Bantams the Boys Delight In Pets And Poultry Showpieces
Bantams are described as boys pets and practical poultry subjects. The piece notes bantams occupy space eat feed lay eggs and provide a small roast. It highlights Sebrights and other pygmy varieties, breeding clubs, and major shows at Crystal Palace and Madison Square Garden. It explains lineage of Golden Sebrights from John Sebright, their striking lacing, colors, and breed standards.
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Crystal Palace
England
Madison Square
New York
John Sebright
India
Iie
Schenke
Ducks and poultry tips for successful farming
Practical guidance for poultry keepers about not overexerting, proper grain storage, joining associations, avoiding favoritism with judges, maintaining a transparent operation, and using clean water and safe remedies. Warns against wasteful practices like swapping cat access and discarding bad eggs or dead fowl near crowds of crows.
Will Blue Boys Batter House with Noise
A playful verse warns of boys making a ruckus inside and outside the home as adults urge parents to keep calm and let children be. It uses humor about mischief such as doors slamming and muddy footprints to suggest boys’ energy builds character in the end.
Poultry Parlor Q and A With Odd Bird Advice
A corral of poultry queries covers incubator eggs rotting chicks trap nests and pests. Experts answer about infertility myths plum versus curculios in orchards goose egg odor hatchery issues and best breeds with Mammoth Breese leading in turkey size.
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Pennsylvania
Oklahoma
Poultry Notes From Damp Cellars and Far East Trade
Readers are told about in‑house hatchery care including damp cellar incubation, high losses, and the need for new machines. The piece covers breeding efforts like Shanghaies, prices in the east due to heat, and Hawaii’s poultry imports driven by mongoose and disease. It cites grain costs and feed values, plus a curious haymow tale of a hen surviving 244 days.
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Coshocton
America
Victoria
Hawaii
United States
Battlefield Echoes of Cavalry Charge and Loyal Horse
A veteran recalls a feared cavalry charge where a brave trooper fell but kept his grip on the saber as his horse charged forward. The story parallels Captain Nolan in Balaklava where the rider perished yet the horse carried him across the field.
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India
Nolan
Light Brigade
Balaklava
Ebot
Clerical Tartans and Peaceful Preachers of War Times
The Scotsman notes that Highland clergy wore a white black and gray clerical tartan for weekday dress. Some ministers kept swords at church with a gillie bearing a bow and arrows, revealing a disturbed era despite their peaceable calling.
First English Coins Then and Now
The penny began as a silver piece with a cross to be broken into halves or quarters. Edwardian rule saw no preexisting pence in England. In 1672 copper pennies halfpennies and farthings were officially minted. Silver farthings ended under Edward VI and silver halfpennies during the Commonwealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Edward J
A Mother's Retort Story
A clergyman Dr Breckesridge and his two brothers visit their mother she responds that only after she raises three good preachers could she be told she ruled them with a harsh rod. The exchange ends with her quip about their achievements.
Horselenx Carriages In 1045
In a 1045 letter, Grul Patin notes an Englishman, son of a Frenchman, plans horseless carriages from Paris to Fontainebleau in a day. The machine is being prepared in the Temple and could save hay and oats that are costly.
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Grul Patin
Paris
Fontainebleu
Insomnia Treatment Offered For Nightly Wakefulness
A physician reassures a caller suffering chronic insomnia who reports waking for three to four hours each night. The caller notes a weekly salary of fourteen dollars, indicating limited means for treatment. The exchange highlights sleep troubles and medical advice.
Everyday Deeds Shine in Great Purpose Says Woman's Life
Brief aphorism notes that no act is too small to advance a worthy aim and that minor actions can elevate a larger cause as per Woman's Life publication.
State Lines And Agricultural Land Values Increases
The text notes telephone and rural mail delivery boosting Georgian farm lands from 10 to 100 dollars per acre. It cites New York law forbidding liquor licenses within 200 feet of a church. It compares a bear bounty with sheep losses, and lists petroleum production by California Ohio and Pennsylvania.
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State of
New York
Naine
California
United States
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Sheriff Sale of Montana Property in Sweet Grass County
John J. Fleming plaintiff versus Sherman s Breedlove Mary A. Hibbard and Big Timber National Bank defendants. A sheriff’s sale is ordered from the District Court of the Sixth Judicial District on October 10 1908 at 2 pm at the Big Timber court house front door. The property includes SE quarter of section 32 SW quarter of SW section 33 and other parcels in township 1 north range 15 east totaling 487.40 acres with 405 inches of water rights from Million Creek and Boulder River via Dry Creek Canal Company ditch plus appurtenances. The notice is dated September 1908.
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John J. Fleming
Sherman ‘S
Breedlove
Mary A. Hibbard
Big Timber National Bank
District Court
Sixth Judicial District
Sweet Grass
Montana
Big Timber
County of
State of
Montana Meridian
Sweet Grass County
United States Government
Million Creek
Boulder River
Dry Creek Canal Company
Restoration to Entry of Lands in National Forest Yellowstone MT
Notice to settlers and applicants that about 73 acres in Yellowstone National Forest Montana will be opened for settlement and entry under homestead laws. Preference rights apply to actual settlers prior to Sept 23 1908. lands described by township range and section. listed under I L Bryant Nye Montana. approved by Frank Pierce acting commissioner.
Settlement and Entry on 283 Acres in Yellowstone Forest Montana
Lands embracing 283 acres in Yellowstone National Forest Montana will be subject to settlement and entry under the homestead law and the 1906 act at Bozeman land office on September 4, 1908. Settlers who were in actual possession for agricultural use before January 1 1906 and not abandoned have a preference right to file before September 29 1908, with listed plots in unsurveyed townships near the Main Boulder River. Names include William Sherwood and A B Gould, with detailed survey descriptions and boundaries provided by the General Land Office.
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National Forest
Yellowstone National Forest
Montana
United States
United States Land Office
Bozeman
I. L. Bryant
Nye
S. W. Proudfit
General Land Office
Frank Pierce
the Interior
A. B. Gould
Clara C
Boulder River
William Sherwood
Contact
J. ES
Rize
Hears
Dee
Clara C. Placer
Contract
Montana Tax Levy Amendment Approved in 1907
The document outlines a constitutional amendment proposing maximum property tax rates: three mills per dollar until 500 million in property value, 2.5 mills at 500 million, and two mills at 800 million. It requires a general election vote with a specified ballot wording and repeals conflicting Acts. The act takes effect after passage and approval.
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State of
Montana
Tvo
Montana Act on Constitution Amendment Revenue Tax Increase
A 1908 Montana certification by Secretary of State A N Yoder confirms a true copy of the act submitting to voters an amendment to Article 12 concerning revenue and taxation and an increased wax levy. The document notes enactment by the 1907 legislative session, approval date, and sealing at Helena.
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Montana
State of
Beir Bsacren Py
Legislative Assembly
State OF Montana
United States OF America
A. N. Yoder
Benth Legislative Assembly
Helena
Notice of Montana constitutional amendment election
Public notice announces submission at the next general election of a Montana constitutional amendment to Section 14 Article XI. It creates a State Depository Board to direct deposits by the State Treasurer and establishes penalties for misuses of public funds.
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Montana
State of
Br Rr
Helena Notice Records Constitution Act Certification
Secretary of State TA. N. Yoder attests the act providing for submission of the state constitution. Enacted by the Tenth Legislature, signed in Helena on July 7, 1903, with the great seal. Recorded testimony dates vary in the fragment.
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Barnitz
C. M. Barnits
Shanghai
Gedlight Bartams
Poultry Association
Pouters’ Club
Gove
Cc. M. B
Kurios
Kot
Sheriff’s Sale
Department of the Interior
U. S. Land Office
Isabella Hansen
Melville
Dexert
C. N. Skillman
U. S
Big Timber Montand
Fort Green
William Rhodes
David Davis
John P. Manson
M. R. Wilson
Register
Ist
Lewistown
Claus O. Midland
M. M
U.S
Big Limber
Andrew 8. Lavold
Christian Gyland
Sivert B. Raisland
Sivert O. Mydland
C. BE
McKory
Annie Esp
Daw
J. S. Vaughan
Mont
Jos T T. Ese
J.T. Vacesay
John J. Harper
Melville, Mont
Kanze
Fish Creek
Brant
Catue
U. S. Land
Henry 8S. Morton
Wigne
Range 16
M. P.M
H. C. Jewell
Fishtail
A. Bauman
J. Loffer
W. Coffin
Samuel Webb
Dean
Don Voalland
M. It. Winsox
TA. N. Yoder
Tenth Legislative Assembly
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