Fran and Grace clash in Littleburg church feud
Fran clashes with Grace Noir over Fran's place in the Gregory household and church, while Abbott Ashton becomes entangled in the conflict. Grace intents to prove Fran is an impostor, Fran vows to challenge her, and the town watches as plans unfold with Hope, tension, and a looming school punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fran
Hamilton Gregory
Littleburg
Abbott Ashton
Gregory
Ashton
Takig
Sapphira Clinton
Robert Clinton
Grace Noir
Grace
Ian
Springfield
Bob Clinton
Miss Noir
Walnut Street Church
Mrs. Gregory
Mother
Miss Grace
Simon Jefferson
Tairs
Clintons
Professor Ashton
Simon
Tiger attack ends in comic escape for Bengal Lancer
A Bengal Lancer on furlough recounts a jungle encounter with a tigress who seized him and shook him unconscious. The tiger sneezed and roared as it fled, after an aromatic snuff box spilled its contents in the animal’s face, saving the officer from harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bengal Lancers
Fran plots against Grace Noir in schoolhouse snare
Abbott Ashton meets Fran after class in the public school as she plans to gain backing against Grace Noir. He praises Gregory as a protector while Fran rejects happiness with Miss Bull's students, hinting at deeper schemes tied to Grace Noir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fran
Grace Noir
Hamilton Gregory
Abbott Ashton
Abbott
Ambuscade in Chapter X of an Ambiguous Boarding House
The setting centers on Clinton Boarding House in Littleburg where Miss Sapphira Clinton maintains harsh control over transients to curb gaiety. The atmosphere shapes Bob Clinton’s temperament and influences Bo to keep sales steady amid a stern, somber environment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fran
Clinton
Littleburg
Sapphira Clinton
Bob
Grace Noir
Two bachelors confront a bill collector feud in the flat
Two men share a small East Nineteenth Street flat and joke about avoiding bills until a shot rings out. One wakes the other and confesses he killed a bill collector. The surviving bachelor quips about priced powder and expense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Nineteenth Street
Cleveland Plain
Pedigree Chick Breeding via In-House Record Keeping
Archie E. Vandervort explains labor intensive line breeding using trap nests and bantam hens to record hatchings. Chicks are toe marked, leg-banded, and kept in separate coops then ran together. pedigree trays in incubators separate eggs and chicks for precise records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archie E. Vandervort
Delaware County
N. Y
Early laying pullet from Ohio Agricultural College program
A single comb White Leghorn pullet laid her first egg at four months fourteen days, part of a group of 720 hatched together to study early maturity. The article details their feeding from day one to maturity and notes several pullets in the group began laying earlier than typical.
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Ohio College
Ohio Agricultural College
Yesterland
Duckling and Chick Warn Against Panic in Danger
A duckling freezes and becomes easy prey while a chicken stays alert, scampering to a hiding place at sounds of danger. The contrast highlights instinctive responses to threats.
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John Breckenridge Ellis
Young People’s Society
Ladies’ Aid
Missionary Society
Miss Sapphira
Son Tone
Sechends
Alan
Sapphira
Miss Bull
Sis
Isle
Ibbott
Robert
Illustrations BY
Irwin - Pmyer
Bobbs-Merrill CO
Snuff
Chicago
Fate
Pael
Dross
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