The Dean and His Daughter
A vicar's dull, thriftless life in Ossulston is pine by money worries and low ambitions. His daughter Miriam endures a tense, uneasy home while her father schemes a high status via a visiting bishop candidate Sir Henry Craven, courting favors from parish notables as they prepare for a possible lift to prestige.
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Bampfylde Moore Carow
Exmoor
Dartmoor
Oscalston
Devon
Ossulston
Exeter
Devonshire
London
Andromeda
Bohn
Stanley
Sinai
Passine
Alford
Harold Browne
Paley
Barchester Towers
Burset
Dr. Thorne
Tom Jones
Peter Simple
Father
Miriam
Rugby
Cambridge
Henry Craven
Juggins
Sir Harry
Sir Henry
Thacker
Mr. Thacker
Survivors of the Kanahooka recount grim voyage and rescue
Survivors tell how the steamer Kanahooka foundered in a January gale off Cape York, after deck loss and flooding, with boats lost, captains drowned, and a harrowing march to a mission station aided by natives. The account also blends poultry and dairy farming advice for settlers, detailing incubation, chick care, and cow management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf of Carpentaria
Thura
Mitchell River
Murray
Victoria
Normanton
Bradley
Thomas Smith
Smith
British agricultural returns reveal vast land withdrawal from cultivation
The 1893 British agricultural returns show about 150,000 acres abandoned to pasture, signaling Britain’s decline as a wheat producer. Wheat area fallen 1,800,000 acres since 1873, while fruit farming and market gardening rise. imports of butter, cheese, and eggs reach large sums, prompting calls for truck farming and fruit raising despite competition overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Tey
America
India
Ausia
Britain
Pockrk Sun
Harness care and repairs for workhorse gear
Practical notes on oiling and maintaining horse harnesses to improve pliability and durability. Advice covers weather timing, mixtures with beef tallow and oils, rodent protection, and indoor repairs with linen thread and needles. Also mentions Lord Tweedsmouth collection, London ladies aiding Blackheath, Salvation Army campaign plans, and Gilbert and Sullivan collaboration process.
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Lady Aberdeen
Lord Tweedsmouth
Raisachan
G. Ladies
London
Blackheath
General Boots
Salvation Army
United States
Canada
Army
S. Gilbert
Sullivan
Gilbert
Chicago
Turkey
Constantinople
Ibrahim Hakki Efendi
Porte
Lord Hannen
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Melprook
W. & Kells Block
W. Archer
J.B. Young
HL Anderson
Cavan Lodge
Oddfellows
Home Circle
Kit ‘St
Millbrook
G. Geo. Duncan
Achibald Woop
Pane OF
Man
Reage Licen Jerook
Ons
McKinnon
Niddrie Toronto Universities
Royal Gerona
Edinburgh
Gad Surgeons
Ontario
Succes
A. A. Smith
Areistel
Wrent Neas Bock Billbrook
Bethany
W. Fisher
Baillie Horoy
Queen's Hotel
W. Clarks
Ld.s
H. C. Leslie
Aeee Rae
AML
Calle
Telegraph
W. Bland
T. HH. Hasaded
Mounted Police
Royal Veterinary College
Watford
Fice
Water Street
Petercora
Ont
Cie
BANKS
B. Collins & CO
MILI
Ty Roe Farmers
Hank of Commerce
CITY
T. H. Bryans
Pantox
Minbrook
Wood & Kell’s Bank
General Store
Ram Lal
WM. Lang
Schneider
Wien
Eranches
F. S. Schneider
Axl
George Street
IR Ders
Nittrass & Dunford
Henry
Sir George S. Peterboro
N.B
Peterboro
Ialso
W. Thexton
Ric Vy
Hass, Elgin and
Rockford Watches
J. Steele
King St., Millbrook
SUN Life OF Canada
Casapa Life
Confederation
Ontanio Metvar
Neugth Americas
The
SUN
W. H. Hill
Central Ontario
Henry Argue
W. H. McCartney
John Gillot
Sox
G. G. Green
Larmer's Livery
Milbrook
T. W. Larmer
Tupper Street
Nobby Null Allis
Pontypool
Cleveland School of Cutting
G. H. Wallis
Bailieboro
N&w Spring Goods
M. Parker
Boots and Shes
Thomas Gillott
ADK
Sher Medi Ciect
the Dean
Chapter
Ture
Batavia River
Duyfhen Point
France
Germany
Sig. Maestracci
Golid
Cole Por
Jéio
Americ
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