The Red Storm Of the Days of Daniel Boone
A siege at Boonesborough unfolds as Boone and his men plan a combined assault on the Indian fortifications. Women brave the enemy to fetch water, while Logston and Ballard plot escape schemes amid plots of treachery and alliance with a captive maiden Innis McKee.
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Miocen
Reynolds
Boonesborough
Boone
North Carolina
Logston
Joel
Mr. Maine
Matilda Fleming
Elizabeth Boone
Eliza Ballard
Joel Logston
McKee
Ballard
Silas Girty
Mrs. Mc
Sach
Innis
Inos McKee
Ballard Captured in Cave by McKee and Girty Ally
Ballard tracks a hidden cave where he is ambushed by McKee and two women. He is knocked unconscious and bound as McKee vows to finish him, while Ballard identifies his captors as Girty’s allies and anticipates Girty’s arrival.
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Ballard
Kenton
Norwood
Kentucky
Allan
Boonesborough
McKee
Silas Girty
Girty
The Kowtow as Court Etiquette in Imperial China
An excerpt from Katharine A. Carn's In the Court of the Empress Dowager describes the kowtow as a formal gesture of thanks in Chinese court life. Performers and officials bow thrice, kneeling and touching the ground thrice, used at the start and end of theater acts and audience interactions.
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Katharine A. Carn
Newlywed dinner critique in lighthearted quip
The Philadelphia Press notes Mia reveals she cooked dinner alone to her husband. He responds with a teasing remark that the nuts and raisins weren’t half bad, highlighting a playful exchange after a meal.
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George
Mia
Philadelphia Press
Poems on the free list stir editor reader
A would be poet admits his name is on the free list with no future contributions. An ochre mine near Seaside Oregon reportedly yields rubies and diamonds. Mrs Theodore Roosevelt accepts honorary vice president post with the State Mothers Assembly of New York.
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Necanicum
Seaside
Theodore Roosevelt
State Mothers’ Assembly of
New York
Fattening Fowls Crate Details at Ontario Agricultural College
A described fattening crate measures 6 feet 6 inches long 18 to 20 inches high and 16 inches wide. It holds three compartments each for four to five birds, with slats 1 4 inches wide and five eighths inch thick. Front slats run vertical two inches apart for feeding access. Bottom slats set three fourths inch apart to permit drainage.
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Ontario Agricultural College
The Fattening Crate and Butter Making Methods
Instructions on building and using a chicken coop with a trough feeding system and guidance on churning cream into butter. Details include milk standing times, warming, souring, adding new milk, stirring, and salting to improve butter yield in cold weather. Sources emphasize temperature control and frequent stirring to produce sweet solid butter.
Starting a Flower Garden For Beginners In Spring
Starting a flower garden in spring helps amateurs avoid common mistakes. Sow showy annuals in indoor boxes or pots now with proper drainage and light, using light topsoil, watering as needed, and transplanting only strong seedlings later. Draw attention to varieties like agariums and verbenas for best results.
Muzzle Training for Horses and Profitable Cow Rations
Farmers are advised on humane horse muzzles to prevent nibbling on crops with step by step construction using canvas and twine. The article also presents practical cow rations including a balanced mix of clover hay corn meal and cottonseed meal and variations using alfalfa cowpea hay or hay substitutes with emphasis on cost efficiency and experimentation.
Fence Breaking Swine DeviceQuickly Corrects Habit
A device is described to deter swine from scaling or breaking fences. It is noted to be effective with minimal explanation required and promises rapid results in correcting this behavior. Two examples or variations are implied.
Practical Livestock Practices From an Old Farm Bulletin
Instructions on hog restraint with rings and straps, dehorning timing for cattle, and manure hauling to fields. Emphasizes early spring dehorning, fast healing, and direct field spreading to improve soil and reduce fly risk.
Illinois strawberry grower reports costs and yields per acre
A leading Illinois grower says farming costs reach 40 per acre while each acre yields 100 to 200 crates, netting about 1 per crate. Demand favors Warfield variety for long distance shipping, with Dunlap and Tennessee Prolific also popular in the area.
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Illinois
Trumpet Call Tone in Ram’s Horn Sermon
A sermon excerpt argues religious authority must connect with personal experience. It warns against harsh judgments, stresses bearing afflictions for growth, and urges kindness toward neighbors while critiquing boastful scams and unearned brains.
Fakes and scams fooling collectors across time
Andrew Lang cites frauds that deceive collectors and artists, from glue on a dollar bill schemes to fake antiquities. Cases include a Vienna repair scam on a cherished enamel box, a gem recut to imitate age, a Dalmatian scholar fooled by a false crucifix, and lead coins dated with anachronistic Arabic numerals. Museums are not immune.
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Andrew Lang
Independent
Vienna
Mender
Turkey
Dalmatia
Digging the Canal Shovels Delayed by Odd Cargo
Panama canal officials sent to the United States for steam shovels and supplies, but the shipment arrived with night robes, suit cases, delicate china, and tea sets. Officials said the items were needed for entertaining and visiting, with steam shovels arriving on a later steamer.
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United States
Colon
Panama
Maiden Speech Sparks Blushes at Wedding Toast
A bridegroom in a wedding feast tale blushes through a hesitant maiden speech after being called to respond. He admits unpreparedness while touching the bride and awkwardly states the toast has been thrust upon him. Neighbors later learn how much jewelry and silverware a woman keeps at home after a burglary.
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le Burglat
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