Captain Tumley and the Grimsby Ban Called for Julia Pray
In Grimsby a steam collier captain plans to marry Julia Pray after a warning from Mrs Perkins. A mysterious stranger, a shepherd from Australia, helps arrange the bans on misconnected identities. The cleric corrects the error and Tumley ends as best man to the wedding.
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Patmos
Tomley
Indaw
Per Wing
Enery
Julia Bray
Pray
Julia Pray
Tumley
Miss Pray
Henry Tumley
Grima
Bnt
Capt. Tumley
Australy
Capt Tuml
Mariner
Shiretown
Capt
Mr. Gholson
Grimsby
Southwark
Royal Yard
Cape Horn
Julia
Bank of England
Father
Bears Bane
Job Watson
Daily Story Pub. Co
The Stormbanker Bulliot and Saint Swithin’s Rain
A tale from Saint Swithin’s Day in 1745 England shows banker Bulliot betting on endless rain. He wagers money gold-headed canes jewels snuff boxes and clothes. After weeks of rain his funds run dry and on the twenty second day his ruin is sealed.
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England
Bullet
Saint Swithly
Saint Swithin
Bulliot
Valuable Mahogany Tree Harvest Reaches Ten Thousand
A mahogany tree in Honduras was felled and cut into boards. The boards were sold to the European market for over ten thousand dollars.
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Honduras
Fashion Battle Sparks Empire Directoire Debates On Dress Style
Our Weekly Chat notes how designers divide over empire and directoire looks with the princess line losing ground to modified empire. A mauve satin gown features velvet trim and a pelerine, while three quarter sleeves, chemisette lace, and Genoa velvet ideas signal a winter trend toward velvets and velveteens.
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Directoire
Princess Atyles
Genoa
Economical Wardrobe Changes in Winter Fashions
The article urges refreshing last winter dresses rather than packing them away, dyeing faded gowns for winter wear, and emphasizes new warm jackets. It highlights curls, ostrich trimming, sable and sealakin coats, large muff shapes, and the fusion of furs with lace as current fashion, noting Arctic-leaning ensembles are avoided by practical outerwear choices.
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Curtis
Irrigation’s Role in Dry Farming on the Plains
The article weighs irrigation and storage as keys to farming from Canada to the Gulf, with 200 million acres of arid land. It argues windbreaks and diversified crops, including alfalfa and fruit, enable self sufficiency, and promotes reservoirs, drought resistant crops, and emergency water use as insurance against drought.
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Rocky Mountains
Canada
Gulf of Mexico
Morein
Wemiarid
Thesarcan
Serson
Semarld Regan
Stillwater
Olin
Santa Clara Valley
California
Sacramento Valley
Cheyenne
Wyo
Office of Experiment Stations Ae
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Captain Tomley
Dame Fashion
Elwood Mead
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Ll Doe
Cheyenne, Wyo
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