Love, jealousy, and espionage pursue a perilous trio
In the Appleby hideout Richard Jennifer and Jack Iraeton confront a tangle of romance and treachery. Madge Stair’s liaison with Falconnet and a secret map lead to a knife edge confrontation over trust, loyalty, and who loves whom as Tory and rebel forces close in.
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Glal
Marfery
Frank Falconnet
Jack
Falconner
Ephraim Yeates
Appleby Hundred
Jennifer
Richard
Ephriam
Yeates
Taikting
Delilah
Richard Jennifer
Margery
Rocky Mount
Hanging Rock
Appleby
Madge
Falconnet
Las
Captain Stuart
Tarleton
John Ireton
Francis Falconnet
Ephriam Yeates
Free Trade Argument Echoes in Customs Tale
A Yale professor abroad sent home undeveloped photographic films that are duty free by law, but the opened and damaged rolls arrived ruined. The incident recalls a Germany to Hartford Dresden china episode where a platter was smashed by customs before being repackaged and sent on. The old saying notes the strongest argument for free trade is the customs house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford Courant
New Haven
Yale
Germany
Hartford
Dresden
China
Custom House
Edith
Dilrectors
Rushton
Poor Breeding Practices Lower Farm Stock Quality
Farmers breed animals on their farms without regard to value or condition creating scrub stock. Proper mating is essential for any stock including cows pigs sheep and fowls. Introducing better blood elevates standards and reduces degeneration over a few years.
Edits and Jealousies in a Modern Marriage Tale
A husband recounts life with Edith, his wife who flirts with jealousy tests. George Burton and Nellie Gilder intrigue their social circle as Edith engineers a playful crisis to prove his devotion. The confrontation ends with a kiss and mutual reconciliation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manning
Edith
George Burton
Madame
George
Burton
Frank
Nellie
History of Cameos Across Shells and Stonework
Scientific American reports Cyril Davenport's London lecture on ancient cameos from Ptolemaic times to the Renaissance. It covers intaglio versus cameo, shell and onyx use, Graeco Roman and Augustine periods, famous works like the Triumph of Bacchus, and signatures and forgeries. It notes the Portland and Auldio vases, Christian iconography shifts, and union of engraving with gem setting.
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Scientific American
Cyril Davenport
Royal Institution
London
Davenport
Strozai
Bacchus
Vatican
Agate de Tibere
Paris
Vienna
Intaglo
Naples
Constantine the Great
Hercules
David
Perseus
Gorgon
Goliath
Venuses
Ledas
Joseph
Egypt
Eros
France
Adolph David
Henri Francois
Georges Lemaire
Destruction Plan for Wolves and Coyotes in Montana
The Farmers and Breeders report that Dr. M. E. Knowles helped Montana adopt a law and fund a wolf and coyote destruction plan. The approach mixes capturing cubs to infect with mange and releasing them, aiming to spread the disease to reduce predation on sheep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Knowles
Montana
Omnipresent American Recalls Mary Livermore Tale Abroad
The article recounts Mrs Mary A Livermore’s Europe travel tale where language barriers surfaced until a local hotelier finally spoke English revealing he was born in Eastport Maine The piece notes the ubiquity of Americans abroad and humorously contrasts foreign language efforts with ready English by locals The narrator reflects on the American traveler’s global reach and the comfort of native speech.
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Mary A. Livermore
Europe
Yaas
Eastport
Maine
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W.r.hearst
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Chicago
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Edth
Goodby
Kitten
Joe
Adirondacks
Hdith
Nettie
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