Desert War saga continues with Cleland fate revealed
In the Cairo interlude Adrienne Grieves and Col. Breynton learn Cleland may be alive or captured as Khalifa presses his faith test. Cleland endures a harsh confinement while Adrienne encounters Dr. Crawford Margaret, a Madagascar medical missionary, at dinner with Crombie and the royalist circle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleland
Paul Cleland
Khalifa
Rayburn
God
Mohammed
Ciceland
Addy
Adrienne
Ned
Hudl
Vanburgh
Mahmoud
Mr. Crombie
Mrs. Crombie
Doctor Grawford
Madagascar
Edinburgh
Margaret
Doctor Crawford
Lovers and Loyalties Under War Time Strain
Adrienne Breynton and Margaret Crawford mingle shock and secret longing as a wounded Major Rayburn battles typhoid. Amid tensions of duty and danger they seek allies for a dying man and a fragile friendship forms between two women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adrienne
Margaret
Dr. Cleland
Mrs. Breynton
Doctor Crawford
Ardienne
Mrs. Breyton
Major Rayburn
Philip Rayburn
Horse Mary Survives Siege By Eating Straw Mattress
A mare named Mary endured the Lady Smith siege with her master away. With fodder confiscated for military horses and no mealies, she survived by eating a ripped straw mattress and pillow contents. She recovered and is now well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladysmith
Mary
Chevreuil
A World Unto Themselves in Southern Appalachia
The article notes about two million people in the southern Appalachian mountains with Scotch Irish French Huguenot English and German ancestry. They remain largely isolated from outsiders and cherish their homes. It adds a claim that smallpox outbreaks are less marked when kept in rooms darkened with red curtains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appalachian Mountains
Local notes on residents amid Brandywine countryside
A fragmentary editorial notice lists residents and their activities around Carlisle and Embreeville, noting improvements in health and household skills. It mentions Minnie Means at New Town Centre, Pasquale Anderson and Ida Swallow near Weatchester in view of Chester County almshouse, Anna Kirtan near Media baking, Angelina View and Asenath Bishop planning a Mount Holly picnic, and Amy Dolphus from Ocean City reporting summer plans of twenty girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Indias
Carlisle
Minnie Means
Newtown Centre
Minnie
Pasquale Anderson
Ida Swallof
Embreville
Weatchester
Chester County
Anna Kirtan
Media
Kickapoo
Martha Cornsick
Angelina
Asenath Bishop
Mount Holly
Amy Dolphus
Ocean City
Indian School Girls Enjoy Beach and Ocean Bathing
The passage describes Indian School girls, including Bophia Americanhoree, swimming and socializing on the Strand at Ocean City. Miss Reasoner and Mrs. Dorsett are mentioned with companions. Annebuck notes the seashore’s appeal, while KokiHlook and Esanetuck bathe together, recalling their Alaska origins and improving language skills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlisle
Salt and its effect on food according to Ladies' Home Journal
The article warns that salt draws juices from beef and cucumbers, toughens fiber, and renders foods less digestible and nutritious. It notes salt acts similarly on fish and outlines two ways to view these changes, arguing it robs flesh of part of its food value without outright destroying it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Home Journal
Tea cultivation in the South aims to grow home grown tea in the United States
Dr. Shepard describes adapting English tea methods to American conditions after three years of trial. He reports sixty acres yielding $8,600 last year, with plans to expand and create employment across the South. He notes potential high grade green tea from seeds and a profitable black tea market, stressing a long lived hardy shrub and six month harvest season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
China
United States Department of Agriculture
South
South Atlantic
Gulf
Shepard
Dragon Pool
Hangchow
Dr. Shepard
Chicago Harbor Frees From Notable Shipping Mishaps
The article notes Chicago’s river harbor has unusually few serious shipping accidents despite its busy tonnage. It contrasts with New York Boston and Philadelphia where collisions are frequent, citing the Manitou and Mirella collision as a rare recent incident and attributing safety to navigational constraints and harbor layout.
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Chicago
Manitou
Mirella
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Bears Sought for National Zoo From Alaska Gulf
Dr Frank Baker of the Smithsonian sends Elwood Hofer a Yellowstone guide to catch one or more giant bears on Kodiak Island in the Gulf of Alaska for the National Zoological Park. Hofer will pursue the world’s largest bears to supply the zoo.
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Kadiak Gland
Gulf of Alaska
Pacific
Frank Baker
Smithsoniannstitution
Elwood Hofer
Yellowstone Park
National Zoological Park
Chicago
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Desert
H. B. Welsh
the Khalifa
Hent
Apies
Zareba
Adrienne Breynton
Cairo
Shepheard
Atbara
America
Gentlemen’s Restaurant
South Clark Street
Bill OF Park
Corps of Mechanics
Suburban Water and Light Co
Oak Park
Illinois
Austin
J. Dunfee & CO
Franklin ST
Corner
Washington
Rean
Victor J. Evans & CO
Evans Building
Washington, D. C
Austin and Oak Park
A. Hill
Chamber of Commerce
R. N. F. Hiller’s
North Park Avenue
Austin, Ill
Cornelia SL
North Park Ave
Frank Bratt
Proprieten
Ethe Anderson
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