Prodigal Village Chapter Eight Continues
A judge admonishes workers and mill owner over tyranny and morality. Judge Crocker cites George Washington and John Dryden, urging virtue as a pillar of government. Mr. Bing reconciles with Hiram Blenkinsop as Blenkinsop confronts a waking Old Self vision at night.
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Belgium
Mr. Bing
George Washington
Judge Crocker
John Marshall
Washington
John Dryden
Bing
Crocker
New York
England
Hiram Blenkinsop
Hiram
Mr. Blenkinsop
Eggzac’ly
Mr. Singleton
Christmas
Christmas Dawn in Bingville Ends Night and Silence
In Bingville the battle between Night and Silence is won by the cocky town cocks as Day breaks. The Shepherd's family joyfully welcomes visitors including Mr. Blenkinsop and a doctor, sharing a Christmas filled with gifts, a turkey dinner, and music from a phonograph. The little nickel clock cheerfully proclaims Christmas morning as dawn restores order.
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Night
Blenkinsop
Silence
Bingville
Santa Claus
Laddie
Mr. Broggs
Phonograph
Mr. Blenkintop
Christmas
Mrs. Moran
Hiram Blenkinsop
Moran
Ducklings Need Good Attention and Proper Brooding
The article explains using hot water pipe systems or other heat sources for duckling brooding. It covers initial confinement, hover placement, and gradual temperature reduction from about 95 F to 80 85 F within a week to ten days. It notes heat needs vary by season and system.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Covered Heads in Church Through The Hat History
A 1661 agitation urged men to remove hats in church, evolving from eyes covered in prayer to parading hats in hand. Wig fashion aided the shift to large plumed hats and indoor hat removal. Puritans kept broad brimmed hats indoors, while post revolutionary Europe saw wig decline and Napoleonic military dress rise. The 1815 Restora tion popularized the stovepipe hat and ankle breeches.
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Pepys
England
Shoe Tossing and Wedding Customs Across Cultures
The text traces the origin of the shoe throwing custom beyond weddings to ancient practices signaling property transfer. It notes Jewish meaning in Boaz and Naomi's land transaction where a kinsman removed his shoe, saying this is the custom of Israel.
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Boaz
Naomi
Israel
Food materials for plants and soil nutrients
The article explains plant nutrition. It lists iron and magnesium as abundant in soils, carbon hydrogen and oxygen from air and water, and identifies nitrogen phosphorus potassium calcium and sulfur as potentially limiting nutrients in some soils.
Sunlight Needs for Foliage and Fruit Crops
Foliage crops like lettuce kale and spinach thrive in partial shade but require at least three hours of sun daily. Fruit bearing plants such as tomatoes and eggplants need a minimum of five hours of sunshine per day.
Castle in the air becomes home with a woman’s touch
A man speaks of an airy dream while a woman selects furniture to furnish the envisioned edifice. The exchange underscores a pragmatic turn from fantasy to real design as furniture and space become the foundation of an imagined castle.
Drumfire's First Prominence in Tol gtos Description
In Tol gtos's August 1855 account of Sebastopol bombardment Drumfire is first noted. The piece discusses garnets as symbols of luck loyalty and fidelity with myths that garnets bless engagements and keep lovers true to their vows.
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Tolgtos
Sebastopol
Hint Worth Remembering for Forest Journeys
A compact guide notes how to orient yourself in forests or across mountains. It explains that hemlock and spruce tops tilt east and moss grows on the north side, helping travelers find direction by keeping to east or north.
Weevils and Biscuit Tapping Custom At Sea
Sailors still tap biscuits twice on the table before eating. The practice dates to old days when biscuits often carried weevils, a habit kept though no longer needed as ship provisions improved.
Early Norwegian Whaling and Greenland Oil Boom Mentioned
The fragment notes uncertainty about when whale fishing began but cites Norwegians active around 837. It says the Greenland coast saw major development by 1578 with rich oil yields making Greenland whaling highly valued.
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Greenland
Flowers Tell Time by Flowers and Folklore
A New York Mail note says dandelions open at 5 30 am and close at 8 30 pm while white fly opens at 8 and closes at 5. The pick's day lasts until 2 and the son thistle from 5 am to noon. The yellow goat's beard shuts at noon at solar noon.
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New York Mail
Portraitures on Jewels Reflect Ancient and Imperial Heads
The article describes a Mithridates head carved in amethyst found in India and a large amethyst bust of Trajan once owned by the Prussian court. It notes Trajan’s piece disappeared during Napoleon’s Berlin occupation, with historians suggesting generals aided the loss, making the jewel a lost art treasure since that era.
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Mithridates
Pontus
India
Trajan
Napoleon
Berlin
Dodson’s Liver Tone Replaces Calomel in Local Market
Dodson’s Liver Tone gains popularity as a safe replacement for calomel amid reports of calomel dangers. A local druggist notes declining calomel sales and endorses the vegetable remedy as gentle, effective, and guaranteed with refunds if it fails.
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Dodson
Bivery
Ady
Boy complains about bedtime rules in Brooklyn
A Brooklyn boy laments fixed bedtimes and asserts he does not belong to any union, reflecting a light domestic mood captured by the Boston Transcript.
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Brooklyn
Boston Transcript
Milk to bullfight ticket miscommunication
A traveler in Spain drew a cow to order milk but the waiter misunderstood and returned with a bullfight ticket, illustrating humorous miscommunication from a bygone era.
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Spain
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Sam Hill
Baudelaire
Theophile Gautier
Taine
Beaudelaire
Bayer
Republic
Anton Alee
Calomel
Doan
Texas
M. H. Richardson
E. Wood St
Gilmer
Tex
Houston
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