Rescue at Sea Ends Mutiny Tale With Sylvia Safe
Rufus Dawes frees the child Sylvia and her mother at sea aboard a leaking boat. Captain Frere and the convicts reach a brig under American colors, while Sylvia regains some memory of the voyage as Meekin and others learn of the mutiny at Macquarie Harbor and Frere’s role in saving them.
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Frere
Rufus Dawes
Whall
Mrs. Vickers
Macquarie Harbor
Dawes
Sylvia
Econvict
Maurice Frere
Meekin
Mr. Meekin
Blackbird
Mrs. Protherick
Captain Frere
Port Arthur
Miss Vickers
Mies Vickers
Papa
Vickers and
Vickers
Prere
Gilad
Maurice
Bylvia
Ralon
Major
Poppet
Papal
Rev
Barker
Shiers
Lealy
China
Canton
London
All Pine
England
Viekera
Bates
Mort Arthur
Society in Hobart Town in 1838
Passage from a letter carried to the post office by Rev. Mr. Meekin, newly appointed chaplain in Van Diemen's Land, describing Hobart Society as composed of curious elements. He is dressed in glossy black clerical attire with a dandy bonnet and lavender gloves.
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Hobart Town
Meekin
van Diemeen
Notes and curios from around the world and science
A collage of trivia and facts: Swinburne manuscript sold for a thousand dollars. Censorship travels from Denmark to Russia via newspapers. New Zealand geysers and hot springs. Newfoundland fishing life and Tryasla population data. Bank of England relic survives Chicago fire. Acetylene lighting enables night harvesting in Biggleswade experiments with a gasoline traction engine.
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Swinburne
Denmark
St. Petersburg
Whakarewarewa
New Zealand
Newfoundland
Tryasla
Jackson
Milas
Bank of England
Chicago
England
Biggleswade
Pine Nest Siting Hens Plan Shared by Reader
A reader from Hankinson North Dakota William Edwick shares a coop design for sitting hens. The plan suggests low ground nests and rows of coops ten feet long with fifteen inch boards and eighteen inch squares, covered by narrow boards for protection.
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Lena
William Edwick
Hankinson
N. Dak
Herowich
Convenient Nest Coop And Summer Horse Care Advice
The article describes a simple chained coop setup with doors between test and feed areas and a lath covered run to control hen sitting. It then gives a summer horse care plan emphasizing morning watering before hay and grain, noon watering, and cool drinks in the afternoon, plus proper grooming and a comfortable bed at night for optimal work performance.
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Ken Inaide
Green Food for Small Chicks
Early growth of chicks requires green foods as soon as feathers appear. When safe from cold and wet, provide a grassy run and offer lettuce grown in hotbeds for young birds. Watchful partial grazing on grass in warm parts of the day aids health, avoid overexposure to cold.
Business Spirit Modernizes Farming Across Regions
The Boston Globe notes thousands of farmers in affluent areas still farm loosely but acknowledge the need for business discipline. It warns the West faces fertilizer and soil rotation challenges unless better land management and rotations are adopted, arguing modern farmers profit from disciplined practice beyond simple book-keeping.
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Boston Globe
East
South
Planning Work Ahead For Farm Spring Tasks
The passage urges farmers to plan before spring work begins by detailing field preparation manure seed costs and timing. It recommends weekly step by step planning the day before tasks and reserving time daily for planning to save time overall. It notes farmers often fail to systematize and drift between tasks.
Wounds on Fruit Trees and Wartime Dressings
An eastern fruit grower advises on wound care for trees noting wounds need a durable coating to reduce decay and restrain bacteria and fungi. He recommends white lead paint as satisfactory for sealing wounds and promoting healing, while wax and shellac are inadequate.
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Anya
Shredding Corn Fodder Debated By Indiana Farmer
The author doubts shredding corn fodder pays due to high labor costs and mixed results. He favors corn, oats, and timothy hay for horses, corn and clover hay for beef cattle, and clover hay with bran and gate for sheep, noting no special corn variety is grown and average yields near forty bushels. He manages five horses, twenty-five hogs, and ten to fifteen cattle on five to twenty acres annually.
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Indiana
Improving Utilization of Farm Forages in the United States
The article notes straw corn fodder and rough hay are poorly eaten due to excess moisture or low quality. It argues proper preparation and mixing of feeds could save and use wasted material, boosting meat or milk. It laments millions of straw stacks and fodder shocks rot in the U.S. and suggests better methods.
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Nelda
Success tomato praised for color and shipping quality
A column from the Indianapolis News extols the Success tomato variety for its brilliant red color uniform ripening to the stem, strong yet delicate skin, and vigorous compact vines. It notes abundant fruit setting and promising features for shippers and distant markets, urging growers to watch its development.
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Indianapolis News
Let the Calf Have Nay
Advice on raising young calves and lambs, emphasizing early movement outside, clean stalls, proper bedding, and access to hay and fresh air. Stresses locating the calf’s stall near the mother for bonding, and avoiding injuries by providing sunlight and night comfort.
Paper Horseshoe Aims to Aid Horses and Handlers
A new device called the paper horseshoe pledges to help horses and their keepers by being durable, easy to fit, and lighter than iron shoes. The concept suggests less wear on horses compared with traditional metalhoes, noting parallels with durable car wheels once made of corn.
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Pullman Cara
Battle and Event Timeline From Prehistory to Modern Times
A fragmented chronology lists battles, political milestones, and disasters from 1620 through the Spanish‑American War era. It mentions Cromwell at Naseby, Napoleonic orders, Britain’s wars with Russia, Napoleon’s knighthood orders, San Jacinto, a gas‑damaged suspension bridge, the Welland Canal opening, the Great Fire of London era references, and the Liberty Bell at the Chicago World’s Fair.
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Vritiy
Order of the
Edward
Ineo
Rooneye Howland
Mewya
Petew
Hanmond
Norwich
Hugland
Cromwell
Intiy Ridge
Admiral Wake
Wixteoy Vewsula
Boston News
Fing Oan
Innitad
Quito
Louis A
Louis XVI
Antoinette
Putnam
Concord
Duclareg Francis 1
Hungary
Warren Hastings
Great Britain
Russia
Napoleon
Woeshington
Constantisagla
George Canulng
George IV
Francs
San Jacinto
Arista
Matamoras
Tessa
Chicago
Flon
Thony'n Falls
Minn
Democratic National
Charbenton
Goaport
Port Sylth
New Orerw Wragut
Cola
Merret
Adama
London
Att Ramis
Gladstone
Chane
Welland Canal
Elief
Greely
Emno
Smera
Java
of & Cent de Paul
Quebec
Trast —Buleide
Liont
John Tal Hower
Liberty Bell
Cchicago World's Fair
House of Commie
Pectros Ner
Idaho
Nicholas
Caurontia
Aljs of
Hens
Paul Schulte
N. P. BR
Elde
McKinley
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Marcus Clarke
Convenient Nest Coop
Hogedus
Kidward
Doen
King Biaowath
Cambodia
Vieit Paria
Wil
John Simmond
Henry
Prowl Tim
Tweedmouth
British Admiralty
Henry Allerge
Freoe
Prince of Wales
Valle
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