Hidden Ways By Frede Rig F Van de Water Om eS
David Mattery moves to New York to find newspaper work and takes a switchboard job at a bank apartment house run by Timothy Sigeins. He meets Agatha Paget and her niece Allegra. A scream from the Ferriter apartment reveals a dead black-bearded man with no weapon found, drawing police into the case.
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David Mattery
New York
B Bank
Timothy Sigeins
David
Agatha Paget
Allegra
Higgins
Ferriter
Pagets
Lyon
Everett
Jane
Paget kinship saga twists at Ferriter flat
A detective narrator confronts Higgins and Odious family secrets unfold in the Ferriter building. Miss Agatha Paget reveals plans for a groundbreaking genealogy book exposing Pagetry and its flaws while offering the narrator a chance to write the account.
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Grosvenor
Allegra Ten “Grove
Bond
Allegra
Miss Agatha Paget Hosts Canfield In Dramatic Parlor
Miss Agatha Paget places a red tea on a black jack setup while smoking and entertaining David in a shadowy drawing room. She notes etiquette, dismisses propriety, and asserts control with a sharp glance and a curt invitation. The scene blends ornate fashion with a noir mood as she prompts a card reading.
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David
Better Stock Is Cross Bred
Professor L M Winters argues for moving beyond purebred ideology toward scientifically driven crossbreeding and performance testing. Minnesota experiments show crossbred hogs outperform purebreds in pork efficiency while dairy and beef cattle show limited links between type and production, signaling a shift to efficiency over appearance using proven sires cow and sow testing and artificial insemination.
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L. M. Winters
University Farm
St. Paul
Minnesota
Maine
Fly Traps for Livestock Keep Pestered Flies Away
A farm device uses a cagelike passage seven feet by six by ten with a fly tight roof. Canvas flaps brush flies from horses and cattle as they pass through, while wire traps capture the pests. Set along paths to pasture or dairy, the contraption trains animals to seek the brusher off zone.
Roughage's effect on milk color from dairy cows
Recent studies show roughage type greatly changes milk color. green pasture grasses and legume seeds yield high carotene color, while poor hay and beet pulp lower it. Carotene in feed converts to vitamin A, so higher milk yellow color indicates greater vitamin A potency.
Geese guard Arkansas cotton from rain in Mississippi fields
Geese named Hoe and Hank help save cotton by gobbling Johnson grass weeds for 16 hours daily. In a western Mississippi county, farmers keep flocks of 75 to 100 geese in cotton patches from sunup to sunset. The pestiferous Johnson grass is eaten in wet or dry weather. Some farmers sell geese after the season, others keep them year round.
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Arkansas
Mississippi
Johnson
Farley Swaps Politics For Baseball In Miami Move
Jim Farley quits as National Democratic chairman to run the New York Yankees foreshadowing a shift from politics to baseball. The piece notes his long political career, the Miami winter attraction idea, and a playful jab at his need to adapt to a sport with simpler coaching rules.
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MR. Farley
Jim Farley
New York Yankees
James M. Cox
Miami
Yanks
Strange Facts Swift Canal Travel Loud Whale Blow
The United States fleet can pass through the Panama canal with remarkable speed with 110 ships moving through in 48 hours. Whales when harpooned stay underwater for up to two hours then surface and blow with a force audible for over a mile. Only 24 states tax retail sales but about 450 million dollars is collected yearly. Alabama Louisiana and Mississippi have interchangeable sales tokens for interstate shoppers.
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United States
Panama Canal
Alabama
Louisiana
Mississippi
Large Eastern Railroad Sells Rust to Steel Firms
A major Eastern railroad ships between 209 and 600 tons of rust monthly to several steel companies. The material is used in producing pig iron, reflecting a steady byproduct trade noted by industry observers.
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Eastern
Collier's
Quiet on Set Sparks Fatal Kitchen Gunfire
The director demanded absolute quiet on stage 6 as filming began. A floor-board squeak, a lipstick drop, and a muffled scream echoed before the camera rolled. Two submachine guns fired into a crockery filled kitchen, ending the scene.
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Frederig F. van DE Water OM Es
Shannon
Miss Page
Hoyt
Agatha
Lord Higgins
Blackbeard
Miss Agatha
Jake
Timothy
Eddie
Huggins
Mrs. Higgins
Tennants
Boone
Fineman
Mallory
Higging
Paget
Miss Ferriter
Grove
Kenneth Grahame
Tim
Omaha
Nebraska
Sons of the Revolution
Chapter
Hoe
Hank
Komenios
Jim
Haverstraw Nine
Big Jim
Governor Cox
Big Jim Farley
Third
DiMaggio
Britain
John
Bull
John Bull
Stewart Cole Clark
Willkie
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Seneca
Cae E Ny
Jends
Plautus
Benjamin Frankin
Curtis
Minneapolis
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