Mystery and Key Exchange on a Shipboard Night
Quoin has Lydia return to her stateroom after a tense moment as they piece together clues about a crook. Southpaw Smith, alias George Traymore, is identified, and Lydia offers quiet thanks while Quoin checks the box contents. Lydia hides her night voyage from the Dowager Dragon.
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Quoin
Lydia
Southpaw Smith
George Traymore
Mr. Quoin
Quoln
Southpaw
Dowager Dragon
Good old towns and Peter Traft in Chapter IX
In this chapter fragment, a formal salute to Town is offered with grave affection as Lydia interprets a cryptic line calling on true Manhattanites. The Alsatia moves up the bay ahead of Quarantine, with New York Wyoming visible, shaping a dreamlike image of a city imagined as a motherly place.
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Peter
Lydia
Arthur Rackham
Central Park
Broadway
South Street
Fifth Avenue
Lydia Craven at New York Customs Amid Hidden Box Mystery
Lydia Craven travels under an assumed name to New York to find her father Thaddeus Craven. On arrival she passes customs with her father’s help and a mystery puzzle box, while Mrs. Merrilees argues with an inspector over the value of a pearl necklace that turns out to be a false alarm.
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Synopals
Lydia Craven
Lucy Carteret
Thaddeus Craven
New York
Alsatia
Quoin
Henry James
Peter
Craven
Lydia
Peter Traft
Mrs. Merillees
L. Carteret
Mrs. Heggarstaff
Dragon
Betty Merrilees
O. K
Charlie
Mrs. Merrilees
Surprise discovery shocks Mrs Merrilees party at customs
The friends of Mrs. Merrilees experience a sudden surprise when customs inspectors reveal a notable discovery. The full details unfold in the next installment.
Fox Commutes Snow Trap For Mice
A red fox near a logging crew in Cao ton Centre Connecticut shows a rare behavior leaping into the air to break through a snow crust in search of mice. The event, noted by Hartford Courant, highlights fox adaptability amid deep snow.
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Caoton Centre
Conn
Hartford Courant
Carrier Pigeon Flight Speed Estimates in Weather
The article estimates carrier pigeons fly 1200 yards per minute in calm air, 1640 yards with a moderate wind, and 2000 yards under strong wind, outlining wind-assisted speeds for delivering messages.
Turkey Breeding Tips From Oklahoma Expert
SUGGESTIONS FOR TURKEY BREEDERS by B A AHRENS offers guidance on bronzes, breeding stock vigor, annual gobbler changes, and avoiding over fat hens. It notes six birds can yield 75 to 100 young, emphasizes roaming turkeys, and urges careful handling and parasite checks with remedies like powdered male fern and oil of turpentine.
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B. A. Ahrens
Poultry Department
Oklahoma A
M. College
Stillwater
Blackhead Destructive Disease in Turkeys Warns Poultrykeepers
Agricultural guidance notes blackhead as the leading turkey disease marked by sluggish gait and drooping wings. It advises moving flocks to fresh ground, strict water hygiene, and a course of remedies including epsom salts turpentine onions and forced feeding, with attention to post mortem signs in advanced cases.
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Galt
Prepare Fowls for Market with Efficient Feeding
A University of Missouri poultry department study shows chickens fattening well on range feeding. Tests indicate a 23 percent gain in 12 to 14 days and about three and a half pounds of grain required to produce one pound of gain, underscoring cost efficiency.
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Poultry Department
University of Missouri
LET POULTRY HELP WIN WAR
A. C. Smith of the Minnesota College of Agriculture argues that chickens can mitigate hunger by turning waste into edible eggs on small urban plots. Hens produce fertile eggs for months, are easy to care for, and can be tended by women, children, or invalids. He urges setting hatchable eggs now when prices are low and to also attend to ducks geese and other poultry given the food outlook.
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United States
A. C. Smith
Minnesota College of Agriculture
Mr. Smith
Cause of Cheeping Chicks in Early Rearing
Chicks cheep when head lice are present or excess grit disrupts digestion. They appear humped sleepy eyed and may tilt back. Lice feed on the head throat and vent. treat with salty grease, being careful not to overdo it. Maintain proper care and feeding to curb lice multiplication.
Do Not Crowd Poultry House
Instruction on space per bird in poultry houses. Recommends two to five square feet of floor space per bird depending on breed and yarding. Advises about four square feet for lighter breeds like the Lugh horns.
Carry Fine Fowl Properly
Instruction on proper fowl carriage advises holding the legs with one hand and letting the bird rest on the forearm with its head between arm and bell. This method protects the wage and fail, keeps the bird comfortable, and gives the carrier a secure hold.
MOVIE FORCE IN EDUCATION
A London test by the Cinema Commission shows moving pictures aid child development. Girls who avoided theaters during the war recalled films from years prior, with domestic and fairy tales favorites, while boys preferred cowboy and adventure films and comics. War films held mixed interest. love films captivated girls eleven and older.
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London
Cinema Commission
Opening the Eggs
A weary young man seeks rest at a roadside inn where a matron serves eggs toast and tea. She asks if she may open his eyes while he eats. the egg, though it looks fine, proves undercooked and the man laments the delay in boiling it.
Desperate Fight Behind Inn Smoke Room Tale
A village inn tale has a rustic recounting a strange boxing wager. He tied two rival tom cats in a weighted box to see which would win, then found the lid empty and instead a pair of tails visible.
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London
Hen Lays Egg Daily in Soldier Ward at Bath Hospital
A hen enters a Bath war hospital ward and lays an egg daily in a soldier's locker. The soldier, in bed, draws aside the curtain to allow the hen access to her curious nest.
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Bath War Hospital
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