Back to Bethel A sermon tale of ABRAHAM’s return to faith
The narrative recalls Abraham’s detour to Egypt through unbelief and fear, his deception with Sarah, and Pharoah’s discovery. It ends with his return to Bethel and renewed worship, urging Christians to seek God, confess sin, and begin anew on the path toward Canaan and heaven.
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Bethel
Hristian
Celestial City
Abraham
Egypt
Aguide
Amire
Thim
Bethels
Fie
Sarah
Canaan
Nile
God
Haran
Pharaoh
House of God
Christ
Tlis Name
Lana
A Convenient Hay Rack Advised In Country Gentleman
In response to a reader request, the magazine presents a durable hay rack design. It specifies bed-pieces of pine or light wood about 14 to 16 feet long and eight inches wide with three inches thickness, or two and a half inches thick if oak. Four cross-pieces of hardwood are mortised and secured to the bed pieces.
Combination hay rack rigging for transport frames
The text describes a bed frame used as the foundation for a combination hay rack and its common uses. It outlines a complete rigging setup shown in a figure, detailing four cross-pieces seven and a half feet long five inches wide and two and a half inches thick. A half inch groove on the lower sides prevents side movement when sectional rigging is used.
Portable Wagon Rigging for Bed-Pieces and Load Support
Description of a detachable wagon rigging using eight iron hooks and staples to secure bed-pieces, with options for bolts. Standards D can be stationary or hinged, six and a half feet high, serving as a ladder. Wood pins N, boards X one inch thick six inches wide match bed-pieces, and a petroleum wash is advised.
Fertility of the Soil and Its Impact on Yields
Prof. C G Hopkins explains soil fertility determines crop yields and land value. Different soils and cultivation levels yield 20 to 80 bushels of corn, with nitrogen phosphorus and potassium often limiting. Maintaining fertility requires restoring nutrients after harvest and focusing on the three key elements.
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C. G. Hopkins
Illinois College of Agriculture
Illinois
Stevers Point
Cornelius
Strange Ave
Blevens Point
Wie
Bees and beekeeping facts from an old agricultural note
The piece argues beekeeping can succeed in orchards and notes costs of honey relative to comb. It cites a bee life cycle from hatch to maturation at 21 days, highlights Alsike clover as a prime honey plant, and remarks on drone idleness and delayed drone hatching versus queen or worker.
Best Brood Sow Mating Advice For Early Pigs
Mature sows make finer mothers and easier management. They nurse better, face lower parturition risks than younger sows, and respond more readily to feeder supervision.
Water and feeding strategies boost spring bee production
Beekeeping notes emphasize water as essential for honey dissolution and brood rearing. Adequate warm water near colonies reduces losses, with early spring highlighting intensified water needs. Feeding should fill combs to support brood stores, not brood growth, to avoid starving colonies and encourage synchronous foundation drawing and nectar storage.
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Orange Judd
How to Set a Hen for Brood Rearing
The guide advises hatch timing for large chicken breeds, selecting laying hens as brood mothers, and using a separate quiet room with arranged nests. It recommends two hens setting to share broods, proper cleansing, feed, water, and a nine week setting period with careful watching for success.
Perches for Poultry Handed Down for Home Use
Farmers advised to install roof hangs with looped wires and notched 2x4 supports for perches. Perches can be round poles and after mites occur, spray walls with gasoline by day. If mites worsen, move roosts outside, saturate with gasoline, and ignite with caution to prevent explosions or fires.
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Poultry House
Around the Garden and Its Principles in Soil Care
A practical guide on garden soil management stressing drainage and well rotted manure free of weed seeds. It advises hellebore spray for asparagus beetles, early radish yields from chip manure, deep pulverization for beets, and wax rosin salve to seal rodent wounds on fruit trees. It also contrasts two classes of people—builders of grain and those who ruin fertility as public curses.
Modest two story home plans with total cost around $2900
The article presents complete plans for a two story dwelling including plumbing and furnace heat with an estimated total cost near $2900 based on Chicago prices. It lists extensive materials and finishings from excavating, masonry, timber, and finishing, totaling about $196,000 in itemized figures and ending with a note that blueprints are available from Frederick J. Drake & Co.
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Frederick J. Drake & Co
Chicago
Bevneeg Eee
Hodgson
Phicagol
Goatskin Trade Boom Reaches Global Collectors
Demand for goat kid skins in England exceeds previous records as itinerant collectors scour Europe Asia and the Americas to obtain skins. New tanning methods make them preferred to calf skin for shoe leather and valued in dress trimming millinery and country wear garments such as vests piping revers and underskirts.
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England
Europe
India
South America
The Hen That Pays
The hen that lays is the hen that pays but to perform at her best she needs proper treatment and well supplied feed as the prime essential factor in egg production according to Poultry Journal.
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Poultry Journal
Carnegie pledge cited in mortgage tax dispute
Opponents of New York state's mortgage tax law claim the phrase to Chadwick may bow to the bill. Allegedly, Mr. Carnegie said he would invest between 50 million and 100 million dollars in mortgage securities if the tax passes, and would pay the five mill annual levy.
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Chadwick
New York State
Carnegie
Ancient Theory Ceylon Mosquito Facts Reported
The Times Colombo correspondent says Sir H A Blake governor of Ceylon told the Asiatic Society that sixth century Sinhalese medical books describe 67 mosquito varieties and 424 malarial fever types caused by mosquitoes.
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Times
Colombo
H. A. Blake
Ceylon
Asiatic Society
Palo Alto Sells County Jail by Mistake
An oversight in transferring town property led Palo Alto California to sell its county jail and now the town must pay rent to the buyer. The sale also included the town firehouse and bell.
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Palo Alto
Cal
Hew ligus: a self made man and college worker
A Chicago Tribune note credits Hew ligus as a self made man who worked his way through college and supported nearly every student at the institution. The brief sketch highlights his industrious conduct and influence on student life.
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Hewligus
Chicago
Ribune
Duckwater Town Motto Sparks Trade Lesson
La Follette recalls Duckwater’s sharp business methods in a tale where a drummer pitches cotton goods as a bargain day. The leading merchant explains there are no bargain days because shoppers would idle on other days. The anecdote highlights the town’s wary, economy minded character.
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la Follette
Wisconsin
Duckwater
Grateful to Cuticura Patient's Cured Skin Disease
A reader recounts a dramatic skin cure using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment after months of sores and itching. The letter claims instant relief from the first application and full recovery after using two cakes of soap and three boxes of ointment. The note is signed by Miss Nellie Vander Wiele of Lakeside, N. Also included is a Washington Star quiz about a husband and racing odds.
Cure Claims and Free Booklet Offer From Dr Pusheck
An advertisement from Dr. Pusheck of Chicago promises cures for blood and nerve disorders and related diseases. It touts quick lasting results and offers a free booklet and advice while inviting readers to mail for a trial of Pusheck's Kuro on Trial. The note ends with a provocative quote about money and progress from Puck.
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Pusheck
Chicago
Allen's Foot-Ease Cures Painful Feet Adverts
A 1900 advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease powder to relieve corns bunions and swelling. It notes availability from druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents with a free sample offer, listing A S Olmsted Le Roy NY as an address. The clipping also recalls brief quotations from Boston Globe Chicago Tribune and a Norwich Ohio testimonial.
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Allen
A. S
Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Mother Gray
New York City
So Olmsted
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