Handling Corn Shocks and Rural Practice Report
A Kansas State Board of Agriculture note details hand corn shock pricing, methods, and curing, advising bright days, two workers, and a jack system for setup. It describes bale sizing, twine and oil-treated tying, and notes on rainfall impact and ensilage-like value of well cured fodder.
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Kansas State Board of Agriculture
Time Table Of Cookery Boiling And Frying Methods
A compact guide from the St. Louis Republic lists boiling times for vegetables and meats, and provides a fried stuffed eggs recipe. It covers Peas tomatoes rice green corn spinach and eggs twenty minutes, asparagus to potatoes thirty minutes, carrots to beets up to forty five, oatmeal to wheat one to two hours, roasts and fowl with times per pound, and a detailed fried stuffed eggs preparation with butter ham yolk filling and cream sauce.
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St. Louis Republic
Always tell mother in life and death
A timeless poem from Leslie's Weekly urging children to confide in and value mothers. It exhorts sharing joys and sorrows, seeking comfort, and honoring a mother's devoted guidance through trials, temptations, and sins, affirming maternal protection and unending care.
The King of Hearts Returns to Elsie in London
Elsie guards a heart shaped photograph on the mantel as Captain Jack Stewart arrives in London with a wounded arm. He notices her missing the expected hero and confronts a secret she hides, recalling their past near love and his South Africa campaign.
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Jack
London
Jack Stewart
Roberts
Kitchener
Buller
Elsie
South Africa
Bilsie
King of Hearts Frame Reveals Hero in Pop Heart Tale
Jack fears a new hero will claim Elsie and her heart, yet when he eyes the heart shaped photo frame he discovers the king is his own face. Elsie confesses admiration for a soldier with brains and bravery, yet the frame proves Philis is Jack.
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Jack
Elsie
Jack Stewart
Philsie
Penny Pictorial
Swell Indian Girl Tookah Turner of Muskogee Oklahoma
Tookah Turner, a highly accomplished quarter breed Cherokee from Muskogee I T, is hailed as the swellest Cherokee girl by photographers. Daughter of a wealthy white father and Cherokee mother, she wears Paris-made gowns and owns a fine jewelry collection. She has studied at several colleges and arts schools, and few see Indian features in her appearance. She is proud of her ancestry and is likely to marry a white man.
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Tookah Turner
Muskogee
I. T
Miss Turner
Paris
Lieve
Having an Easier Affair and Animal Feeds Highlight Seasonal News
A comparison shows farming now uses fewer workers and shorter harvest times with crops stored quickly, while old methods required larger crews and longer waits. Separate notes discuss animal diets with sea mammals fed fish in captivity and various mammals consuming milk or fruit. A proverb suggests that praising men by calling them "just like a man" is not flattering, and an old maid correcting a man’s flaws can ruin an ideal wife.
Productive Wryandottes in a Well Kept Yard
A pen of three Wyyandotte pullets laid 472 eggs and reared 31 chicks last year. They consumed feed costing $2.02. Kept in two yards with a fenced grassy run and a lawn-mowed drying ground for linen, they fed on corn and chopped waste.
Hens and meat from yard plot with soft-boned stock
The passage describes meat from a kitchen with soft bones chopped alongside the meat. A small stream runs through the plot where early-year hens laid a few November eggs. The hens have remained confined to their yard since birth, totaling twenty eight and a half pounds across three birds.
Value of Wet Land on the Farm
Iowa farmer J S Trigg urges owners to drain and reclaim wet land noting its high value. He compares European peat reclamation to Minnesota bogs yielding fertilit y and Iowa muskrat bogs producing eighty bushels per acre. He argues wet lands are good for grazing and profit for producers.
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J. S. Trigg
Iowa
Europe
North Sea
Holland
Minnesota
Northwest
Nile
Hog Cholera Treatment Debate Cited by Orange Judd Farmer
The Orange Judd Farmer notes hog cholera remains a persistent issue and suggests a future where treatment is possible. A new bulletin discusses feeding swine meat from cholera victims to healthy pigs as a proposed treatment.
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Orange Judd
To Cure a Cold and Wise Eating Tips
Drinking cold water at the onset of a cold can stimulate the system and aid toxin washout. A short fruit fast with ample water and milk can cure an ordinary cold if begun promptly, while heavy beefsteak or pork meals fuel the illness rather than help.
Bread making tips and kitchen remedies from old column
A serialized domestic guide shares bread making methods for different seasons and grains, plus practical recipes. It covers sponge methods, water temperatures, rising times, and quick rolls. The piece also includes discussions of onions as medicine, a steamed pudding recipe, French toast, and fried eggplant with prep steps.
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