Sign Language Bridges Cultures In Big Horn Country
The article discusses General Hugh L. Scott’s mastery of the Indian sign language, its preservation through a congressional bill, and his role in diplomacy with tribes like the Nez Perces and Sioux. It highlights how sign language conveys complex ideas across languages and recounts Red Cloud and Chief Joseph anecdotes.
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Scott
Uae
Congress
Representative Leavitt
Montana
Indian Affairs Committee
House
Leavitt
Hugh L. Scott
West Point
Jim Baker
Bureau of American Ethnology
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Missouri
Texas
Century Company
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Nez Perces
Bismarck
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Bear Paws Mountains
General Scott
Old Fort Union
Big Wolf
Ninth Cavalry
The
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Red Cloud
Cricket Threat to Farmland and Home Crops
Report notes crickets as a destructive pest in California’s Imperial Valley, capable of wiping out cotton fields and forcing replanting. They feed on tender foliage and green matter, turning quiet hearths into noisy disturbances when in chorus.
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Washington Star
Imperial Valley
California
Think It Over in Patience and Help for Others
A reflective note urges tempering judgment by fanning a glimmer of goodness in others. The speaker argues aiding improvement yields better outcomes than harshly censuring faults. The line emphasizes kindness and constructive guidance.
Intelligence Quotient and Child Health Link Observed
Studies of groups of children suggest a generalization that those with higher intelligence quotients tend to have fewer physical defects. The findings indicate a potential correlation between mental ability and overall health status among young people.
Pocket-size automatic life preserver invented
A compact automatic life preserver has been created that fits in a pocket and inflates with compressed gas upon contact with water. The invention promises quick buoyancy for individuals in distress and could enhance personal safety in aquatic environments.
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Providence Journal
Easy to Detect Poultry Disease
Massachusetts experts explain the agglutination test for bacillary white diarrhea detection in poultry. Testing is voluntary and costs 11 cents per bird plus handling, with failures linked to incomplete testing, delayed retests, and improper quarantine and disposal practices.
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Massachusetts
W. R. Hinshaw
Massachusetts Agricultural College
Experiment Station Control Laboratory
Hinshaw
Convenience in Poultry Buildings Emphasized
The guide stresses that ease of access and layout for the poultry house boosts efficiency and results. Managers should place the house for ready access and ensure feeding can occur without extra trips to grain stores. Quick, labor saving design reduces filth and improves returns.
Buckwheat Favored for Winter Poultry Feed
Buckwheat is oily and warms birds in winter and is fattening. Its woody fiber reduces value to about half of wheat per pound for poultry feed. Ground with skim milk and buttermilk it makes a good fattening mash. In scratch feeds it should be limited to about 10 percent due to fiber content.
Winter Poultry Lighting Boosts Egg Output
The article notes short winter days reduce hens feeding opportunities and egg production. It advocates artificial lighting in poultry houses to maximize daylight and improve profits, and emphasizes clean litter as essential for flock well being.
Save for Chicks It Is Not Too Early to Plan
The article urges farmers to save winter funds to buy early chicks for renewing farm flocks. It highlights early ordering to ensure timing, and notes installment buying helps. It suggests setting aside about twenty dollars monthly, rather than needing a large sum like a hundred dollars next spring.
Turkey growers arrange egg exchange for incubator cycles
Two or three farmers in the turkey breeding trade can arrange a rotating egg share. Each week one producer receives enough eggs to fill his incubator, then the next week another does so, so all incubators are used. Hens kept over winter for spring hatch benefit from laying mash.
Birthplace Debates Mark Oil Industry Seventieth Birthday
The New York Sun notes the oil industry’s 70th anniversary tracing to Col Edwin L Drake and Uncle Billy Smith at Titusville Pennsylvania. It cites an earlier 1828 Kentucky marker on Renox Creek near Burkesville where a salt well gushed to 50 feet, and the product named American Oil sold as a cure-all for years.
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New York Sun
Edwin L. Drake
Billy” Smith
Titusville
Penn
Cumberland County
Hope Arkansas bids for world’s largest watermelons claim
Hope Arkansas lodged a bid for recognition as the home of the world’s largest watermelons with the federal farm board in Washington. A 104 pound melon was shown as proof of local capabilities. The area grows thousands of melons and this year about 500 melons over 100 pounds were shipped to consumers.
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Federal Farm Board
Washington
Hope
Ark
Indianapolis News
Montana Wheat Farms Lead State Harvest Output
The largest Montana wheat farm grows about 500000 bushels annually while others produce 150000 to 200000 bushels.
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Montana Wheat Farms
Montana
Hardest Work Ever Done: Keeping Out of Work
A brief exchange from the Ditts burg Press records two hired men asking about the hardest work they faced. One replies that the toughest effort was simply staying out of work, reflecting a wry rural humor in the dialogue.
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Newt
Gate
Dittsburg
Builder's boast hints at future project profits
A friend compliments the present house while Dustin Stax remarks the contractor will build one with the profits. The exchange suggests future expansion tied to earnings.
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Mr. Dustin Stax
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