Hidden Perils Deepen Love at Hampton House
Athol Vere and Rourke Trenham confront their concealed love for Lorraine Gaveston as Una Gaveston returns. Lorraine’s warmth and the old bond tug at Rourke, while Athol urges caution in a tense reunion filled with unspoken desire and past promises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorraine
Rourke
Athol
Hampton House
Miss Gaveston
Miss ‘Shefford
Kensington
Misa Lorraine
Dr. Vere
Trenham
Seoolly
Phere
Joan
Una
Sle
Loralee
Ovenham
Torraine Gaveston
Bet Alow
Autumn Partings at Hampton House and Rourke Trenham
In Hampton House Una rejoices at Rourke Trenham’s London stay while Lorraine fights inner conflict over her feelings and the name she dares not speak. Lorraine prepares for a secret appointment as days pass, and Una’s trust in Rourke’s steadiness grows amid looming parting pressures. A granite obelisk marks Trobert Willance’s 200 year memory in Richmond Yorkshire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rourke
Mr. Cbartle
Mr. Gavewen
Una
Lorraine
Trenham
Athol
Mr. Gaveston
Wampton House
Dorrissey
Urantum
Ona
Hampton House
Joan
Laurine
Torraine
Jule Lorraine
Miss Shelford
Wensington
Rourke Trenham
Athol Vere
Scotland
London
Norgeless
Tose
Villance
Richmond
Yorkshire
Trobert Willance
Westminster Gazette
Swaledale
Willanece
Willance
WiJnace
Willince
A Contented Mini Mistres in the Shade
A humorous Punch caption shows a mistress fanning herself as Emily complains of heat. The maid notes there is little shade, highlighting a provincial, witty exchange about weather and comfort.
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Mistres
Emily
Longest Telegraph Wire Span Marks World Record
An Indian river, the River Kistah, 600 feet wide, is noted as the longest span of telegraph wire in the world. A brief exchange questions life without brains and age, set against the curious report.
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Kistah
Raising the Hardy Angora Goat for Profit
The article extols goat farming as a hardy, low-cost enterprise, noting Angora goats produce mohair and serve as land scavengers. It highlights milk goats Toggenburg and Saanen for high quality milk, discusses start-up with pure-bred stock, potential milk yields, and market demand. It also covers soil care, feeding, water, and general livestock management tips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Switzerland
Italy
Germany
Australia
France
Norway
Spain
Massachusetts
Activa
Acid Soils and Clover Failure Warned by Wallace
Wallace's armor notes clover stands may fail in acid soils across older farming regions including Indiana Ohio and southern US. Test soil acidity with blue litmus paper or a soil sample in a pot after frost to guide liming and planting decisions.
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Jaca
Wallace
Mnols
Indiana
Ohio
Alsuke
Remedy for gaps in poultry treatment from Rural New Yorker
A Canadian poultryman in Rural New Yorker recommends feeding soaked bread with turpentine to all chicks to treat gape worms and advises repeating the dose. He notes a preventive approach using lime, carbolic acid, sulphuric acid, or kerosene to keep birds from untreated ground and suggests avoiding uninfected ground for chicks.
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New Yorker
Whitewash recipe and farming notes from old journals
A collection of old agricultural snippets describing a home made whitewash recipe using lime and glue, market ducks noting Pekin ducks as preferred for meat and limited duck egg markets, advice on hen feed and flavor impact from onion tops, and a note on sheep being dainty feeders and avoiding mixed hay, with cautions about feeding quality rack refuse to cattle.
Montreal grain merchant sends inquiry to London by wireless
A Montreal grain merchant recently sent an inquiry to London by wireless and received an answer within less than two hours.
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Montreal
London
Narrow Escape From Indian Mutiny Powder Vault
A survivor recalls a near fatal moment during the Great Mutiny. Sergeant William Torbes Mitchel recounts hiding among sunpowder and loaded shells beneath the tomb at Oudh, then extinguishing a blazing lamp with his burned hand to avert disaster. Captain Dawson initially doubts the tale before confirming the danger and ordering men to douse the flames.
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Henry Lawrence
Lucknow
Benoy
Wiliam Torbes Mitchel
Mitchell
iMangoman
Upper
India
Oudh
Dawson
An Old-Time Quack and His Mirror Doctoring Tale
A Washington correspondent recounts a Boston Herald anecdote about a quack doctor who uses bark from a root to treat chills and fever. He claims two glasses hold different medicines, though the contents are the same. The mother points out the deception while the doctor boasts of two cleverly named preparations.
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Washington
Boston Herald
Acqushitive to a Degree. Dix-Awfully acquisiive by a fmal way
Cleveland Pisin Dealer accuses a person of mean methods in a harsh, scrambled note. The fragment hints at wrongdoing involving a child and a misused medical term.
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Dix
Cleveland
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Mary Cecil Hay
Connecticut
Home Journal
Mr. Jolly
Miss Nexdore
Philadelphia Press
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