The House That Bob Built and a Hidden Love
In a small town Miss Letitia recalls a lost romance with Robert Grantley, who feared his grandfather Ger dine Haskell. Dorcas Trimble narrates a new love with Yankees suitor, and Letitia later meets Robert at a cottage where Dorcas and a groomed future are revealed. Bob and Letitia reunite as Dorcas departs with a renewed sense of happiness.
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Hilgher
Deread
Miss Letitia
Dorcas
Om Worth
Grandfather
Letitia
Robert Grantley
Gerdine Haskell
Geraldine Haskell
Robert
Bob
SD Gorrow
Atitia
Dorens
Papa
Jackson
Dorcas Trimble
Fosdicks
Titia
Misa Letitie
Hardin
Tin Tags and How They Are Fastened to the Hives
A method for labeling bee hives with numbered tin tags. Each tag is heavy tin, painted both sides. The front bears the hive number while the back records colony details with a lead pencil, erasable for reuse, and is protected against wear.
Hive Number Details and Bent Crate Staples
The article explains using bent crate staples as spring hinges on hive bodies to hang tin number plates. Staples prevent sinking into wood during handling and allow reading notes by turning the tin upward for side viewing.
Poultry House Fixtures Should Be Movable
Movable fixtures aid cleaning and renovation in poultry houses while attached roosts and nests promote lice spread. Best roosts are level and near the ground. our perches are 18 inches high to reduce crowding and injuries.
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Plymouth Rock
Feeding pullets at Cornell station early lists retarded versus forced methods
A Cornell university experiment compares retarded and forced feeding of early hatched pullets. Findings show forced pullets profit more, eat less, lay larger eggs earlier, hatch better, gain weight faster, and show less broodiness and mortality than retarded pullets, with variations in mash types and grain effects.
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Jones BH. Rice
Cornell University Experiment Station
Mr. Rice
Animals Love For Tobacco Inspires Odd Bird Fancy
An amusing account describes a bird that enjoys fine-cut tobacco as a luxury. The narrator notes the bird’s connoisseurlike taste and recalls never hearing singing in the apartment building outside church or Salvation Army corners. The piece ends with a garbled line about a Venn reference.
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Salvation Army
The Fresh Air Treatment
A passerby irritably confronts Hills amid a furniture laden scene with three large moving vans in front of a friend’s house. Ellis questions the situation as Hills explains he is merely “taking my furniture out for a ride.”
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Ellis
Hills
Mr. Ellis
Hilla
Illustrated Sunday Magazine
Not Really Needed Certificate Of Good Character Questioned
An elderly New York bar member with deep court experience questions why a certificate of good character is required prior to admission to practice law. He notes ongoing contact with court methods and proceedings while offering the critical view.
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New York
Poultry Breeding Tips for Small Flocks and Healthy Flocks
A breeder advises small flocks outperform larger ones with attentive care. Focus on cleanliness to control vermin, proper feeding including alfalfa hay millets sunflowers and milk, and selective culling. Keep surplus roosters and ensure ample water and grit, plus sunning and dust bathing for hens and chicks when weather allows.
Quick Development of Fowls Impacts Broiler Timing
Farmers should monitor the rapidity of fowl growth as it affects when broilers reach market age. The speed of development carries considerable value and can influence profitability and planning in poultry operations.
Locating the incubator for small farm use
A standard incubator setup suits small farms with one or two machines. Housing can be in the dwelling if space and ventilation are adequate, though avoid sleeping rooms due to fumes. A dry, well ventilated cellar is ideal. musty cellars hinder incubation.
Colony Houses from Piano Boxes Construction
A brief note describes making serviceable Colony houses from piano boxes. Workers used the largest side for the bottom and nailed up the top to form shelter. The account highlights improvised housing methods and materials available to residents.
Plan for box boards as chick house and hatchery
A home made door is hung to the bottom of a box and the house is completed. Agricultural Epitomist notes these structures serve for growing chicks as well as purchased units. They require little work and are much cheaper.
How Many Eggs a Year for Farm Flocks
The article notes hens on ordinary farm flocks produce 75 to 125 eggs per year. It cites a writer who kept strict accounts and found an average of 96 eggs per hen, challenging inflated claims of high laying rates.
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Weill
Immigrant Station on Angel Island Planned for San Francisco
San Francisco plans a major Angel Island immigrant station with a $300000 base and $200000 more sought to house inspection and medical facilities. The facility will include administration, examination halls, detention areas, European and Oriental quarters, a hospital complex, dormitories, and a power house to enable advanced immigrant screening and deportment.
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San Francisco
Panama Canal
New York
Golden Gate
Angelsland
Hone
Elliseland
New York Harbor
Angel Island
Metcalf
Sargent
Ellie Island
Medical Department
Medical Inspection Department
Wese
S&y Lig
Pacific Street
Greed for Influence Revealed in Putnam Memoir
A. C. Bennon recalls a wealthy man in Putnam who courted power by aiding friends. He helped to gain credit and favors not to assist others, but to make them depend on him for influence. The subject’s motive was self advancement rather than genuine help.
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A. C. Bennon
Putnam’s
Verona
Cement Walk Construction Guide from House and Garden
An old House and Garden article explains laying a permanent cement walk with a dug foundation of brickbats or similar drainage material. It recommends two concrete layers a two to three inch base and a one inch finishing layer, plus letting frost thaw before starting in spring.
Inhabited Planets Debate by Sir Oliver Lodge
Sir Oliver Lodge speculates on life in Venus and Mars. He suggests Venus hosts reptilian life only during early carboniferous atmospheres while Mars may have seasons and polar snows. He notes August will bring heightened telescope study of Mars and its two moons.
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Venus
Sir Oliver ‘Lodge
Earth
Mars
Skates May Roll On As New Gear Arrives Abroad
A returning traveler hints at upcoming innovations in sporting gear including lignum vitae granite rollers with three bed bearings designed for smooth floors. The invention could allow curling-like play on any surface, described by the Central York Sun as a potential game of curling adapted for indoor use.
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Central York
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Daily Story Pub. Co
St. Katherine’s
Washington
New York City
Niagara
Hilburn
She
Colony Houses
Cep DE Milo
Lage OY Olina
Frais le
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