The Fencers Mark and a Mysterious Duel
An American recalls studying in Heidelberg and Paris, witnessing M Brisson’s school duel with Victor Morrel, a famed yet despised French swordsman. Years later Morrel’s mark on a coat ties to a Paris murder, leading to a Marseilles arrest and Morrel’s conviction for the deadly crime.
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Heidelberg
Paris
America
M. Brisson
Brisson
Victor Morrell
France
Walter Douglas
Europe
New York
Cherbourg
Mentone
Douglas
Somme
Morrel
M'Sieu
M’sieu
Victor Morrel
M. Morrel
Marseilles
PLAN OF COW STALL FOR DAIRYING PRACTICE
A detailed guide by E. C. Eckert in Pacific Homestead outlines a cow stall design. It covers fencing to direct cows to the ditch, movable side barriers, a narrow feed box, a ten inch top edge, a six foot six inch platform length, a three foot high slanting manger with an eight inch feed opening, and three foot six inch wide cow partitions. The hay manger runs full length, allowing long fodder distribution, and the platform should slope at least two inches from manger to ditch.
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E. C. Eckert
Pacific Homestead
Government Creameries at Calgary Power Western Butter Trade
The Dominion Government operates 18 creameries across Assiniboia Saskatchewan and Alberta including Calgary, Yorkton, Moose Jaw and Regina to supply over a million pounds of butter annually. Private and municipal partners share construction, with a sinking fund and four cent per pound charge to farmers to cover operations.
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Dominion Government
Assinaboia
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Territories
Agricultural Department
Federal
Western Territories
Churchbridge
Saltorates
Yorkton
Moosomin
Whiteford
Grenfel
Qu’Appelle
Regina
Moose Jaw
Maple Creek
Saskatoon
Prince Albert
Calgary
Olds
Innisfail
Red Deer
Tindastoll
Wetaskiwin
Strathcona
Fort Saskatchewan
Weights for Barn Use by Quart Measurements
The Connecticut Experiment Station provides quart weights for feeds to help farmers feed by weight. It lists per quart weights: cottonseed meal 1.5 lb, linseed meal 1.1 lb, gluten meal 1.7 lb, gluten feed 12 lb, coarse wheat bran 0.5 lb, coarse wheat middlings 0.8 lb, fine middlings 1.1 lb, mixed wheat feed 0.6 lb, cornmeal 1.5 lb, oats 1.2 lb, rye bran 0.6 lb, H O dairy feed 0.7 lb, Victor corn feed 0.7 lb.
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H. O
Victor
Connecticut Experiment Station
Feeding Value of Apples for Dairy Cattle
A Massachusetts dairyman fed low grade apples to an almost dry cow, starting with two quarts twice daily and increasing to about one bushel daily. Milk yield rose from four to six quarts per day, showing apples can be profitable feed when forage is scarce.
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Massachusetts
Washing and Working Butter Guide
Instructions for butter making emphasize washing off buttermilk twice or until clear, salting to taste, and a three to four hour rest before reworking and packing. The process aims for thorough salt permeation and uniform moisture, with warnings against salting too early. Key watchwords are cleanliness and uniformity.
Government dairy stations pay advances on butter and eggs
The government runs creamery stations paying farmers monthly advances of 10 cents per pound in summer and 15 cents in winter for butter, with total returns around 17 to 18 cents per pound after deductions. Eggs receive 10 cents per dozen with an average 17 cents. sales occur in Canada and abroad with by products supporting farmer credits.
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British Columbia
Kootenay
Klondike
Northwest Mounted Police
Western Canada
Calgary
Picturesque fourteenth century cottage in Tintagel sought as national curiosity
An illustration portrays a fourteenth century house in Trevena Tintagel Cornwall with heavy slate roof and thick walls built to withstand Atlantic gales. The plan includes a large sitting room open to the roof a two roofed kitchen and caretaker space, a gallery likely used for sleeping and three small bedrooms. Roof timbers are darkened by age and smoke.
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England
Trevena
Tintagel
Cornwall
Parish Clerk Confuses Hymn During Sermon After Honeymoon
An English clergyman, newly married to a wealthy dowried young woman, returns with great expectations. On the first Sunday back, he leads the hymn, but misreads the fifth verse and blurts out a mixed line, causing confusion among his rustic congregation.
Verse Recital Sparks Hymnbook Verse Clash
A church gathering sparked a verse-by-verse reading clash as attendees recited different lines from a hymn book. Some began with the sixth verse while others quickly read the fifth verse about gratitude and blessings.
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Mately
Parth's Shape and Earth's Polar Distortions
The article discusses determining Earth's shape via pendulum measurements in Antarctic expeditions. It notes polar flattening with the south pole slightly farther from Earth's centre than the north, by about one hundredth.
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Antarctic
Popular Science Monthly
South Polar
Equator
North Polar
South Pole
North Pole
An Fasar on Happiness Resolves Into One Rule
An essay on happiness concludes with a single rule: pay all bills promptly. It emphasizes punctual payments as a path to personal contentment and financial steadiness.
Long Tailed Chicks Arrive in New York from China
A new breed of chickens with twelve foot tails has arrived in New York from China. They are kept in cages with attendants who hold up the long feathers during exercise. The hens lay thirty eggs annually, hatched by other hens.
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New York
China
Woman Receives Diamond Ring Allegedly From Man
Fragmentary text hints at a woman receiving a diamond engagement ring from a man named Jolicer Farrer, with unclear surrounding details and roles for Susie-Pepa and others.
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Susie
Pepa
Jolicer Farrer
Scorched Linen Care From A Simple Sunlight Remedy
A home guide advises on treating scorched linen from an overheated iron. Soak in lukewarm water, apply lemon juice, sprinkle salt, and lay the fabric in sunshine to bleach and restore whiteness.
The Wood by the Sea Poem Highlight in The Canadian Magazine
Duncan Campbell Scott’s poem The Wood by the Sea appears as the second part in The Canadian Magazine December issue. The piece contrasts sea imagery with an ancient pine wood leaning toward the ocean, evoking a restless, spiritual mood that many readers will admire.
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Duncan Campbell Scott
Mr. Scott
Woman vanishes, husband seeks missing wife in news tale
Mrs. Peck reads of a case where a woman packed the furniture and left home while her husband worked away. Henry, hopeful, recalls how papers influence women, sensing a possible glimpse of solution or change.
Women at Golf and the Case for Athletic Hope
The piece argues golf tournaments promote healthy outdoor exercise for women, making them robust and happy, while acknowledging claims of jealousy cheating and household disruption. It rejects the notion that women lack responsibility, asserting history shows capable female agency.
Name Change: Ernest Seton Thompson Adopts Pseudonym
The author explains his name will be kept as Ernest Seton Thompson or Seton Thompson. He notes ten brothers once agreed to a legal name change, but scattered worldwide, the step was not completed. He says Seton is correct, but accepts Seton-Thompson, remaining linked to his animal writing.
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Ernest Seton
Thompson
Seton
Seton-Thompson
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