Frontier Ambush Drama Averted by Widow Rescue
On a rough New Mexico frontier route Major Horton leads a 30 man escort with a paymaster. A widow, the sergeant, and renegades plan to seize the money. The widow warns Horton and helps improvise a defensive ambush. In a night battle the widow and Horton repel the outlaws, nine killed, several wounded. The story ends with frontier heroism and a muted postscript of memory.
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Washington
Albmgeerque
Horton
Fort Wingate
Lyons
Doubie
Pang
Scott
Fort Lyons
Scotti
Meador Horton
Berton
San Jose Rivrer
Zani Mownstains
Han
Eek
John
Wingate
Albuquerque
Mergeant
New Mexico
Willow
Campbell's Pass
Payminster
Poem Volume Sent and Found During Domestic Moment
The exchange notes sending a little volume of poems to a recipient and the playful aside about misplacing it under a table leg. A child’s remark and a mother’s amused reaction frame the domestic scene with light humor.
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Kar
Mumma
The Icy Boston Girl Exchange Closes Odd Tale
A quirky dialogue unfolds between St Peter and Spirit about a Boston girl and a three year courtship. The exchange centers on desire for a change and ends with a curt farewell as a punchy, vintage tone note.
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St. Peter
Boston
Quotable Exchange Echoes Self Doubt in Detroit Free Press
A dialogue line from the Detroit Free Press features Quiette and another speaker debating self worth. The witty exchange contrasts two forms of foolishness, highlighting dissatisfaction with personal image and intellect.
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Smartie
Detroit Free Press
What She Thought Husband and Wife Exchange Bitter Remarks
A fragment shows a wife and husband in a tense exchange. The husband calls himself foolish for marrying Mary, while the wife defends the marriage as her only chance, implying possible hope of improvement.
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Mary
Tom
Record of a cyclist’s weekly domination and medal
The report notes a rider winning a beautiful medal for beating the bicycle record and mentions he ran over 17 men in a week in London Tit Bits.
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Teo
London
Four Varieties of Bush Lima Beans Featured in Burpee Annual
Burpee’s Farm Annual showcases four bush Lima varieties. Burpee’s Bush Lima from Pennsylvania yields 50 to 200 large pods per bush with large beans, avoiding poles. Henderson’s Bush Lima, from several southern states, is an early prolific sieva type with small pods and steady bearing. Kamerlee or Dreer’s Bush Lima traces to northern New Jersey and produces potato Limas on compact bushes. Jackson’s Wonder, from Georgia, is prized in the south for its quality and testing notes.
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Burpee
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Georgia
South
Hendersons Bush Lima bean strain shown with comparison
Hendersons Bush Lima is described as a prolific speckled Sieva type with larger beans and better filled pods than Henderson Lion. A first cut shows sizes of Burpoos Bush Lima, Hendersons Bush Lima, Creers Bush Lima, Jacksons Wonder while a second cut illustrates Hendersons Bush Lima open pod.
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Henderson
Alfalfa Belt Spurs Diverse Kansas Agriculture
In southwestern Kansas Arkansas valley a thriving diversified agriculture centers on alfalfa with red Kaffir and Jerusalem corn as staple crops. The region supports stock-raising for feeder markets in the corn belt and offers shallow groundwater for low-cost irrigation using wind power and pumps.
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Kansas
Arkansas Valley
Corn Belt
Asparagus Beetle Threat Extends West and South
The asparagus beetle is an imported pest feeding in larval and adult stages on asparagus. It appears to be extending its attack to the west and south. Several generations occur yearly, with overwintering as adults. Remedies include sowing lime on dew-covered beds in the morning and applying pyrethrum to larvae.
Hides and Leather Industry Growth and Tariff Debate
The article argues free hides boosted the U S tanning and shoe trade, noting wage rises and export growth. It critiques the Wilson bill reducing sole leather duty to 5 percent, arguing current 10 percent hampers U S producers while foreign buyers face lower costs.
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United States
South America
England
Massachusetts
Bees thwart German detachment in East Africa
Berlin dispatch recounts a German unit in East Africa routed by a swarm of bees. Native levies fled as bees swarmed from a blaze, stinging and driving the attackers off. The note imagines insects as a cheap defense, then cites African fauna uniting against common foes.
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Berlin
East Africa
Africa
Apts
London News
Ways of a Captive Wildcat in Nic Arend’s Menagerie
The Florida Times Union describes a wildcat kept by Nic Arend that nuzzles the cook and tolerates no others. When the cage door is left open the animal does not roam, yet Nic loses a chicken each time. The cat then seizes the bird by the head and methodically plucks feathers with its mouth.
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Nic Arend
Nic
Florida Times- Union
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Ines
Servien
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New Castle
Rushville
A.M
Canada
Connersville
Punt
Cincmnati
Cincinnati
Louisville
Decatur
Ind
Vestibule Limited
Chicago
Pacific Express
Chics
Express
Chicava
Sreneen Py Ee
N. York
New York
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Huntington
Chicapro
Exes
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Marion
Colubus
Lima
Abe Haan
Aranh
Columbus
Chillicothe
Waverly
Portsmouth
Tron
Kenovia
Sun
Meyersdale, Pa
Meyersdale
W. L. Royse
ANN & Cub
Walea
Nm & Co
Broadway
Ee Eene Baker Co Datent Pin
En Reichelt & Oltsch
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