Premature Explosion Rocks Green County Dark Legacy
In Sandstone Green County Sheriff Ockerson and Judge Higgins rule with fear as cowmen, sheepmen, and townspeople suffer intimidation. A raid ends in a fatal blast at a well while a German worker and Libeary Etling trigger a deadly accident blamed on the corrupt duo. Coroner's verdict cites accidental discharge and unintended casualties.
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Green County
Bill Ockerson
Chet Angelos
Sandstone Figgins
Sandstone
Gvkerson
Higgins
Green
Judge Higgins
Ockerson
Throckmorton
Jeff Peterson
Missouri Penitentiary
Topeka
Deacon Lusk
Lynx River
Tom Harkness
Diamond Y S Outfit
Harkness
Henry Etling
Caspar
Etling
Doc Peterson
Musaswahile
Ookerson
Mein Herr
Jedge
Libeary Etling
Corral
Ocker- Son
Chet Higgins
John Il, Raftery
Chicago
Hot Water Cure for Indigestion Advised With Caution
Good Housekeeping notes hot water can aid indigestion when used sparingly and at near body temperature. Excessive use at scalding temperatures harms digestion, as the stomach works best when food is not too hot or cold. Repeated shocks can irritate gastric glands, counteracting any benefit.
Boots cobbled on the veldt by a Boer craftsman
A Mafeking South Africa Mail report describes boots cobbled from an old pair with leather uppers and hard soles. Eyelets were removed and telegraph wire cut to fix the sole, riveted inside and out.
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Mafeking
South Africa
Shade and feed tactics for hogs and pasture care
Shade trees or three sided shelters in hog pastures reduce heat stress and improve growth. Avoid shadeless, hot midday pastures. In drought, remove cattle to let grass recover. Summer cultivation robs moisture from trees but helps weed control, then sow clovers later. Selective breeding boosts livestock value and efficiency, while trap nests in poultry houses aid identification and culling for profitability.
Maintenance Ration For Horses From Wyoming Station
The New York Tribune Farmer notes a study showing 13.75 pounds of alfalfa hay and 2.25 pounds of oats straw daily enough to maintain a 1000 pound horse with minimal exercise. It may also support light work. Digestibility findings from North Carolina suggest proteins aid carbohydrate use, implying greater digestion from the straw if alfalfa protein enhances metabolism. A tip on absorbents urges using dry loam or sawdust to dry bedding and preserve manure, with leaves as backup.
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Wyoming Experiment Station
North Carolina
New York Tribune
Man's Forgetfulness on Sites of Great Disasters
A Providence Journal essay argues that history shows people repeatedly build on dangerous sites despite catastrophes. It notes Mount Pelee, Vesuvius, Lisbon, Galveston, and tidal risks near the Gulf, linking hazard acceptability to wages and urban neglect of ventilation and sanitation.
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Mont Pelee
Providence Journal
Vesuvius
Naples
Lisbon
Houng-Ho
Galvyestor
Galveston
Gulf
United States
West Indies
Washington Still Che Stant Litchfield Climb Feat At Natural Bridge
Washington Still Che Stant Litchfield of Ohio tries a feat famed only to George Washington. watched by hundreds he ascends fifty feet by rock crevices then slips as rock crumbles. he rises unhurt and says Washington may keep the championship belt. The Joyous Farmer notes a farmer’s grueling 16 hour day from four a.m. to eleven p.m. in Council Bluffs life.
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Washington
Chestant Litchfield
Oho
George Washington
Litchfield
New York Sun
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Speech by Campbell-Bannerman and comic tale of servants
The speech was bitter yet genial as Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman recounted a humorous anecdote about an employer and a servant who broke household items. The Englishman advises dismissing him, the Scotchman suggests deducting wages, the Irishman proposes raising wages to fix the issue.
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Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Spectator
Gutta Percha Trees Planted in Malay Peninsula
The Government of the Malay Peninsula is planting gutta percha trees on a large scale. Gutta-percha can now be extracted from the leaves and twigs without injuring the trees, so cutting them down will not be necessary.
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Malay Peninsula
Antiquity of Irrigation by Francis G Newlands
Hon. Francis G. Newlands argues irrigation is humanity s oldest art and civilization s foundation tracing irrigation from ancient deserts to modern projects in Arizona New Mexico and Mesopotamia. He notes England investments in India and the Nile and describes westward expansion blocked by aridity until rivers from the Rockies were diverted to foster farming across the plains.
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Francis G. Newlands
Nevada
America
Arizona
New Mexico
England
India
Nile
Mesopotamia
Tigris
Euphrates
Babylon
Ninevah
Atlantic
Axman
Kansas
Nebraska
Lome
Nnotil
Rocky Mountains
Women as Peacemakers by Sir Edwin Arnold
A reflection on how women could drive universal peace if united and resolute. The piece cites a lyric contrast between war and peace via two paintings, one of a besieged city and dying cavalryman, the other a tranquil seascape with children and a lamb near a disused gun, urging women to embrace the peace ideal.
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Edwin Arnold
Busby
Money's Message in Life and Leadership
A reflective discourse on wealth as a test of character. It questions whether riches expand opportunity and wisdom or feed greed and isolation, urging successful individuals to lift others and maintain human sympathy.
What the Atmosphere is Made Of By Charles Morris
The article traces the discovery and meaning of atmospheric components. It notes Priestly’s 1774 identification of oxygen and two years later nitrogen, and explains their roles and properties. It also discusses carbon dioxide as a vital, though minor, constituent essential for life, linking it to plant and animal sustenance.
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Couiuiuiwiu
Lippincett
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Sara G. Small
Boston Transcript
New York Post
O. S. Marden
Success
Charles Morris
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