Reading Your Thoughts Aboard A Dream Ship
Jefferson tells Shirley he can read her mind and she admits she was thinking of him. She hesitates about marriage to pursue writing and career, while he argues marriage limits a woman’s ambitions. They agree to decide after her father's fate, then plan to see Mr Ryder for influence. The voyage ends with quarantine looming and future hopes unsettled.
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Jefferson
Shirley
Jeff
Mr. Ryder
Ryder
Fire Island
Irasecble Politician I Want Churchill Life Sketch
The fragment mentions a sketch about Winston Churchill and a collapse of the assistant. It references political life and a dramatic emphasis on leadership. Remaining readable phrases suggest a critical portrayal within a historical context.
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Winston Churchill
PIGEON POINTERS
Practical tips for pigeon breeders on selecting healthy young stock and avoiding common problems. Advice covers mating, stock quality, feeding with wheat and peas, timing of market squabs, breed selection for meat, need for grit, vermin control, and disease prevention through blood purity and bowel cleansing.
Humors of War and Civil War Anecdotes
Anecdotes describe marching officers urging discipline and a battle moment where a straggler, crying, is told not to be a baby. A paroled lieutenant recounts being surprised by gray coats and misidentifying himself as a colonel in a humorous recount from Success Magazine.
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John Morgan
Federal
Success Magazine
Treatment for roup in fowls from old local advice
The remedy suggests filling a pail with water and a teaspoon of kerosene, then dipping the head of each sick fowl to treat roup. Separate birds with nasal or eye discharge, keep sick and healthy apart, add kerosene to drinking water, and continue until no new cases appear. Clean and whitewash pens to finish.
Disease Among Pigeons
Disease among pigeons is discussed as a hurdle for pigeon flesh ventures but is challenged by claims pigeons are naturally vigorous hardy and strong birds. With proper regular intelligent management disease need not block the enterprise.
Large Cast Iron Kettles Used For Fattening Stock
In fattening operations soft foods are heated in 100 to 150 gallon cast iron cook kettles. These kettles, supplied by poultry and farm houses, keep hot for ten to twelve hours after finishing.
A Good but Neglected Breed of Fowls Highlighted
The New England Poultry Journal argues Light Brahma, once popular, is now neglected yet highly profitable when properly handled. Many readers share this view.
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The
New England Poultry Journal
Windy Bay Tale Of Prince Louis And Anchors
A British battleship in New York harbor prompts a joke about extreme wind in the Bay of Biscay. A lieutenant recalls that gale, noting it was so strong four men needed to hold Prince Louis hat while anchors blew off their coat buttons.
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New York Harbor
Bay of Biscay
Prince Louis
Prayer Prompt In Disaster Moment For Farm Family
A minister's children Arthur five and Dorothy three faced a ram on a farm day. The boy urged his sister to pray as rain neared. Dorothy could not think of a prayer, so he improvised with a line from their father asking for thanks before receiving.
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Arthur
Dorothy
Masons Readies and Projects Highlight Fraternal Growth
A report chronicles Masonic achievements and plans across the nation including San Francisco incorporation of a temple association with 1.5 million capital, Palestine Commandery in New York City as the largest, St John’s Lodge Boston aiming for its 175th anniversary with substantial fundraising, and Mecca Mystic Shrine New York counting 5,450 members. It notes new temples in Battle Creek Iowa and a Michigan grand lodge session reporting 50,000 members and 403 lodges.
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Masonic Temple
San Francisco
Grand Lodge of
Hamburg
New York
Palestine Commandery
New York City
S23
St. John's Lodge
Boston
New Jersey
Aaron Dickinson Woodruff
Mecca Mystic Shrine
Battle Creek
Grand Lodge of Michigan
Van Sands Elected Supreme Regent of Royal Arcanum
Robert Van Sands of Illinois has been elected supreme regent of the Royal Arcanum. He has served as grand regent of the grand council and supreme vice regent, and practices as an attorney in Chicago. The report notes Soo council in Sault Ste. Marie doubling its membership and New York jurisdiction surpassing 64 000 members, with Missouri home to 50 active councils and about 9 500 members.
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Ilinois
Grand Council
Supreme Council
van Sands
Chicago
Michigan
Soo Council of
Detroit
Missouri
Royal Arcanum
Knights of Malta in Pennsylvania Report Members and Assets
The Knights of Malta show 21,505 members in good standing in Pennsylvania across 163 commanderies. Pennsylvania commandery assets total $458,181.86.
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Pennsylvania
Fraternal System Boosts Aid to Widows and Orphans
In thirty eight years the fraternal system has paid nearly 1 00000000 to widows and orphans with total expenses under 90000000. Sylvania Ohio a town of 1000 hosts thirteen secret fraternities. The Order of Independent Americans is expanding rapidly with energetic councils and members. Wise men revere the value of the fraternal system.
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Sylvania
Order of Independent Americans
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Charles Klein
G. W. Dillingham Company
Masonic
George W. Hunter
California
Order
Arcanum
Robert van Sands
Mr. van Sands
Knights of Malta
North Pole
Work & Meek
Nicola
Harmon
North Side
Mason Transfer & Storage Go
Washington, Iowa
Tobias Minick & Son
Washington National Bank
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