The Island Home of Lindstrom and a Dutch Meeting
On a Rhine island a peaceful estate with a white house and poplars welcomes travelers. Master Carey, Mistress Anne, and Master Lindstrom converse with Dymphna while ships approach, hinting at larger political tensions between Dutch faith, Spanish rule, and looming peril for reformers.
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Anne
Bertie
Lincolnshire
Dymphna
Lindstrom
Arnhelm
England
Holland
Master Carey
Meeerer
Alli
Gresser
Coton
Castillano
Anne Ster
Master Bertie
Carey
Mynheer
Spain
Arnheimer
Arnheim
Rhine
Netherlands
Netherland
A Dutch Trader Sparks Tense Exchange at the Elm Tree
Dymphna’s guest Master Jan Van Tree quarrels with Master Carey over sighting “miserable foreigners.” The Dutchman accuses Lindstrom’s caution of exposing her to Spanish governors, while Carey defends restraint as Dymphna explains her father’s disapproval and duty to keep away from officials.
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Dymphna
Jan van Tree
Carey
van Tree
Lindstrom
Lincoln gently rejects applicant for doorkeeper post
A man seeks the Lincoln presidency for a House doorkeeper job and is gently reproved for lacking any experience or study. Lincoln questions his qualifications with a string of ironic queries and the man leaves grateful for the rebuke.
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Lincoln
President
Everything has its cause says sociologist at banquet
J McKee Borden of the New York department of charities cites a parable from a New York banquet about poverty in which two beggars discuss why the poor receive more help than the rich, highlighting social causes and responses to wealth disparity.
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New York Times
J. McKee Borden
Department of Charities
New York
Alfalfa Value as Feed and How to Grow It
A practical guide to restoring soil fertility through alfalfa. The article argues alfalfa yields high tonnage and quality hay, builds soil, and profits livestock operations. It details site prep, seeding rates, nurse crops, cutting timing, and especially windrow handling and drying methods for best preservation.
Skimmilk Calves and Efficient Farm Practices
An exchange argues that land costs justify raising calves with skim milk rather than whole milk. Skim milk can nourish calves, with care in feeding and cleanliness key. Farmers are urged to use disk barrows for spring field work, saving time compared to cultivators.
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United States
Selecting a Dairy Cow for Longevity and Milk Quality
The guide emphasizes cow anatomy such as long udder, roomy barrel, broad ribs, and prominent milk veins. It notes a soft skin clear face and bright eyes indicate a good dairy animal, with proper care essential for success. It also links butter flavor to the cow’s diet and feed.
Mistakes in Feeding Hogs Highlight 21 Crucial Errors
J L Stratton outlined 21 feeding mistakes at a Franklin County Kansas farmers institute. Key errors include relying on untrained labor, using exclusive diets, neglecting grazing nature, poor housing, over and under feeding, skipping liquids before solids, and feeding breeding stock as market feed. He cautioned on rapid growth, pre and post farrowing feeding, and regular intervals.
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J. L. Stratton
Farmers’ Institute
Franklin County
Kansas
Pickling Beef Process From Old To Modern Methods
After cutting beef into pieces, spread in a cool place and salt lightly overnight. For each hundred pounds, mix four gallons water with eight pounds salt, three pounds brown sugar, three ounces saltpetre, boil briefly, add one ounce soda, skim. On killing day spread to cool, then in the morning pour the brine into clean casks with weights to keep beef submerged. Store in a cool dark place.
The Big Jim Wilkins Sheriff Showdown at Benny Packer's
In a bitter cold night at Benny Packer's saloon Big Jim Wilkins confronts the Cairo sheriff. A sudden gunfight leaves Wilkins dead and the Cairo lawman badly wounded. The group hides, then drags the injured sheriff outside as Doc Payne arrives with help.
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W. J. Hearst
Benny Packer
Benny
Han
Willie Vickers
Big Jim Wilkins
Jim Wilkins
Winlie
Willie
Cairo
Jim
Catro
Doc Payne
Soldiering and a bicycle tale from New York Cotton Exchange
Marshall Geer, chairman of the floor committee at the New York Cotton Exchange, is praised for teamwork. He recalls a hot August bicycle ride with a pretty girl, describing his effort and perspiration while she coolly asks what the pedals do.
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Marshall Geer
New York Cotton Exchange
Mr. Geer
Tampering With Truth and Longtime Essex Farmer Dies
A schoolteacher’s wordplay lesson on converted prompts students to call a braggart liar. Joseph Phillips, aged 83, longtime tenant farmer on R CC Gosling estate at Hasenbury Farnham Essex, died after living his life in the same house.
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Joseph Phillips
R. CC. Gosling
Hasenbury
Farnham
Essex
Mr. Phillips
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