Ravensmere Jealousy Sparks a Dark Confrontation
Lady Caraven confronts her husband and Lady Hamilton after a day of growing jealousy. Following a sunset by the lake, she steals to overhear their talk and is caught as her husband accuses her of spying. He demands she stay hidden under the alder trees until he returns, threatening severe consequence if she escapes.
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Lady Hamilton
Earl
Hildred
Ravensmere
Eurl
Caraven
Lord Caraven
Thildred Ransome
Gold Find on Indian Reservation Worries Prospector
An old prospector recalls a Arizona memory about discovering color in Pueblo pottery clay on an Indian reservation. He kept the plan secret to surprise partners, but was warned that whites should avoid the area. His partners watched and kept buying Pueblo items, while the tale ends with a vow to silence Pueblo references.
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Alaska
Arizona
Abraham Butts
Abraham
Geome
Primitive Camp Bread Bakes On Fire or Stick
Making Bread in Camp describes quick camp bread from flour, salt, and water baked on hot coals or spun around a sharpened stick. It notes weather flexibility, avoiding soggy loaves, and suggests using a yeast starter to keep rising dough for continued baking. Source: San Francisco Examiner.
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San Francisco Examiner
Handel's Wrath Over Tuning Prank Before Prince
A tale recalls Handel's hypersensitive nerves to instrument tuning. A waggish musician untuned the orchestra during a prince's visit, provoking Handel to throw a kettle drum at the head of the bandleader. The maestro, bare headed, stormed the stage in a comic display before the prince could calm him.
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Handel
Prince of Wales
All in the Eye and a School in My Eye
Dr Fitchett, brother of the editor of the Australian Review of Reviews, in a colonial parliament, quotes the saying I have a school in my eye. Mr Taylor retorts I have only one pupil. The exchange ends in laughter and a Bentham quote on unkindness.
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Fitchett
Australian Review of Reviews
Taylor
Board of Schools
Sitchett
Manitoba Immigrant Praises Farming Success Found in Canada
Samuel G. Maynes recounts immigration from Minnesota to Dominion City Manitoba in 1802, detailing a thriving mixed farm with 44 cattle, 18 horses, 200 flax 800 oats 2500 wheat, dairy and stock income, and schooling benefits. He notes lower taxes in Manitoba, debt-free assets, and plans to grow wealth, urging others to relocate.
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Dominion City
Man
Immigration Department
Manitoba
Luverne
Rock Coun
Canada
Minnesota
G. Maynds
G. Maynhs
A Solar-Plexusa Blow
A humorist and proof reader pass a market and joke about a turkey. The reader notes they envy a turkey because it is never stuffed with chestnuts until after death.
George Hints at Kissing, Woman Reacts in Cleveland Leader
In a brief dialogue, Peasimint suspects he would never be inclined to age, joking he would kiss her if ever. She responds with surprise, chiding him for dwelling on the dark side, as reported by the Cleveland Leader.
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George
Cleveland
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Damers
Raoul
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Lydia K. Pinkham
Mra. W
Mrs. Pinkham
Deas
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