Downton socialite tests love in humble timber quest
Robert Dale announces a social retreat as son Vance abandons luxury to work at a pasture lot. Helena Wayne visits and sketches the land, then returns to reveal a June romance with Vance. The pair reunite as the Dale family moves back to their old house.
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Bobbie's Prayers at the Card Table
A mother deals cards while her son Bobbie prays aloud for her to listen. She ignores him to focus on a no trump hand, misses key signals, and despite efforts loses six tricks as the game unfolds. The scene ends with her ascending stairs to hear more prayers.
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If They Told the Truth
A witty Life magazine quip exchanges barbs on marriage and fatigue. The speaker vows to seek relief from tiring companionship while mocking poor dinners and voices, ending with a melodramatic line about longing and time.
Cost of Gunfire in Naval Battles
A Tit-Bits note explains shell costs for German and British guns. It cites $6,000 per shell for a great German howitzer, over $10 per smaller field shells, $260 for an 8.4 inch quick firing shell, $1,500 for fortress cannon projectiles, and $4,000 per 13 inch shell. A battleship broadside can expend $7,500 in ammunition, and a dreadnought duel could total about $800,000 in ammo for the engagement.
Not So Warm
A humorous exchange between Miss Witt and a suitor, De Sappe, jokes about beauty and fire. The lad says his thoughts are consumed by her, while Miss Witt dismisses the blaze as too small to require the fire department.
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Flower Farm Production Tips From An Old Guide
The article explains starting a small flower farm near transport links with quick returns. It covers plant choices like hydrangea peony and dahlia, fall planting, soil depth, and careful manure use. It advises phased expansion, and tips on watering, pinching back stems, and maximizing blooms for long seasonal color.
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Garden tips for tropical color and hardy perennials
A round bed with castor oil plants centers a tropical border using elephant ears and a salvia hedge. Plant red sage in a triple row for June blaze. Protect peas with soap-suds spray. enrich soil with leaf mold manure and sand for drainage. Grow hardy larkspur Albion varieties and biweekly mignonette through July. Maintain fragrant earth with well decayed manure and ease palms from winter indoors to sun.
Wool shortages boost Iowa wool prices and sheep numbers rise
Des Moines reports a wide wool shortage with prices up to thirty cents a pound as demand outstrips supply. Iowa sheep numbers grow from 703000 in 1903 to 1270000 by January 1 this year, signaling rising value for wool and a push to expand exhibits and prizes at the state fair.
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Orphan Maggie and Bill Return to the Barchesters
Margaret reveals she is adopted and not really Barchester material, fearing Bill’s mother would hate her. Bill, proud of his rise with Barchester, insists they visit his old home, where his mother warmly welcomes them and notes many others have found success and marriage with her son.
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Good Cut Flowers Annuals For Easy Garden Culture
The piece lists easy to grow annuals ideal for cut flowers including white bloom varieties such as sweet alyssum carnations candytait chrysanthemum Cosmos Dianthus Gypsophila Nicotiana Pansy Phlox Ten Weeks Stock Sweet Peas Verbenas Zinnias Scabioga blue ageratum bachelor’s button and asters lavender Ten Weeks Stock Sweet Peas and asters yellow nasturtiums poppies tignonette stocka and zinnias.
A Garden Seed List of Flowers in a Mixed Bed
The readable fragment names flowers in a mixed bed including calendula calliopsis marigold red carnation poppy peony stocks sweet peas and zinnias indicating a diverse planting scheme.
Hydrangeas require spring pruning and sun for blooms
Hydrangeas should be pruned in spring by removing bottom branches to create a compact plant. Plant in a sunny garden spot protected from autumn winds and water occasionally with liquid manure. Hydrangeas need good air and sunshine, whether in garden or as house plants.
Local Notes and Losses in Iowa and Nevada Trials
Miss Irma Roege 28 found dead in Davenport with potassium cyanide traces in her stomach and shoe blacking analyzed as the poison. Nevada awards asphalt paving contract for 21,000 yards at 1.59 per square yard. Hugh B. Cotter collapses dead while talking to family. A S Bailey injured when two dogs cause fall in Shenandoah. Minnie Brummer dies of trichinosis. three Brummer family members affected. Coulter contractor Jesse Miller dies at Chicago Great Western depot. Pleasantville school bond election ruled illegal for lacking petition. new vote required.
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Dream Anatomy and Wardrobe Woes in Antiquity
A quip about dreaming of being clothed or not, noting that wearing full clothes to bed might stop the dream. The exchange frames a humorous Victorian style remark on sleep and clothing.
Precocious Infant Reported by First Reporter Senator
A curious item notes a baby named Bullyan as a bright child with early remarks. In a quoted interview the infant is described as starting life with a career as a schoolteacher, according to a second reporter.
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