One Deck of Cards and a Deadly Ace of Spades
In Little Missouri a poker game ends in a tense standoff when Bronson and a rival reveal identical ace high hands. The dealer suspects foul play, a fresh deck is tested, and the ace of spades proves a fatal turn. The tension breaks when Bronson admits error and offers a drink to his rival. The scene is recounted by D. W. Phillips in Criterion.
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William
Little Missouri
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Cross
Bill
Lepr
Pardner
D. W. Phillips
Criterion
First Through Bering Strait Navigator Honored
Desbnnov a Cossack is credited as the first to sail through the Bering Strait proving Asia separated from America by water. He voyaged from the Kolyma to the Anadyr in 1648 and Russia plans a statue in his memory at Chabarowski on the Amur.
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Bering Strait
Desbnnov
Agia
America
Kolyma
Anadyr
Russia
Chabarowski
Amur
Extermination tactics for Canada thistle using Dwarf Essex rape
A discussion by Professor Thom as Shaw of Minnesota outlines methods to eradicate Canada thistle by sowing Dwarf Essex rape in late season. Techniques include shallow August plowing to cut thistle roots, careful later cultivation, and planting rape in June or August in rows or broadcast to suppress regrowth, with rye pasture as part of the rotation.
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Thomas Shaw
Minnesota
New Yorker
Right Way to Dispatch and Pick Poultry
AFarm Journal describes a man skilled in killing and rough picking poultry. He hangs the bird, uses a barrel to catch feathers and a bat to keep down and hair free, and wears a sack as an apron. With proper motions he can dispatch and rough pick a bird every five minutes.
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The
Farm Journal
Flax Growing In the West and Soil Demands
The article explains how flax, grown for seed on western lands, is an exhaustive crop. It depletes soil nutrients, requiring deep roots and careful plowing and filth to sustain vigorous growth and quality fiber over years.
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West
Agricultural notes and college awards in Kansas Iowa and Minnesota
Smutted corn fed to cattle may spread disease through manure and black leg rises among Kansas calves prompting calls for protective vaccine from the State Agricultural College. Kansas Agricultural College wins silver for its Omaha Exposition grape collection after 60 varieties were shown. Minneapolis College of Agriculture admits women on equal terms with men with 60 entering the three year program. Iowa Homestead advises adding pumpkin to the diet of fattening cows alongside grain.
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State Agricultural College
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College of Agriculture
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Iowa Homestead
Aunt's steadfast care ends in a chilling Derbyshire encounter
A stern widow, famed for resourceful resolve, moves to a remote Derbyshire country seat. A portrait's eye seems to move and a concealed thief is exposed as servants arm for a dramatic confrontation. The escape is thwarted and the culprit is dragged away.
Selling Invitations Among British Aristocracy Social Climbers
Henry Labouchere quotes an acquaintance describing a scheme where well born but needy peers sell invitations to their lounges to social aspirants. The buyer pays for access, with the lure of social recognition rather than romantic gain, as the snobbish plan thrives on money for invitations and reputational capital.
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Henry Labouchere
women's fashion changes drive new neckwear trend
The article notes a shift from linen collars and rigid chokers to fluffy lace and chiffon neckpieces. It highlights new options like lace boas, net shawls, chiffon stocks, jabots, and fichus as substitutes, with emphasis on warmth and style for autumn and winter.
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Neo
Bayaldere
Oheille
Notable historic willow trees linked to Napoleon graves
Historic notes mention a great willow in St. Helena linked to Napoleon’s grave and six slips sent by Count Archambault. One tree grows at Henry Coates’s country seat near Wayne, another was planted by Mr. Kellogg at Bryn Mawr, with three slips failing to mature.
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Island
St. Helena
Count Archambault
Henry Coates Ab Wayne
Mr. Kellogg
Bryn Mawr
Local Congregation Disturbed by Coughing Sighting
A disruption occurred at a Sunday service as a person coughed loudly. The speaker requested contacting Moogk Swartz and Fleck to obtain Foley's Honey and Tar for relief.
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Moogk Swartz & Fleck
Foley
Travel to California on the North Western Line
To California Attention is called to the excellent service of the North Western Line to California and the favorable rates which have been made for single and round trip tickets for this season's travel. Best accommodations in first class or tourist sleeping cars which run through every day in the year. Personally conducted tourist parties every week to California and Oregon. Choice of a large number of different routes without extra charge. Particulars cheerfully given upon application to agents Chicago North Western Ry or connecting lines, Ltd.
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