Courage in the Garonne Aided by a Squire’s Rope
Alleyne battles a swift current to reach Tranter and save him from drowning. After a tense rescue, Tranter acknowledges help. Alleyne vows to obtain his goal, while the group notes wounds, the broken sword, and a courtly return to Bordeaux.
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Ford
John Tranter
Jie
Praisa
Tranter
Alleyne
Marcomb
Squires of
Bordeaux
Garonne
Aleyne
Tasting luxury and plans for a grand tourney unfold
In twilight they head to Haut Moun after an evening feast. Aylward and Alleyne learn the court plans a tournament with five English knights to answer five French riders. Chandos joins the list of leaders while the prince names Jabbed rivals, and rumors say Ravensholme is absent sick.
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Beaulieu
Tord
Alleyne
Aylward
Simon
John Ravensholme
Chandos
St. Haps
Wests
Wm. Felton
Duc d'Armagnac
Lord Audley
Thos
Percy
Wake
England Holds the Lists at Bordeaux in Advent Tourney
In Bordeaux crowds gathered for a grand pasangs at armez as knights of England and rival lords prepared to contest the lists. Princes, captains, and cavaliers weighed rivals, with Chandos and Felton guiding English readiness while Gastons and Picardine leaders faced veteran foes. The scene mixed pageantry with tension as inspections, charges, and reputations hung on the outcome amid feuds with Gascons and Moorish allies.
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Bordeaux
Tvs
Eumland
Megoc
Indies
Hugh Calverly
Sir Robt
Knoles
Navarre
Chandos
Felton
Lord Andley
Cheshire
Potchlers
Loring
Hampshire
Eaerly
Thos
Percy
Northumberland
Wake
Yorkshire
Strom
Beauchamp
Gloucestershire
Oealy
England
Captal de Bugh
Olivier de Clisgon
Bir Fesduoas d’Albart
Mueident
Sigtemond von
John
Aire
Gascona
Prines
Spain
Majorca
Pedro
St. James of Compostella
Collly
Jefferson Claypool Urges City Ditch Clean-Up
Jefferson Claypool asks the city to clear the state ditch from Fourteenth to Thirtietist citing flood problems after recent rains. A petition signed by Claypool to the Board of Works was referred to the city engineer for investigation.
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Jefferson Claypool
Board of Works
Claypool
A Corner For Women Hats Description
A corner for women features two stylish dress hats with French mulin roses. One hat uses tucked bands of gold braid with a pleated black chiffon facing and a crown of silk mull, presenting a black, teal, and elaborate effect.
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Chautlily Len
Superstitions About Babies From Around the World
The piece surveys child care beliefs as mothers guard against bad luck. It cites sewing of new fashion ties in New York, then surveys varied hopes and fears about infants across cultures. It notes some mothers ignore superstitions, guiding toward common sense.
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Nuw
Smart Jenkins
New York
Simple Horseradish and Mustard Recipes for Meats
Two recipes described with instructions for horseradish cold meats and hot beef and mutton sauces. Horseradish cold uses horseradish cream egg salt and sugar. hot sauce combines stock cream horseradish eggs butter flour sugar lemon juice and mustard. Mustard mix uses mustard Aleut sugar salt boiling water and vinegar.
Building Up The Soil Value Of Fertilizers When Properly Applied
Rochester readers hear that soil fertility must be maintained through scientific farming. Case studies show fertilized plots outperform unfertilized ones across Missouri, Kentucky, and Oklahoma, with examples detailing phosphorus and bone meals impacts. The author urges consulting state agriculture colleges and experiment stations, cautions against quick soil analyses, and recommends clover cowpeas and soybeans to trap nitrogen rather than buying it.
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Rochester
Farmers' Institute
Agricultural College
C. G. Hopkins
Missouri
Ojo
Cary No
Kentucky
Clover Seeding Rules for Weed Control and Burning
Advice on mowing and tilling clover hay ground in June. Do not burn weeds or clover seed. instead turn under to preserve humus and mulch. Repeated three year rotation corn wheat clover may self reseed, protecting future yields and seed.
GARDENING PLAN USES CHEESE CLOTH COVERS
Tobacco growers adopt a bed covering method using cheese cloth stretched over frames to save moisture protect against heat and cold and hasten harvests lettuce radishes and early vegetables mature two weeks earlier. A three cent per square yard cover lasts two to three seasons and fits a kitchen garden close to the house.
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Rochester
Gardeniaw
J Pierpont Morgan of Japan and War Financier Baron Shibugawa
Japan’s J Pierpont Morgan and the man financing the present war Baron Shibugawa stand as one great industrial organizer of Japan.
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J. Pierpont Morgan
Japan
Baron Shibugawa
Fatal Phone Line Shock Kills Delahunt Heirs Win Suit
In Media Pennsylvania a jury awarded Thomas F Delahunt’s children fifteen thousand dollars after their father died from an electric shock from a faulty telephone line. The device hummed to life after days of outage and a stranger sound preceded his collapse when he answered the phone. The defense blamed the electric light company for the mishap.
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New York
Media
Thomas F. Delahunt
Phock
Delahunt
Electric Light Company
Gave Bay to Colored Woman in Columbus Prison Tale
A 17 year old youth named George D Miller from Philadelphia claims he was kept as a safe keeper at the city prison the other night. He says his early life was harsh as an infant when his parents gave him to an old colored woman who raised him until age ten before releasing him.
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Bay
Columbus
George D. Miller
Philadelphia
Big Homs
City
Oysters' Slaves and a Pearl Mystery
London reports veteran jeweler Mr Strieter discusses oyster shells as slaves to oysters. He notes a crab or lobster provokes the oyster, prowling over the shell. A pearl forms beside the shell from a worm and mystery surrounds its purpose.
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London
Strieter
Kundst
Abe
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