Jones Joust With the Duke in a Suit of Romance
Beatrice Derwent and George Jones stage a chivalrous chase to wed Beatrice against the arranged match with Charles Arthur Fitzmorris duke of Battleborough. Jones abducts Beatrice on a fast mail to Savannah to wed, while she resists and she and the duke ultimately marry months later.
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Sextow
George
Mother
Duke
Charles
Lake Geneva
Sir Charles
Charles Arthur Fitzmorris
Duke of
Battleborough
Chiselhurst
Something
George Jones
Beatrice Derwent
Sultor
The
Derwents
Beatrice
Milwaukee
Jones
Betty
Leo
Lot 43
Savannah
Omaha
Denver
San Francisco
Gervania
Return of the Garnet in Fashion Glimpse
Garnets rise after a long eclipse as society shuffles through old family jewelry. Women seek garnet necklaces buckles and brooches once worn by grandmamma in the 1850s and pass them to heirs who cherish the revival.
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Grandmamma
Detroit Free Press
Canary Island Lace in New York Fashionable Table Linen
Canary Island lace fascinates New York society as a scarce luxury for elegant tables. Natives of the Canary Islands weave heavy, pearllike linen with Moorish and Indian stitch influences, creating open borders and star motifs. Americans trade solid cash for these refined pieces, while natives care little for fashion. Also a Creme de Menthe sandwich recipe appears, detailing mint infusion, whipped cream, gelatine, and assembly between bread slices.
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New York
Canary Islands
Royal Worcester
Paraguay
Mexico
Canary Island
Ince
America
N. Y. Gerald
Dainty Ribbon Work Sofa Pillow Instructions
Stitch by stitch guide to create violet ribbon embroidered sofa pillow accents. Explains background fabrics brown linen and cream canvas, ribbon shades, needle threading, petal shaping, and finishing touches for a natural floral look. Includes brief note on honey uses for medicinal purposes.
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Mae
Ohia
Ideal Poultry House Plan For 300 Fowls
Orange Judd Farmer submits an ideal house plan for 300 fowls: a 15 by 150 foot building divided into ten 10 by 12 foot pens with a 3 foot back alley, two windows per pen, roosts elevated three feet above the floor, and a raised platform of matched boards under the roosts.
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Orange Judd
Building a Hen House: Design and Cost Guidelines
The article describes a hen house layout with pens, partitions, nests, and doors. It specifies a brick or stone foundation, spruce timber, five to six feet stud walls, and a roof of asphalt or felt. Costs range from 1.50 to 3 dollars per running foot. twenty hens per pen are advised.
Capital decisions guide starting poultry ventures
Rural World advises beginners to start small, rent temporarily if capital is tight, and gradually expand flocks over five years. Buying early risks capital loss, while eventual ownership may aid a permanent setup. Green bones are valuable poultry feed, supplying time for shell formation and nutrients. British call for chickens notes Canada’s export success with English buyers offering prices for turkeys and chickens, plus freight costs from Atlantic ports.
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Department of Agriculture
England
St. John
Halifaxia
Anti Sitting Device For Hens Aids Nest Obsession
A British Honduras inventor patents a leg loop device to stop hens from setting eggs. The wire loop prevents bending the leg when the hen tries to roost on a nest, making maternity efforts fail and driving the hen away from nesting. The Philadelphia Press notes the humbly technical invention.
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British Honduras
Philadelphia
When Hens Eat Eggs Nest Box Design Idea
In a Poultry Craft note a nest arrangement helps prevent egg eating by hens. Hens enter at B, with a lower board removed to show partitions between three nests. A rear box has a liftable cover for eye gathering or renewal, and nests should be hooked to allow removal and thorough cleaning.
Poultry Yard Notes on Success and Incubators
Practical guidance from Farm Poultry and Prairie Farmer emphasizes neat, efficient poultry setups with good locations and healthy early maturing fowls. It notes three failure causes—limited experience capital and business skill—and lists incubators as offering constant readiness, reduced labor, uniform stock, and better market appearance.
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By Clyde Norman
Story Pubs
New York Society
France
OFA
Ideal Poultry House
Ailey
Dso
Hiddy Worget
Poultry Yard Notes
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