How to Improve Soil and Poultry Handling Advice
National Agriculture warns against deep spring subsoil plowing while promoting use of leguminous cover crops like red clover alfalfa and soybeans to improve soil. It details humane methods for killing poultry and stresses thorough bleeding for market quality. Fruit as food is recommended for a balanced diet and fruit nutrients. It also covers alfalfa as soil improver and road prep with split log drag for winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Department of Agriculture
Nature
Department of Agriculture
Japan
Canada
New York
Scouts Protect Birds Against Harmful Hunting
A piece extols boy scouts as guardians of birds, arguing against shooting and egg collecting. It cites hawks and owls feeding on crop pests, a Rochester orchard save from an insect, grosbeaks feeding nests with potato bugs, and a Washington professor counting caterpillars and bloodthirsty mosquitoes in bird stomachs, all from Boy Scouts of America.
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Knights of Old
Rochester
N. Y
Washington
Boy Scouts of America
Signal feats across wars from cows to drums and heliographs
The article notes ancient signaling methods such as a Bulgarian cowherd using five cows to signal Servian positions, Basutos beating goatskin drums to convey messages, and the heliograph later used by Captain Sadler of the Sixth Dragoon Guards to transmit a message 130 miles in South Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ishtik
Basutoland
Cape Town
Sadler
Dragoon Guards
South Africa
Bargain Notice Sparks Price Talk in Town
Seth Woodbury, a tightfisted farmer, seeks to publish a notice of his brother William’s death. The editor states the paper charges 10 cents an inch. Seth quips about Bill’s height, noting he was 6 foot 2 as they discuss the cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seth Woodbury
William
Seth
Notice of Sale in Lumpkin County Georgia
Court ordered sale of undivided interest in Lots 916 920 and 921 in the 6th District 1st Section Lumpkin County Georgia. Property of J R Hall deceased to pay debts with cash terms. Administrator W B Gurney signs the notice dated December 1 1913.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Lumpkin County
Court of Ordinary
Court House
T. R. Hall
Gorgia
J. R. Hall
W. B. Gurney
Sheriff Sale Notices For Lumpkin County Real Estate
The Lumpkin County sheriff will sell at the courthouse on the first Tuesday in January between legal hours. An undivided one fifth of eight acres in Lot 927 is offered as collateral in a suit vs A M Benson. Also Lot 130 in the 11th District is listed, with boundaries described, to satisfy a superior court judgment against Mrs. R A Palmour. Written notices provided to defendants in possession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Lumpkin County
Said
Bohan
IF. W. Hall
Water Power & Mining Company
John Brooksher
James J. Tall
Alm. Benson
Superior Court
Said County
A. M. Benson
M.G. Head & Co
Justices Court of
South District
G. M
Levy
W. R. Whitmire
L.C
Originally
Hall
John Bowers
Old Place
Chestatee
A. B. Whelchel
Brown Place
James A. Adams
John Wacaster
R. A Palmour
Wade H. Whelcher
R.A. Vatinour
Husband Rescues Despairing Wife in Cardui Testimony
In Catron Kentucky Mrs Bettie Bullock describes four years of debilitating womanly trouble. After doctor visits and failing strength her husband offers Cardus, a tonic that she credits with restored mobility. She urges others with similar issues to try Cardui and contact Chattanooga Medical Co for guidance and a 64 page home treatment book.
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Cardus
Chattanooga Medical Co
Ladies’ Advisory Dept
Chattanooga, Tenn
Dahlonega Graded School Among State Educational Centers
Dahlonega is cited as an educational center in Georgia alongside the Agricultural College. The note highlights a well graded public school system that is free to be very child oriented and focused on schooling in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dahlonega
Agricultural College
Pure Herb Tablets Claim Broad Digestive Benefits
An advertisement touts Pure Herb Tablets as more than a laxative, saying they correct the digestive system including stomach digestion, kidney function, liver and bowels, and purify the blood. The copy promises immediate improvement with no weakening sensation and offers a three month treatment in a box, with a dollar postage, refund if ineffective, manufactured by Pure Herbs Tablet Co. Ashland Ohio and agent W B Townsend Dahlonega Ga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pure Herbs Tablet Co
Ashland
Ohio
W. B. Townsend
Dahlonega, Ga
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Fin Bures
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Nugget Office
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Sheriff's Sales
Catron, Ky
Bettie Bullock
Ment
Cardui
Wan
Columbia
Mountain Club House
Craig R. Arnold
Sargent
Jouannet
Southern Express Co
Alfred Jouannet
MT. Pleasant
S. C
Cook
D. L. Cook
T. G
W. D. Seabolt
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Littlefield Old Stand
MH Robe Ciee & PY Odes EC
Mrs. TS. Spptifield
Atlinta
Atlanta
The
New Home Sewing Mocking Co
Grange
Mass
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