Sioux Pipe Story and the Beaded Stone Quarry Tale
An old trapper recalls finding a red pipestone quarry after tracking a Sioux camp and escaping a surprise attack. He describes discovering a pipe blank, shaping it, and using the pipe as a talisman after a near miss, claiming the stone and pipe saved his life during a close encounter with mounted Sioux.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M Bikon
Jong Ant
Hambriles
Nor'west
Des Moines
Fortins
Prairie
Talen
Promes
Injan Alien
Thasonuth
Big Tone Lake
Minthn
Nouth
Vande
Quint
Redekins
Agiiti
Teame Ton Pipe Wat
Agricultural Hints on Well Cooling Devices and Shelving
A Rural New Yorker note explains a diy well cooling and storage contraption using a boxed crate lowered into the well to preserve meats and goods. It details a windlass, wires, rack, and pulley system with precise dimensions and materials, plus a shelving frame built inside a stone well and operated by block and tackle for lifting shelves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ibsuag
Hige
New Yorker
Horses in Winter Care for Feeds and Shelter
Farmers should prepare for winter by housing horses in dry warm shelters with bedding and start feeding in fall. Keep teams sized for work, share daily grain as needed, and provide hay or fodder plus oilmeal and wheat bran for nonworking stock. Regular grooming, watering, and daily outdoor exercise when possible keep animals thrifty and costs down. A humane winter plan reduces spring feed needs and maintains health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis Republic
Poultry and Bees on the Farm and Family Roles
Advice on poultry and beekeeping as farm adjuncts. Healthy stock yields more eggs, hens require care, and wood ashes reduce ammonia. Emphasizes modest, steady growth and teaching children responsibility through caring for poultry. Notes bone meal and grain as essential feeds within an improved ration.
Simple Drinking Tank for Poultry Water Supply
A historical note describes a simple cheap shallow drinking tank for hens, made from a tin box about a foot square and two inches deep. It includes a detachable cover with corner cutouts to admit birds while preventing drowning and keeping dirt out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evers Fonteny
Novel water evaporation tank proposed for poultry use
Mr. Burnum explains a patent free evaporation water tank design as a gift to readers. A larger deeper tank on the same design suits fowls and can be adapted to a tight wooden box if desired.
How to Tighten Loom Spokes Practically
The Practical Purser explains tightening loom spokes by creating a leather spacer between the shoulder and jelly, matching spoke size, drilling a round hole for a tenon, and cutting through to secure. A lever and short board are used to spring the hub tighter, letting you smoke it as tight as a drum.
WHAT WOMEN ARE DOING IN LATE 19TH CENTURY NOTES
Miss Ergenson Hwan, oldest daughter of Abram Hewtet of New York, has long served as fundmaster at Singwood New Jersey, where the family home stands. She now lives in Kensington outside London. A Mrs James McFall- A stepist of the New York school of appliers for women submitted an architectural design in a competition with ten entries, worth about forty thousand dollars. Lie Nn Aim Zoological Park in Washington received Baldimo puppies gifted by Maria Ameniga Pony, born in Arctic regions a year ago. Scientific notes discuss life forms and flight limits, noting small and shallow water forms in a single series, with travelers not free from shore.
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Ergenson Hwan
Morris
Abram Hewtet
New York
Singwood
N. 1
Savat Grald Pnys
Kensington
London
James
McFall
School of Applier Geaiyn
Lompstad Laillite Ing Ini Baty Prawelsco
Abts
McAuy
Lie Nn
Aim Zoologeical Park
Washington, D.C
Fuer Bing
Maria Ameniga Pony
Arctic
Mind on Allen's Long Balsam and Cough Remedies
Fragmented reading reveals a dated ad style or column with random phrases about cough remedies, football talk, and promotional jumbles. Mentions Allen, Balsam, and a general sales tone with stray names and places. The text appears as a damaged OCR fragment from a 19th or early 20th century issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Cough Rainwdies
Doctor Plete’s Golden Remedy Digestive Cure Ad
An advertisement touts Dr. Plete's Golden Remedy to relieve dyspepsia indigestion and stomach issues caused by impure blood. It claims a natural vegetable formula strengthens the stomach and improves digestion, promising quick relief and health restoration through a nationwide druggist network.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierou
Envich
Plete
Lacy
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Toulouse
Boeke
Minnesota
Philip Dressell
Ie Sueur
Dressell
Dressel
Colman
Poultry and Bees
Utah
Bern de
Towane
Washington
Galvonton Kown
Kalaman
Sol Coleman
Memphis, Tenn
Koko Popsin
Tulu
Eibrone
Jouvarina
Skeoy Hood
Louis Cook
New Onteava
Locock
TJ Lave
J. L. Lyons & CO
New Orleans
Mason & Hamlin
Seldon
Seeneed Steabag
Gidrtom
Walter Baker
Walter Baker & G0
Dorchester
Mass
Matilda
Clairette Soap
N. K. Fairbank Company
St. Louie
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