A Scrap of Paper and a Town Dilemma
Walt Blake faces a devastating choice after a past marriage and a young woman named Lida. Captain Eli counsels doing the right thing as a storm rages and an actress Stella Blythe dies mysteriously, reported by a newspaper scrap exposing fate.
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Stella Blythe
Walt
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Eli
Tover
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Beta
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Pam
Tom
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God
Lilo
Ngitas
Aoman
Lila
San Antonio
Texas
Steila Blythe
Lightning cure for dyspepsia claims cowboy’s appetite return
Mike Keating, a ranch hand near Dalhart Texas, survived a lightning strike then demanded a hearty meal. He reportedly recovered his appetite after the incident with his note that a stew of meat and beans helped him regain strength.
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Mike Keating
J. H. Royce
Dalhart
Tex
Keating
Cookie
Best Method of Exterminating Vermin for Poultry
Missouri College of Agriculture outlines procedures for eradicating internal and external parasites in chicks and adult fowls. It covers identifying head lice on chicks, applying lard to infested areas, treating hens with blue ointment, and managing intestinal worms with remedies such as areca nut, green tea, turpentine, and tobacco dust, plus sanitation steps.
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AL. Krempster
Missouri College of Agriculture
Cleaning Poultry Droppings Daily With Absorbent Bedding
A writer suggests materials under perches to ease dropping removal. Sawdust absorbs moisture, keeps feet warm, and blends with manure for fertilizer. Sweep out droppings with a broom every few mornings and dust is dampened with water before sweeping. Daily cleaning is common among leading poultry farmers.
Moltings Difficult Task for Poultry Care
Molting forces poultry to shed and regrow feathers, curbing egg laying as birds become easily chilled. Good nutrition is essential, with grains alone insufficient. add meat scraps or commercial scraps to support laying when eggs fetch high prices.
How to Tell Fresh Eggs From Stale Ones
A guide from the Arizona Experiment Station explains tests for freshness. It covers the water test using air space and bottoming, candle light, cooling storage, and a shake sound for stale eggs. It notes that hard boiling reveals if an egg was laid the same day by skin adherence to the shell.
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Arizona Experiment Station
Task of Shedding Feathers and Winter Recovery
The article explains shedding feathers drains a fowl's constitution and requires high protein foods to regrow plumage. Grain alone lacks protein, so meat scraps are advised. If a fowl is chilled and weakened by cold weather, recovery is slow until late winter or early spring.
The Best Teacher and a Rural Spirit of Unrest
A reflective critique of a rural teacher who scorns local life while fueling longing for distant opportunities. The piece argues most wisdom lies at home, praising rural roots, and warning against eroding local pride as youth seek urban fame. It lauds statesmen and poets from tall grass over city paths.
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Wu Weiter
Ife
Jenny Linds
Florence Nightingales
Jenny Lind
Nolorence Nightingale
Newlyweds Mistakenly Identify Painted Dishes
A newly married couple in the artist's studio laughs over a painting they cooked or ate while trying to guess what the depicted items are. Friends observe their playful confusion as the spouses joke about love and taste.
No Cinderella Jones Ball Shoes Misread Amusing Court Remark
A court record quips about a strange shoe remark at a ball. An attendant reports a lady left behind a peculiar flat shoe. The prince orders to discard the clue and vows to find her, in a humorous exchange attributed to a judge.
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Cinderella
Backward and Forward in Schoolyard Talk
A brief revealing dialogue between Mrs Styles and Mrs Myles about a teacher labeling a daughter as backward and amid plans for social mixing with a forward daughter as a remedy. The exchange highlights social judgments and parental responses in a school setting.
Frantic Pitching Quips Blur With Baseball Banter
A garbled quote about a pitcher and striking out appears in a noisy sports blurb. The fragment hints at a boastful or humorous take on pitching prowess but offers little concrete fact or context.
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