If You Can Swim Jump For It Heroic River Chase
Lieutenant Knox on duty at Fort Armstrong rescues dispatches after being cast overboard by Kirby. He allies with Amos Shrunk and Pete to save Rene Beaucaire and Eloise, as Kirby murders allies and escapes upriver in a keelboat amid a dramatic pursuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knox
Regular Army
Fort Armstrong
Rock Island
Ill
St. Louis
Warrior
Judge Beaucaire
Joe Kirby
Devil’s Own
Gmbler
Rene
Aistera
Kirby
Joe Carver
Beaucaire
Carver
Leutenant
Pete
Haynes
Amos
Beaucaire Place
Rene Beaucaire
Sam
Shrunk
Hall
Haines
Mapes
The Neytuck Tale The Sons of Rene on the Illinois River
A river refuge plan unfolds as Rene and Sam join a perilous escape from Kirby. The narrator guides them along the Illinois to Beardstown while Kirby seizes their keelboat. After a night clash, the narrator survives a wreck, is rescued by the Adventurer of Memphis crew, and learns the Crimson War rumor tied to Yellow Banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Rene Beaucaire
Adventurer of
Memphis
Tom Jenkins Restores Loss With Club Help
A Merrimack County boy named Tom Jenkins loses his prized cow and fears debt. His Boys and Girls Club members pool small donations from a farm bureau event, raising enough to buy a new cow that will repay the debt and restore his project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hampshire Boys
United States Department of Agriculture
Tom Jenkins
Dea
Merrimack County
New Hampshire
Tony
Tom
Farm Bureau
Fate Steps In and Causes Gallery Complications
A playful note on fate creating new issues as visitors fall in love with gallery pictures. Officials restrict access to certain galleries where love for exquisite beauty has sparked curiosity and tension among patrons.
Lulu Alphea Sets Milk and Butter Records in Ashburn
Registered yearling Lulu Alphea of Ashburn produced 18 660 pounds of milk causing 7 000 pounds of butter in the year ending November 1. The butter yield is 100 pounds above her weight and five times the average dairy cow production. Milk tested 5.85 percent butterfat, over legal minimum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey
Lulu Alphea
Ashburn
American Jersey Cattle Club
Cow Testing Reduces Costs and Boosts Farm Profit
Cow testing lowers expenses and increases profit through cooperative buying and selling of seeds livestock and products. It encourages better dairying and builds community spirit by cutting feed bills via carload purchases and unites members on farm matters through meetings tours and plenaries.
Appearance of Dairy Cows
A dairy cow’s temperament is judged by appearance. The well behaved cow shows wide apart eyes and a meek expression, while a high head and a vicious look indicate a poor temperament to avoid.
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McClurg & Co
By Randall Parrish
Shea
Irish Brigade
Wildoraces
Irwin Myers
Mlinois
Mississippi
Illinois
Beardstown
Yellow Banks Furst
Yellow Banks
Pardner
Black Hawk
St. Lovee
New Orleans
Rock River
Fate
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