Irene Garland and the Man Who Resembled Rupert Carroll
Irene confesses she does not love Joe Taunton though he offers marriage and support. She realizes her true love is a married man who resembles Rupert Carroll, whom she glimpses later leaving a Chester Square house. Irene writes to Taunton and faces a dramatic end as a death in the household unveils a letter she feared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene Garland
Mr. Taunton
Phaeton
Joe
Algy Dessinger
Irene
Joe Taunton
Chatswell
Rupert Carroll
Monte Carlo
Rupert ‘‘Arroll
Rupert
Joseph Taunton
Old McGillup
London
Taunton
Eaton Square
Chester Square
Trene
Barker
Dietary Doctrines Spark From New York Journal
A medical editor criticizes rigid diet systems and group dining as elitist. The piece extols individual choice, mocks nomothetic dietary regimes, and defends carnivores, vegetarians, and raw meat adherents from coercive norms while urging tolerance for diverse eating habits.
Lady Garland Learns Taunton's Death and a Clever Ruse
Morning at Lady Garland's estate unfolds with bills for Irene's trousseau and a claim that Taunton will pay. A valet arrives to reveal Taunton died in his bed, sparking horror and disbelief amid a plot to charge the wedding garment to Irene. An anecdote shows Professor D Arcy Thompson using personal examination to reveal true knowledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garland
Irene
Trousseau
Taunton
Lady Garland
D’arcy Thompson
England
Arctic expedition danger and factory job fears mixed in dialogue
The exchange notes a man starting a factory job with many girls and fears of the work, while another remark ponders rising perils in arctic exploration as rivals might collide with snow balls and brickbals. The quotes, drawn from Cleveland Plain Dealer and Washington Star, reflect humor and risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Washington Star
Quotations and Quites Mix at Cleveland Leader Feature
A brief collection of quoted lines contrasts self love and envy with a Rochefoucault maxim. The exchange plays on neighborly ethics and self regard as a light editorial moment.
Practical method of establishing vineyard by L G Youngs
North East expert L G Youngs outlines grape growing practice for Concord and Delaware varieties. Emphasizes well drained elevated land, deep root spread, 600 and 500 vines per acre, early wiring at 30 and 54 inches, soft wire pruning aids, and summer cultivation. Markets via cooperative societies improving returns.
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L. G. Youngs
North East
Pennsylvania Horticultural Association
Shade Tree Planting Guide by J. W. Griffen
To select shade trees for lawns and avenues consider soil type hillsides and hilltops. Favor trees that retain foliage health and density and note suitable planting seasons. Details describe digging wide shallow holes, hoeing in soil and using straw mulch and careful root arrangement to ensure a strong first summer.
Papa Smith's Fury Tests Suitor in Family Standoff
Tommy Briggs presses Eva Smith for marriage as architect John Anderson Smith blocks the union with a torrent of insults. Eva reveals her affection, and a talking machine proposal backfires, ending with Smith saying the suitor must prove his wits and worth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Papa Smith
Annals of Business
John Anderson Smith
Turkey
Tommy Briggs
Cotillions
Tommy
Eva
Smith
Young Briggs
John Anderson
Miss Eva
Featherbrain Briggs
Express
Thomas Briggs
Profitable Wintering for Hogs and Pigs
Article by J W Inghaal advises wintering boars and brood sows in warm, dry quarters. Hogs thrive with hay, pumpkins, root crops, and small potatoes in cold weather, requiring protection due to thin hair. Emphasizes dry, warm housing and forethought for inexpensive winter feeds.
Changes in egg production with age in hens
Under normal conditions the egg producing organs enlarge with age. An old hen may lay a larger egg when she is a year or two old, especially if she is a heavy layer as a pullet.
Dance Forbidden by Uncle Sam Foe Saboba Fiesta
The piece notes the Saboba Indians near the Sierra Madre held a yearly fire dance ending in a burning pit ritual. Federal Indian Bureau bans the fiestas last year, ending a long tradition. The author urges preserving any seed from the practice for a future renewal.
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Uncle Sam
North America
Sierra Madre
California
Indian Bureau
United States
Old
Mount San Jacinto
Wide World Magazine
Tree The Poet Pleaded For In Gale Blown Tree Incident
News arrives that the beech tree in Campbell’s verse was blown over in a recent gale. The tree stood near the front of Ardwall House, Kirkcudbright, belonging to A. Mc Culloch. J. Nisbet reports the scene to a contemporary.
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Campbell
A. McCulloch
Ardwall House
Kirkcudbright
J. Nisbet
Little Boy Faces Suit Slogan From Suffragette
A visiting suffragette sighs that she would kiss every boy with a clean face. A tough lad replies that they keep their faces soiled to avoid the kiss as he flees down the alley.
Thackeray Story Told at Irchester Free Library Opening
The Hon. Sir E. Chandos Leigh recounted a Thackeray anecdote at the Irchester free library opening near Rushden. Leigh recalled Thackeray detesting flattery and described an encounter with a man who praised the author lavishly, with Thackeray quipping that the man paints as much in better as in oils.
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Thackeray
E. Chandos Leigh
K c
House of Commons
Irchester
Rushden
Westminster Gazette
Also Mentioned on This Page
First Post
New York Medical Journal
Fair Land
Sanatoria
Professor Thompson
Cleveland Leader
Rochefoucault
Pennsylvania
Delaware
J. W. Griffen
Waterloo
Associated Literary Press
House of Smith
Clan of Smith
Briggs
Eva Smith
Popper Smith
Tommy Smith
Soret
Oper
J. W. Inghaal
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