Seaton Captures Cargo Train in Bold Delaware Sweep
Captain Robert Seaton and Captain Harry Lee lure a British provision train from the Lehigh Valley, trap Hessians and dragoons with skill and speed, take the wagons full of supplies, and capture nearly two hundred prisoners, earning general praise as their march returns to camp. Seaton seeks a two-week leave to send word to Philadelphia and, if possible, to connect with General Washington.
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Rush
Seaton
Mr. Wolf-tooth
Willam Howe
Wolf-tooth
Capt. Beaton
Trenton
Douglas
Patience Angell
Patience
Villian
Philadelphia
Robert Seaton
Isaac Potts
Robert
Dewar
Lillian
Jacob Fastcourt
Potts
Darling
Ile
Harry Lee
Lehigh Valley
Washington
Denar Harry
Roquethagaeehlon
Captain White-Eyes
Schuylkill
Lee
Lieut
Lady Washington
Roderic Douglas
Practical Poultry Roosts and Farm Tips for Clean, Easy Work
A compilation of farm notes covers lowering chicken roosts for easy cleaning, using a crosswise frame and rope supports. It includes methods for gathering cowpeas with a chain and plow, handmade furniture, and Rural Free Delivery staying power. Also featured are potato scab control, hog cholera precautions, snaring, turkey feeding, German rape as greens, apple borer control, and shiftless farming risks.
Try Winter Oats for backward-spring regions
J. W. Stevens extols winter oats for areas with backward springs urging sowing with wheat, two bushels per acre. After six years of experience he reports earlier ripening and higher yields than spring oats, notes higher cost but argues strong start makes them valuable and the best oats to raise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Alva Agu
J. W. Stevens
New uses for sawdust in Germany described
An American reader reports German use of wood flour from sawdust for explosives substitute in dynamite, linoleum filler, and especially papyrolite flooring. It notes wood flour’s limitations, secret adulteration risks, and Germany’s low price of 4 to 5 marks per 100 kg, raising doubts about American imports competing on price or quality.
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Germany
Berlin
Saxony
Luneberg
Hanburg
Hanover
United States
Inventions Introduce Novel Watches and Kitchen Aids
A redesigned safety guard for watches uses an auxiliary chain and eyelet in the watch stem area. A vegetable cutter features a horizontal hopper feeding a pivoted knife blade. A Pennsylvanian patent covers a mat based graphic print mounting with an adhesive border and flap. Rubber handstamp bases use flexible rubber rings to equalize pressure. A New Hampshire pocket cuspidor combines a telescoping tube and spring cap with a retractor. A bicycle handle bar watch clamp uses a split tube and locking stem.
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New Hampshire
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Oliver
P. B. Meyer
A. B. Smith
Postal Department
James Riley
Farmers’ Advocate
Bapton Vanity
J. Deane Willis
Bapton Manor
Wiltshire
England
Bath and West Society
Cardiff
Heifer Bapton Vanity
Foreman
Chicago News
Buenos Aires
Buenos
Ayres
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