Love and Treachery Aboard The Badger in War of 1812
Captain Lion Fellowes sails as mate aboard the True Bounty after his American ship sinks off Portugal. He loves Cara Inglepin, daughter of the ship owner, while distrust grows toward Capt Chater. Pressed aboard the British fr frigate Badger, he is whipped and becomes obsessed with revenge, escaping off New York.
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Lion Fellowes
Portugal
Fellowes
Lisbon
Chater
True Bounty
Ile
Cara Inglepin
Cara
Badger
Collishaw
Collishawe
Nightmare voyage ends with rescue and island return
Fellowes crawls from the surf battered but alive with Coffee and Tom. They seize a fast ducker craft to reach Sampa wams creelkk-land and East creek, rally a militia, and set a plan to confront Collishawe as the island glow signals home.
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Fellowes
Tom
Cuffee
Pinto Woods
Paris Baches
Joe Doak
Doak
Squire Fellowes
Badlger
Varis
Joe
Squire
East Creek
Saul Chater
Collishawe
Nimrod Sopher
Paris
Sopher
Rhodes
Fugitive escapees lure amid quiet docks and a tense supper
In a dim harbor sequence Fellowes Doak and companions stalk a Brooklyn shore for safe passage as Mrs. Rhodes at Saul Chater's hails a dramatic night. A rumor of Captain Collishawe and twenty men presses nearby and a longboat rendezvous looms at Saul Chater's.
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Fellowes
Waches
Joel
Doak
Waall
Sopher’s
Eaches
Joe
Doalk
Widder’s
Jeff Riggle
Brooklyn
Jeff
Babylon Road
Mrs. Rhodes
Randy Rhodes
Squire Fellowes
Saul Chater
Gawd
Jeff Riggie
Riggle
Tendency Toward Smaller Ranches and Shared Lands
The article summarizes a United States Department of Agriculture analysis noting a shift to smaller ranches and broader land distribution in western ranges. It emphasizes careful management, range practices, and economic limits to avoid overstocking, with guidance on range improvement, forage, and breeding for profitability. The bulletin promotes natural reseeding, carrying capacity limits, and native bulls for better herds.
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United States
Armelure
Virgil VY
United States Department of Agriculture
Great Plains
Parr
Warr
Western Ranges
Mr. Parr
Farmers
Washington, D. C
Pruning Walnut Trees When Young Best Plan
Wayward offspring of the forest monarchs need training in youth to grow into lumber worthy trees. Young walnut saplings left uncrowded keep lower branches, which later form large knots spoiling value. A few minutes pruning early makes saplings taller and straighter, yielding clear logs and better prices when mature.
Five Simple Rules for Keeping Good Health
An eminent physician outlines five simple practices to maintain health without reliance on drugs. Drink ample water, sleep eight hours, regulate diet to avoid overeating, enjoy fresh air especially while sleeping, and exercise regularly to rebuild tissues and boost circulation. The quote compares perfect adherence to the hygiene laws of Moses and suggests doctors would lose work if followed for generations.
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Moses
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Agricultural Squibs and Market Advice
A Wisconsin authority notes Americans consume 8,000,000 bushels of pickles yearly, averaging two quarts per person. Advice covers duck water needs, alfalfa soils, soil prep for fruiting, and the role of bees in pollination for Delicious and Stayman apples.
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Wisconsin
Be Sure You're Right Laughing Keeps Age Away
A Chicago woman quoted from the Louisville Times asserts humor can stave off aging for a hundred years. She believes laughter preserves youth unless directed at the wrong people.
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Chicago
Louisville Times
No Virtue in Haste Featured in Quotable Proverb
A brief aphorism cites Bulwer Lytton noting that rushed work yields poor results while well done business requires care and restraint. The saying contrasts speed with quality in professional effort.
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Bulwer-Lytton
Increased Profits From Smut Control
Farmers protect yields and profits by treating seed before planting to control wheat stinking smut. Copper carbonate dusting coats each seed in 2 3 ounces per bushel with a rotating container, mask advised for safety. Seed from clean fields may still develop smut next year due to threshing spores. Formaldehyde treatment recommended for oat and barley smut. copper carbonate for wheat and sorghums.
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KL. A. Miller
Texas Agricultural Mechanical College Extension Service
Straw Loft Gaining Favor for Henhouses
Poultry housing trends show straw loft houses gaining rapid approval among specialists. Any house shape can be used with an open ceiling six to seven feet above the floor and 12 to 18 inches of clean straw. Ventilation comes from attic end gratings, cracks, and the straw loft keeps the interior warmer in winter and cooler in summer.
Rabbits Troubling Gardens When Unrestrained
In regions with abundant rabbits, garden and truck crops suffer as melons beans and cabbage attract youngsters. If fencing is not possible, small amounts of poisoned vegetables apples or grain may provide relief. On small plots dusk watching and shooting the young rabbits offers a quicker safer method.
Sour Cherry Production Boosted by Pruning Practices
H B Tukey of the New York state experiment station reports that pruning Early Richmond Montmorency and English Morello trees, with nitrogenous fertilizer, increases sour cherry yields. His tests in the Hudson river valley and other key districts were confirmed. a detailed report is available on request.
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Richmond
Montmorency
H. B. Tukey
New York State Experiment Station
Hudson River Valley
Storage of Potatoes Tips for Long Term Storage
The article notes quality potatoes store best and will not improve with time. Poor field conditions cause storage troubles. Let potatoes dry after harvest, watch immature specimens, and store in cool cellars or buried in soil with no more than a foot of depth in a cellar to avoid decay.
The Right Way to Redye Fine Silks
Textile makers praise Diamond Dyes as a home dye solution for silk and wool. The Diamond Dyes blue package promises clearer brighter colors than all purpose dyes and easy use equal to ordinary dyes. Both blue and white Diamond Dyes cost 15 cents in drugstores.
Peak Garmo Shown as Highest Mountain in USSR
Computations from triangulation by Richard Finsterwalder of the Soviet German Pamir expedition place Peak Garmo at 7,495 meters or about 24,583 feet, taller than any USSR peak and all North and South American summits except some Himalayan and other Asiatic giants. The peak lies in the inaccessible Peis mountains unlikely ever to be fully climbed.
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Garug
Russia
Richard Finsterwalder
Pamir
Garmo
Union of Socialist Soviet Republics
Gaxno
North America
Mount McKinley
South America
Garmoy
Alps
Himalayas
Peis -Unatains
Encircled Globe in 77 Days Return to Sunnyvale
A round-the-world tour began in Sunnyvale California and finished back there after 77 days visiting New York Paris Berlin and Hongkong. The trip used 14 cent postage and could have been beaten with more preparation and attention.
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Sunnyvale
Calif
New York
Paris
Berlin
Hongkong
Boston Exchange Sparks Odd Bookstore Request
In Boston a police officer eyes a passerby while the man asks for directions to a bookstore. The brief exchange centers on the unusual encounter and the man’s intent to locate a shop.
Phillips Milk of Magnesia Anti Acid Relief
An ad copy explains indigestion results from acid condition and promotes Phillips Milk of Magnesia as a quick fix. It claims the product neutralizes excess stomach acid, reduces sourness and gas after meals, and offers lasting comfort compared to soda.
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Phillips
Lydia E. Pinkham Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Mt. Carmel Reader
Mrs Gertrupp Burrs of Market Street Mt. Carmel Pennsylvania writes that after losing her husband and returning to hard work she recovered strength using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports increased energy and ability to wash and sew and offers to answer letters about her experience.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Gertrupp Burrs
Market
Mt. Carmel
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Slere
Babylon
Kachel
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