The Twins Choose Nell in Whetstone Valley Saga
In Whetstone valley, James and Thomas Hanshy, the famed twins, contend for Nell Sargent’s hand. Mrs Hanshy crowns Jim the favored twin and Tom soon marries Nell, leading Jim to a fatal act that alters the community. Nell and Tom return to grieve at the Hanshy home as Jim’s final note to Tom is found.
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Whetstone Valley
Andrew Hanshy
Ohio
Hanshys
James
Thomas
Hanshy
James Hanshy
Jim
Tom Hanshy
Mrs. Hanshy
Alexander Sargent
Nell
Theyr Sargents
Nick Lay
Tom'r
Nell Sargent
Mr. Manshy
Slove
Mrs. Hanahy
Andiat
Pointblank
Hemmin
Neil Garcent
Tom
Sargent Home
Sargents
Valley
Sargent
Hardy
Nell Hanshy
Transplanting Large Trees Made Practical for Home Gardens
A rural guide explains a method to move large trees by wrapping a soil ball, securing with a chain, and using a wheeled lever system to lift the tree onto a transport setup. It cautions to cushion the trunk from machinery with blankets and bags during handling.
Rhubarb For Winter Forcing In A Warm Cellar
Plan to force rhubarb in a warm cellar by digging roots in fall with dirt, storing outdoors until midwinter, then bedding on earthen floor with four to six inches of soil. Growth starts quickly. shoots are tender and colorless, enough for a family for weeks. Plant roots at two to three week intervals for fresh supply.
Planting Trees for Longevity and Proper Timing
The article advises planting trees on drained ground and stresses long term value. It discusses spring versus fall planting, noting October as ideal for fall planting to avoid freeze damage and allow better preparation, soil, and nursery stock quality. Autumn planting is presented as generally yielding better results.
Apples Free Use In Orchard Waste Reduction
The article urges utilizing windfalls and culls from orchards to reduce waste. It outlines making vinegar with a cider press, jelly from small green apples, and apple butter for families with children. It notes Duchess and Hibernal varieties for pies, and mentions evaporators for drying fruit, preserves, pickles, and baked apples with Jersey cream as desirable.
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Northwest
Making Permanent Hotbeds and Sash Construction
Prof L C Corbett of the United States department of agriculture describes a durable hotbed frame. Sash should be white pine or cypress with longitudinal bars, braced by a central transverse bar, and ends of sash mortised to receive bars with tendons passing through side pieces. The design supports heating by fermenting manure or radiating pipes from a home or greenhouse plant.
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Prof
L. C. Corbett
United States Department of Agriculture
Constructing a manured hotbed pit for early spring use
The article describes building a hotbed pit filled with manure to supply heat. It recommends a 2 to 2.5 foot deep pit on well drained land with brick or plank walls, flush with soil, and a tile drain. Size should fit six by six foot sash. Autumn packing with leaves or straw and a cover to prevent snow.
Orchard and Garden Notes on Strawberry Beds and Belgium Apple Exports
The article advises hoeing and cultivating strawberry beds while thinning runners and treating surplus plants as weeds. It notes that chemicals cannot replace stable manure fully, but chemicals and green crops are a good substitute. It compares Belgium to an apple orchard with last year’s exports at 36,472,779 pounds valued at $815,914 and an expected abundant crop this year selling 48 to 68 cents per 100 pounds.
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Belgium
Joys Of A Stage Manager Teach Girls To Act Like Men
A veteran stage manager laments the challenge of training girls to perform as men. He cites awkward poses in trousers, uneven walking styles, improper weapon handling, and hat placement, noting girls mimic fashion while lacking masculine mannerisms.
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Vesta Tilley
Drury Lane Theatre Salaries Of Old Time Actors
The article recalls Drury Lane’s 235 year history with three fires and rebuilds. It contrasts early actor pay from ten dollars a night for John Kemble to 25 for Ellison, 17 for Kean, and notes Lacy the era’s high salaries. It contrasts today’s stars like Vesta Victoria earning 2000 weekly with Eddie Foy and Richard Carle. It also mentions Mrs. Glover and a Marshall earning little, and ends with pantomime casting of over 200 children, favoring duller, teachable youths over lively performers.
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Drury Lane Theater
Davy” Garrick
John Kemble
Edmund Kean
Ellison
Kean
Dorothy
Maden
Vesta Victoria
Eddie Foy
Richard Carle
Bannister
Drury Lane
Drury Vane
A False Sweetheart in Two Cities Opens New Stage Scene
A new play titled A False Sweetheart is set in Philadelphia and New York. Jule Opp begins stage work in London with Sarah Bernhardt. Booth Tarkington will write for Otis Skinner, May Irwin appears in Mrs Peckham s Carouse. Israel Zangwill plans to attend rehearsals for The Melting Pot. A Baldwin Sloane pens bridge whist sketch for Dorothy Tennant. Edgar Smith works on a musical for Eddie Foy.
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Philadelphia
New York
Jule Opp
William Fayversham
London
Sarah Bernhardt
Booth Tarkington
Otis Skinner
May Irwin
Dorothy Tennant
Edgar Smith
Eddie Foy
Silk and Lace Centerpieces For Modern Linen Decor
The article explains varied centerpieces combining nets and laces with embroidery and braids. It covers shrinking linen before stamping, laundering and pressing damp, using flannel to dampen, and cutting scallops after pressing for neat edges. It also includes a fruit pudding recipe with graham bread and spices.
Dried Apple Fruitcake Recipe From Old Time Guide
Soak three cupfuls dried apples overnight in cold water until softened. Chop fine and simmer with three cupfuls New Orleans molasses. Add one cup seedless raisins, simmer briefly. When cool stir in one cup butter, three eggs, three teaspoons allspice, grated nutmeg, one teaspoon baking soda, and three cupfuls flour. Bake 90 minutes in moderate oven. Rich cake keeps for months.
Cook Beet Taps
Take young beets, trim leaves, clean and boil till soft with a pinch of salt. Strain and chop. Brown a small onion in butter, stir in flour, pepper and nutmeg, add boiling water to form gravy. Mix beet leaves with gravy and simmer briefly, then serve. For salad, boil beets until soft, peel, slice, cover with vinegar water, bay leaf and peppers.
Cincinnati Pancakes Recipe Instructions
A recipe describes mixing one egg salt butter sugar flour and leavening with baking powder or soda and sour milk. Grease with lard, heat skillet, pour batter, cook until crinkled brown, and serve with butter and sugar.
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Cincinnati
Careful with Glass Globes and Watermelon Vinegar
Globes on gas fixtures must not be tightened fully to allow glass expansion from heat. tight screws cause cracking. Watermelon juice stored in a glass jar in the sun ferments to a watermelon vinegar in a few weeks.
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