River raid follows cash carried in bills
Harris and Allan Harris undertake a nighttime river raid to obtain cash, preferring bills to coins. A banker frets over security while Julia Harris and Allan await, travel through a mellow landscape, and encounter a deserted cabin where they rest, eyes on the bag of money as danger creeps closer.
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Harris
Booker
Latrar
Arto
Marrs
Allan
Julia
Allan Harris
Pade Sabine
Auun
Honor of Thieves Plot Revealed in River Chase
Gardiner and Riles map a careful heist while Travers and the Harris family patrol nearby. The plan centers on a midnight theft at a shanty near a river ford, with the money and mine owner to be seized, followed by a staged pursuit and a swift escape into the bush.
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Ardiner
Tiltes
Harris
Gardiner
Travers
Hiles
Cardiner
Riles
Weill
Jim
Custeres
Aml
Cuerdiner
Jones
Lieben
Kituige
Gariner
Tsivers
Wiles
Miles
Harria
Harrison
Atlan
Min
Harrises
Fravers
Murrla
Altan
Poliee
Powit
Hye
Rites
Andi
Five Causes of Disease in Farm Animals Warn of Losses
A United States Department of Agriculture guide outlines five principal causes of farm animal disease and emphasizes cooperation with state authorities, prompt reporting, quarantine and sanitation. It highlights tuberculosis as a major scourge and urges selecting disease-free breeding stock, proper housing, and expert advice to prevent outbreaks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Tvestock
State Agricultural College
Garden waste composting method from the Department of Agriculture
The article explains using organic rubbish and decayed plant matter to create a compost heap. It describes layering garden waste and stable manure to form a bed eight by four feet, two feet deep, with a two foot layer of refuse and a final one foot layer of manure, to reuse garden refuse efficiently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Department of Agriculture
Composting Method for Home Heaps and Gardens
The text describes layering waste in a heap then adding more material as needed, to be covered with earth. It notes this is suitable for suburban homes with kitchen waste and that in spring the heap is mixed, producing ready compost for garden plots. Heating manure destroys weed seeds and aids breakdown, with compost useful for hotbeds and cold frames.
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Aonah
Cleaning Up Insect Pests For Next Summer
The United States Department of Agriculture urges clearing shelter spots around grounds and gardens to cut insect hibernation sites. Remove weeds and grass from corners hedges ditches and similar nooks and burn the refuse to lessen pest damage next season.
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Bureau of Entomology
United States Department of Agriculture
Dust Bath for Poultry Keeps Chickens Clean in Winter
Poultry specialists from the United States Department of Agriculture recommend dusting as a selfcleaning method for chickens. For 50 to 60 birds, a dust box about 2 by 1 1/2 feet or 4 by 4 feet suffices, placed where sun reaches it most of the day. Use fine dry dust. sandy soil is good. avoid road dust. coal or wood ashes may be mixed with soil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Farm Counts in 1920 Census For US Agriculture
The 1920 census lists 6,449,088 farms in the United States. A farm is land directly farmed by one person or with household or hired help. When a landowner operates with tenants renters croppers or managers the land is still a farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Onal
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Ad
An old advertisement promotes Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for middle age women facing hot flashes and other symptoms of menopause. It claims natural changes and urges women to seek guidance from a "Mrs. a Block" and the company in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia
EB. Pinkham
Vegetable Combine Co
Lynn, Mass
Best Seller Roast By Boston Editor Sedgwick
Hilary Sedgwick, Boston editor, rails against best sellers and mocks a Cambridge resident who boasts a West author’s vanished tale appears in multiple languages. The exchange ends with a quip about translating the work into English.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilary Sedgwick
Boston
Sedgwick
Cambridge Tes
West
Mr. Bodywick
Notice a la Dutch in Gettysburg area home
A card posted over a front door bell reads “Button doesn't bell, Bump.” The line reflects Pennsylvania Dutch speech patterns and is noted in a brief American Legion Weekly snippet about local language usage.
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Gettysburg
American Legion Weekly
Movie plans drive family to walk for economy
A family debates movie night and opts for a cheap walk instead. The scene notes a daughter urging restraint and a mother stressing cost, while an advertisement touts Garfield Traal as a cure for digestion and headaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Divine
Constant Deing
Margaret
Airship Department Urged by Paning Correspondent
A panning correspondent argues for maintaining an airship division, claiming masculine aviation will threaten unfriendly governments, reflecting vanity as a noted weakness in another paper.
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Boston Transcript
An Old Fashioned Herbal Tonic
An elderly user praises Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for healing measles and restoring strength. The tonic, made from wild roots and barks and free from alcohol, is advertised as available from druggists in Buffalo New York for a trial bottle.
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Springfield
Dr. Pierce
Invalides
Buffalo
N. Y
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