Doubling Present Average Production Of Corn Crop
Article by C P Hartley argues U S farmers could double per acre corn yield in a few years with no extra work or expense. Focus is on seeds, soil, cultivation methods, and adopting successful practices from other states to raise average from about 26 to higher yields, especially in southern regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. P. Hartley
United States
New England
Iowa
Connecticut
Georgia
Feed Mixture Boosts Chickens Meat and Eggs
Advice to wash and boil potato parsnip turnip and onion peels then mash with kaffi corn and wheat to feed chickens. The mixture improves both meat and egg production and chickens enjoy it.
Milk-Fed Chickens
Milk fed chicken is described as the finest meat in poultry kept in a close coop with barely room to turn and never allowed to leave except when it goes to the guillotine.
Incubator Chicks Prove Thrift Compared to Natural Hatch
A claim is made that incubator chicks, with proper incubation and subsequent feeding and care, are as thrifty as the forty second cousin raised by a hen. The comparison suggests incubator hatches can match natural chicks in thrift and growth under proper conditions.
How to Build an Ox Yoke for Easy Work
Instructions from the Rural New Yorker describe crafting a light basswood ox yoke six by twelve inches. It covers center marks, hole boring for bows, blocking, and fitting a staple and ring for efficient use.
Aviator Fights Off Giant Eagle During Race Flight
In Alsasua Spain aviator Gilbert battled a monster gray eagle at about 4000 feet over Cantabrian mountains during the Paris Madrid race for 20000 dollars. He fired twice with a revolver to drive the bird away and regained control to land safely, claiming the encounter was the most exciting moment of his career.
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Alsasqua
Spain
Gilbert
Chine
Woman of Richland Township Dies at 86 Without Curiosity
Rushville Indiana Mrs John Pickerell aged eighty six died at her Richland township home. She never saw a train or rode in a buggy. Her life was spent on the farm where she died and she did not visit neighbors. She seemed content to stay at home and never desired to leave.
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Rushville
Ind
John Pickerell
Richland Township
Medford youths charged with throwing snakes into school
Medford residents Lawrence Smalley sixteen Ross McDonald seventeen and Arthur Grant sixteen faced charges for throwing snakes into a Medford schoolroom during session. Smalley and McDonald were found guilty and fined five dollars each. Grant was discharged by Judge Bruce in Malden court.
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Medford
Mass
Lawrence B. Smalley
Ross A. McDonald
Arthur E. Grant
Smalley
McDonald
Grant
Bruce
Malden
Sees Earth Gulp a Horse In Mine Shaft Rescue
John Moss of Pottsville while plowing in a suburb saw a horse drop into an old mine shaft. He was dragged by the reins but grabbed a bush and pulled himself back as the second horse balked. The trapped horse fell 30 feet and a small inclined slope was sunk to rescue it.
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Pottsville
John Moss
Wolves Kill Horses In Dakota Ranch Countryside
Ranchers in Wall South Dakota report heavy losses from gray wolves. One man loses six horses and a colt as locals urge hunters to exterminate the ravenous beasts.
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Dakotas
Wall
S. D
Tragic Bean Choke Death Of Glenwood Child
Two year old Lotise James of Glenwood Iowa was found dead in her father Elmer James yard after apparently choking on a large bean while playing in the area. Authorities investigate the accidental death as a child’s misadventure.
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Glenwood
Lotise
Elmer James
James
Daughter of Lord Now On The Stage In London Scandal
London reports Flora Sackville West, daughter of a former British ambassador to Washington, has taken to the stage reviving echoes of the Sackville-West scandal. The affairs of her parents, Josefa Durand de Ortega and Lord Sackville West, previously shadowed England amid questions of legitimacy and estate rights.
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United States
Sackville-West
London
Flora Sackville West
Washington
Lord Sackville
Josefa Duran
Sackville
All England
Sackville West
Josefa Durand de Ortega
Lord Sackville-West
England
Madrid
Josefa
Legation
Chateau d’Arcaéhon
Bordeaux
Lionel
Lady Sackville-West
Knole House
Flora Sackville-West
Sackville- West
Man Robbed of Clothes Left in Woods Clinging to Tree
Thomas Jones of Frankford was robbed by tramps in German town woods. Stripped of all clothing, he hid in a tree from morning until night, enduring cold fatigue hunger and a swarm of bees from a hive in a dead limb.
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Philadelphia
Germantown
Thomas Jones
Frankford
Jones
Tragic Accident Leaves Three-Year-Old Pierced Skull
In Tonawanda New York three year old William Juhle lies dying after a shed accident. A board slipped from his father and struck the child, piercing the skull. The incident occurred as the father tore down the shed.
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Nall
Tonawanda
N. Y
William Juhle
Nails Talkin g Girl to Chair in Prospect Park
John Eddings a New Jersey handyman faces trial on assault and battery after forcing his sister-in-law Barbara Bachtold, 15, into a chair and driving nails through her skirt with tenpenny nails. He claimed it was a joke but Justice Shea ordered him to appear at special sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John Eddings
Prospect Park Borough
N. J
Barbara Bachtold
Eddings
Shea
Judge Orders Daily Kisses Rule in Abuse Case
A husband appeared before Judge Orr on a mistreatment charge. The judge instructed him to give his wife at least one kiss daily, noting extra kisses would not be out of the way as a measure of affection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orron
Son Wins His Stepmother in Everett Divorce Case
In a Tacoma divorce action Sarah A Bailey v Arthur H Bailey the defendant counters with a claim that his own son by a former wife has alienated his present wife’s affections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Wash
Sarah A. Bailey
Arthur H. Bailey
Everett
Face Lotion Fatality In Mason Woman
Mrs. A. G. Lyons of Mason Michigan died after using a facial lotion to remove blemishes. She was ill only a short time.
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Mason, Mich
A. G. Lyonss
Girl Rouses After Being Declared Dead at Linton
Edith Inman age sixteen lay as if dead in Linton Indiana. After being laid out for burial she suddenly sat up and asked for water. Hours later she regained full consciousness and received care at a local hospital.
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Aeks
Linton
Ind
Edith Inman
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Lord
Flora Sackvlle
Atlanta
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