Praying Mantis Friend of Man Says Gardener Ally
The Praying Mantis, three inches or more, appears as a silent hunter that captures caterpillars beetles and moths with its spined forelegs. Its unending hunger helps farmers by feeding on many garden pests and even some dangerous insects while remaining harmless to people.
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Coronet Magazine
Vilas County
Wisconsin Headwaters Country
Merv Clough
Sayner
Clough
Lac Vieux Desert
Dolores Ott Lapp
Jack Lapp
Land O’lakes
Nearby Woodlands Stock for Rural Landscaping
Nearby woodlands offer nursery stock to rural families planning landscaping. Plantings common to woodlands include rhododendron dogwood scotch pine holly pine and laurel. Shade trees include American elm ash oaks and hard maple. Evergreens provide screening and boundary plantings for rural homes.
Goose pelts bring gold to fashion via new tanning
The article describes a new process turning goose skins into luxurious, velvety pelts. After tanning the down is dyed, yielding soft warm pelts with high fashion appeal. Potential uses include de luxe power puffs, trim for lingerie, dresses, baby shoes, hats, and swimsuits.
Strange disease strikes Henderson swine herds
Farmers around Henderson Kentucky report a mysterious swine disease that has killed more than 1000 hogs. Veterinarians cannot yet identify the illness and say it has appeared every summer for the past several years, with over 150 herds treated so far this season.
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Henderson
Kentucky
Firefight at The Little Bear Copper Mine
Frazer Helen Bartell and Wenslow lure Gonzales to a mine hideout. They meet caretaker Rafferty as Candino's scouts close in. Outnumbered, they rush to fortify defenses against the approaching bandit army.
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Frazer
Helen Bartell
Wenslow
Gonzales
Little Bear
Rafferty
Candino
Helen
Desperate firefight as Frazer battles bandits at the mine
Frazer shoots through a crowded melee aiming at the foremost rider while Rafferty and Wenslow haul a rope to rescue Helen. The mine guards execute a daring extraction, revealing a calculated escape plan amid heavy combat.
Emil Kranz Appears Among the Attackers
Frazer and Rafferty hold a narrow ridge as a gunfight unfolds with bandits retreating under heavy fire. Emil Kranz, a German soldier of fortune, appears and offers terms, threatening to use force if the valley is not cleared within ten minutes.
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Frazer
Emil Kranz
Rafferty
Bandits Attack As Four Riders Circle Behind
Frazer, Helen, Rafferty, and Wenslow guard Candino camp on a ledge as bandits press a midnight assault. Four riders circling north may arrive to aid, but danger grows with dusk and a second wave is anticipated. Helen identifies two riders as her father and Ed Delaplane. The night battle resumes with grappling close to the mine shaft.
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Helen
Frazer
Ed Delaplane
Mystery solved on famed 70-150 Winchester cartridge
The 70-150 Winchester Express, the largest sporting cartridge by Winchester, puzzled experts for 60 years. It was an experimental round for the Model 1887 lever action shotgun with a rifled barrel. Estimates show only 25 to 35 remain, with recent sale at 20 dollars per cartridge.
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New Haven Sporting Arms and Ammunition Company
Paul Foster
Winchester
Gun Digest
Philip Jay Medicus
Herschel C. Logan
H. P. White Company
Cleveland
EZ-CAST aims at backlash on Ocean City reels
Ocean City Manufacturing introduces the EZ-CAST a compact detachable unit for left side plated oil cap reels. It is self contained requires no oil and is temperature resistant won't wear the spool spindle and can be swapped to other Ocean City reels. The plastic case also serves as an organizational box.
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Ocean City Manufacturing Company
Ocean City
Kentucky Reel Marks End of an Era in Fishing History
The article recalls the B. F. Meek reel as the first malple ing model and the origin of modern bait-casting. For over a century Meek reels were famed worldwide and highly regarded by veteran anglers as among the greatest ever made.
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Kentucky
B. F. Meek
Meek
Science May Soon Give Man Longer Span of Lifetime
Chicago reports at Northwestern Centennial Conference Dr Anton J Carlson predicts science will delay aging and extend life span through better care and operating the living machine. He cites heredity stressors and obesity as life-shortening and stresses the need for optimal environment and prevention.
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Chicago
Ill
University of Chicago
Northwestern University
Anton J. Carlson
Carlson
Hixon Distinguished Service
Major Crime Rate Reported For U S In 18 Second Intervals
FBI director Edgar Hoover reports a major crime occurred somewhere in the United States every 18 seconds. The annual crime volume rose by 1.5 percent, with most offense categories contributing to the increase.
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Hoover
U.S
Washington, D.C
United States
Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
America
Rob
Fire Chief Drives Chase From Newville Night Alarm
Newville Pa Chief John Bender and his crew raced out at 4 a.m. in pursuit of an out of town alarm. The chief commandeered a car and passed the fire wagon on the highway as they chased toward a rising glow. The two vehicles sped toward the moon as the line of flame grew brighter.
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Frazer
Newville
John Bender
Bender
Cattle Rustler Confesses Theft Across 20 Years
A Uruguayan suspect in 4,000 head cattle theft over 20 years confessed to rustling stock in the United States era tale. He said the proceeds funded three houses in Montevideo, as reported by La Voz de Espana.
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New York
N.Y
United States
Guardia Rural
Montevideo
la Voz de Espana
San Sebastian
Shirt Tail Becomes Navy Flag For Korea Talks
During Kaesong peace talks a U S Navy quartermaster on the U S S Los Angeles could not find suitable small admiral flags. He tore the tail from his shirt to craft two blue and white flags for the jeeps of Vice Adm Joy and Rear Adm Burke.
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Korea
Kaesong
W. A. Hartney
U.S.S
Los Angeles
Charles T. Joy
Burke
Navy
Hartney
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Kentucky Reel
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Earle North Buick Company
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Texas
Shaw St
Pasadena
U.S. Savings
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