred
Fly in the Ointment Poem Exchange Sparks Summer Theme
The exchange notes the arrival of summer disrupting usual poetry topics. The ice man signals seasonal change as a practical sign of summer’s onset, prompting poets to reconsider what they write about. The dialogue highlights a shift from spring to summer in literary focus.
Noticeable Food and Distant Vultures Dataset
A garbled OCR style note discusses food and scavenger behavior with fringe terms like bacon-buzzards and vultures able to eat from forty miles. Mentions Egbert and odd phrases about boiling cabbage and attempting onlona-Youthers, Sluteswan.
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Egbert
Celery culture tips from practical farm notes dated
Household farming hints discuss celery profitability, soil, bleaching, spacing, and harvesting. It notes yields around three hundred dozen per acre at fair prices and outlines seed timing, depth, planting density, and storage, plus marketing and bank considerations. Also includes sheep flock advice, inoculation findings, and general farm notes.
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Boston
Calery
Henry M. Howard
London Plans Many New Statues Across City
The London Globe reports numerous public statues to be positioned soon. Plans include an equestrian Duke of Cambridge pedestal in Whitehall, a Wilhelm III statue near Kensington Palace, Watts Physical Energy replica at the Round Pond, Sir Henry Irving, Clive statues in London and India, Royal Artillery and Royal Marines memorial sites, a Queen Victoria statue base near Buckingham Palace, and potential Watts and Johnson figures plus a National South African memorial near Waterloo Place.
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Duke of Cambridge
Whitehall
Willam of Orange
Willam III
Orangery
Kensington Palace
Round Pond
G. F. Watts
R. A
Royal Academy
Cape
Adora
Sir Henry Irving
Clive
London
India
Royal Artillery
Duke of York
Royal Marines
Queen Victoria
Buckingham Palace
Tate Gallery
Dr. Johnson
Strand
Waterloo Place
London Globe
Crop hope cools fears of national drought outlook
A survey of farmers across New England Pennsylvania Virginia Indiana and the South notes generally favorable crop prospects. Wheat in Kansas yields strong, Nebraska Iowa Illinois report bumper corn and oats across multiple states, while cotton faces weather dangers yet remains hopeful overall. Minnesota North and South Dakota Iowa Kansas Nebraska Illinois Indiana Ohio Tennessee Missouri Kentucky reports show variable but improving conditions and rising optimism for wheat and corn despite spring delays.
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Pesalntists
United ‘States
Bac
Chicago
Aplhg
Darius Fons
Enina
New England
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Indiana
Nebraska
Iowa
I Ilinois
Kansas
Minnesota
Dakotas
Missouri
I- 18
Oldatoma
Indian Territory
Muny
Strten
North
South Dakota
Illinois
Ohio
Tennessee
Kentucky
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Violet M. Blinn
Khnseti
Bie
Ike
Deresfords
Patrick
Allen
Terrence Béresfod
Caterham West
Svell
Erry
Aileyn
Gerry
Alec Robertson
South America
England
Alec
Ilfe
Moyta
Joan
Mr. Heresford
Trishman
Buenos Ayres
Tyerer
St. Caterhamn West
Caterham
West
Lower
Christina
Naual
Que
New York State Experiment Station
Jordan
Bacteriological Laboratory
Farmers’ Home Journal
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