Mountain Mayhem Aids a Rival in a Daring Rescue
Ned Chilton, a young lawyer, courts Alice Burleigh while Arthur Lankton courts her openly. While climbing Weehausett he is trapped by a rockfall, and George Burleigh raises the alarm. George leads the rescue, Lankton’s hesitation is exposed, and Alice’s favor shifts after Chilton’s perilous ordeal.
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Ned Chilton
Mendon House
Weehausett
Doeskroom
Mendow House
George Burleigh
Sriestes
Alice
Alice Burleigh
Chilton
George
Mr. Chilton
May
Jon
Leigh
Arthur Lankton
Lankton
Intervale
Weehansett
Camelot
Alice Barkiuh
Str
Hash
Alies
Iean
Arther
Mr. Lankton
Burleigh
Under a Thorn Tree and a Summer of Love
A fragmentary verse scene recalls lovers under a thorn tree with a white owl, painting, and a cottage window. The speakers reflect on summer love, aging, and memories as their daily life winds toward a quiet, hopeful end.
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Robin Ton
Bob
Altays
Cottoge
Ae Tire Tinkind
Hite
Dalai Lama Traditions as Described by Comlon Times
The Dalai Lama is depicted as an ever-reborn figure installed in Poto La with a nurse mother nearby. Worshippers file in to whisper petitions, bow, and receive blessings from the seated priest in red and yellow robes, while nobles gain closer access and audible inquiries.
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Dalai Lama
Poto la
Pota la
Shyo
Ford
Comlon
Sailor's Reverie of Changhi Coral Seas and Sponges
Frederick Boyle recalls three weeks at Changhi near Singapore in Belgrav. He describes a Malay fishing village, suspended dwellings in sunny air, and a beach carpeted with sponges and coral. Underwater gardens unfold in vivid color with giant vegetation, silvery weeds, and darting fishes as sea life overwhelms imagination.
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Changhi
Singapore
Europe
Frederick Boyle
Belgrav
Popular Faith in Doctors Fades as Homes Now Rely on Waters
A historical notice argues that public trust in physicians dwindles as cure success declines for chronic diseases. It praises sanitary knowledge over drugs and highlights curative mineral waters at Saratoga, Poland Spring, and West Virginia springs. The piece cites Las Vegas New Mexico mud baths and notes large numbers seek American watering places over foreign cures. It also mentions Brigham Young descendants numbering 16,000 per Salt Lake Tribune.
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Saratoga
Poland
West Virginia
Richfield
Sharon
Waukesha
Arkansas
Excelsior Springs
Pacific Coast
C. E. Davis
Cincinnati Lancet
Las Vegas
New Mexico
Carlsbad
Vichy
Wives of Soldiers and the British Army Life
The piece examines how a soldier earns the right to marry after six years of service and a good conduct badge, then faces limited married accommodation, rationed provisions, and the challenge of support. It notes many marry without permission, the strain of relocation, shared barracks rooms, and the gradual move to separate married quarters as reforms began.
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Benedict
Louslon News
The Anamese Aristocrat Fashion and Etiquette Described in Detail
The upper class of Anamese culture mirrors Chinese manners within limits. They dress in silk of muted gloss and avoid queues. Public appearances feature numerous large parasols to denote rank, while travel uses a covered horse lik e palanquin with dignitary inside curtains. A retinue of coolies accompanies the procession, bearing belongings and spittoons as needed.
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China
Tonquin
St. Louis
Regarding Plowing Deep or Shallow in New England Soils
A Boston letter discusses the long running debate over plowing depth, arguing depth depends on soil type and subsoil. It warns against overdeep turning where available soil is shallow, notes terracing and subsoil work, and urges farmers to judge by their own soil and conditions.
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Efad
New England
Boston
Lotr
Farming skill beats flashy fashion in old Carolina tale
A Carolina column mocks stylish urban pretensions, praising practical farming craft over elegant manners. It argues a farmer who knows corn and cotton, spacing rows, and adjusting tools serves the country far more than fashionable dress or social tricks. The piece also notes China’s borrowing in a Franco-Chinese episode as a historical aside.
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Carolina
Spartan
The Charming Widow Turns the Tables on a Storekeeper
A charming widow enters a Brooklyn shop and uses feigned sobs and tears to obtain credit. She prompts the manager to seek security from a known contact, then orders a lavish outfit including black eyes, crepe cloth, and silk trim. The storekeeper notes her skillful manipulation and the dubious risk of extending credit.
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Vol
Charley
Mr. B
Brooklyn Times
Farm and Fireside Food Tips and Household Advice
A fragment from Farm and Fireside offers kitchen tricks and recipes. It discusses a breakfast salad of oranges and coconuts, a ground rice method, a cucumber sauce with onions and spices, and wash routine for delicate prints. It also covers milking training, maple candy, a poor man’s fruit cake, a gooseberry syrup, and a soda bread recipe with measurements.
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Milatelphia Press
Profitable Feeding and Manure Value in Livestock
The article explains how feeding choices affect not just meat yield but manure value. It notes manure from different feeds varies, with linseed cake and cotton seed cake yielding high manure value, while corn often offers less manure value. English data show per ton values: Indian corn meal 26.65, linseed cake 19.72, beans 15.05, peas 15.75, clover hay 9.65, and wheat middlings 13.53 to 14.40. It argues manure value can exceed meat value and urges informed feeding to maximize both fattening and soil fertility.
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England
John B. Lawes
Lawes
F. Herald
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Silton
Wall
Anil
Villazas
Lankt
Chilton Waa
Billy Westman
Billy
Westman
Lantton
Laukion
Ling
Harper's Weel
Dala! Lama
Salt Lake Tribune
Brigham Young
Zoston Post
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