Kansas farmer Jim Fike Amasses Wheat Wealth on 10000 Acres
A Kansas wheat farmer named Jim Fike built a family homestead on 10000 acres in Thomas County. Last year his crop yielded about fifteen bushels per acre selling at near one dollar per bushel, with much shipping to western mills. This year 2000 more acres join the operation, aiming at about 200000 dollars in revenue.
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Kansas City Star
Jim” Fike
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America
Finding a Country Home: Pitfalls for the Novice
The piece argues that country living can be financially advantageous but warns novices of many hazards. It notes higher isolation, unreliable labor, and hidden costs in tools and improvements. It concludes that owning and improving a small farm is a worthy achievement worth pursuing despite challenges.
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Ralph D. Palme
Collier's
Simplex pile driving system from American inventor
The Simplex concrete pile system, tested by the British at Rosyth, uses a steel tube with a hinged lower end to drill a hole and fill it with concrete as the tube withdraws. The method aims for automatic stability in aeronautics remains an open challenge, while porpoise photographs and Allegheny ants reveal curious natural phenomena and vast ant populations in mound communities.
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Admiralty
Rosyth
F. Shuman
Knowledge
C. H. Gale
H. C. McCook
Alleghenies
Hollidaysburg
Doctor Ferel
Barnyard Wonders and Home Remedies from Farm and Home
This item covers J. E. Thompson’s four year old chicken house with 3x4 ft window, glass panes, and roofing repairs plus notes on butter quality, fruit gathering contrivances, fat in dairy cattle, and turkey hatching. It highlights practical farming tips and DIY bells from a Farm and Home column.
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J. E. Thompson
Ruskin Buried in Coniston as Westminster Abbey Offer Is Declined
Ten years after John Ruskin died at Coniston a Westminster Abbey burial was refused to honor his wish to be buried where he died. He rests in Coniston churchyard, with a medallion in Poets' Corner and a Denmark Hill park named for him in his native Camberwell. The Washington Star notes a burglar quip and a remark on physicians being lucky guessers.
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Ruskin
John Ruskin
Coniston
Westminster Abbey
Westminster Gazette
Poets
Onslow Ford
Sir Walter Scott
Camberwell
Denmark Hill
Poultry House for Five Dollars
A farmer advertises two rough lumber poultry houses built from salvaged materials. Each measures about 10 by 12 feet with uneven walls and a tall front, offering affordable shelter for poultry.
Rheumatism in Horses and Northern Illinois Creameries
The article discusses rheumatic and goutlike foot pains in horses, noting navicular bones show rheumatic deposits posthumously and that many so called navicular cures may stem from rheumatic arthritis. It also reports Northern Illinois milk producers reviving dormant creameries to compete with Bordner Company and possibly open Chicago distribution, reflecting past cooperative creameries. A homemade harrow from overlapping planks is also described.
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Northern Illinois
Chicago
Northernlinois
Practical farm tips on feeding seeds and small stock
The article covers poultry feeding with buckwheat meal and cornmeal, fattening timelines for fowls, egg cost estimates from 1902, beef growth guidance, and notes on the world’s smallest cows. It also provides tips on fastening barbed wire to small hedge posts, sowing beet and parsnip seeds, and thinning parsnips to avoid blisters.
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A. V. Meerson
Western Poultry Journal
Uplising Meanure In Diary Of Jersey Herd Dairy Practice
A writer reports a diary of fifty six cows mainly Jerseys that produce milk cream and butter. Manure from the herd is stored under shelter and spread on wheat and young grass using a spreader. The writer suggests this method yields best results.
Nurturing Social Accomplishments for Daughters
The Duluth News Tribune urges mothers to cultivate daughters' social talents and self confidence through family home concerts and shared entertainments. It warns against suppressing gifts and emphasizes a balance of giving and taking.
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Indead
Gorl
Laughs Across Borders and Manners in Travel Tales
A column collects humorous travel anecdotes including Americans teased by French youths in a Swiss luncheon stop and a self mocking European trip. It contrasts casual global incivility with a later friendship forged through shared laughter.
Humorous quotations and quick wit from various papers
A collage of jokes and quips on marriage money aging fame and travel from Cleveland Plain Dealer Life Meggeneder Blattar Boston Globe Washington Star Detroit Free Press Boston Transcript Kansas City Journal Washington Evening Star Sacred Heart Review Cleveland Leader Chicago Record Herald and other papers. It blends lines about shaving hiding razors ripe gossip and social calls with a light frontier of teasing observations.
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Tiltie
Meggendorer Blattar
Detroit Free Press
Washington Star
Patrice
Maud
Ethel
Boston Transcript
Kansas City Journal
Reggie
Philadelphia
Washington Evening Star
Sacred Heart Review
Cleveland
Chiccago Record-Herald
Cincinnati
Paris
St Louis
St. Louis
Knowles Daily New
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