Valley schemes and romance in Cardigan saga
Shirley Sumner mucks through family power plays in the Cardigan valley saga. Bryce Cardigan faces debt and social peril as Colonel Pennington eyes a timber deal while John Cardigan plots a discreet railroad build to counter Pennnington. Moira McTavish’s devotion and Shirley’s calculated gamble thread a tense inland drama of love, loyalty, and big business.
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Ion
Shirley
Bryce Cardigan
Pennington’s Woods
Bryce
Pennington
Njar
Valley of the Giants
Giants
Knickerbockers
Moira McTavish
Moira
Meira
Cardigan
Shirley Sumner
John Cardigan
Old Cardigan
Cardigans
Tll
Granta
Mr. Bryce
Pennington Haa
Molt
Molina
Cardigan Medwood Lumber Company
Shirley Mang
Thelma
Smarty Cardigan
Seth
Squaw Creek
Uncle Seth
Andlot
Moore
Judge
Superior Court
Michaelmas Customs and a Queen's Goose Feast
Fragmentary notes describe Michaelmas customs with birds and winged creatures, including farmers scattering grain for geese to honor luck. It recalls Queen Elizabeth dining on Michaelmas goose as news of the Armada arrived and muses whether these practices are harvest traditions or tied to saintly symbolism.
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Lincolnshire
Yorkshire
Elizabeth
Michael
England
Michaelins
San Francisco
Preachers' Sons in Collier's Weekly View
Melville B E states many preachers' sons are unfairly scrutinized by congregations yet seldom prove to be dishonorable. He notes few black sheep, asserting most are high minded and respected citizens despite high expectations and constant observation.
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Melville
Collier's Weekly
An Exception Man Conquering All But Human Nature
A pithy assessment notes that an Exception Man appears able to subdue forces that bind and limit him, yet cannot alter human nature itself, reflecting on limits of power and character in society.
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Chicago Daily News
Birds Speak Like Humans Better Than Parrot In Speech
The text notes that crows ravens and magpies speak more like humans than parrots though less versatile. A crow in the next room may sound almost human while parrots excel at imitation such as whistling and laughter, though their speech can seem wild or odd.
Nose of a Notary by Esmond About and Digby on Sympathy
A compiled reminiscence recounts a tale of an Italian nobleman who loses part of his nose in a duel and undergoes grafts from a slave and later his own arm to restore the appearance. The story contrasts vanity with charity, urging that lives be spent on communal betterment rather than self advancement.
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Fludd
Rosicoudan
Naples
Esmond About
Kenelm Digby
Yesterda
Farm Prices Across Cities Highlight Corn and Potato Rates
Asheville and nearby towns report farm prices for corn at around 2 dollars a bushel, wheat near 2.50, oats about 1.20, Irish potatoes 6 dollars per cwt, and sweet potatoes around 1.35 to 2.00 per unit. Charlotte listings show Irish potatoes at 11 dollars per bag and sweet potatoes 1.76 per bushel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
Charlotte
Gastonia
Scotland Neck
Prices of Butter Eggs Poultry and Hogs Across Cities
A compilation of commodity prices from Asheville Gastonia Raleigh and Charlott e Country butter creamery butter eggs spring chickens hens dressed hogs country hams and related values listed per pound or per dozen or per hundredweight. Figures vary by city with butter ranging roughly 50 to 70 cents per pound eggs from 25 to 50 cents per dozen and hogs priced around 20 to 24 dollars per hundredweight.
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Asheville
Gastonia
Goldsboro
Raleigh
Scotland Neck
Peach Production Peaks as 1919 Harvest Approaches
A government study shows farm peach production in 1918 at 4 million bushels rising to an estimated 50 million in 1919. Commercial crops over 1917–1919 hovered around 20 million bushels annually, with California and Georgia as leading producers. The five-year average places California top in yield, Georgia strong in fresh shipments, and Arkansas, Texas, and Missouri following in state rankings.
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Bureau of Plant Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Iolaho
California
Georgia
Arkansas
Texas
Missouri
Prices in New York Cotton Market May 6 1920 and local notices
The report lists cotton price differentials for New York deliveries on May 6 1920 across grades from middling to strict low middling with several off middling adjustments. It also covers the Close of Federation Convention in Charlotte with events, a Davidson bond issue vote, Red Springs chamber organization, and a humorous domestic exchange excerpt.
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Secretary of Agriculture
New York
Davidson
James Lee Sloan
John L. Douglas
Why Some Trees Don’t Bear Fruit
Reasons trees fail to bear fruit include variety age and vigor. Jonathan apples may bear in five years while Northern Spy can take seven. Some trees blossom yet fruit is absent due to spray injury and poor vigor. Adverse weather and high winds hinder pollination leading to no fruit.
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Jonathan
Arrange to Spray Orchard for Higher Crop Yields
The old orchard can be placed on a paying basis with improved 1920 crop yields if the farmer works on his trees. Plans should include four spraying sessions at a cost of up to 70 cents per tree. Sprayed orchards of good varieties may yield 8 to 20 percent on a $1,000 acre valuation, while unsprayed ones typically fail as hog pastures.
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Pennington
Bryce
Sequoia
Grant's Pass
Ore
John Cardigan
Buck Ogilvy
Buck
San Francisco
Jelaine
Care required in orchard keeps trees at their best
The passage stresses that fruit trees need careful intelligent care from planting through maturity. It warns against assuming trees will grow without attention and underscores ongoing maintenance to ensure healthy fruit bearing and peak quality.
Orchard Planting and Care Guidance for Fruit Trees
Provides practical horticulture advice on planting slopes or hilltops, pruning heights for peaches plums apples and pears, spraying and crop insurance, and windbreaks. Recommends early acquisition of equipment and materials and advises maintaining safe distances from forests to protect fruit crops.
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Peter B
Cappy Ricks
Peter B.scyne
Sal
Bryce Cardigans
Miss Shirley
Suia Gregory
Honduras
Monduras
Nienengna
Gregory
Golden Gate Hotel
Cal
Ste Pomp
Willow
Honor
North Carolina
Wilmington
Wrtd
Carolna Federation of Women's Clubs
Israel Dorman
Baltimore
Thomas G. Winter
North Carolina General Assembly
Mrs. Jones
Jones
Tongs
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