Marathon mystery deepens in New York case
Drysdale recounts night visit to Mrs Delroy where Grace Croydon arrives in secret and hints a deadly outcome. Godfrey confronts tangled motives linking Fifth Avenue Delroy mansion and the Marathon with a hidden secret in Miss Croydon’s papers and a fatal incident.
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Godrey
Record Building
Miss Croydon
Thompson
Godfrey
Goldberg
Jimmy
Simmonds
Miss Cray-ton
Fifth Avenue
Jack
John Tolbert Drysdale
Drysdale
Jim Godfrey
Mystery and confession swirl around a sister's errand
Godfrey explains the family papers and Miss Croydon’s alleged role while Drysdale wrestles with trust and motive. The conversation anchors on whether Mrs Delroy’s sister’s actions were innocent provocation or a cover for a deeper family secret, with warnings against speculation and calls for faith.
Museum Built by Indians at Carlisle Indian School
The Leupport museum at the Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania is the finished product of student labor. The football team funded materials with profits from last year’s games. George Balenti, a Cheyenne graduate, designed the building, and Alfred M. Venne, a full blooded Chippewa, oversees the museum and an Indian youth Bible class.
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Boston Globe
United States Indian Industrial School
Carlisle
Pennsylvania
Leupport Museum
George Balenti
Alfred M. Venne
Witty remark on time and planning
A proverb-like line notes that the average man believes daily winding of a watch grants ample time for all tasks. It implies a cautious view of time management and personal discipline.
Improving Cream Quality Through Cow Breeding
A Wisconsin creamery observes limited gains from farmer education on cream richness. The article argues that focusing on individual cows via weigh and test to assess cream quality will weed out poor producers. It advocates using purebred bulls from rich milking strains to lift overall cream quality.
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Wisconsin
War on Weeds Urges Bitter Farm Fight Across Iowa
A nationwide drive against weed seeds grows followings among farmers. The text urges immediate, thorough action on every field and grain to prevent seed spread, recommending pulling weeds, and relying on plows and mowers to eradicate infestation within years.
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Iowa
Dual purpose cows fit small farms better despite trends
Farmers on small operations favor dual purpose cows only when they provide a reliable milk supply for six to seven months and produce beef calves. The old idea of a cow that both suckles a calf and yields much milk is outdated. modern duals should deliver a beef calf first and then maximum milk for many months.
Alfalfa: A Farm Cash Crop For Dairy Feeding
The article argues alfalfa yields three to six tons of dry hay per acre once established and improves land fertility. It notes alfalfa digests well after curing, making it an ideal winter feed, and claims dry hay rivals green grass for palatability and year round feeding, with value rising as alfalfa lands expand.
Milk spoiled by stable conditions and farm chores
A farmer milks two cows with horses in the same stable. After milking the milk is left near the floor with hay, clover chaff, and dust, risking spoilage from stable dust and odors. The account warns milk cannot stay sweet amid filth around barns.
Farmers weigh butter costs and dairy feeding choices
Farmers debate butter prices and winter costs as some prefer buying creamery butter at 28 to 30 cents a pound while others rely on home grown feed to profit from dairy cows. The analogy likens feeding dairy cattle to cooking, stressing the value of efficient feed combinations.
Dairying Seen as Tough Field with Few Successes
A speaker notes that the dairy business is not overdone and, like other enterprises, has more failures than successes. He adds that many are turning to dairying, but only a small fraction will succeed.
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Grace
Judith
Mrs. Delroy
Miss Wroydon
John
Rutin
Hroly Zionists
Bill Moore
Atchison
Mother Hubbard
Shannon Literary Society
How to Handle Cream and Choose Milky Cows
A correspondent asks how to best cool separated cream and store it, noting fast cooling in well water preserves quality for days. The piece suggests evaluating cows by butterfat content rather than external appearance, recounting that a poor looking cow can be the best producer. It warns of impending calf drops in sixty days and describes housing and feeding calves to keep them vigorous in early months.
Woman adopts butter paper cut in farmers institute tale
A woman recalled a winter at a farmers institute when she earned over $50 from a single idea. She previously wrapped butter in cloth but now uses butter paper and charges customers 4 cents more per pound.
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Farmers’ Institute
Fall Plowing Averts Cut Worm Damage And Boosts Corn
Farmers debate whether spring sod turning worsens cut worm damage. The advice favors fall plowing to use late fall growth, save soil, and reduce insect pressure. Turn sod in fall and disc in spring for a firmer seed bed and higher corn yields.
Colts Need Good Stabling and Nutritious Feed
The article advises a mixture of ground oats and bran to feed colts for the next month. It warns that roughing it in stalk fields will not keep them through winter and emphasizes the need for proper stabling and steady, nutritious food all season.
Crowding Time for Fattening Hogs Warned
The notice urges clean troughs and steady feeding to prevent disease as hogs reach market weight. It notes more old sows are being sold this year, suggesting farmers offloading heavy breeders while retaining younger stock. It warns against selling too many breeders during high prices.
Lambs and Calves Seen Quietly Grazing in Corn Field
A reader notes young lambs and calves thriving in a corn field with no disruption from older animals. They appear content and are not damaging the crop, suggesting careful management or favorable conditions.
Practical farm tips for preparing fowl and fields
The passage advises trimming corn stalks along field sides near fences to ease turning space, moving cut stalks to pasture for stock, and ensuring hens have proper food and warm roosting places. It also suggests feeding fattening grain mix of barley oats and buckwheat to poultry slated for Thanksgiving sales.
Annual farming advice urges sticking to profitable crops
A correspondent urges farmers to continue with crops proven profitable while letting experiment stations test new varieties. He notes weed-heavy conditions and pasture damage this season and calls for prompt erosion control to prevent soil washing into roads and neighboring fields.
Northern Illinois farmers form road care club
A northern Illinois farmers club proposes sowing clover or alfalfa along roadways with each farmer tending his strip. A dairyman asks about sweet clover hay. the writer suggests alfalfa where sweet clover thrives. Notes on cane cutting timing and methods for haymaking.
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Illinois
Seed sowing rate for alfalfa depends on seed quality
Seed sowing rate for alfalfa per acre varies with seed quality. With seed at 25 percent pure seed, sow fifteen pounds per acre. The practical step is to determine how much of your seed will germinate and grow.
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Manhattan
Burton E. Stevenson
Gascony
Delroy
Edith
Misa Croydon
Jim
Atchison Glose
A Assei
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