Where the Lines Meet Masterful Tale Of Four States
A lone man named Bill Gordon negotiates a cabin built around a line that bisects Utah Colorado Arizona and New Mexico. Sheriff Tom McKinney arrives with a warrant but finds Gordon immune by geography. A storm and a pile of stones seal Gordon’s comic trap as a Colorado prisoner.
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Commonwealth
United States
Bill
McKinney
Bill Gordon
Gordon
Colorado
Utah
Arizona
New Mexico
Tom
Sheriff McKinney
McElmo
Monticello
Newcamers
Sheriff M'Kinney
Jack
Buck
Sheriff M’kinney
M’kinney
Dad Walters
Biji
San Juan County
M'Kinney
Chair
Key
Saddle
M‘kinney
Sherif M’kinney
Bil
Care of the Old Strawberry Beds
Prof C P Close advises postharvest strawberry care including mowing and burning debris, plowing between rows, thinning to vigorous plants, and alternate row cultivation to establish new plants. Continual cultivation through the growing season is recommended for renewing beds. A farmer jokes about keeping the cat shut up after small piglets arrive.
Anatomy of a Stalk of Corn from Early Growth Stages
A detailed look at a one month old corn stalk with leaves removed shows male tassels, rudimentary ear buds, brace roots, and branching points. Describes how buds at joints indicate prior branching and warns against setbacks slowing ear development.
Mystery Package From Unclaimed Rail Yard Sale
Mr Potter returns from the city with a $1.40 box found at a railway office unclaimed sale. His wife reads the label offering two pale yellow tablets every hour until pain is relieved. She insists on burning the package and plans to inform her nephew Fred about the incident.
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Mr. Potter
Manny
Mrs. Potter
William
Fred
Advertising to combat substitution evils in consumer culture
A business manager urges readers to demand what they asked for and avoid substitutes. He compares dodgy offerings to a village clerk's feeble suggestion and tells of a friend who sought a linen duster but was offered a feather duster instead.
Animals as Their Own Doctors and Healers
A nature student notes animals self medicate by eating grass to curb parasites and restore appetite. Dogs and cats seek herb and grass remedies, cows and sheep use herbs, monkeys dress wounds with leaves, ants seal injuries with healing fluid, and birds may set broken legs. Fever prompts cold water baths and animals endure severe injuries by biting away a severed limb.
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Latreilli
Ita
Hairs In the Watch Baffling Barbershop Complaint
An East side barber complains his watch, sent downtown monthly for cleaning, is always found full of fine hairs after the back is opened. He keeps it in his pocket while cutting hair but cannot explain how hairs enter the mechanism. The exchange is from the Columbus Dispatch.
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Bill
Montezuma County
McElmo
San Juan
East Side
Columbua
Difference in Management Leads to Collapse at Dawn
Fragmentary text notes a morning incident where leadership or planning failed, leading to a collapse. The report mentions a morning time frame and an unexpected failure impacting a structure or project. Details are unclear due to the damaged source.
Glory of Christ Shown in Quiet Power and Sympathy
A devotional meditation contrasts Jesus at Cana with worldly presses for loud triumph. It highlights Christ’s power in stillness, his sympathy for daily worries, and the danger of chasing “good wine first.” It ends urging self denial and perseverance for the crown of life.
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Jesus
Cana
Gail
Rocial
Christ
Niagara
Niagara Falls
Stanley
Lfe
Landseer
Europe
Byron
Beau Brummell
Ian
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