The Placer Deal Shatters in the Yukon Valley
Garth exposes a falsified claim and confronts Huxley and Ramill in a harsh Yukon scene. A planned winter expedition and a brutal confrontation ensue, ending with a gunshot and Lilith’s accusation of murder as Huxley insists the shot was to save her father.
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Ramil
Huxley
Garth
Lilith Ramil
Smething
Edmonton
Burton Ramil
Mr. Ramill
Placer
Illionaire
Iskimos
Coronation Gulf
Fort Smith
Bellanca
Miss Ramill
Vivian
Lilith
Ramill
Lilith Ramill
Mr. Ranilll
O—D
Tobin
Hart
Dad
Ned
Arkansas Pronunciation Debate Reaches Legislative Record
The 1881 Arkansas legislature adopted a commission’s finding on state name pronunciation, favoring three syllables with final s silent and Italianized a sounds, matching French origin. The river name remains Arkansasaw to many residents who spell Arkansaw locally.
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Arkansas
United States Senate
Chester Ashley
New England
Ambrose H. Sevier
Tennessee
Ashley
Sevier
Arkansaw
Wrens in Our Garden
The house wren is an economical bird helpful to orchards and gardens. It feeds on insects and raises two to three broods of four or five babies each season. Both parents tend eggs and young, with the father joyful after hatching before duty grows heavier.
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House Wren
Daddy
Mother Wren
Future Written on Stars and the Rise of Astronomy
The text describes how ancient Chaldean sages believed the future was written in the stars and that human minds could decipher celestial scrolls. It links this belief to the development of astronomy as a guiding science for future ages.
Soy Beans Help Avoid Soft Pork Losses for Hog Fattening
Prof Sleeter Bull from the University of Illinois warns that feeding whole soy beans yields soft inferior pork, while soy bean oil meal improves pork firmness and speeds gains. Trials in Illinois Indiana and Ohio show 10 to 20 percent faster gains and 10 to 20 percent feed savings when using soy bean meal with alfalfa. A balanced ration of one bushel corn and nine pounds soy meal plus alfalfa, with a mineral mix, is recommended for fattening hogs.
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Sleeter Bull
College of ‘Agriculture
University of
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Special seed treatment advised for scab on wheat and rye
Due to a scab outbreak on small grains, University Farm expert Dr. J. J. Christensen urges disinfecting winter wheat and rye seed this fall. For rye with ergot, a 40 lb salt per 90 gal brine helps remove ergot, then wash. Both grains should be dusted with New Improved Ceresan at 0.5 oz per bushel and left to stand 24 hours before planting.
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J. J. Christensen
University Farm
St. Paul
Mixed Tree Stands Best for Erosion Control
Pathfinder Magazine notes locust trees grow quickly and help soil but face heavy borer damage. Experts advise mixing locusts with hardwoods adapted to local soils to improve leaf litter and create a resilient forest stand. Conifers typically struggle beside black locusts.
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Pathfinder Magazine
Soybeans show ancient Chinese farming roots and alfalfa seed carryover rare
A report notes soybeans used by Industry in China for around five thousand years. It mentions Irish Free State farmers losing livestock for nonpayment of annuity taxes. It also observes that alfalfa seed seldom carries over to the next year in Canada.
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China
Irish Free State
Canada
Denver churchman linked to English immigrant’s will
A Denver clergyman, Rev John W. Hudston, was named executor in the will of a lonely English immigrant girl who died after an emergency operation. The 10 500 dollar estate was left to the Reverend, who had previously comforted her a decade ago.
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Denver
John W. Hudston
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Robert Ames Bennet
Chapter
Janey
Jack Horner
Wi Wee Comfort Daily
Garfield CO
Dept
Brooklyn
Parker
Histox Chem
Wka
Patchan
N.Y
Hiscox Chemical Works
Patchogue
WNU
Magnesia
23Rd St
Long Island City
W. Y
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