Lost Will Found Hidden by Rodents in Nest
McKeever N Y Simon North inherits livestock and a tobacco box after his grandfather Ezra North dies intestate. Rats hid the parchment will in a wood shed floor nest with teeth marks but legible writing. The will, dated 1881, bequeaths two cows a guinea pig 37 hens and the tobacco box to Simon while other property goes to the sons and daughter.
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McKeever
N. Y
Simon North
Ezra
Ezra North
Simon
Man Lived Like an Ape in Belgium Forests Returns Home
Baron Grynsdaal assists a Norwegian philanthropist in rescuing a man who lived twelve years in forests of Belgium and France after surviving the wreck of the Norwegian barque Mygrean in 1895. Found with fur like hair and ape like movements, he was captured, identified by a Mygrean medal, and eventually spoke clearly of his twelve years of absence as memories returned.
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Brussels
Baron Grynsdaal
Belgium
France
Norway
Soignies
Jes
Pro hunter kills tiger cub in home gas oven
Thomas Beet, proprietor of a private detective agency, says his six year old daughter Dorothy was attacked by a pet tiger cub. After a fierce struggle Beet summoned courage and asphyxiated the cub in a gas oven. Dorothy hid in a pie while the tiger lashed and snarled in the kitchen.
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New York
Thomas Beet
Beet
Dorothy
Mr. Beet
On the Hog The Humble Pig and His Growth In Favor
The article argues against hog prejudice and notes improved farming practices. It cites alfalfa pastures and sub division for sows, predicts shifts toward Berkshire Poland China and Duroc breeds, and praises the hog as a mortgage lifter when properly raised. It references Southern Farm Journal and Western farming trends.
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Pizgy
West
Denver
Southern Farm Journal
Government Demonstration Farms Boost Southern Agriculture
The U S Department of Agriculture, led by Prof S A Knapp, expands practical demonstration farming across the South. In each state agents set up county demonstrations on selected cotton and corn crops, using advanced soil prep, modern implements, best seed, and intensive crop diversification. Farmers meet at regular Farmers Institutes to view results and receive expert guidance on fertilizing planting cultivating and harvesting.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
South
Department of Plant Industry
Cotton Journal
Resolutions for 1908 from Southern Fruit Grower
The piece urges practical effort and improvement in 1908. It calls for more world contribution than 1907, cheerfulness, honesty under all hazards, better welfare for family, optimism, breaking bad habits, extending children’s schooling, and providing more and better literature for the family.
Making Farm Home Grounds More Beautiful
A guide stresses curved driveways over straight lines to create natural farm surroundings. It advises gradual landscaping with evergreen groups, shrubs, and fruit trees, balancing air flow and view. Emphasizes lawns as key features and gradual, fixed plans for long term beauty.
Fleas in the House and Control Methods
The article explains flea life stages from eggs to adults and recommends household control. It highlights washing pets, dusting cats with pyrethrum, cleaning rooms, scrubbing floors, and running gasoline in cracks to kill larvae and pupae. It also warns against using milk strainers in pails as they raise germ content and reduce milk quality.
The Salter Contract Turns on a Bluff and Love
Henry Best aims to win the Salter building bid to fund his future, while Fannie secretly engineers a rival bid. John Fellows presses the race, and Fannie finally reveals she and Fellows both sought to outbid him. She confesses creating The Frederick Jones Company to beat the rivals and secure marriage and hats.
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John Fellows
Henry Best
Fannie
Henry
Best
Salter
Mr. Best
Fellows
Chicago
Mr. Fellows
Fannie’s
Jones’ Company
Frederick Jones Company
Doll Couture Lecture Delights Back Bay Theatrical Night
John C. Abbott presented a life sized doll named La Grand-Pandore at the Hotel Tuileries to illustrate eighteenth century fashion. The five foot six inch doll wore successive gowns with lace and frills worth a fortune as Abbott discussed fashion tyranny and the era’s wardrobe with theatrical changes of dress and wig.
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Back Bay
Hotel Tuileries
John C. Abbott
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