Lafitte Leads Escape Amid Lake Borgne Chaos
In a tense sequence near Lake Borgne, Lafitte orchestrates a swift retreat for the ladies as British forces press a raid. An English sailor, a hidden scout, and a gunfight near Owl Point shift the balance, leaving Zeney dead and Barbe momentarily detained by Lafitte’s plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafitte
Shapiro
Lockyer
Lake Borgne
Grande Terre
Barbe
Baptistine
Baratarian
Shapira
Tha Fitte
Madame Alofet
Rose
Lazalle
Madame Riefer
Shell Island
Madame
Brigida
Violet
Madame Blofet
Zeney
Lengthy catalog of adjectives for kiss in English fiction
A reader compiles an exhaustive list of descriptors used with the word kiss from English novels. The inventory spans feelings and qualities from cold to paradisaical, including loving, burning, delicate, divine, lustful, holy, and many more. The task proves endless and is abandoned as a futile exercise.
Australia’s Rabbit Plague Near Broken Hill
The heat ends to reduce rabbits around Broken Hill though many remain. A lessee traps at a distant tank and reports 36,000 rabbits exterminated in fort nights. a cartload of 700 pat bits weighed one ton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Broken Hill
Melbourne Argus
Historic Thimbles Worthy of Royal Lineage in Mrs Vanderbilt's Collection
In Mrs Vanderbilt's thimble collection some pieces are both beautiful and historically valuable. A thimble worn by Queen Elizabeth is among them, another shows royal use once owned by Princess Alice, a gold and enamel piece belonged to the Princess of Wales, and the most valued is one used by Queen Victoria as a girl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra. Vanderbilt
Queen Elizabeth
Alice
Princess of Wales
Queen Victoria
Social Glints From The Summer Resorts
A humorous look at summer resort life featuring social climbers, inflated spending, and chic misadventures. It highlights hotel excesses, dining costs, society gossip, and a parade of named fortunes and figures at Saratoga, Atlantic City, and Newport.
Seals Demand Vast Wax for Great Seal
The great seal, custodian by the lord chancellor, uses over four hundredweight of sealing wax each month, illustrating the scale of ceremonial duties and material needs surrounding official symbolism.
How to Fight the Twelve-Spotted Asparagus Beetle
Spotted asparagus beetle damages young asparagus in the Midwest. The red beetle with twelve black spots lays eggs early in spring. larvae and pupa stages are shown. Treatments include plaster and arsenic poison on wet plants, brushing larvae off in heat, and letting fowls run in beds. Leave a few shoots when harvesting to trap beetle deposits for later destruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle West
Chittenden
Department of Agriculture
Well Fed Trees Produce Longer Bearing Life
A Wisconsin study director notes well fed fruit trees bear later yet live longer. An experiment from New Jersey shows manured peaches maintain or increase overall productivity. unmanured trees drop off after eight years, while fertilized trees remain productive longer and yield more in total.
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H. J. Watera
Wisconsin Experiment Station
New Jersey
Aging Trees Before Planting In Orchard Practice
A. Sulley of Connecticut describes a method to grow young trees in a nursery row for two years, then plant them with more space. He claims 1,000 trees can be produced on a quarter acre at lower cost than field planting. The process mirrors ornamental stock growing and avoids shipping bulk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Sulley
Connecticut
Foel
Strawberry Leaf Blight Warns Growers Across Nation
The article describes strawberry leaf blight appearing in early spring with whitish or purplish spots on the leaves. If the disease was present last year, sprays should be applied early. after harvest, clean beds burn leaves and cultivate to control spread.
Cultivation Aids Raspberry Plantation Maintenance
The article discusses cultivation for both old and new raspberry fields. It describes plowing with a bar plow to throw dirt, then using a cultivator to work down the middle. It emphasizes preparing red canes for new growth and improving soil management.
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Mary Devereux
la Tete Des Eaux
Lakes Borgne
Pontchartain
Madame Riefet
Mademoiselle Rose
Grandpere
Kamahana
Captain Jean
Serpio
Juniper
Nate
Rose de Cazeneau
Old Zeney
Mignonyea
Jean
Kanaubana
Madame Riefel
Chloe
Senorita Lavalle
Ma‘am Brigdon
Colonnes
Baptiatine
John Henry
By Hugh McHugh
George Y. Hobart
Zoo
Saratoga
Ike
Palmer House
Chicago
Plymouth Rock
The
Rock
Mra. von Tweedledum
John J. Bsousebuilder
Cincinnati
Corneliia Sudslifter
Esmeralda Ganderface
Cornelius
Esmeralda
South Dakota
Hector J. Roobernik
Atlantic City
Hector
Phyllis Kurdsheimer
Mike Kurdsheimer
Gus Beonholster
South Newark
Cape May
Gus
Hank Schmitpickle
Beef Trust
Peter Cuckoobird
Hank Dobbs
Crystaline
Riviera
Hank
James Shine von Shine
Bridte
Newport
Ofulrich Swellswell
Bar Harbor
Gladys
Percy Skiddoo
Percy
Carole
van Guxxies
G. W. Dillingham Co
Tike
Mercedes
Peter
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