Bayneham's Lost Wife Deepens Family Turmoil
Three years pass as Lord Bayneham searches in vain for Lady Hilda, while Barbara Earle and Bertie Carlyon pledge enduring love. Barbara urges Claude to return to duty, and the Bayneham legacy teeters between sorrow and resolve as the couple Balances duty, hope, and hidden heartbreak.
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Stephen Hurst
Old Bayneham
Lord Bayneham
Paul Fulton
London
Lady Grahame
Barbara Earie
Hilda
Bayneham
Lady Hilda
Brynmar
Earl
England
Bertis Carlyon
Barbara Earle
Barbara
Bertie
Claude
Bertie Carlyon
Earth
Lady Bayneham
Bayneham Castle
Mira Earle
Miss Earle
Lord Barneham
Dr. Greyson
House Building: Timbers, Plumbing and Ventilation Then and Now
An 1895 article contrasts old and modern construction, noting stronger mortars and timbers of the past, but praising current sanitary standards. It describes a sample house with 26 ft 6 in by 45 ft 10 in dimensions, stone foundations, clapboard upper levels, plaster interiors, and a $2700 estimated cost in New York, excluding mantels and heaters.
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Co-operative Building Plan Association
Massachusetts plans dune protection at Provincetown coast
The harbor and land commission hires Leonard W. Ross as advisory forester to revive dune stabilization methods used along the Bay of Biscay. A nursery grows Scotch broom and windbreak plantings of pines, willows, locusts, and other species while Austrian and Scotch pines and tamarix are tested to shield Provincetown harbor from advancing sands.
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Cape Cod
Provincetown
Massachusetts
Harbor and Land Commission
Leonard W. Ross
Boston
Ross
Bay of Biscay
Boston Transcript
Geneva's 800 Foot Fountain Dwarfs All Other World Fountains
Geneva unveils a monumental fountain at the port entrance claimed as the world's tallest at 800 feet. The city powers domestic use and motive force via an artificial Rhone fall, with reservoirs and a Turrettini regulator ensuring steady pressure. Sundays drive the main jets with special weekday displays and colored electric lights enhance the spectacle.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Rhone
Bessingers
Canary Experiment Wins Gold Medal in Saxony
Herr von Prosch introduced tropical birds into German forests by liberating canaries inside a room then through windows. The colony grew with parrots joining, rearing young and adapting to a severe winter. The green color spread as canaries’ yellow faded, with the new colony in Southegatel Saxony near climates like New York and St. Louis.
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Herr von Prosch
Canaries
Southegatel Saxony
York
St. Louis
Quebés
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Dover
New York
Ouxia
Rie
Wes
Bedih
Foxb
Bed'r
Bedir
Bedi
Gexz'e
Roet
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