The Knight's Promise to a Christmas Highness
A royal child pleads with a returning knight who arrives late due to a train crash. He fears he may never return yet vows to come back after visiting London and Paris, while the child insists on the promise and senses the queen’s absence at court. The scene centers on longing, loyalty, and a hopeful pledge.
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South American tribes mark Christmas with grand parade
In South America tribes celebrate Christmas with a ceremonial parade led by the chief and high functionaries. They wear ornate adornments including bush-dogs' teeth, seed and bead necklaces, feather crowns, bird skin decorations, and painted patterns. The chief carries a baby on a wooden platter.
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Peoples Home Journal
Poor Cotton Production in German Africa Season 1905-6
Only 865 bales of cotton were raised in German territory in Africa for the 1905 06 season. The area cultivated was nearly as large as the entire African cotton belt, highlighting low yields in the region.
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Africa
Things Worth Remembering When Having Room Papered
Practical guide on room papering covering room size ceiling height window arrangement and room use. It advises small patterns to enlarge small rooms striped effects for low ceilings plain papers for quality wall display and use of a dado for high ceilings. It notes yellow lights dark rooms and red papers suit libraries with dark woodwork while green papers harmonize with white paint and furnishings.
Signs of Age in Poultry and Rainy Day Closet
Age indicators for poultry include smooth black legs on young birds and rough reddish legs on old ones. Freshly killed birds show bright eyes and moist feet. geese have yellow bills and few hairs, with red tinges in old birds. A rainy day closet offers indoor amusements for children on dull days.
Chocolate fudge recipe from old kitchen notes
Melt one square chocolate with two tablespoons butter. Stir in two cups sugar and one cup milk. Boil until small sugar batches form when tested in cold water, then stir to near hard. Turn onto buttered plates, cool, and cut into squares.
Tunnel Under Chinese Wall Civil Engineering Notice
A future rail way tunnel will undermine a section of the Great Wall of China. Engineers plan a crossing beneath the wall to improve transport links while preserving adjacent structures and heritage considerations.
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China
Preserved Figs and Cream Cheese Platter
Prepare a center mound of softened cream cheese with thick cream stirred in. Surround with preserved whole figs and their juice. Use small figs from a fancy grocer for best presentation.
British Post Office loan wedding gift sparks morale
Government gifts every employed official at the British Post Office a wedding present upon marriage, marking a policy aimed at boosting morale and family stability across the service.
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British Post
Where Tuberculosis Breeds
Tuberculosis thrives in poorly ventilated winter quarters and among pampered cattle kept in basement like stables. The disease hits extremes of ignorance and cramped conditions, not the pasture or well housed herds. Education and sanitation demonstrations are needed to fix the problem.
Panama Canal time and cost contrast Lock vs Sea Level
The analysis states that building a lock canal takes about eight years, half the time of a sea level canal. It estimates total costs including interest and lost tolls would differ by 150 to 300 million dollars, making sea level about twice as costly as a lock canal.
Alaska trekker Bishop P T Rowe visits many towns
Bishop P T Rowe of Sitka Alaska an Episcopalian has traversed nearly all navigable Alaska streams and wandered thousands of miles across the frozen wastes visiting every notable village or settlement. He is now on a vacation trip in Oregon and California.
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