The Rose of Erin Returns to Bright Society
Lucy Howe navigates a tangled social web in London and Paris as Norah O Conner’s noble lineage unfolds. Vincent Frankland, a rising lawyer, stabilizes Norah’s inheritance while Howe’s circle shifts between aristocratic circles and civic virtue. A wedding at St George's marks a new chapter for Lucy and Vincent amid portraits of wealth, lineage, and identity.
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Love and courtship through a tubular pastimes note
A blend of dramatic romance and historical vignette recalls May Hartman pleading with George, a displaced wife, and a narrator’s musing on 18th century courting practices. It cites Sir Moses Montefiore’s centennial and echoes Long Meadow Puritan village customs and a whimsical tale of courting sticks as a forgotten relic of social life.
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Electric fluid destroys potato field in Windham County
A single electric fluid incident last summer scorched several acres of M. J. Wood’s potato field in North Starling Windham County Ohio. Vines yellowed. digging revealed no potatoes, the first recorded crop destruction by electricity.
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Grat European Financial House
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England
Eli Perkins
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Europe
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Langtry
Home Arts and Domestic Notions Collide in 19th Century Homemaking
The article blends kitchen recipes with household philosophy. It covers fried green tomato dishes, coconut and almond flavored confections, onion prep, red cabbage salad, and quilter's time, plus methods to deter vermin like sulphur fumigation and plaster of Paris. It also argues time management, leisure at home, parlor use, and Sunday rest as essential to a well kept house.
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Plaster of Paris
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Itural New Yorker
Winter pests and wheat yields in 19th century notes
Short observations warn that rats feast on stored produce as winter nears. Preventive steps include screening vents, sealing gaps, refreshing whitewash, and applying copperas and lime. A second piece discusses wheat yields in Lingland and comparisons to New York, Ohio, and Michigan, urging liberal land treatment to raise output.
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Solomon
Agricultural miscellany at New York Experiment Park Geneva
New York Experiment Park in Geneva spans 25 acres with 90 under cultivation and a $20,000 annual maintenance. Director Sturtevant’s reports boost national farming faith. Raspberry trials favored Early Prolific, Clarke, and Delaware varieties. cucumber value praised though caution about old seed. A sharp critique of traveling quacks and a note on manure application rules from the New York State Agricultural Society.
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Lime Water Remedies For Home And Farm Use
Household and cattle tips describe lime water preparation in a tall bottle, its storage, and safe use for digestion, tooth care, and cleaning. It also covers dairy and livestock practices, recommending fresh lime solution, linseed meal mixes, and ensuring clean water to prevent diseases in cattle during fall conditions.
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Drinks for the Rick a quirky 19th century beverage list
A vintage recipe collection offers five drinks. Orange whey uses orange juice with sweet milk heated to curds and cooled. Egg lemonade mixes egg white lemon juice sugar and water. Sago milk blends sap, milk, and sugar, simmered to taste. Bake milk bakes milk in a jar for a creamlike, nutritious result. Pine without liquor combines lemon juice, sugar, pond ice, pineapple, and water for a refreshing summer drink.
Black Snake Attack Leaves Roxbury Girl Besieged
A Roxbury farm family member, Elizabeth Carson, age twenty, was bitten by a huge black snake while gathering berries. The serpent coiled around her left ankle, drawing tight and threatening gangrene as physicians prepare for a critical operation.
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Debt Paid After Note Outlawed Dispute
The Newport Mercury recalls a Roman Catholic church repair in which a note given as partial payment became outlawed over years. Rev Mr Cory asked if it had been paid. the contractor refused, calling it outlawed. The priest protested an honest debt and the note was eventually paid.
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