Mark Nesbit and Chance at Tynecastle Newfoundland Show
Mark Nesbit enters his Newfoundland Chance at the Great Northern Counties show in Tynecastle hoping for success though aware Diamonth dogs may compete. Nesbit, stationmaster at Wheathope, hesitates to sell Chance despite a high offer from Scott, his manager, as he plans savings for a future with Cicely and weathering a past illness.
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Mark Nesbit
Newfoundland
Tynecastle
Nesbit
Sydney
Antipodes
Devonshire
Scott
Nestit
Chance
Wheathope
Bila
Cis
Cicely
Mark
Hap
Parting and a Newfoundland in a railway tale
Mark Nesbit struggles with love pride and a harsh fate as he sells or keeps his Newfoundlands Chance and faces a costly choice. An outsider Scott pressures a decision while Nesbit’s past unfolds through an uncle’s letter inviting him home to Devonshire and a lonely life in a bush.
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Cmen
Nesbit
Xip
Shin- Sweetheart
Raine Shafto
India
Shafto
Mark
Bhisto
Scott
Chance
Cis
Newfoundland
Sydney
Chanca
Wheathope
Airdells
Smsih
Mr. Nesbit
Tyne Castle
Gale
Matthew
Matthew Nesbit
Portland
Mr. Scott
Devonshire
Peculiar wedding postponement and hypnotic danger tales
A London Tid-Bits excerpt recalls a church banns mix up when a groom named William Wisher discovers the bride Mary Williams after a requested "wedding banns" notice. Other vignettes include a perilous hypnotizer on Paris omnibuses and a wealthy Paris visitor resisting a poor applicant with a mustard request. The column also mentions a demonstrative horse story and light quips from Washington and London papers.
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Larkhall
William Wisher
Mary Williams
Benedict
London
What an Eavesdropper Heard in Small Talks of Women
A chatty salon exposes a string of ditsy misfortunes and misadventures among young women, from unpaid bonnets and mismatched gowns to curling bangs and ruined dinner dresses. The talk centers on social slips, flirtations, and wardrobe woes. The piece blends humorous anecdotes with moral caution about vanity and finances.
Ride on the Road From Trebizond to Erzeroum in an Araba
Describes a treacherous overland journey from Trebizond to Erzeroum using an araba a four wheeled timber wagon drawn by four horses. Passage details harsh mountain roads mud rivers and landslides with riders and laborers rescuing animals and cargo amid repeated perilous conditions. Also notes a translation competition and early American yacht Cleopatra’s barge with decorative contrasts and speed records.
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Trebizond
Erseroum
Erzeroum
Russia
Persia
Alps
Simplon
Grimsel Pass
Dent-du-Midi
Ararat
Kurdistan
Araba
Edwin Lord Weeks
Har’per’s
Cleopatra
United States
Fragmented notes from a long, scattered newspaper page
A miscellaneous collage of quotations and short items touches on language, peculiar anecdotes, coroner verdicts, a Confederate privateer, Arctic ice near the Notch, aluminum bicycle frames, medieval math, and a lampooned panorama of public morals, with oblique references to a world’s fair, cats in a church spire, and a Boston court ruling.
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Detroit Free Press
Emma
Orchid
N. Y. Herald
Hicks
Thirdly
Rivers
Ireland
Nashville
Worden
Brighton
Mass
Connecticut
Stony Cave
Catskill Mountains
Sardinian
Sardinia
France
Spain
England
Italy
Greece
Alexandria
Hamburg
Sicily
Midway Sea
Holy Land
Paris
Mosessors
Boston Supreme Court
Daniel B. Matteson
Homer C. Strong
City Hall Park
New York
N.Y
Delaware
Charming rhododendron a winter favorite for lawns
The rhododendron, though less hardy in New York and Boston, is praised as an evergreen shrub worth planting for its beauty and variety. It thrives in light loam with peat and leaf mold, requires wind protection, and can be grown in greenhouses in small pots. Nurserymen offer unnamed seedlings at moderate prices, suitable for solitary or grouped plantings.
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England
United States
New York
Boston
Rhododendrons and birch bark crafts in 19th century home garden notes
A nineteenth century horticulture snippet details rhododendron care including temperature needs, planting timing, watering, and winter protection. It covers seed sowing, germination, potting, greenhouse keep, and outdoor trial after two years. Also described is a birch bark handkerchief case woven in basket fashion with ribbon binding and color contrasts.
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Agricul
Turist
Electric Cooking Gains In Homes And Clubs
A housekeeper extols electricity as a cooking method soon replacing coal in households. Minnesota club house uses full electric cooking with even heat and preserved flavors. Brooklyn's George Poster Peabody also uses electric power, avoiding coal entirely. Various home tips follow including blanket cleaning with ammonia and a tomato marmalade recipe, plus humorous vignettes and notices from periodicals.
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Minnesota
St. Paul
Plnefeteleyene Ee Een Neers
George Poster Peabody
Brooklyn
N. Y
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Leo
Speer
Mr. Sydney
Martuew Nesbrr
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Salpetriere Hospital
London Daily Telegraph
Monsieur
Waverley
Little Wenlock
Hornsby's
Liverpool
Avery
Washington Star
Maggie
Papa
Dolly
Maurice
Nora
Jack
Ida
Morey
Xol T Jost
Jessie
Irene
Sol
James
Ned
Elmer
Chicago ‘Tribune
Dama Fashion
Ladies' Home Journal
St Louis Globe Democrat
C. 3. Copeland
Ee N. Y
Faul Hoyse
Jackson
Jenkins
Puck
Tartaglia
Cardan
Ferrari
Milan
V. Brandicourt
Popular Science Monthly
Kelty
Coal
Ars
Leston
Ethel
Johnny
Mose
Houston
Tex
Texas Siftings
Cora
Mr. Stalate
Miss Minnie
Mr Stalate
Butcher
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