The Frolic Aboard a Fateful Seaborne Meeting
On the cargo ship Frolic a roll endangers deck cargo while three men sail with low fares. John Cregan befriends a dog named Punch and travels to Rio de Janeiro where he discovers Sister Moira. Cregan reveals lifelong love as yellow fever strikes, but recoveries unite him with Moira and Punch.
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Capt. Hammond
Cregan
Rio de Janeiro
John Cregan
Punch
Crégan
Doyle
Ponch
Rio
Moira
Corr
John
Cregen
Dog Punch
County Clare
Country Boys Go to a City First Fire Drill Tale
Detroit Free Press recounts a rural youth drill as city fire engines roar down streets. A policeman recalls rounding up 4 to 13 year olds who chased engines in mock panic while mothers cried and a freckled boy watched from a maple tree.
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Detroit Free Press
Christian Endeavor Week
Guardian of the Peace
Pire
Yao for Pharaohs Daughter Paper Weight Claim
A fragment evokes a curiosity item a paper weight presented as the mummied hand of a Pharaoh’s daughter. It notes ownership by a prince of Wales and closes with a quotation attributed to George Macdonald about life and death.
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Yao
Prince of Wales
Pharaoh
Dairy and Poultry Tips From Indiana Experiment Station
The bulletin explains a dilution cream separator and its drawbacks, noting that dilution increases fat loss and worsens skim milk quality. It also covers poultry yard care, emphasizing uniform flock appearance, moulting feed, and advantages of soft foods and cooked grain to prevent indigestion and boost feather production.
The King Bird and the Poultryman
Wallace's Farmer discusses hawk control for poultry raisers warning that methods to destroy hawks vary and success is not brag worthy. The article notes the hawk as a hindrance and cautions against exposing children to risk with squirrel rifles near groves.
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Wallace
Grey Toulouse Geese Showpiece Pair for Farm Stock
Manly Miles describes two largest geese, compact and dignified, weighing forty-five to sixty pounds per pair when fattened at three years. They lay thirty to forty eggs per season, hatch rarely, with feathers yielding about a half pound per picking. Goslings grow rapidly, reach eight pounds by 4–5 weeks, and fifteen to eighty pounds by three months. They forage on pasture, distinguishable by taller, upright ganders with larger necks and higher-pitched voices. Flesh quality is good. The page features a pair of gray geese of this variety.
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Manly Miles
Eight forms of cans for dairymen described by Cornell bulletin
The Cornell Experiment Station at Ithaca publishes a bulletin describing eight forms of cans advertised for milk dilution. Farmers in Indiana are advised not to buy these cans due to high price and poor practice. A cheaper method uses a round, deep can with a bottom faucet to draw skim milk, with milk undiluted in deep cans for better returns.
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Indiana
Indiana Experiment Station
Vermont
Cornell
Ilinois
Ontario College
Ented
Cornell Experiment Station
Ithaca
N. Y
Patent Office
To Thyrza Byron Poem Fragment
Fragmented verse by Lord Byron expressing grief for a lost beloved. The speaker laments the departed, recalls shared affection, and seeks comfort beyond the grave, promising forgiveness and hope in heaven.
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Byron
Strange Creatures in a Garden Greenhouse Toads Martha Jane and Babette
A greenhouse diary describes two tame toads Martha and Jane with distinct temperaments and a tiny Babette. It details their feeding with job worms woodlice and centipedes and the dramatic sight of a toad’s tongue catching prey. Jane bears a wary outlook after a twilight accident.
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Martha
Jane
Babette
Heaven
Wasp Uses Spider Meat to Feed Its Young
A female wasp stores spiders in a mud cell after stinging them to paralysis. She lays an egg and seals the cell, relying on the meat preserved by the sting for the grub to feed on after hatching. The exact mechanism of paralysis remains uncertain, but the outcome is a long lasting meat cache for the developing larva.
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Lem
Tahitians of Society Islands Revealed in Savage Customs
Describes Tahitians as idle due to fertile soil and reveals piercing nose and ear ornaments, shark tooth implants, and full body tattooing for chiefs. Notes female hair cutting except royal family, widespread infanticide, pampered pigs fed by women, and dogs bred for meat. Weapons with shark teeth used in warfare and torture.
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Tahiti
Society Islands
Polynesia
Sights of Constantinople Through Ancient Monuments
The article surveys Constantinople’s enduring relics from the column of Constantine the Great to Justinian’s palace and the Hebron monastery. It notes the Royal cistern, the Sidon sarcophagi including Alexander, the Delphi bronze serpent, and the venerable Sancta Sophia with its mosaics and 1359 years of church history.
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Constantinople
Constantine the Great
Golden Horn
Marmora
Justinian
Chora
Kadirie Djami
Yeri Batan Serai
Sidon
Alexander
Delphi
B. C
Apollo
Nerxes
Sancta Sophia
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Gregan
Avick
George Macdonald
Dairy and Poultry
Tahitis
Thyrza
Sax
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