Romance of Russia continues on a secret British island
In a tense chapter, Von Mitschka reveals to Treath that prisoners from Novgorod are kept on an isolated British island, under guarded but humane conditions. He explains the island’s status as part of Great Britain, the strategic reasons for secrecy, and how they sustain the prisoners while pursuing a larger political aim.
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von Mitsehka
Mitsehika
Kroponsis
Phat
Novgorod
von Mitschka
Russia
Sobieski
Poland
von Miisehka
Amon
Vussian Manofavor
Treath
Thin Island
Great Brita
Great Britain
England
Scoland
Merbrides
New
Revoluteon
Western Isles
Vngraintanes
Maine
Luntia
Oul
Hin
Ramekeeper
Tueh
Ponta
Islind
Ayer
Angus
berLis
Kropenski
von Mitschkr
Mysel
Yon Mitsehka
Seotelh
Migehka
Herta
Alits
Yon Mitecka
Secret prison scheme on misty Scottish island revealed
Three men discuss a covert plan to seize an island off Scotland to build a self-run prison for political prisoners. They describe buying land, removing locals, and using inmate labor for a fortress with ambitions toward Russia, aided by a local keeper Angus and a Dutch-connected rogue. The tale ends with a promise to tour the inland and meet a figure named Prince Kropenski.
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Norway
Scotland
Luch
Jiindon
Tandford
Maulnland
Yahikem
Ge i
Amouteh
Uwolland
Island
Russia
Committee of Public Safety
Knowhg
War Kemp
Tellow
Hoagale
Angus
Ighlands
Ingus
van Kemp
Vor Misehka
Tor
Mngland
Bhn le
Prison Camp on Remote Island Showcases Harsh Labor Conditions
Von Mitschka tours the penal settlement, detailing guard towers, chain‑linked inmates, and a granite quarry where prisoners toil under tight discipline. He condemns the system as a brutal, extrajudicial regime, contrasting it with legal tribunals and voicing concern for innocent workers among the detainees.
Grafting Methods Compared by Iowa Grower
Apping from Fione Kootz and P Bechtle of Iowa describes grafting from plete root and a branch-root plan. He notes top control of root, varying success between branch-root and piece root grafts, and finds budded stock most winter hardy and least prone to blacking compared with other methods.
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P. Bechtle
Iowa
Whitney
Ben Davis
Celery Insect Threat Spurs Early Grower Alerts
Maryland state entomologist Prof W G Johnson reports an unfamiliar pest nicknamed the celery cob worm attacking self-branching celery varieties in Marslan. The insect spins a protective web while feeding, causing leaf browning and wilting. Experiments test various sprays for control. experts caution it may not recur soon.
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Marslan
W. G. Johnson
Maryland
New Yorker
Shim Milk and Whey Reform for Cremeries
Elgin Dairy Report urges reforms in creameries and cheese factories to improve skim milk and whey handling. It condemns filth and ignorance, advocates sanitary tanks for milk and whey, daily cleaning, and pasteurization through steam to protect product value and feed quality.
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Elgin Dairy
Rebuilding of B&O South Western Rail Line Starts in Spring
The Baltimore and Ohio South Western railway rehabilitation will begin after frost thaws. Track reballasting yields forty thousand tons of rail using 101000 pairs of continuous tall joints. Two thousand standard box cars and five hundred steel coal cars arrive in March. Forty compound freight engines and five ten wheel passenger engines are being built by Baldwin. The project aims to make the Southwest division equal to the main Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
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Baltimore and Ohio South Western Railway
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Southwestern
Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road
Somerville Tournament Dialect Tales Misreadings
A clipped item notes dialect styled tales from a Somerville event. The piece hints at the challenge of transcribing speech and preserving local color while conveying the tournament atmosphere.
Patent items hint at inventions from East Week to Northwest
A list of names and places shows various patent ideas such as a reversible valve gear, a game counter, power transmission device, tooth regulator, dredging apparatus, and sanitary appliance, with inventors spanning Hillsboro Idaho to Minneapolis Minnesota and Helena Montana. The fragmentary text also includes unrelated quotes and advertisements.
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Northwestern
Invccutors
Martin
aArnegannt
Hillsboro
Arthur G. Diver
Wahpeton
N. D
Tomas G. Howland
Wilkenmey
Mbin
William J. Kammann
Minie- Apolis
Miim
Power-Transimfssion Segicet
Milund A
Mauriee Steinberg
Minun
Heodere
Mont
Arthur O’brien
Helena
Lothrop Bo Julineys
Ates Alta
Ocys
VIO Dopper Press
St Peal
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Cleveland
H. M. Cottrell
Inneos Agricultural College
Apping
Fione Kootz
Hood
Somerville Tourn
Emfly
Stormington Barnes
Washington Star
Piso
Amos Welner
Cherry Valley, IN
Hoyo Tad di
Seth Arnold
Wy Fenily
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Shnnonpolia
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California Fro Syrup Co
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Calivornia Fig Syrup Co
California Fig Syrup CO
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