Bird and insect expert Colonel Brown influenced farming seeks birds protection
Isaac W Brown known as the Hoosier Bird Colonel, Civil War veteran and later grain trader, studied Hessian fly and crop pests. His work urged farmers to spare quails and doves, showing birds curb pests, and Miss Helen Gould funded his U S lecture circuit on crop protection.
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Jeane Washington Brown
Mr. Brown
Brown
Indiana
Boards of Education
Helen Gould
New York
Reilvend
Texas
Ble
Colonel Brown
Miss Gould
United States
Ces
Amusing Tricks for Boys and Girls from a Parlor Magic Kit
A period list describes simple games and tricks for children. A pretend magician uses a mirror to conjure up a chosen animal image, followed by domino puzzles and a sand illusion. The text also recounts a vine that slowly crawled toward sunlight after four days in shade.
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Paulry
Aeting
Orcive
Vieting No. 1
Chen
Titith
Linn
Mambo
Ite
Nakes
Tlain
Captain and nurse face hard choices over Rene's Paris dream
An elderly French captain muses on funds to send Rene Dubuisson to Paris Weole Polytechnique as Juliette his nurse reveals she saved five thousand francs The captain contemplates selling the house or pledging his pension Juliette offers the money and the captain learns Rene is her son, changing the sacrifice into gratitude and resolve.
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W. Ro Wenrst
Caplin Redary
Marne
Rene Dubuisson
Weole Polytechnique
Paris
Nat
Wais
Vincennes
Rene
Juliette
Frances
Leston
Monsieur Rane
Baum
Tie
Jiliette
Haine
Monsieur le Capitaine
Diod
Albany Journal
Hays
Charley
Fighting the Brown Tail Moth and Farm Upkeep Tips
In this agricultural notice, readers are urged to combat the brown tail moth by pruning and burning affected twigs during winter, with alternative methods like cotton waste torches. It discusses hogs in wood lots, folding poultry roosts, skimming milk to hogs and poultry, retaining stable ammonia, winter poultry exercise, a goad on field preparation, snow clearing, and a homemade hand plow for heavy snow removal.
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Flo
Au Son
Corm
Hig
Plants Have Brains in Portland Article
Portland Oregonian notes the debated idea that plants lack brains though they exhibit adaptive behavior. A Castle Valley resident reports a vine in a clay pot named Rhin yine that grew vigorously around a central stick last month, illustrating plant resilience.
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Portland
Oregonian
Castle Valley
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Isaac W. Brown
Hoosier
Dasty
Pheoa
Rior
Mr. Bore
Lin
Miss Cutting
Jige
Robert Raiou
St. Paul
Mr. Varney
Tommy
Secret Service
Poonshiners
Leland Sr
East
Stanford University
Heber Newton
Wigson
Jigson
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