Master of Appleby Part in the Shadow of a Duel
Captain Ireton and Richard Jennifer lure Sir Francis Falconnet into a duel at Appleby Hundred after a road ambush. A baronet’s trap fails. Margery Starr arrives, wounding Ireton with a sword thrust while Jennifer shields him. Ireton awakens healed but entangled in loyalties as Mistress Starr questions the quarrel and Margery’s wounded protector.
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Chaptor
Promige
Richara Lennifer
Fatconnot
Appleby Kundred
Gibert Staly
Jennifer
Isa
Madge
Jack
Bean
Shall
Alent
Jan Howard
Atecl
Ola
Andrea
Falconnot
Falconnet
Richard
Francis Falconnnet
Ireton
Richard Coverdale
Margery Starr
Mr. Jennifer
Richard Jennifer
Grasny
Appleby Hundred
Fane
Queenaborough
Iraton
Francis
Grey
Francia Fateonnet
England
Darius
Queensborough
Gilbert Stair
Belchamber
Sir Francis
Iad
Margery
Mr. Rutherford
Ramseur
Reton
Francie
Dick Coverdele
Soan
Jade
Starr
Hera
Where He Had Seen Her in a Witty Exchange
A brief dialogue features a man and a young woman after introductions. He asks where they have met, she denies familiarity, and reveals she is the model who poses for mating-picture heroines, as quoted from the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Hed
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Very Evident and Rescued on Desert Island Dream
Jennie speaks of being separated from Joon dear on a desert island. He reassures that she was merely lost in thought, and there is no real danger. The exchange is pensive and intimate, revealing their bond.
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Joon Dear
Jennie
Louis Star
Roup
Hehdy
Colman
Alrahip Hat and Odd Sayings Spark Curiosity
A fragment from city papers notes a invented alrahip hat not an airship and compares costs. The Boston Transcript and Philadelphia Ledger quote light quips about leaves grass and hearing mornings. Hawthorne quote hints at personal risk in sharing experience.
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Suburbas
Cityman
Boston Transcript
Philadelphia Ledger
Open Front Poultry Houses Boost Dryness and Egg Yield
An Indianapolis Farmer column describes John W. Dwinell of Topsfield Massachusetts testing Wood's Open Air Poultry House. Open front designs with monitor windows and dry flooring improve ventilation, dry conditions, and chick quality over closed houses, with Rhode Island Reds showing strong spring fertility and robust chicks. Water stays unfrozen in cold with better ventilation, and the setup emphasizes dryness and post-supported floors. Cholera risks are noted with treatment steps and caution for cleanliness.
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Rip
John W. Dwinell
Topsfield
Maas
Wood
Rhode Island
H.C
Indiana Farmer
Poultry Notes on Breeding and Care
Poultry notes discuss chicken lice, feed choices, and the benefits of busy hens. It extols sunflower seed and oil meal for glossy feathers and egg production but warns they are fattening. It favors deep litter and scratching, notes early incubators, and promotes White Plymouth Rock as a superior breed for eggs, broodiness, and market value.
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Shane
Don’t Pen Turkeys and Separate the Cockerels
Practical farming notes advise freeing turkeys from close quarters for exercise and ventilation with movable roosts and poultry netting. They urge removing roosts when catching birds and warn turkeys prefer high roosts if left to themselves. Separate cockerels from pullets to aid pullet growth. sell cockerels at two pounds rather than raise to full size. Also notes farmers’ bookkeeping and a new $8,000 Utah State Fair poultry building of steel and glass.
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Farmers’ Home Journal
Utah State Fair Association
Salt Lake
United States
No Chance on Spooks A New York Auction Tale
A Forty-second Street auctioneer recounts a haunted table tale to prove New Yorkers fear and fascination with spiritual manifestations. Bidding stalls when the table is linked to mediums, but rises once the psychic angle is dropped, suggesting belief dampens disturbance with eerie messages.
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New York
Forty-second Street
New York Times
Canton native community proposes volunteer fire brigade
The Canton native community submitted regulations to the Viceroy seeking approval for a volunteer fire brigade. The government owned over 92 percent of the railway mileage in Germany.
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Canton
Germany
Notable events and dates from early 19th to early 20th century
A compact chronology lists pivotal moments including John Jay's election as President of Congress in 1778, the 1801 dissolution of Wtruria, the 1813 Newark burning during Fort George actions, 1816 Boston savings bank opening, Indiana and Mississippi statehood in 1816 and 1817, Georgia tariff protests in 1828, the first U.S. locomotive in 1830, the Green Bay Intelligencer in 1838, sick society conventions, Monroe railroad opening, 1844 Jefferson Davis in Mississippi, 1847 Prince Edward Island's Campbell as Lieutenant Governor, 1850 steamboat Anglo Norman disaster, 1854 papal doctrine proclamation, 1862 Fredericksburg battles, 1867 Rupert's Land decision, 1889 Jefferson Davis funeral, 1891 Ohio River bridge access, 1895 Kentucky governor Bradley, 1898 Harcourt leadership resignation, 1899 death of George Kirkpatrick, 1901 Marconi wireless from Newfoundland, 1902 Vermont liquor law change, 1904 Niagara Falls city status and Grey governorship, 1904 Canada ministry, 1907 Gustav V ascension.
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John Jay
New York
Congress
Wtruria
France
McClune
Fort George
Newark
Savings
United States
Boston
Indiana
Mississippi
Georgia
West Point
N. Y
Green Bay Intelligencer
Green Bay
Wis
Sik Growers
Baltimore
Monroe
Macon
Forsyth
Jefferson Davia
House of Representatives
Donald Campbell
Prince Edward Island
New Orleans
Fredericksburg
Predericksburg
House of Commons
Rupert’s Land
Northwest Territories
Atlanta
Jefferson Davie
Knoye Ridge
Ohio River
Cincinnati
William ©. Bradley
Kentucky
William Vernon Harcourt
Liberal Party
England
George Kirkpatrick
Ontario
Toronto
Signor Marconi
St. John’s
Newfoundland
Cornwall
Vermont
Niagara Falls
Earl Grey
Canada
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Gustav V
Sweden
First Local Printers Unions Formed and Labor Movements Rise
The piece notes early unions forming in 1831, 65 000 Chinese and Lascar seamen on British ships, wage cuts in England driving union membership down, and major labor groups including miners carpenters painters and garment workers. It highlights arbitration demands, gender roles in unions, and profiles leaders like A Rosenberg and Matthew Woll, plus broad international reach of unions and plans to organize stenographers and typists.
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England
America
A. Rosenberg
Gar Tent Workers' Union
John T. Smith
Cigar Makers
Public Unity Commission of
Kansas City
Matthew Woll
International Photo Engravers’ Union
United States
Canada
International Grove Workers’ Union
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Francis Lynde
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Bowre-Merrill Company
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Jerre’ B. Noland
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