The Hydaspes Mystery and a Night at Sea Prison
In a crowded convict hull, prisoners from varied crimes sleep beside each other amid air holes and a guard's watch. A fire breaks out on the Hydaspes, whose wreck forces a perilous escape by boat. As dawn comes, the Malabar crew spots survivors and the jail fever spreads aboard the ship.
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Chaptha
Eschberth
Frere
Ruffan
Mark
Allenger
Bentry
Old Pine
Ventry
Jenkins
Ans Pine
Blunt
Pine
Cape
Best
Dawes
Mr. Frere
Rufus Dawes
Richard Devine
England
Calcutta
James
Vickers
Litte
Vickera
Tony
Lions Target Yellowstone as Government Seeks Hunters
The government, urged by President Roosevelt, hires Join and Homer Goff of Meeker Colorado to clear Yellowstone Park of mountain lions. Hunters receive 5 dollars per cougar plus 75 dollars monthly, with work spanning several seasons mainly between spring and fall. Lions threaten deer elk and other wildlife, and Colorado Wyoming stockmen suffer losses from predation.
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Yellowstone Park
Roosevelt
Join
Homer Goff
Meeker, Col
Join Goff
Colorado
Wyoming
Rocky Mountains
Goff Brothers
Rocky Mountain States
Phoenix
Prescott
San Francisco Bulletin
All the World's a Stage Quip Echoed by Fan and Barnes
A Washington Star reader quotes a melancholy fan and Stormington Barnes on theater life. The exchange frames the stage as a vast rehearsal where the average fan's lifetime is too short for a full performance.
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Stormington Barnes
Washington Star
One German Woman to About Every Twenty Seven Workers
A brief statistic notes that in a factory one German woman is employed for roughly every twenty seven workers. The fact highlights gender and national origin in the industrial workforce.
A Practical Icehouse and Crested Fowl Care
An icehouse plan outlines a small keepsake structure with stone and cement walls, a sawdust floor, a drain pipe, and a layered lumber air chamber. The piece also notes crested fowls like Polish breeds cold weather issues with feather picking and offers sheltering and restraint tips.
Cull and Cull Closely for Hogs to Sell
The piece urges strict culling of hogs before sale to buyers to avoid misrepresentation. It notes that breeding stock worth raising should be accurate and that shipping an unworthy hog harms future business, while a worthy specimen serves as a walking advertisement for the breeder.
Sheep Hay Rack Feeder Construction Guide
Simple guide to making a sheep hay rack and grain feeder in four sizes. Describes cutting scantling boards, assembling a frame, joists, and floor boards, with hinges at AB for opening and closing the grain trough, designed to reduce crowding and waste.
Praughts in the Barn During Snowstorms
A 19th century note warns that young colts pigs and calves suffer more from barn cold than adults. It stresses sealing cracks to stop drafts and avoid discomfort from even small air streams entering the barn.
Heep Out of the Hut and Seeks Wider World
A reflective piece urges farmers to broaden outlook beyond hard labor. It argues life includes more than crop growth and physical toil. The author warns of a rut in farm life and encourages turning toward broader knowledge and world awareness.
Hay Making Advice From A Canadian Farmer
A Canadian farmer advises not exposing hay to sun and raking green hay into cocks soon after cutting. He notes green hay settles quickly, resists wind, and avoids loss from over curing. He claims raking after mowing in rain yields bright sweet hay and that extra work pays off.
Sheep for weed control on farm praised for returns
Turn sheep almost anywhere on the farm to eat wasted weeds and feed. They will gain well and add to the place’s appearance while reducing future weed growth and improving next year’s yield. Feeder sheep provide satisfactory profits and help clean up rough feed ignored by other stock.
Hog Handling Rope Trick and Steer Feeding Bulletin
A farmer explains a %-inch rope method to restrain a large hog Ila with a 10 foot rope, while Kansas State Agricultural College issues Bulletin 130 on Steer Feeding Experiment VII testing alfalfa as sole roughage versus mixed roughages. The study finds alfalfa as sole roughage yields better gains at lower cost and the bulletin is available free from the experiment station.
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Kansan State Agricultural College
Manhattan
Kan
Poultry Market Prices and Handling Tips
The article explains market pricing for poultry and advises on drawn vs undrawn stock. Undrawn birds stay fresh up to two weeks while drawn poultry sours in 24 to 30 hours. It warns against feeding birds after filling and stresses twelve hours without food before killing.
Measuring Land with a Bogey Wheel and Frame
A practical field instrument uses an old bogey wheel fitted to a tight frame. It measures land by noting tire circumference and marking a rim point to count revolutions. Walking the land area, the user multiplies revolutions by the tire measure to calculate distance.
Roosters Die After Colchicum Wine At Allentown Show
Two Leghorn prize roosters at a Allentown poultry exhibition drank colchicum wine given by owners to freshen them up. Both birds died from the effects. The pair were valued at 500.
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Allentown
Fragmentary Chronology of Historical Events and Figures
A condensed, patchy OCR list recounts various historical figures, wars, monarchs, and political milestones spanning 16th to 19th centuries. Entries mention Eden, Jamon Tyrrell, Catherine Howard, Edward VI, Lady Jane Grey, Mary of Orange, George Oglethorpe, the Gadsden gift, Ben Franklin era notes, and other dispersed items.
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Jamon Tyrrell
Eden
John
Durant
Parliament of
Toulouse
Catherine Howard
Henry VIII
Edward VI
Peta
Jane Grey
Peroota
David Miele
Charles Great
Lancaster
Indiana
New York
Erith
House of Commary
Ragleh
Mary of Orange
Asanasl
Willias
Georg Menced
Oglethorpe
Col. Gadsden
American Congress
Daniel Toone
Bank of United State
Balary
Admiral Jarvie
Cape St. Vincent
Rome
House of
Russia
Massachusetts
Missouri
Paris
London
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Bower
Henry Clay
Victor Albert
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Dover
U. S. Congress
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Pierce
Kansan
Montgomery
Ald
Davis
Elizabeth City
Nellie Stevenson
Red River
U. S
Senate
Ohio
Conatl
Olta
Ceah
Panada
Penelad
U. S. Department of Tre
Lapieletes
Boot Trust
Japan
Oklahoma
Gloux Reservation
Pennsylvania
United States
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France
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