Trapped in Flooded Territory on the Road to Wesel
The narrator and allies flee through rising waters after a night clash with Clarence and his men. They seek shelter in a church, then press toward Santon by ferry, facing hunger cold and mysterious illness in Mistress Anne. An ambush near Santon leaves a wounded stranger.
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Clarence
Duke of
Cleves
Hertie
Anne
Bertie
Wesel
Bertle
Santon
Master Bertie
Labor Efficiency Rises Amid Depression and Job Scarcity
A New York Times based analysis notes improved worker efficiency among those employed during hard times. Fewer jobs push workers to increase output and value to employers, turning previously fragile contracts into profitable arrangements. A new Chinese process also speeds up lamp fuel preparation for European shipment.
Growing Cheap Pork From Pasture and Grains
The Missouri and Montana experiment stations report on using pasture with grain to cut pork costs. Alfalfa and clover pastures improve gains and lower grain needs, with alfalfa outperforming red clover and bluegrass for hogs.
Time to cut alfalfa and work with its habits
Growers are warned to harvest alfalfa at the right time by respecting its fixed growth patterns. Cutting too early yields a short crop, while cutting too late diverts strength to seed production. For small plots, inspect crown buds before cutting. large fields require rapid successive mowing.
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Wallace
Notes on hog lot management in southwest Missouri
The text describes abundant 17 year incaste hogs fattening in the region. It advises feeding at night, using clover and grain, and warns hogs are easy to raise but not profitable. After birthing, feed sows nutritious rations and some corn. Foresees much scattered corn in fall and possible winter shortages for hog buyers. Recommends shaded elevated sheds with wind exposure.
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Harry Howard
Delaware Experiment Atation
Montana
Missouri
H. J. Waters
Minsouri
Car Belt
Weight of silage in stored corn fodder volumes
An Antilinois correspondent quotes Wallace's Farmer on silage tonnage calculating cubic feet per ton. Factors include depth, diameter, and corn condition. King notes varying weights by depth and gives example figures for silos 10, 16, 20 and 40 feet deep with different average and depth weights. A 20 by 16 foot silo holds 68.84 tons. a 40 by 16 foot holds 106 tons.
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Antilinois
Wallace
Professor King
Phyalca of Agriculture
Livestock Advice From Old Farm Notes
A fragmented cattle care guide discusses wart treatment with castor oil and daily applications. It notes stallion traits, market demand for draft types, and breeding cautions. It mentions pig feeding, milk porridges, and sheep feeding practices with onion and cabbage as fattening aids.
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Siavid
No Young Man Can Rise Without Enterprise
The piece argues a youth must be alive to the spirit of the hour and in touch with progress to gain employment. It says enterprises seek enterprising workers while dawdlers fail to advance, and employers demand forceful, dynamic qualities to push growth and fill gaps in business.
Cattle Shortage Deepens Amid Record Low Draws
The Chicago Live Stock market reports a severe cattle shortage with May offerings below normal and June receipts extremely light. Prices rose despite small supplies as high corn prices deter feed use and Texas shipments were cut by high water.
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Chicago
Southwest
Texas
Woodland Brook Willow Song Echoes From Nature
A lyrical fragment evokes early spring with the willow by a woodland brook, birdsong and season's praise. The verse, attributed to Julian Durand, imagines nature’s chorus and the hills echoing toward the sea as April awakens.
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Children of Music
Myriad Mountain
Jean Willow
Ainging
Julian Durand
Slang Glossary From Yale On Young Women Precepts
An excerpt listing Yale slang terms for young women describing beauty and social perception. It defines terms like Glory for unusually attractive, Gloom for less attractive, lemon and Ball of Fire for notable charm, noting college party context and social usage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Yale Guilverelty
Yale
Ijdeal
Pippin
Corker
Two Topers A Teacher's Experience With Postum
A Minnesotan schoolteacher known as the Postum Preacher recounts converting coffee drinkers by using Postum. She cites a schoolgirl's nervous tremors cured after switching, a former drinker husband, and a path from coffee to steadier nerves and better sleep, with continued influence from Postum in daily life.
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Uralu
Tostim Co
Battie Creek
Mieb
Wellville
Plga
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Francis Cludde
Queen Mary
Stanley J. Weyman
Charlenge
Chivence
Piyar
Manton
Pitter Lindstrom
Mistress Anne
Agin
Lindatrom
Opera Lone
Thia
China
Europe
Dodds
Ganga
April
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