Rhode Island turkeys and the nation’s Thanksgiving feast
Rhode Island turkeys dominate early Thanksgiving lore detailing how six million birds will grace American tables. The article notes $7,500,000 in wholesale value and about 400 million pounds shipped, with Rhode Island breeders showcasing careful care, wild bloodlines, and methodical raising practices to ensure robust flocks and high-quality birds for the holiday season.
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Turkey
Westm
San Peya
New York
Fort New York
Chicago
Egent
Union
Strode Island
Epicures
Thanksgiving Turkeys From Kentucky to Market
The piece describes turkey production practices for Thanksgiving, noting feeding regimens from early growth to eight or ten weeks, corn mixtures, and fattening with White Mint corn. It highlights Kentucky as a key producer, extensive crossbreeding with wild blood for flavor, and large flocks driven to slaughter. It also mentions workers’ tasks like feather picking, with pay around two and a half cents per turkey.
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Mary Roads
Pillows and Room Decor Trends in 19th Century Homes
Brief catalog notes describe pillow designs for living rooms and bedrooms, highlighting velvet textures in gray and green, with floral motifs like carnations and apple blossoms. Emphasizes decorative value, suggesting pillows as indispensable for any cozy sitting area or nursery, and notes varieties from fancy denims to durable blue tones.
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Blue Vida Fair
Origin of the Dime Explored in Old Texts
A fragmentary note traces the word dime to the French word dixieme and its early English forms such as iisme, noting the term’s linguistic journey through history.
Unitarian Church Chooses San Francisco Pastor
Rev W G Eliet Jr of San Francisco accepts call to Milwaukee Wiral Unitarian church. After five weeks of bloodhound search the body of William W Ingram president of the Hotel Ingram Company Chisago and a wholesale merchant was found buried under two feet of snow beside two deer he had killed in the woods seven miles southwest of Michigamme Michigan. He spent months alone in the woods. Wire screens at the door will keep minks out and save poultry from wholesale slaughter.
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W. G. Eliet, Jr
San Francisco
Wiral Unitarian Church
Milwaukee
Willian W. Ingram
Hotel Ingraa Company
Chisago
Michigamme
A Night of Masks and Meteor Deceits at the Kelly Manor
Patrice Graham and Capt. Kelly host a dinner where Sholto Graham ingratiates himself amid a plotted meteor tale. Patrice scenes unfold with flirtation, deception, and a hint of political stakes as conversations reveal a mounting tension between Sholto, Graham, and the potential political consequences Patrick hints at, while Captain Kelly weighs dynasty and influence against personal choice.
Conversation in a World of Weath and Wit
A fragment from a serialized piece shows Jadian and Miss Jaathgherne in a social and literary exchange. They discuss roots, newspapers, and potential matches while navigating class and ambition. The dialogue hints at a future plan, with a cliffhanger moment as Captain Kelly awakens.
Ephemeral Notes from a Tangled London Scene
A fragmented essay and dialogue cover social reform figures, theater talk, and a Philadelphia accident. It features Stephen Crane, Thomas Brophy, and a London scene with a Philadelphia fall, a Texas inventor, a phonographic device, and a Jenny Lind anecdote. The piece blends political chatter with literary gossip and curiosities from late era journalism.
Profit in Amputation Misadventure in Duluth
A youth observes an elderly man leaning on a pulldiary with two canes. The man, who has an injured knee, contemplates having his leg amputated and names a cost of four thousand dollars. The boy asks if the operation could kill him, but the man replies that if it does, his heirs would receive thirty five thousand dollars. The youth ultimately decides to proceed with the plan.
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Lee
Terurn
Patrice
Papa
Mary
Miss Patrice
Miss Paurice
Bere
Vores
Kelly Tovluet
Pultice Juuugnerne
Tia
Shotto Graham
Earth
Jones
Vivo
Ryan
Sore Pough
Menor
Graham
Ant
Tim
Aly
Bali
Alo
Hidiaburgy
Jin
Beauld
Capt. Kelly
Iwan Stanley
Jonny Lind
Max Muller
Stanley
Jenny Jamil
Norwich
Jenny Lind
Handel
Redeemer
Tenny Lind
Vienna
Duluth News
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Patrick
Sholto Graham
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Thiers
Weath
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Klk
Stephen Crane
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