Fairy godmother comes to Mollie in wartime home
Mollie, living in a cluttered cottage with Aunt Drusilla gone, befriends an elderly visitor who becomes her fairy godmother. The woman, Martha Manton, seeks a new start and helps Mollie find companionship and hope as a soldier’s return reshapes their quiet life.
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Molle
Mollie
Elere
Drusilla
Rollie
Drusilla Wentworth
Martha Manton
Molle Sid
Mollfe
Prince
Antrigate French Trench and Dugout Revoltary Officers
Grand Duchesses stay under tight guard while Alexis, known as Alfoscha, enjoys limited public outings. Grand Duchess Alga volunteers at a Siberian hospital and Grand Duchess Marie learns stenography to aid memoirs. The former czar's life is confined to a single window view as he pens nothing and sinks into melancholy.
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Alexis
Egnrevitch
Prince Alexis
Alfoscha
Caver’ Te Hkes
Jend
Ufe
Alga
Siberia
Grand Duchess
Marie
Prevbajen
Life in Exile of Nicholas Romanov and Family at Tobolsk
The former imperial family is confined in Tobolsk with minimal comforts. Nicholas Romanov and his wife live in a small brick house under guard, vents closed, with limited meals and weekly baths. They may attend mass, and see two officials, while Alexandra endures anger over restricted correspondence and separation from Crimea.
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Paris
Romanoffs
Tobolsk
Romanoff
Exezar
Nicholas Romanoff
Cathedral of the Annunciation
Revolutionary
Count Frederiks
General Voyekov
Crimea
Mule Balts At Lemon Pie In Greenwich Ave Scoop
A local mule disrupts a Round Hill dairy wagon by snatching lemon pies from Conklin's bakery delivery. The incident occurs as the driver takes a breakfast break, leaving the morsel-craving animal to raid the rear of the wagon. Wealthy locals reportedly go without rations unless lemon pies were ordered.
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Conti
Conklin
Food Administration
Round Hill
Greenwich Avenue
Propaganda Rumors Cut Deep in Britain During War
A British audience confronted a wave of German propaganda rumors spread in clubs, restaurants, theaters, and trains. Tales claimed vast gold bribes to Berlin and a sinking American transport, with other stories about Woolwich workers and Highland regiments clashing, all debunked as false and sensational.
Brutal Huns Atrocities Reported Near Ploughestreert Wood
Descriptions of indescribable brutality by German troops emerge from a village near Ploughestreert Wood. Sergeant A Good of the Seaforth Highlanders, wounded in action, recalls a hut with a dead woman crucified on a wall and a three year old child impaled on a hook. He notes renewed fighting and casualties after the village was briefly lost and retaken. Also mentioned are Isabelle Gilzean, Kansas City office girl excelling at Missouri Pacific, and a note on grandmother mortality trends early in baseball season.
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San Francisco
France
Seaforth Highlanders
Ploughestreert Wood
A. Good
Highlanders
America
Goad
Repike
Kansas
City
Isabelle Gilzean
Missouri “Pacific ” Railway
Boston Cuts Birth Cost to Twenty Five Dollars
In Boston the price of birth services is set at 25 dollars through pre natal and obstetrical clinics led by Hooverization well Putnam, the only woman president of the American Association for the Early Roe Breve tion of Infant Mortality, offering eight exams, nurse assistance, and postnatal follow up until full recovery. Cleveland veteran F Adams, age 82, has quit tobacco after starting at age ten.
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Boston
Cleveland
F. Adams
Simple gifts in the house where good men dwell
Poem-like fragment invoking rest and hospitality with mentions of fire water and welcoming gifts in a dwelling noted for good men.
Practical Ways To Use Chicken Leftovers And Cheese
The article suggests economizing with large chickens, using bones for soup, meat in salads or stuffing, and emphasizes cheese as a nutritious economical alternative. It offers recipes for Cornmeal Muffins, Coconut Indian Pudding, and Fig and Nut Pudding, with steps and substitutions for each.
Beauty of the House Quote On Contentment and Hospitality
A traditional saying highlights the home as a place of contentment hospitality and godliness. It emphasizes that spiritual grace is the crown of the household.
Rabbit Cooking Techniques and Dishes from Early Guides
The text details rabbit selection by age using the paw as an indicator, and describes preparation methods such as rabbit fricassee and rabbit with carrots. It includes leftover fish luncheon ideas, a tea crust with mustard and lemon, and a method for sealing scallop shells with buttered crumbs.
Uneven Justice in Labor Strife Reflects Government Tactics
The dialogue portrays a German government threatening workers who refuse to work, while a suburban observer laments injustice and notes the risk of legal consequences for similar actions at home. The excerpt contrasts state coercion with personal fear of law.
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Mr. Urban
Suburb
TERSEY IS HEAVY PRODUCER
Jersey cows show rising milk yield with tests rising each year. By May 1917 the number producing over 50 pounds of butterfat monthly reached 487, while current records list 500 cows at or above 60 pounds per month equaling 750 pounds per year.
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Jerseys
Jersey
Treatment of Kicking Cow in Dairy Milking Practices
Care and patience can cure a kicking cow with proper methods. One method uses a looped rope around the body to restrict movement, the cow may jump but will stop once trapped. A second method hobbling behind the udder risks the person tying the rope, and both methods depend on repeated application to calm milking.
Fixed industry shifts dairy calves toward beef and dairy use
The farm dairy is becoming a fixed industry with a tendency to raise calves for dairy purposes or sell them for dairy use. Better calves are fed into baby beef as feed and circumstances allow.
Warm Water Costs Less When Fed by Heat Sources
The text argues cows save money when water is warmed by external heat sources like wood or coal rather than letting cows burn calories to heat the water inside their bodies. It suggests external heating reduces feed needs and overall costs.
Shorthorns for Milk Versus Beef Type Debated
A reader asks which dairy Shorthorns can be milk producers. The piece notes some Shorthorns excel at dairy yet insist the breed cannot be a dairy type without losing beef traits, likening it to trying to turn a trotter into a Belgium horse.
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Belgium
Farmer- dairyman plans calf-replacement program
A farmer and dairyman intends to raise one calf each year to replace aging stock. He notes bedding with ample straw keeps calves comfortable and absorbs urine, as nearly half of plant nutrients in manure are excreted in urine.
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Tysa
Western Newspaper Union
Natischiine
Aisncey
Alexandra
Britain
Berlin
London
Great Britain
London Tower
George
Great—Britain
Woolwich Arsenal
Black Watch
Association
Tersey
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