The Deluge scene in the Ellersly drawing room
In the library the unnamed narrator fixates on Miss Ellersly as Langdon flirts with other women. He contemplates possession and a home she could share, while Anita Ellersly accepts friendship yet hints at family loyalty and his looming threat to ruin.
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Langdon
Miss Wilersly
Ellersly
Mysel
Miss Ellersly
Langdons
Tim
Papa
Anita
Krik
Mr. Blacklock
I Am the Fellow Who Invented a Mirage
The narrator contemplates intense desire for Anita and plans a social and financial orchestration to win her, guiding Bramwell Ellersly and Monson toward a staged courtship. He leverages style, wealth, and appearances to lure approval, while reflecting on vanity and manipulation within a tense family dynamic.
The Ellersly Portrait and the Bounder’s Pursuit
A narrator in a tense social scene critiques wealth and taste while observing Miss Ellersly at a theater and in social rooms. He endures cold glares from her circle, tries to win her favor, and declares his resolve to make her like him, despite her mother’s mercenary scrutiny.
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Monson
Blacklock
Dilersly
Miss Ellersly
Cali
Mrs. Ellersly
Fmileesty
Anita
Ellersly
Jimmy
Mamma
Kentucky Literature Twist Ends In Tragic Draft
A publisher and critic discuss Wiggins Kentucky novel promising realism and verisimilitude. The two leading characters a colonel and a judge quarrel in chapter one and shoot each other, ending the project as hopeless.
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Kentucky
Wiggins
Church suppers prompt debates over cigars and wine
A compact note discusses church suppers, suggesting cigars could be passed while wine might be excused by all good men. The line hints at social norms and temperance during communal events.
Baby Show Ruins Store in County Fair Twist
A furniture dealer recounts boosting a county fair baby contest with an $85 prize. Judges selected from outside the county awarded a 10 month old boy, provoking a boycott by local mothers and forcing the store to close.
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Kansas C.ty
Shay J. M. Bone
West Side Business Men's League
The Poet and the Printer in an Editorial Misread
A poet visits an editor to protest mangled lines in a poem printed in the paper. He cites misread lines like Lying by a weeping widow to elope and Take away the tingling honey with flies in for the hoss, lamenting the damage to his verse and threatening return armed.
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Rtead
Samuel Stunner
George
Flo
Questioning on Virginia election fraud probe recalls lax ballot sealing
A Virginia politics episode linked to a Washington investigator recalls a precinct where ballots after tally were not sealed. The election judge faced sharp inquiry over failure to secure ballots with mucilage wax or resin, prompting the chair to joke about pine trees and packing in the woods.
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Washington Star
Virginia
Washington
Grammatarian Notes on a Century Old Mistake
A grammarian discusses a famous sentence famed for its huge incorrectness. He notes every word in the line carries errors as a caution about language and immortality of slips.
Fall farm hints urge drainage and smart feeding
The note urges draining wet fields this fall and spreading manure on meadow or winter grain to boost next year. It advises artificial eggs to stop hens pecking, recommends careful home butchering, and stresses efficient feeding for dairy cows and hogs, with emphasis on corn, grain, and pasture management.
Farming guidance on seed corn and soil practices
Four years show seed corn size matters for the northern corn belt. Use seed suited to soil and latitude. Plow six to seven inches. two to three inches for small grains. Do not turn subsoil. Build topsoil if surface soil wears. Do not use a beef bull in dairy herds. use a dairy bull. Cream shipping grows from western Iowa to Chicago.
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Corn Belt
Iowa
Chicago
Butter churn problems from winter salt distribution
The article explains how winter conditions cause uneven salt distribution in cream leading to white streaks in butter. It advises proper working and to avoid mixing Sweet cream with sour cream just before churning. If mismanaged the sour cream churns quickly leaving sweet cream in the buttermilk, causing some churns to yield nearly twice as much butter as others.
Profitable Dairy Herd Tips for Farmers in Hard Times
Three key steps for farmers entering dairy: selecting profitable cows, proper feeding, and efficient herd movement to maximize oil cow prices. The article notes building a dairy herd faster by using free-fed food from underdeveloped sources, highlighting the potential success of a careful plan.
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Alnad
Untitled farm note on dairy heifer handling
A fragmented dairy item discusses calfseed handling and milking practices. It notes gentle treatment of heifers aids cooperation and calmness comparable to mature cows, reflecting daily farm routines and expectations in herd management.
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Wenie Dioiver
Milk handling and quality control warning note
The text warns that poor milk handling after milking harms customer trust and factory acceptance. It cautions that selling low quality cream will quickly draw inspector and buyer attention and lead to rejection.
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Shine
Hand Separator Modernizes Small Dairy Operations
The hand cream separator makes dairying easier by skimming cream immediately after milking at home. It eliminates transporting whole milk to a factory and brings skim milk to feed pigs or calves in good condition, a major benefit for combined stock raising and dairying.
Vigilance in Dairy Health and Cleanliness Emphasized
The article stresses constant care for cows in order to produce high quality dairy. It highlights healthy cows, proper feed and abundant clean water, and above all scrupulous cleanliness in all dairy departments as essential for success.
Winter Herd Management Advice for Dairy Farmers
Do not keep winter boarders in the dairy. Weed out unprofitable cows before they waste feed. Focus on cows yielding milk with extra attention and good condition for winter work. Dry, comfortable quarters aid milking and conserve feed.
Test Your Cows for Butter Fat Testing
The notice urges testing cows to gauge butter fat yield, warning weeds waste money and that some cows may reach 30 percent butter fat while others fall to 209 percent or lower. Investing in a tester helps identify cows converting feed into butter fat and weed out low producers.
Comfort for Dairy Cows Boosts Milk Output
Farmers know a cow gives more milk when kept comfortable. Proper quarters protect from storms and provide ready water. Energy used to keep warm reduces milk. a well cared for cow stays fat and productive.
Pumpkins as Feed for Milk Cows
Farmers are urged to feed pumpkins to milk cows as a profitable practice. Pumpkins break apart easily and aid digestion, keeping cows productive. The author argues better to have five good cows than ten mediocre or twenty poor ones, recommending replacing poor stock promptly.
Proper care of milk utensils in cold weather
The article warns that many dairy problems in cold weather stem from poorly washed scalded and aired utensils. It stresses that milk utensils require the same careful handling in winter as in summer and that cream quality depends on proper dairy hygiene.
Farmer Advice on Cattle Selling Dilemma
Advice urges farmers not to sell of their best cows even if a buyer offers more. The pragmatic approach is to liquidate only cattle that do not cover their keep, accepting any price for those.
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