The Battle of Long Island and the Fog of Crossing
The narrative recounts the July to August actions on Long Island and the failed American defense at Gravesend. Washington confronts a formidable British armada and, amid chaos, orders a perilous river crossing aided by a dense fog. Colin Cabot and the marines push through, aided by French-like resolve and providential mist.
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Greene
Brooklyn
Cambridge
East River
General Greene
Putnam
Connecticut
Julius Caesar
Washington
New York
Staten Island
Jamaica Road
Clinton
Colin Cabot
New England
Moses
Egypt
Colin
Ebenezer Sneach
Snoach
Colonel Glover
Ebenezer Snoach
A Midnight Crossing and Confession in the War
After a grueling retreat Washington’s army camps on Harlem Heights as Colin Cabot and Amos Farnsworth endure wounds and fatigue. At the City tavern Colin learns of Pat’s stormy letter and Nancy’s renewed love as Pat confesses a past mistake and awaits a possible future with Colin. A messenger warns the doomed city and a night of romance and danger unfolds.
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Cabot
Amos Farnsworth
Colonel Cabot
Farnsworth
Amos
Putnam
Colin
Valley of Death
Washington
Cambridge
Harlem Heights
York Island
Girard
Philadelphia
Pat
Quebec
Nancy
Harry Gage
Guy Carleton
General Washington
Baroness de Riedesel
Lady Howe
Lady Washington
Brooklyn
Washington Faces Strain as Army Fights War Threat
General Washington and his staff concentrate on plans after news of a looming attack. Colin and Amos Farnsworth depart for New Rochelle and the Bronx river wilderness with dispatches, while Colin struggles with a painful memory of Nancy and a warning about women.
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Amos
Bowlby
Washington
Colin
Nancy
Amos Farnsworth
New Rochelle
Bronx River
Pinnate leaves adjust to sun and rain for least resistance
Pinnate leaves move with light and weather. When sun is intense they turn upward. In gloomy skies they sink. At the start of rain they adjust to the position offering least resistance.
Farm Income of 6038 for Buckeye Farmers
About 1 300 Ohio farmers with records produced an average cash income of 603 per farm in 1931. Farms averaged 148 acres in 75 counties with dairies hogs poultry and crops as main sources. Expenses totaled 284 for feed 218 taxes 152 labor 88 fertilizer and 557 other items. Data are shared with county agents and teachers to aid nonrecord keeping farmers.
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Ohio State University Agricultural College Extension Service
WNU
Ohio
Agricultural Extension Service
College of Agriculture
Tropical Insecticide Found in American Weed
A U S D chemist reports rotenone, a tropical insecticide, is present in the weed devil's shoestring across the eastern United States. The finding impacts farmers, manufacturers, and importers linked to rotenone and other insecticides.
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United States
United States Department of Agriculture
W. W. Skinner
Chemical and Technological Research Unit
Bureau of Chemistry and Soils
Skinner
EB. P. Clark
Bureau
Insecticide Division
W. A. Little
Texas Agricultural College
Synthetic lumber made from cornstalks at Iowa State College
Iowa State College scientists led by Dr. O R Sweeney report a method to convert cornstalks and other farm wastes into synthetic lumber. By cooking plant fibers under pressure in steam the material hardens into a woodlike product in two to three hundredths of an inch fibers, usable in sizes rivaling real lumber.
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Iowa State College
O. R. Sweeney
Tall Corn State Institution
Sweeney
Pathfinder Magazine
Albany Leads New York County Farm Bureaus in Membership
Albany county tops NY state county farm bureaus with 1 238 members for 1933, down 16 from 1932, while 14 bureaus reached 500 plus members by end 1932. Thirty three county boards funded 1933 educational work with the state college of agriculture. total 36 bureaus report 19 242 members.
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Albany County
New York
E.A. Flansburgh
Country Farm
County Boards of Supervisors
State College of Agriculture
Albany
Dutchess
Wayne
Otsego
Monroe
Delaware
Montgomery
Niagara
Agricultural notes on farming values and electricity reach
In 1930 Tennessee cow values totaled 17 605 000 dollars. About a million farms in the United States now have electricity. Vitamin C applies under the skin and helps prevent scurvy. The Philippines sugar crop last season rose 26 percent from the prior year.
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Tennessee
United States
Philippines
Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets Liver Pills Ad
Ad copy notes Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as original small liver pills, claiming they regulate liver and bowels and have a 60 year history.
Time Better Spent Gossip Wanes in Rushed Towns
A brief note recalls that gossip thrives where business activity surges and dies quickly in towns focused on commerce. The saying highlights how fast chatter fades as brisk trading returns.
Purification Cure Promised by Calotabs Health Ad
Physicians praise Calotabs as aiding complete system purification and better health. Take a thorough course weekly for weeks to purify blood by stimulating liver kidneys stomach and bowels. Trial 10 cts family 35 cts. All dealers.
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Nature
Dr. Pierce
T. J. Smith
Kentucky St
Fort Worth
Kruschen Salts Promise Slimming Changes
A Worcester Mass reader touts Kruschen Salts for fat loss and a vanishing double chin after two months of use. The ad claims a safe daily half teaspoon with hot water before breakfast and a four week jar at a trifling cost, with a money back guarantee if dissatisfied.
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P. E. Gardner
Worcester
Mass
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