Boiled corn for fowls and a tale of Lottie Mellen
An article argues warmly that soaking or boiling corn aids digestion and egg production in hens, noting practical steps to steam corn. It shifts to a domestic drama where Lottie Mellen schemes to attend a ball, inflates her status with borrowed finery, and triggers financial ruin after her husband is dismissed for misused funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville Road
New Harmony
Williams & Donaldson
Five Stock Journal
Lottie
Helen
Grant
Jesse
Mrs. Parkerson
Soltaires
Miss Mousely
Mrs. Mellcn
Mr. Pepper
Bently Benedict
Joe
Mgr
Joe Benedict
Mellon
Ife
Clarence Mollen
Mr. Benedict
Bentley
Mellen
Pepper
Mr. Mellen
A Close Calculation In London Police Court Case
Mrs Caroline Prodgers faced a fare dispute with cabman Gunley at Southwark Court over 3 miles of travel from York Road to London Bridge and back. An initial pedometer reading proved inconsistent, leading to a reevaluation and the cabman’s fee being effectively rejected. The incident reflects ongoing local court involvement in taxi fare disputes and a victory for the defendant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Caroline Giacometti Prodgers
Southwark
Gunley
York Road
King’s Cross
Brighton
London Bridge
Paris Maids Kill for Fashion Dress in Deadly Passion
A Paris column recalls two brutal acts by lower‑class women. One maid strangled her mistress over a ball, then attended the dance. A younger maid, nineteen, admits murder to buy a new dress, illustrating deadly dangers of fashionable vanity.
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William Penn
Delaware
William
Penn
Leason
Clong
Lena
Vin
Tim
Tatfirm
Paris
Employment for the Mind as Intellectual Food Appeal
A persuasive appeal urges women to seek intellectual nourishment after daily routines. It equates good reading with material economy and happiness, arguing that subscription to a quality paper satisfies a vital craving for mental sustenance.
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V.C. Duclos & Co
Guy
Lichtenberger & Sons
New Furniture
Wilson Alsop
Main Street
Indiana
Thrall & Mumford’s
Jacob Breith
Wendel Schmitt
Merchant
Ind
baeGive
Postoffice
Lichten Berger & Sons
New Orleans
Thrall & Mumford's
Lichtenbe Enderger & Sons
Janlz
the Register
C.w.suater
Myr
Clarence Mellen
Mrs. Mellen
Clarence
Lulu Sparks
Clare
Grant’s
Ielen
Mary
Benedict
Charlotte
Darina Lorriz
London the Great
Tottenham
S Hampstead
Punch
Clapham
Metropolitan Railway
Paddington
Isle of Bogs
Poplar
Milwall
Tooley Street
Dockhead
London Omnibus Company
Cunard Company
Atlantic
Crystal Palace
Zoological Gardens
Kew Gardens
Sara
Davenport
Iowa
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