Ediths Groom Opens Meet as Groom to Edith and as Husband to Her
Tom Rainforth, a spirited but imprudent young journalist, wins Edith Everingham by posing as groom to her father the Squire at the Lincolnshire hunt. After a bold ruse with a leather rug and twin reins, he rides as Edith’s bridegroom at the season’s opening meet, sparking village buzz and a wedding breakfast reveal. The Squire’s later fate is noted.
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Jove
Jack
Tom Rainforth
Jack Fortesque
Tom
Savage Club
Lincolnshire
Ravesby
Edith
Squire Everingham
Lord Braintree
Sand
Ater
Toms
Melton Hunt
Jack Fortescue
Fores
Farmers and dairying trends in field culture and currants
A compilation of farming notes on drill planting benefits for corn and vegetables, a French dairy cattle project at Vieux Pin, and dairy and currant cultivation advice. It covers soil prep, heifer calf selection, profitable currants, worm control with hellebore, and market considerations for small fruits.
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Flield
Chicago Times
Vieux Pin
Dairy World
For Rent Rooms Wanted Rooms Help Wanted Sun Liners
Telephone 889 or Tak Sun building 79 East Ohio Street invites listings under For Rent Rooms Wanted Rooms and Wanted Male or Female help.
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the Sun
Tak Sun Building
East
Ohio Street
Oddities and curiosities span a bustling era of odd facts
A collage of remarkable tidbits from New York to Alabama features a man who died laughing, a saloon license dispute, and bodies buried with spouses. It notes rare birds in New York parks, pricey pianos, a petrified teeth find in Florida, and a record of 25th births in Bridgeport. Also recounts carious disasters from raiding rats to explosive mixtures, plus a London chair collection and a land title oddity in Fair Haven Connecticut.
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David Quick
New York
Philadelphia
Fasville
J. H. Maund
Talbottom
United States
Joseph Davis
Wayne County
W. Va
Marseilles
America
Robins
New York City
H. F. Marquand
Ohio
Cincinnati
Edward Hopper
Charles Christopher
Lake Dow
Fla
H. H. Kirkpatrick
Hawkinsville
Mississippi
South
Robert Milligan
Bridgeport
Aroostook County
Maine
California
London
Shakespeare
John Gay
Walter Savage Lander
Byron
Louis IV
Utrecht
Fair Haven
Conn
Fashion and heraldry craze span oceans and clubs
In a quirky slice of society life, the princess of Wales and others embrace jewelry heavy fashion while England sees hats made from felled trees gain popularity. A New York Harmonic club dinner features a live fish centerpiece and a surprising fish dinner switch. Newark firms flood the crest trade, hiring experts to trace ancestry, though many lineages vanish in the 18th century.
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Princess of Wales
M. Gladstone
England
Harmonic Club
New York
Newark
N. J
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Frederick Hausser
Cabbage Williams
Troupville
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Sullivan
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Travelers’ Register
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Cincinnati Mail
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Rushville
Chicago
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Vincennes Accom
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Chic. & Ind
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Ind
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