The Tide Partners in Financial Woes Rise From Past Inheritance
Miss Tempy and Miss Prissy discuss dwindling funds from a $5,000 inheritance once held as Boston bank savings and the strain of bills, doctor’s costs, and Bradley’s education. Prissy explains selling forested land and cranberry swamp to cover expenses while Tempy seeks ways to help.
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Miss Tempy
Miss Kissy
Stavin's
Boston
Bradley
Prissy
Miss Prissy
Tempy
Miss Preasy
Long
Harriss Bank
Captain Allen
Captain Allen Miss Tempy
Miss Priasy
Boston Savin's Bank
Bradley Trades College Dream for Sailor Life
Bradley Nickerson chooses to join Captain Titcomb as cabin boy on his schooner, after discussing finances and schooling with Miss Prissy and Miss Tempy. The move comes amid poverty fears, a failed barn roof, and hopes Bradley can earn wages at sea to support his sisters and keep the family together.
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Orham
Father
Prissy Allen
South Orham
Miss Tempy
Temp
Bradley
Melissa Busteed
Abigail Mullett
Ostable
Miss Prissy
Prissy
Cap'n Titcomb
Bradley Nickerson
Brad
Cap’n
Tempy
Ezra
Captain Titcomb
Allen
Titcomb
Aps
Csestious
The Quest of a Discoverer
A Washington Star quote contrasts managers seeking great actors and plays with Stormington Barnes who says actors and plays are always visible. He seeks someone who can reliably discover audiences to engage.
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Stormington Barnes
Washington Star
Retribution at Hand and a Gum Machine Joke
In a railroad station a scale complains about its own fate as overweight riders threaten its ruin. A chewing gum machine replies that the next customer will weigh in, adding a wry bit of humor from Catholic Standard and Times.
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Catholic Standard and Times
Dutch Feeding System for Holstein Friesians
The Dutch method for Holstein Friesian calves uses whole milk to five weeks then shifts to skim milk and grain. Grain is cooked or steamed with milk then fed dry before milk. Grass supplies heifers ration in season. winter rations keep growth limited. Bulls fed similarly until a year, then confined with daily exercise. Breeding bulls kept well fed but not fat, with roots in winter and green forage in summer.
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Sumner
Whales Measured by Laminae For Age Estimates
The age of whales is determined by the size and number of laminae in the whalebone, which accumulate each year. Researchers have assigned ages of 300 and 400 years to some whales based on these indicators.
Bath Mats From Discarded Bedspreads
Bath mats may be made from discarded bedspreads by cutting the firm parts into squares and hemming. They are useful beside the tub but should be folded and hung when not in use since they are not heavy enough to replace a rug.
Women Pay Half Rates in Sweden Hotels
Women, who eat far less, are charged half rates in Sweden's better class hotels under a new policy. The change aims to adjust pricing to female dining and service consumption patterns.
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Sweden
Marriage Insurance Requirement for Officers in Germany
Army and navy officers in Germany must deposit $7,500 with the government before marriage. The sum earns 3 percent income and is refunded to the family or heirs upon death.
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Germany
Famous Detective Retires From New Scotland Yard
Chief Inspector Arrow retires on a pension after twenty six years in the detective force. He will take a distinguished record of triumphs to Barcelona where he will head a new department. His career includes the Migantic watch fraud seizure in Geneva and Brussels, the Greenwich College Nelson relics case, the Middelburg racing sweepstakes fraud, the Mackenzie gang arrest, and the Bridgewater cheque forgery ring. He also led the suppression of London gambling clubs and received the Queen’s personal thanks. His colleagues present a silver tea service in his honor.
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Arrow
New Scotland Yard
Barcelona
Scotland Yard
Geneva
Brussels
Nelson
Greenwich College
Middelburg
Mackenzie
Dr. Bridgewater
Vine Street
West End
Inspector Arrow
Dismantled Off Cape Horn Aboard Dyna men
The Dyna men left the Tyne bound for San Francisco. A terrific Cape Horn storm tore the vessel apart with sails ripped and deck awash. Three seamen were badly injured, one washed overboard and lost. The ship limped toward Montevideo after 133 days at sea.
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Tyne
San Francisco
South Shields
John Patterson
Cape Horn
Vonney Patterson
Trvine
Port Stanley
Falkland Islands
Deacon
Montevideo
Sir Fredericks Prescription for Boys by Sir Frederick Treves
The famed English surgeon advises the rising generation to work hard with perseverance and determination rather than chasing genius. He urges honesty loyalty and unselfishness as core manly traits and stresses loving the sea and keeping body and mind clean. Never swagger and trust that control of your future lies in steady effort.
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England
Frederick Treves
How Paris Got Its Name from Caesar and Lutetia
The article explains Paris origins with Caesar conquering Gaul finding a swampy Seine island occupied by the Parisii. The tribe burned Lutetia to avoid capture, Caesar built a temple to Jupiter and a wall around the island, and a lord arose named Parisii after the tribe, later shortened to Paris.
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Paris
Gaul
Caesar
Seine
Jupiter
Parisii
Paria
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Notic the Tide
Barnes
Harniss
Blaisdell
Miss Temper
Sampson
Titcombaml
Barrey Small
London
Sir Frederick
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