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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1919
Page
3
On the Namur, Gates notes Estada and Estevan aboard with pirate captain Sanchez behind the mission. The prisoner Senorita joins breakfast, blackmailing not with fear but with quiet courage as Estada courts favor while planning far deeper schemes.
Synopsis recounts Geoffrey Carlyle a shipmaster jailed for Monmouth rising and his perilous voyage with Dorothy Fairfax in the Chesapeake. He battles Sanchez the pirate enemy seeking the Fairfax gold and Dorothy, fakes boarding the Namur, resurfaces aboard as first mate after a brutal struggle and a rescue bid.
Geoffrey Carlyle slips into Dorothy's star-lit stateroom amidships to speak with her in darkness. She fears danger yet greets him with shaken relief and begs to know if he is ally or foe as they seek a safe place to sit and talk.
Carlyle saves Dorothy from a mysterious intruder and cannot explain the sudden attack. The night hides a dark plot as dawn approaches, leaving readers to wonder what the morning will reveal.
United States Department of Agriculture describes a low cost hay truck system. A frame on two wheels carries partly cured hay under canvas to protect from ground moisture and rain. Staging hay on trucks reduces reloads and labor, with specific curing steps based on yield and weather.
The U S Department of Agriculture urges expanding sorghum silage in light rainfall regions as they need less moisture than corn and can yield more forage per acre. Sweet and nonsweet varieties differ, with kafir, milo, and feterita common. Silage value rivals corn when yields are higher. harvest at seed maturity to avoid sour silage. frost risk and postharvest water may affect quality.
County agent demonstrations in McCormick County South Carolina show clover improving yields. Starting 1914 corn yielded ten bushels per acre and 500 pounds of cotton per acre. After adopting clover rotation corn rose to 15 bushels and cotton to 1 200 pounds. Last year corn after clover reached 40 bushels per acre and cotton 1 600 pounds per acre.
Cornstalks when not feedable are valued as fertilizer at five to fifteen dollars per acre. Based on soil quality and conditions, a conservative average is about ten dollars per acre given current fertilizer prices.
The report notes chickens crowd in coops during hot weather as much as in cool, especially when frightened. It warns to limit numbers per coop and keep coops open enough to allow air flow and cooling.
A Yonkers Statesman quip records a courtroom exchange where the judge asks what the witness means by his bean. The counsel replies that the term refers to the head and adds a pun about there being something of aye in a bean.
An advertisement explains the Bayer Cross on Bayer Tablets of Aspirin guarantees authenticity. It advises buying unbroken Bayer packages with proper directions for relief of headache toothache rheumatism neuralgia colds and pain. Small tin boxes of 12 tablets are inexpensive at drug stores with larger packages available.
A Philadelphia Bulletin excerpt quotes a restricted suburb agreement requiring building a house costing at least $20,000. The buyer agrees to the rule, and the seller notes that the buyer's brother is an architect who will ensure compliance.
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