Millport ring promise and a wealth-mad farmer’s oath
In a rural saga a thrifty farmer Enoch Marrish plots to wed Patience Hackthorn while his rival, Stephen Thirlow, falls for Patience and buys a plain gold ring engraved with Love will find out the way. Stephen, now hopeful, travels from Hunchester to Leys Croft amid a war looming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pable
Costisren
Millport
Blackthorn
Leys Croft
Hell
Sethe
Hanchester
Prestons
Darling
Stephen
Marrish
Digbys
Guinea
Weistead
Am Blackthorn
Jove
Legs
Enoch Marrish
Passion
Leys
Radigat
Stephen Thirlow
Enoch
Tam
Providence
Market Aaiz
Tim
England
Hunchester Road
Shell
Patience
Levi Croft
Dick Blackthorn
Prestons & Harlow
Harlow
Westgate Street
the Cross
Old Boney
Ven Plains
Viny
Fate
Patience Blackthorn
Patience Blackthors
Welstead
Haglissman
Oely
Miscellany items from old newspapers blend curiosities
A collage of antiquated notes covers early Kansas orchard lore, private papers transport, insanity cases in the Mellick family, a fatal sword swallowing incident, a breach of promise suit in Scotland, remarks on lecture writings, roller skate patents, French land sale customs, a tale of a chasing dog mistaken for a mad hound, and a Wilmington area anecdote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Melick
Tribune
Scotland
Luly
J.G. Bourke
U. S.A
Wilna
Niblo’s
Sien
Clso
England
M. F
Graphic
A Heroine in La Traviata Fire Incident
Emma Abbott gained presence of mind during a death scene in La Traviata when a red flannel grate ignited. A servant tore away the fire from around the candle, a doctor tried to smother flames with a shawl, and Abbott rose to extinguish the blaze with a sword, bowing to the audience before resuming her dying role as the curtain fell. An Arkansas Traveler anecdote about the incident follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Abbott
Miss Abbott
Bonesett County
Fort Worth
Arkansaw
Soil fertility and manure use in farming practice
The article argues keeping soil fertility is crucial to farm profitability. It discusses crop rotation, selling products, and converting outputs into animal products to sustain soil nutrients. It covers saving and applying manure, urine collection, and the shift from composting to direct soil application. It notes manure benefits as mulch, top dressing for wheat, and the role of commercial fertilizers.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Setrother Bros
TY BE
Francillon
Gurat
Eanes Dios
Arc
France
Hinesville (Ga
Heroine
Cincinnaté Enquirer
GIS
Ross & Cish, Physicians and Surgeons
Broadway
Hawk & Gleissner
M. Hunter
Ors
Prom
Grovir & Hunter
W. P. Seeds
Alene
Stambaugh & Hurd
Attorneys AT Law
Abilens
J.B Bonebrake Res
W. B. Dryer
Cash First National Bank
Abilene Bank
GM Lebold
J. Mfisher
Serest
Propri
A. Heres
Cussler
Lebold, Fisher & Co., Bankers
Thomas Kirby
Banker
Abilene, Kansas
Cigar Factory
Noth
Clears and Tobacco
Wm. Meyer
Kirby's Bank
M. L. Potter
Woodbine P. D
C. W. Liggett
ALE
Hansa
Frank A. Smalley
W. Wilson
Wilson & Sow
Fireman’s Fund, of
California
Union, of California
North German Insurance Co
Merchants’, of
Newark
Mattoon Life Insurance Co., of
Illnois
Hartford Life and Annuity
Hartford
Connecticut
Western Home Nursery
Detroit
Zansas
Kore
Vermont
Eicholtz
Kan
Reflector
Keller
East Third Street
Guvnor
Little Red Store
A. K. Vanderbilt
Smoky Hill River
Enterprise. S. Holdsworth & CO
Sewell
Miee
Mason & Hamlin
Western Cottage
Eldridge
White
Estey
Singer
T. E.sewell
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