A Smiling Villain unfolds village diamonds mystery
Moyra faces gossip after Mr Fenton's diamonds vanish amid a wave of visitors at the big house. Miss Prior accuses Angus Robertson while Bertram Charteris confronts Moyra, warning of threats as Bride faints amid rising suspicions and jealousy among the schoolroom circle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chaytor
Mary Queen of Scots
Bloody Mary
Robertson
Mr. Robertson
Moyra
Miss Prior
Mayra
Gerry
Terry
Sie
Hrnde
Bertram
Bertram Charteria
Bride
Vignee
Moyra Beresford
Angus Robertson
Bertram Charteris
Angua
Agnus Robertson
Bentons
Sandy Agnus
Ne'er-Do Wells
Robertsons
New York
Fair Division Society
Ingland
Fenton
Moytra
Vonty
Eulu
Vera
Aluc
Aileen
Moira
Village concert ends with village blacksmith encore
Advertising notes a rural concert where a renowned singer, fresh from Covent Garden success, sang the old favorite Village Blacksmith. After a vociferous encore the chairman urged a repeat, revealing the singer is the very village blacksmith and jokingly requesting another verse about bicycles.
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Weiler
Covent Garden
Pha Village Blacksmith
Tongue in cheek chat on tariff for dogs and rides
A Yonkers Statesman excerpt recalls a blunt passenger asking if dogs travel at one cent per mile and a conductor confirming it while noting a higher fare of three cents per mile. The exchange ends with the passenger insultingly calling the conductor a dog in a sharp retort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yonkers
Poultry Department
Connecticut Agricultural College
C. K. Graham
Graham
Muddled dialogue on pronunciation and place names
Fragments of a humorous exchange about how to pronounce local names including Meyer and Co and Bolse at feet. The snippet hints at mispronunciations and a playful misnaming of a place, with a blurred context and no clear event or characters fully identified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meyer & Co
Bolse
Farward Goniyoon
Gettings Square and the Jolt Home Plan
In a humorous exchange from the Yonkerg Statesman, Gettings Square declares plans to bring Jolt home tonight while a cook’s day out prompts resistance. The dialog touches on dinner duties and a playful debt to Jolt.
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Gettings Square
Jolt
Lnnor
Mercy
Yonkerg Statesman
Ensilage costs and silage benefits for farms
A Hoard's Dairyman summary notes 9.0 tons per acre ensilage yield with about 64 cents per ton and 5.98 dollars per acre to store corn into silo. It urges farmers to own their own machinery and highlights increased profits, cattle growth, and stock carrying from building a silo. A related article discusses whitewash formula, hens in a barn for winter egg production, and other farm practices in Country Gentleman and Indiana Farmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Hoard
Gays
New York
Wyandottes
Leghorns
Plymouth Rocks
Beng
Profitable Early Potatoes At Long Island Rail Line Farms
Early potatoes yield strongly on Long Island Rail Road Company experimental plots. First digging July 8 yielded over two hundred bushels per acre at one station, selling for $1 to 2.60 a bushel. Plot two yielded about one hundred bushels per acre. Standard culture methods, thorough soil prep, manure, wood ashes, and Bordeaux spray aided moisture retention and drought resistance in a dry season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Island’ Railroad Company
Acra
Long Island
Late Train Predicament Sparks Comic Livery Ride
In a humorous mishap, Mr. Harlowe hires a liveryman to reach an 8:20 train at Merrivale. Delays mount from harness faults to a stone in a stream and rough roads. Despite frantic efforts, they arrive late, with the conductor noting the 5:20 train had already left.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uartowe
Iewie
Mertivale
Harlowe
Ludrlowe
Iit
Express
Slyverya
Marlowe
Mervivale
Haarlows
Melind
Tharlowe
Travlowe
Seoris
Luncheon Potato Race Confusion Sparks Laughs
At a luncheon readers observe a garbled caption about a mashed potato race with misread names. The odd wording prompts amusement as attendees try to interpret the quirky line and unclear origin.
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Violet M. Flinn
Erry
Moyre
Verna
Delda
Billy
Veen
Win
Pathar
Deddi
Young’un
Detective Corps
Moyta
Ferry
Moya
Vern
Deldo
United States
Timothy
Indiana
Parmer
Germany
Harvara Lampoca
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