Dairying advice and horse care notes from the farm column
A long domestic farm column covers dairy care, horse welfare, feeding, cleanliness, and rural practices. It stresses careful shoeing, rest for overheated stock, manure management, and the profitability of good feeding. It cites sheep efficiency, breed emphasis, and humane handling to improve farm returns.
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F. B. Mumford
Missouri Experiment Station
For Ladies Watches Set Rings Signet Rings Diamond Rings Brooches
A short catalog item listing various jewelry pieces including ladies watches, sets, signet rings, diamond rings and brooches. Describes available types without specific brands or prices. Indicates selection of gift or personal accessory items.
Frail Poker Fight On Transatlantic Liner Erupts
A Dixey recounts a fierce Atlantic liner poker clash between two elderly players over debt, one losing 1300 dollars then 1750 who refuses to pay, prompting a brawl in the smoking room. The tale shifts to a deckhand noting a dealer hidden four aces in a game as sensationalized chatter circulates.
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Dixey
Mr._ Dixie
Tin
Tenderfoot
Brand of Cain: French proposal for murder punishment
A French scientist argues against guillotine and life imprisonment. He proposes branding murderers on the forehead with a red hot iron in public, stamping the letter M for meurtrier as an enduring, visible mark and warning to society.
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France
Gold in Lapland's northern gold fields
Reports describe auriferous regions along the Ivalo river in Lapland with deep dredging to 300 feet. A US founded company noted a four pound yield valued at 1500 dollars from last year while the largest nugget reached about 123 grains. Three firms, including the Ivalo Company, are active in regions such as Mes Kultala, established in 1871 by the Finnish government for seeds cold.
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Lapland
Ivale
United States
Ivalo
Ivalo Company
Mes Kultala
New Books at Jas Mann and Son Druggists
Inexpensive articles made with the giver's hands and affordable items that endure are ideal Christmas presents for children. Parents who teach the virtue of unselfishness as the giver of the great gift would have all to become and be.
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Jas
Mann & Son
French stag toilet sets praised in new shapes
The Stoner-Simons Drug Co advertises French stag toilet sets in new shapes praised as the nicest ever shown in the city. Prices are described as reasonable.
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Stoner-Simons., Drug Co
Browanville Possum and Coons Hit High Level Hunts
Local hunts show strong possum and coon activity with crews earning many catches over two weeks. Charley Feir Elta Stockman Sherm Heb and Arthur Farnar claimed twenty one possums across five nights while Florence Moore also bagged a thirty five pound coon in a recent outing.
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Browanville
Charley Feir
Elta Stockman
Sherm Heb
Arthur Farnar
Florence Moore
Talking machines and records at Jas Mann and Son
Civil service notice invites young men to join the U S Civil Service. Applicants must be able to read and write and under a certain age. Write for the Civil Service Booklet at Box 799 Scranton VA.
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Talking Machines
Jas
Mann & Son
Civil Service
U.S. Civil Service
Scranton
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