Ghostly confession on a New Ireland island ordeal
On a Pacific island in 1854 a German and an Englishman read a long sworn confession by David Leighan of Devonshire. Leighan details his hated uncle’s greed, mortgage tactics, and a murder drive prompting flight from England to New York and beyond. The German supervises the formal signing as Leighan fears pursuit and a ghostly visitation.
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London
New Ireland
Islands
Robinson Crusoe
England
Ther
Pacific Ocean
David Leighan
Challacombe
Devonshire
Daniel Leighan
Canadas
David
Murderous tale of theft and murder on the moonlit road
The narrator recalls striking a man who had ruined him and murdered him to reclaim land. He fears hanging if found, robs the victim of money and a box of papers, and flees toward an open moor aiming to hide the bag and its contents while preserving the theft as a robbery. He plans Plymouth escape and concealment of the loot.
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Gratnor
Watercourt
Harry Rabjohns
Grandfather Derges
Bovey Tracey
Newton-Abbot
Bristol
Plymouth
Falmouth
Church Yard
Widdicombe
Mark Youy
Ashburton
Heytree
Tale of Orange Blossom Wedding Legend
An African king gifts a Spanish orange tree to a king, its blossoms famed in court. A gardener’s daughter receives a spray, an ambassador offers dowry for a branch, and the bride adorns her hair with another fragment. The tale links orange blossom to bridal fortune and warns of treachery. The maxim says a man is rich in what he can let alone.
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Spain
Practical Cow Stall Plan and Farm Care Tips
Practical cow stall design features a ditch back, adjustable fencing, front feed box, and three foot six inch partitions to keep cows separated. Additional notes cover corn field care, horse cooling hats, poultry yard sanitation, and brief biographical mentions of Griscom, Schaeffer, and Van Hise with career highlights.
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H. C. Eckert
Pacific Homestead
Balanced Farm Rations Boost Dairymen Profit
The Washington Department of Agriculture recommends farmers bulletin No 22 on feeding farm animals. It provides balanced ration tables and digestibility data. Request a copy from the Secretary of Agriculture Washington DC to improve protein crops and profits.
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Department of Agriculture At
Washington
Farmers’ Bulletin No
Secretary of Agriculture
Washington, DC
Silver Laced Wyandotte Show Bird Description
Type of silver Laced Wyandotte noted for strong breast and body lacing but light neck and saddle. Bred and owned by . Mw an A TAIN' with a high scoring potential despite an awkward stance.
Silver Laced Wyandotte Prize Mentioned at Boston Show
John C. Jodrey of Massachusetts won a prize at the Boston show with Silver Laced Wyandotte, a breed popular among Western poultry enthusiasts who do not fully endorse the Eastern breeder type.
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John C. Jodrey
Massachusetts
Boston
Whine or the Market for Market Gardeners
Market garden column notes that farmers must supply what customers want to fetch cash. It emphasizes balancing high ideals with practical demand and hints at market whims and variances observed in local markets.
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Exchange
Calves in Groups for Uniform Market Weights
Farmers' Review advises grouping calves when a large herd is raised for beeves to achieve uniform size weight and finish for carload lots. If few cattle, split into spring and fall groups for easier care and regularity.
Garden Hints for Better Yields in a Market Garden
Garden hints emphasize soil stirring and continuous effort. Sow winter beets rutabagas and turnips while keeping weeds out of strawberries. Hoe lima beans train on poles and layer squash vines with fresh earth to deter borers. Early tomatoes need side branches trimmed and stakes or trellis support. Watch melon bugs and dust vines with tobacco or cover with netting. After harvest the soil should be deeply dug and fertilized for a new crop.
Bjork Re-elected Leader of Swedish Mission Convent
Rev Dr Carl A Bjork, re-elected president of the Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Mission Convent of America, organized the first convent in 1885 and now leads over 20 000 members and 180 churches with missions in Alaska and China. He heads North Park College and the convent hospital. Born 1837 in Linderås Småland Sweden. James E Hyde Lincoln city treasurer, 62, longtime municipal officer. Landis Castro, father of Kansas City baseball team, Venezuelan native educated at Manhattan College, New York.
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Lloyd
McKinley
Mr. Griscom
Constantinople
Porte
Sultan
Dominions
Griscom
Persia
Tokio
Grimson
Minister Griscom
New Jersey
Clement A. Griscom
International Mercantile Marine Company
Carl A. Bjork
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Mission Convent of America
Alaska
James E. Hyde
Lincoln
Neb
Landis Castro
Kansas City
Venezuela
Republic
Manhattan College
New York
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Lis
Sir Walter Besant
Germspound
California
Vid Leighan
Baron Sergius von Holstein
St. George
New Britain
W. B. Anderson
Indianapolis News
Horse's
Nathan C. Schaeffer
National Educational Association
Atlantic States
Pennsylvania
Franklin and Marshall College
Lancaster
Schaeffer
Theological Seminary
The
German Reformed Church
Berlin
Tuebingen
Leipzig
Keystone State Normal School
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Charlies
Richard van Hise
University of Wisconsin At Madison
Lving
van Hise
Fulton
Wis
Wisconsin University
la Follette
Tain
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