The Great Tontine Chapter at Guildford
In Guildford a two story street hosts Mrs Bulger the laundress and Polly Mattox as they plan uncovering Terence Finnigan. Miss Mary Chichester visits the aging servant at Portsmouth workhouse and learns he may be her father’s old ally though he does not recall her. The tale follows an inheritance tied to Finnigan and a planned return to London.
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Guildford
Mrs. Bulger
Terence Finnigan
Polly Gibson
Polly
Mr. Mattox
Portsmouth
Ma’ Ox
Mattox
Chichester
Pima Bolger
Emma
Deen
Finnigan
Balger
Seaport
Ringwood
London
Mary
Miss Chichester
Terence
Miss Mary
Lynne Wregis
Jack
Jack Phillimore
Pegram
Beatrice Phillimore
Phillimore
Robert Pegram
Ringwood Introduced to Mrs Lyne Wregis and Bea Gefen
Ringwood meets Mary at Victoria Road the next morning and is introduced to Mrs Lyne Wregis and Bea Gefen before Mary leaves to fetch her cloak.
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Ringwood
Victoria Road
Mary
Lyne Wregis
Bea- Gefen
Modern Life in Bible Lands Vineyards Near Hebron
The article describes Palestinian viticulture with grape varieties such as dabuky hamdang and sandally, ripening from May to October. It notes how fellahin women guard vineyards while singing lullabies, and mentions dried grapes sold as raisins to Jerusalem and Jaffa. It also covers fig trees, early and late varieties, and local guardhouses atop kasrs.
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Palestine
Eshcol
Hebron
Joshua
Caleb
Philip J. Baldensperger
Los Angeles Examiner
Jerusalem
Jaffa
Es-Salt
Ramoth
Gilead
Hebronites
Kasr
Isaiah
Israel
Ramallah
Small Barn Design for Village Residents and Stable Use
A compact barn and stable plan details one double horse stall used as a box stall, two single cow stalls with chained cows, harness room, milk shelves, medicine cabinet, ventilator, three grain bins, and a large carriage room. Exterior may vary to match nearby buildings with a cupola replacing the vent cap.
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Seberbad
Ehberpan
F. L. Marsh
Pineapple Chosen Over Melon By Bishop At Banquet
An anecdote from Speces Magazine recounts a London Church Congress banquet where a bald clergyman retrieved a dropped napkin. The bishop, distracted by his right-hand neighbor, noticed the bald pate at elbow level and quipped he would take pineapple instead of melon.
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Mctom
Church Congress
London
Yilear
Speces@ Magazine
Fire reported near schoolhouse with dancing youths
Witnesses describe a blaze near the schoolhouse as crowds of boys dance and yell nearby. Firefighters respond to the scene as residents watch from the street corners.
Farm Shop Layout and Tool Quality for Winter Work
The article argues every farm needs a workshop with a forge blacksmith and carpenter spaces, separated to avoid clutter and fire risk. It stresses buying good tools, a small stove for winter work, and orderly maintenance, plus using instruction books to train boys into capable mechanics. It adds that silage is vital for year round feed and cites Massachusetts data on milk cost with vs without silage.
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Massachusetts
Electric Farm Motor Used to Clean Poultry Feet
A Nevada man in the poultry business rigs a revolving brush powered by a small electric motor to wash the feet of newly killed fowls before shipment. The device showcases an innovative use of electric motors in farming practices.
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Nevada
Ion
Farm Aninals Increase Across United States 1909 Census
The Crop Reporting Board of the Bureau of Statistics from USDA reports January 1, 1909 animal totals rising overall. Horses up 648,000. mules 184,000. milch cows 626,000. other cattle down 694,000. sheep up 1,453,000. swine down 1,937,000. Value per head rises for horses, milch cows, and swine. overall animal value up to 4,525,259,000 from 4,331,230,000 in 1908, a 194,029,000 increase or 4.5 percent.
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Crop Reporting Board of Bureau of Statistics
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Corn Crop of 1908 Reaches Record Value and Size
The 1908 Indian corn crop totaled 2.643 billion bushels with an estimated value of 1.616 billion dollars. Prices are unusually high, with only 1881 and 1901 matching current farm prices. The 1907 gain pushed the total value well above prior records, reflecting a dramatic rise in agricultural wealth.
Packing the fleece in a simple tying box method
Instructions describe laying the fleece on a table head first then roll and tie with a rope through a wooden tying box. Wool buyers prefer the fleece loose light to handle and elastic and easily opened if needed. Hours of labor on farm show nine hours daily in summer and four to five in winter per Prof Boss.
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Prof
Boss
Minnesota Agricultural College
Bailey
Roosevelt Farm Life Commission
Ma'am
Baldwin Apple Origins and Legacy Highlighted
The first Baldwin apple tree grew from a chance seedling on a farm near Lowell Massachusetts around 1740. Col Baldwin later cultivated it in 1784 and named the variety. The original tree survived past 1817 and helped establish the Baldwin as a premier apple variety.
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Baldwin
Lowell
Mass
Col. Baldwin
Wisconsin corn gains through patient breeding raise yields
Prof. R. A. Moore states that careful corn breeding boosted Wisconsin average from 25 bushels per acre in 1901 to 41.2 bushels per acre in 1907, a gain he urges be pursued in every state and on every farm.
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R. A. Moore
Wisconsin
Chronology of events from early American history and world notes
A dense chronology lists events from 1683 to 1906, noting colonial charters, congresses, state formations, disasters, political shifts, and institutional inaugurations. It references sites like Philadelphia and New Orleans, figures such as Theodore Roosevelt and Gladstone, and incidents including the Haymarket riot and Matanza bombardment.
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New
Williaw Penn
Coire
Congress
New York City
America
Massachusetts
King
Magland
Philadelphia
Harper’s Ferry
Navy Department of the United States
North West Territory
France
Charles TY
Spain
Bonaparte
Theological Seminary
Andover
Mass
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
The
New York Herald
Calabria
Charleston
Henry Clay
Baltimore
Smithsonian Institution
United States
Napoleon III
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Haway Smart
Modern Life IN
Bible Lands
Ogate
Peeve
Queen Victoria
India
Gladstone
Great Britain
Canadian Pacific Railroad
James G. Blaine
Haymarket
Chicago
Lord Stanley of
Preston
Canada
Patrick H. Cronin
Oklahoma
New Dominion
Lord Stanley
Vaughn Library
Ashland
Wis
Charles
New Orleans
Theodore Roosevelt
Board of Police Commissioners
Bhah
Persia
Haldissera
Abyssinia
Adigrat
Gottonwood
Guthrie
Atlantic & Pacific Railroad
Gallup
N. M
Mackenzie Bowell
Admiral Sampson
Matangan
Cuba
United States Supreme Court
Jacksonville
Via
St. Louis
Choate
Andrew Carneg
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