Bear Attack Forces California Expedition into Grizzly Hunt
In 1851 a party traveling toward California wakes to a bear raid that steals Sam Tount's foal. They pursue a grizzly across plateaus into a gloomy ravine, where they find the colt slain and partially eaten, triggering a vow to avenge the loss. Sam's resolve returns despite the grim scene.
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Grizzly Hunt Yields Lost Diamond Treasure
In a tense pursuit through a vine choked grove a party tracks a giant grizzly to a cave. Sam fires, the bear dies, and Charlie is knocked senseless but survives. They discover rubber cloth bundles and a diamond worth vast wealth, with Sam plotting to split profits in Frisco. A later memory recalls a similar treasure find in 1971 in Colorado by the narrator.
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Selling a Daughter Case Before Durham Magistrates
A miner named Cadman faced assault charges from his servant Shaw. In cross examination Shaw testified her father, a whitesmith in Dudley, sold her to Cadman. The written agreement stated the father handed his daughter to be fed and clothed, with sale for 1 shilling and return if unsatisfactory. the case was dismissed.
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Liverpool Post
So Did He Recounts a Charitable Exchange with Charles Lamb
An old woman asks Charles Lamb for charity saying she has seen better days. Lamb replies So have I and notes the rain heavy in the clouds as a moment of shared hardship.
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Charles Lamb
A Kansas Authority Urges Plains Water Storage System
A Kansas irrigation expert outlines a plan to capture storm and perennial waters in lakes, reservoirs, and ponds across the plains. He calls for artificial and natural basins, damming creeks, pumping water, and state support through legislation and a state board of engineers to store vast water bodies and improve climate.
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Thoe
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Maximizing corn value by timely silo storage
The article argues that corn crops are most economically harvested when stored promptly in silos at peak food value. It asserts that silage requires no further care or expense until consumption, offering resilience against weather changes and simplifying processing of both grain and stalks.
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Silo
Brown Leghorns shine in poultry world and farm notes
A Pennsylvania correspondent extols Brown Leghorns highlighting Rose Comb and Single Comb varieties for beauty, hardiness, and laying quality. The piece notes weather resilience, feeding needs, and the advantage of insects for rapid maturation, with broader farm topics including Alaska experiment stations, broadcast fertilizer machines, and foreign wheat outlook.
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Pennsylvania
Poultry World
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