Picnic Rivalry and a Boy's Lottery Plot
The chapter describes a large village picnic by a pond with two pleasure boats. Joshua competes in a boat race against Walter Conrad and Tom Barry, causes a mishap with steering, and ends up sidelined as a passenger after a failed attempt to steer. Later Joshua, frustrated by money, plans to buy a lottery ticket after a suggestion from Sam Crawford, hoping for a thousand dollars to gain independence from his father.
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Joshua
Ralph Morse
Cat
Ant
Walter Conrad
Ralph
Walter
Joseph Wheeler
Tom Barry
Tom
Joe
Iam
Joslua
Weljer
Jonhua
Joe Wheeler
Mualore
Tom Harry
Dick Storre
Dick Storrs
Stapleton
Sam Crawford
Sam
New York
Bam
Joshua Drummond
Bay
Nichols
Shawl Snatching Boy Plans Lottery Lust After Theft
A boy in a village shop schemes to steal five dollars from the money drawer to fund a lottery ticket. He replaces the bill, sells a shawl to a customer for five dollars though its value is nine, and plots further theft while awaiting a prize. He posts a lottery-ticket request and hopes for a big payoff.
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Arene Aise
Horrow
Joshua
Jdo
Mme
Walter
Storey
Tie
Joxthan
Tle
Ieee
City Manners Clash Sparks Mocking Exchange
A New Yorker taunts locals by declaring they will document manners and customs in the city while Chicago responds with a retort about finding their own manners. The exchange highlights regional tensions and wit in a brief social clash.
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New Yorker
Gotham
Chicago
Controlling Cabbage Pests With Dusts Sprays and Tobacco
Guidance on using paris green and pyrethrum powder to dust cabbage plants as heads form, with alternative kerosene emulsion sprays and tobacco decoction for lice on trees and roses. Emphasizes early treatment, multiple sprayings four to five days apart, and clean culture to prevent infestations.
Treatment for loco weed in livestock benefits and risks
The article notes losses from loco weed in Colorado reaching about a million dollars annually. It cites D. Marsh on cures using strychnine for cattle and Fowler's solution for horses, with supportive nutrition and laxatives like magnesium sulfate to counter constipation and possible antidotal effects. Immune animals are unlikely. loco poisoning accumulates over time.
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Plains
Rocky Mountains
Colorado
National Bureau of Plant Industry
D. Marsh
Wasted Road Money in Illinois Highways Debate
In Peoria WH. Wy Gross of the Farmers' Good Road League argues that decades of dirt road spending in Illinois could have financed graveling or macadam on every highway in the state. He asserts that solid roads on the corn belt black land are feasible at moderate cost to landowners, perhaps not exceeding current road taxes.
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Peoria
Wy Gross
Farmers’ Good Road League
National Department of Agriculture
Illinois
Massachusetts
Automatic dump wagon invention illustrated by Connecticut man
The article shows an automatic dump wagon with a pivoting wagon box designed by a Connecticut inventor. The feature allows easy unloading, as depicted in the accompanying illustration.
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Connecticut
Dumping mechanism keeps driver seated for time save
The truck loads pivot and dump by a lever behind the driver's seat. On release the load tips automatically without the driver leaving the seat, speeding operation.
Presidents and Precedents Debate Pensioning Ex Leaders
A Cleveland Plaindealer cartoon quotes a public debate on pensions for former presidents. The exchange warns that granting pensions could set an undesirable precedent prompting demands to pension all presidential candidates.
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Field drag technique for smooth seedbed creation
The field drag is used to break clods and produce a fine surface. It can work with spring tooth bars or a disk implement. The drag consists of 6x inch pieces 6 to 10 feet long bound edgewise by crony pieces made of 144x6 inch stuff.
His Only Fear
The wilful daughter of wealthy Mr. Fruffiey professes love for Jack Poorley while acknowledging her father’s likely disapproval. Jack responds that papa can kick about him if only he won’t kick about his relationship. The Philadelphia Press quotation captures a domestic tension in a humorously wary exchange.
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Mr. Fruffiey
Jack Poorley
Philadelphia Press
Fragmentary Dialogue Sparks Age Worth in Viewpoints
A clipped dialogue from an elderly sultan and a younger participant debates when a person becomes worth listening to or looking at. The exchange mocks age thresholds with terse, paradoxical humor about value over time.
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Sultor
Prue
Alwayrea Absent Quiz Question Prompt
The Kansas City Times notes a reader poll prompt asking about religious denomination with a response from Stayaway noting Seventh Day Adventist.
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Alwayrea
Kansas City Times
Hoom for Much More Hie Hostess Ice Cream Exchange
Readable fragments show a playful exchange about ice cream requests between Freddlie and Extray Btorles with a childlike, whimsical tone. Names appear as quirky placeholders, suggesting a light domestic scene. No clear event or outcome is described.
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Freddlie
Pacing Behavior in Sore Forelimbs of Horses
The article explains how horses with fore limb pain pace as a way to lessen the effort of propulsion. It notes the forefeet lift to avoid hind foot interference, leading to awkward gaits and eventually pacing. The example mentions a horse named Jay Bye Bee observed pacing due to fore limb soreness.
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Screweas
Jay Bye Bee
Southport Globe Onions Stand Among Top Varieties
Connecticut’s Southport Globe onions are praised as superior in flavor and form. The white, red, and yellow varieties are valued for large, solid bulbs that fetch top prices in New York City markets. The white is described as perfectly globe shaped with thin skin and mild, crisp flesh, making it an ideal crop with high yield.
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Connecticut
Oho
New York
New York City
Disk Plow Size Recommendations For Best Soil Work
The twenty four inch disk plow is recommended as superior to larger or smaller sizes. It loosens hard dry ground better than moldboard plows, requires less sharpening, and resists clogging. Do not cut furrows wider than eight to ten inches. two twenty four inch plows cutting eight inches each outperform a single larger plow.
Pasteurized Milk Protects Pigs From Tuberculosis
Twenty pigs fed on unpasteurized tuberculosis cows milk died from tuberculosis while twenty fed on pasteurized milk saw two deaths. The results indicate pasteurization provides about 80 percent protection. Prof Herbert F Roberts will visit Europe to inspect Central and Southern European wheat regions for superior hard wheats for Kansas.
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Towa
Herbert F. Roberts
Kanans State Agricultural College and Experiment Station
Europe
Kansas Experiment Station
Kansas
New Zealand Dama Kangaroos Threaten Waeyards near Banta Crus
Notes report that thousands of dem a kangaroos destroy waeryards near Banta Crus in New Zealand. They feed on young buds and vines as Secretary Wilden predicts a bumper crop season nationwide. A Connecticut farmer uses incubator method to sprout seed potatoes before transplanting. Washington Pa. reports a sheep-killing hovee rushing into a flock and trampling a sheep to death before being checked.
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Minnesota and Iowa college news mix in terse notes
Reports from Northfield St Olaf College defeating Gustavus Adolphus in a debate shows college activity. Iowa Wesleyan University elected Rev Edwin A Schnell as president. A Minneapolis school board case centers on suspending a pupil amid a legal contest.
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St. Olaf College of Northfield
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Edwin A. Schnell
la Botts
Iowa Wesleyan University
Pleasant
Iowa
James A. Bull
Minnesota Agricultural School
Riding Mills
Neapolls
Nebraska State University Senate
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T. L. Holton
Leon
New York
W' Springs
Wington
Minneapole Board
Tlon Cap
Atudior Lindatey
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