The Cruel River Chapter Continues
Gilbert returns to England for the Lager as Constance cares for a feverish Martha at Baden. Wyatt gathers news, the nurse Melanie proves devoted, and baby Christabel thrives yet remains distant from her mother until a disappearance shocks the household.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baby
Melanie
Dawson
Mr. Wyatt
Baden
Constance
Wyatt
Yprian
Melanie Duport
Christabel
Mrs. Sinclair
Schoenesthal
Abe
Madamoiselle Diuport
Weathering Paint and Salt Water Trick for Young Readers
A children friendly note describes three playful characters, a turtle frog and duck enjoying wet weather, and a craft to prove fish swim only in salt water. A pine wood fish model floats upright in salt water and flips over in fresh water, illustrating liquid density differences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turtle
Frog
Duck
New York Recorder
Polly the Parrot at the Precinct Captains Station House
A green parrot named Poll has lived at the Tenth Precinct station for two years. She greets Captain Early daily, entertains officers, and sometimes causes a stir with her bursts of voice. Poll is an accomplished ventriloquist and can play dead when requested. Children visit daily, and Poll sometimes asks the doorman to watch for trouble, all while singing Polly pretty Polly. The piece also notes robins and their nesting habits, describing their sociability and nesting materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyatt
Constancy
Jim Wyatt
Jim
On-Tabea
Gilbert
Baby
Christabel
Lady Chingarde
Mother
Mire
Amy Darling
Martha
Matha
Nisieees
Susan Tadgers
Marchbrook Village
Gilbeet
Gilburt
Poll
Strell
Tom
Polly
Stratwgers
Pollan
Pollahever
New York Recorder
Birds Kept in Cages and Their Features Noted
The text describes a five inch brown bird with white underparts and slender legs, part of Sylviidae. It notes the bluebird robin as a member, its migratory habits, and laws in some places to protect them from extinction. The piece cites Detroit Free Press observations on their song and return in spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Free Press
Ox Cart Making Declines Amid Changing Labor Practices
The city produces ox carts within a general wagon business though demand falls as farms move from oxen to horse-drawn carts. Younger buyers favor horses and wagons, while older farmers cling to oxen. Modern updates include iron axles and four inch tires. carts are sold from New York City to western Connecticut and Massachusetts and to the West Indies and Latin America for about $1100.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Middle States
New York City
Connecticut
Massachuesetts
New York
West Indies
Central
South American
New York Sun
A Humorous Tale of One Shoes On
A crowd on a hotel piazza in San Francisco recounts a yarn about wearing a single shoe for a week. The narrator explains a slow shoemaker and poor leather kept him from ever having both shoes on at once, until they wore out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Tennessee
A Queer Old World Custom Observed At Bourne Lincolnshire
A curious custom in Bourne Lincolnshire saw the White Bread Meadow let by auction to the highest bidder as boys raced, with the rent used to buy white bread loaves for the town’s poor. The remark about Chinese coffin ambition appears as a separate noted line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bourne
Lincolnshire
Yorkshire Hernia
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Uniferat
Braddon
Doncaster
Cetain
Rhine
Martha Hriggs
Ladensthor Hof
Madame
Mr. Paulton
Monsieur
Constantis
Cheristabel
Constates
Souts
Irassen
Grand Hotel
Christiania
Aootary
A. L
St. Nicholas
Rohina
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