Turpentine City confrontation ends in well rescue
Sharley threatens to shoot the feud with Gus but Melvina intervenes. Dave Clews warns of danger as both men confront their past and head toward a planned wedding while Mel keeps the peace, the guns sunk in the well and a heel turn toward reconciliation.
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Elliott Walker
Sharley
Tanner Hanwood
Mel Hanwood
Melvina
Augustus Sharley
Nick
Gaus
Mel
Clews
Maan
Dave
Melvina Hanwood
Gus
Pease
Cross Roads
Father
Turpentine City
Dave Clews
Rattheawake
Mr. Clews
Melinda
Jem
Slanwood
Gore
Gus Sharley
Mr. Shakey
Daily Story Pub. Co
How He Felt During Parade Blunder
Sergeant Barker roared at Smudger Smiff as recruits doubled and twisted in fast drill. Smiff replied in mock gravity that he felt like a fancy dress leg of mutton twisting on a meat-stack during the parade moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sergeant Barker
Smudger Smiff
Smudger
Cleveland
Mad All Through Civl Conductors Not Engineers
An irate Philadelphia area farmer's wife storms Broad Street Station angrily denouncing the push to educate young men as civil engineers. She demands more civil conductors and fewer sassy brakemen, delivering a forceful, emotional account on the platform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Broad Street
Morgan House near Luxor for Egyptian expedition
The article describes a house built by Pierpont Morgan for the Metropolitan Museum of New York Egyptian expedition near Luxor Egypt. It details site choice to avoid temple views, climate adaptations, native construction by a six-man family crew, and a $8000 total cost including stables and workrooms.
Diary of Henry Ballinger Years Longest Post Records
Henry Ballinger of Coeur d'Alene Idaho aged about eighty one has kept a diary since September 18 1854 totaling more than fifty years. He recalls surviving a high fall in Parke County Indiana that inspired daily entries noting historical incidents. A native of North Carolina he migrated through Indiana Kansas Territory and Iowa before settling in Idaho in 1900.
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Henry Ballinger
Coeur d’Alene
Idaho
Mr. Ballinger
Mountain Avenue
Parke County
Ind
Ballinger
New Garden
Guildford College
Greeneboro
N. C
Indiana
Richmond
Whitewater River
Kansas Territory
Lawrence
Jasper County
Coeur d'Alene
Borrowed Ten-Dollar Debt Standoff in Dialogue
A brief exchange shows Good Day and Deppel arguing over a ten dollar loan from six months ago. Biggs is mentioned as a friend involved in the request for repayment. The dialogue hints at unresolved personal tensions between the speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deppel
Biggs
Sprays to Destroy Weeds and How to Use Them
An old guide lists several weed killers from salt and crude carbolic acid to sulfuric acid and arsenic mixtures. It notes best application on hot days or after rain, cautions about poison content, and mentions commercial weed killers sold at seed stores for lawn and walk repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius
Erdman
Colorado Agrior
Sakura College
Donts for Horse Owners by H P Hoskins
Practical advice from University Farm St Paul Minnesota on horse care. Do not overload feed in heat avoid sudden rations. Provide hay first, keep stables ventilated, avoid warm water overload, rest exhausted horses, water in small amounts, clean mangers, monitor shoeing and hoof care.
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H. P. Hoskins
University Farm
St. Paul
Minn
Tobacco Dip Strength Change for Cattle Scabies
The secretary of agriculture amends Order 143 effective August 15, 1818 to permit tobacco dip for cattle scabies containing at least seven hundredths of one percent nicotine. Previous rules required five hundredths percent nicotine and two percent flowers of sulphur. the tobacco dip now need not contain sulphur. Lime and sulphur dip rules remain unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of Agriculture
Forest Sales Increase and Trespass Receipts Drop
National forest officers report higher timber sales this year and lower receipts from timber trespass compared with last year. They note growing use of the forests and stronger respect for federal forest policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Forest
Scientist claims breakthrough inoculation for forest insects
To Kin Forest scientist claims to have recovered an inoculation for use against forest insects, aiming to protect trees and reduce pest damage.
Best Time for Work Declines With Sleep, Says Doctor Troemner
Hamburg physician Doctor Troemner in the article Das Problem des Behlafs argues that mental capacity varies with the time of day. He cites Weygandt’s daylong weariness and shows simple math can be done after a short nap while memorizing lines requires longer sleep. learning by heart is strongest in the morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troemner
Hamburg
Germany
Weygandt
Troemver
Tramp tale sparks wary wit and bluffing scare
Senator William Saulsbury recalls that foxier schemes fail and shares a yarn. Two men recount a tramp visiting a home demanding food, a staged alarm to frighten him, and the tramp vanishing with two coats, a hat, and silverware in a comic escape.
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William Saulsbury
Delaware
Potato Bug Migration Across North America
The potato bug, native to Colorado, spread along the potato trail into Canada beginning in 1859 with 100 miles north of Omaha. It crossed the Mississippi by 1864, reached Ontario by 1870, and advanced to Quebec, eastern New York, and the Atlantic seaboard by 1874, with brief European travel that failed to establish.
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Canada
Montreal Herald
Colorado
Omaha
Iowa
Mississippi
Indiana
Ohio
Ontario
New York
Pennsylvania
Quebec
District of Columbia
Atlantic
Nova Scotia
Virginia
Europe
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Luxor
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