The Finger of Cyril Proigne and Lady Newdigate
Proigne Cyril Proigne seeks Adela Strafford in a web of schemes around Lady Newdigate's romance. Adela denounces the ruse while Cyril confesses love to Lady Newdigate, who questions the plan as Sir Ralph Newdigate and gossip swirl through a London social circle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Klora Newdigate
Proigne
Sly Thalpa
Mra
Clavering
Indy
Lady Newdigate
Sir Ralph
Prolyne
Mrs. Caverley
London
Curzon Street
Amelia
Lady ‘Wheatsheaf
Protyne
Adela Strafford
Flora Newdigate
Flora
Lady Wheatsheaf
Adela
Vic
Lady Wheatsheat
Das
Caverley
Newdigate
Vasdal
Jangha
Cyril Proigne
Slater
Lady Wheatzheat
Grosvenor Square
Portman
Cyril Projgan
Vopious Palma
Streight
Cyril
Ralph
Roger
Ralph Newdigate
Jenny Smythe
Cultivating the Potato Level Cultivation Debate
A Prairie Farmer reader from Will County argues level potato cultivation outperforms hill farming, noting better ground condition and reduced evaporation in dry years. He references a Maryland bulletin illustration, questions traditional killing methods, and invites reader experience to settle whether level cultivation prevents wasteful work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will County
Maryland Experiment Station
Hammer made of pipe a handy tool from old materials
H C Stiebel of St Louis county Missouri describes a metal hammer crafted from half inch pipe and tees. Details include an eight inch pipe section with a threaded end and two 214 inch pieces with threads, caps on ends, and optional fill with lead for extra weight. Larger pipe yields heavier hammers for heavyweight tasks.
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H. C. Stiebel
St Louis County
Missouri
Popular Mechanics
Dry seasons farming and soil moisture methods
In dry seasons careful cultivation keeps crops steady while moisture retention limits evaporation. After a night shower stir the ground quickly, avoid working wet soil, and use mulch to hold moisture. The Campbell system of soil culture is praised for preserving soil moisture in arid Colorado districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Campbell
Building a Cistern with Portland Cement Concrete
A guide from Country Gentleman on constructing a permanent sanitary cistern using Portland cement concrete. It covers wall composition, air spaces to resist freezing, inner plastering with cement and whitewash, and two brick filtration walls with a sand interlayer. The design ensures controlled filtration and prevents direct overflow into the filter.
Cistern With Filter Arrange ment It
Instructional description outlines a cistern with a center filter and multiple filter stages in figures. It specifies dimensions to hold 3600 gallons, filter pore space, and how filter size affects capacity. It discusses brick wall thickness, arching, cement concrete top, ventilation, manholes, and occasional sand replacement.
Farm Points on Clean Fence Rows and Manure Mixes
The notice urges thorough fence row cleanliness to show owner care and wisdom. It recommends saving hay and grain in corners and around trees and acting now before winter. It also suggests catch crops like fodder corn or rape for forage and warns against mixing wood ashes with manure except just before soil application for ammonia retention. Coal ashes can be mixed with hen manure to retain nutrients.
Relic of Slavery Days Unearthed In Charlestown Key
A long iron key from the Civil War era, linked to John Brown and Charlestown’s history, now owned by Dr. Alfred B. Tucker of New York, is highlighted along with a retelling of Brown’s abolitionist activities in Charlestown Va. later West Virginia, and a description of the Shenandoah Valley region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Brown
Charlestown
New York Man
Carlestown
Virginia
Alfred B. Tucker
New York
McClellan
Antietam
Kansas
West Virginia
Harper's Ferry
J. Brown
Brown
Abraham Lincoln
Shenandoah
Winchester
Italy
England
Washington
Europe
One Flag Only Comrades Union Soldier Pledges Flag Unity
A historical quotation proclaims unwavering flag loyalty, asserting the flag represents valor from battles at Bunker Hill Saratoga Yorktown Lundy's Lane Lake Champlain Erie New Orleans and names heroes like Scott McDonough Perry Jackson Lincoln Hancock Grant and Washington as symbols of the right. The speaker emphasizes unity over hatred and the distinction between right and wrong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bunker Hill
Saratoga
Yorktown
Lundy's Lane
Lake Champlain
Erie
New Orleans
Scott
McDonough
Perry
Jackson
Lincoln
Scenes of Suffering Amid Grant’s Advance
A Union correspondent recalls Civil War scenes of battle injuries flooding into cities converted into makeshift hospitals. Wounded soldiers fill churches and homes, with amputations and death common. Descriptions cover dying drummer boys, grieving nurses, and marching troops, as Grant advances toward Frederickburg and Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant
Wildrernesa
Syoensylvania
American Tribune
Lberty
Union
Boura
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Sanitary Commission
Boston Corbett in Life Photo Sent to Father
Henry Barclay of Jefferson Iowa sends a National Tribune photo of Boston Corbett to his father Capt Henry Barclay after the war. Barclay believes Corbett is no longer living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Corbett
Henry Barclay
Jefferson, Ia
National Tribune
Capt Henry Barclay
Barclay
A Lucky Meal 186% Twenty seventh Illinois Mustered Ammunition
The report recalls the One Hundred Twenty seventh Illinois forming a mess with Andrew Goldsberry Robert Marsden Eugene Fowler Brainard Wheeler and Charles H Beach. They served through the Vicksburg and Atlanta campaigns with Sherman to the sea and were mustered out after a Washington review. The original mess stayed intact for three years of service and all are living in fair health. Beach of St Joseph Missouri notes the record as exceptional given Atlanta under fire.
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Andrew Goldsberry
Robert Marsden
Eugene Fowler
Brainard Wheeler
Charles H. Beach
Vicksburg
Atlanta
Sherman
Washington
J. M. Beach
St. Joseph
Moim Nationaé ‘Tribune
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Edgar Fawcett
Selmply
Brodericksburg
Christian Commission
Frederickeburg
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