The Twin Heroes of the Seventh Royal Irish Fusiliers
Jimmy Murphy V C stands sentry in the desert and saves a superior officer with twin brother Tony. The brothers share a bond that survives war and misidentity. Tony falls in action, Jimmy bears the medal and adopts his brother's name in grief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Murphy
Jimmy
Tony
No. 4 Company
Seventh
Royal Irish Fusiliers
Picquet
Patth
Hravo
Murphy
Suakin
Osman Digna
Mount Cingerab
Bether'em Bay
V.C
Triwe
V. C
Laukin
Manure Use: Spread Less for More Crop Benefit
Farmers are urged to avoid overloading fields with manure. Exhaustive tests show large applications can harm yields by firing corn, stunting grain, and lodging straw. Apply five to ten loads per acre to coincide with growing crops, ensuring nutrients reach fibrous roots. Spread in September and plow under for next year’s crop.
Developing Good Type of Dairy Heifers for Strong Cows
An article arguing that growing dairy calves should not be fattened but kept thrifty. It emphasizes liberal feeding with hay and silage to develop digestive capacity, not bulky concentrates, to produce high milk yields. The goal is yearlings with sufficient flesh but not fat, forming strong, talented dairy cows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yicard
Dry Mash Trial at Reading College Poultry Tart England
A 13 week trial tested dry-mash feeding on chickens weighing 2 pounds 12.68 ounces on average at end of period. Authors note growth not yet at expected four pounds for market birds and question sufficiency of results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading College
England
Never Kissed Lad Finds Adoptive Fortune After Visit
Julius Chambers recalls touring New York almshouses and a ten year old boy who asked to be kissed. The boy,父 motherless, later was adopted by a wealthy family near Saratoga and became heir to a fortune after the publication of the story.
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New York
Julius Chambers
Reader Magazine
Essex County
Whallonsburg
Lake Champlain
Saratoga
Author's Odd Experience With John Law Descendant Visit
Emerson Hough author of The Mississippi Bubble meets John Law descendant in Chicago. Law, a biz insurance company manager, travels from Georgia and Cincinnati sharing family history. They discuss ancestral ties, Civil War brigadier general, Lauriston, and insights into the book’s hero.
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Emerson Hough
John Law
Biz Insurance
Mr. Hough
Georgia
Cincinnati
Lauriston
Scotland
Hough
Europe
Radium Dreams for Tuberculosis and Other Odd Notes
Scfentint Thinks the Wonderful Sub stance Can Be Used to Cure Pulmonary Tuberculonsin. Frederick Soddy of McGill suggests radium rays might treat lung tuberculosis by exposing diseased tissue to radium gas breathed in as air. Costly and risky, it could not reach broad use. Also brief notes on a macaw blush and Alaska’s salmon supply.
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Scfentint
Frederick Soddy
Rutherford
McGill University
Montreal
Scientific American
Soddy
Country Boy Wins Hearts in Humble Hustle
A collage of quips and anecdotes highlights rural virtue and ironies. The piece extols the country boy for honesty, vigor, and work ethic, then juggles jokes about lobster hauls, widows, and civic life, finishing with a light note on local journalism challenges.
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Conyers
Cody
the Seventh
War Office
Beyant
Kelly
Maloney
Alaska
the Country Boy
Honet
Telephone Company
Poleland
Walter Wellman
Pifie
Michigan
A. A. Weekly
Millfield
Athens
Tie
Augusta
Mich
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