Bear Hunter Survives Night Beside Old Mose the Grizzly
In the Rockies a hunter named Hancock trapped by Old Mose, a famed ferocious bear, endured a brutal night. He lit a fire, cooked deer meat, and struggled as Mose loomed at the trap. Dawn brought hope as Hancock’s rope-and-rock device finally helped drag his rifle within reach and rescue followed.
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Mose
Rockies
A. L. Carson
Wide World
Hancock
Braln
Fcock
Mites Cause of Scaly Leg in Fowls
Two mite species attack fowls with the scaly leg condition. Crude petroleum on roosts helps prevent spread. apply once, repeat if scales persist 80 days. A lighter method uses warm soapy soaks with sulphur and lard. Depluming mites require a sulfur soap dip, with sodium fluoride added if lice are present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Building the Home and the Prairie Dream
John Harris quits his Canadian teaching post to become a homesteader in Manitoba. He marries Mary who joins him as they travel with Alec McCrae to pick a homestead. The couple works the prairie together while McCrae aids their settlement efforts.
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John Harris
Manitoba
Mary
Alec McCrae
Fred Arthurs
Harris
McCrae
Pioneer Family Builds a Rough Homestead Amid Prairie Peril
Harris and Mary settle on a rough homestead between prairie and coulee, fend off a possible horse thief, construct a sod and clay home, sow 15 acres of wheat and 10 of oats, and harvest 600 bushels of wheat and 700 of oats with a self binder. Harris treks to Emerson through blizzards to market grain and support his family, while Mary endures growing hardship and hope for relief.
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McCrae
Coulee
Harris
Jack
Jarvis
Arthurs
Mary
Morrison
United States
Plainville
Mary Harris
Emerson
Shores of the Infinite Chapter Opens a Frontier Summer
The narrative describes a lively frontier season with Harris building a stable, settlers moving into the district, and new homesteads rising. Tom Morrison settles near Harris, Dick Matheson camps from lumber camps, and nearby are the Grants and Hiram Riles families. Plainville grows as Dr Eldin's base and a missionary conducts monthly services. The first harvest approaches.
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Harris
McCrae
Tom Morrison
Dick Matheson
Madawaski
John Burton
Grants
Hiram Riles
Eliza
Morrison
Eldin
Plainville
Sempter
Hen delivers breakfast egg to Bend Oregon sawmill owner
A hen at a Bend sawmill provides a daily breakfast egg by waking her owner at the proper time. The article notes the bird’s routine includes entering the bedroom through an open window and pecking the sleeper lightly to rouse him for the meal.
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Timber Trades Journal
Bend
Qre
Ghostly visitor surprises drunk husband in London Tit-Bits tale
A tale recalls Mr Spongedry returning home inebriated and slipping into bed. A sheeted ghost appears, startling him, then explains its presence as a harmless fright. He mishears the apparition as his wife, creating a comic moment in this London Tit-Bits snippet.
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London
Visiting Guest Desires A Grate Fire At Cold D Family
A guest finds the D family strong on culture but short on comforts like hot water food and heat. On a cold night he shivers as the family debates hobbies. He finally confesses a simple wish for a grate fire.
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Mr. T
New Idea for Tombstone Patented by Harman in Custer OK
Austin J Harman of Custer Oklahoma proposes a new life size standing tombstone made of hollow galvanized iron. The base can be filled with cement for stability and the hollow body may hold an urn for ashes. A screw on head can be shaped as a likeness of the deceased.
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Tombstone
Austin J. Harman
Custer
Okla
GIVE CHICKENS EARLY FEED
Practical advice to feed hens with litter available overnight to spur early activity. Warns that dark coops or overfeeding cause hens to loaf on perches. adjust conditions to save money and boost egg production. Emphasizes rat proofing and litter grain as an inexpensive method.
Sort of pullet to retain for poultry yard value
A guide notes that regardless of breed a pullet that matures early with a strong constitution and good size should be kept. It emphasizes selecting birds with promising traits as future inhabitants of the poultry yard, urging to call out the poor birds.
Peke Requested In Quirky Exchange Cited By Courier Journal
A playful exchange from the Louisville Courier Journal shows a husband and wife discussing a dog purchase with one aiming for a Peke. The brief dialogue captures a light domestic moment in a newspaper snippet.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Swamp Root Urges Kidney Health For Women
Advertisement urges thousands of women with kidney and bladder trouble to seek treatment with Dr Kilmer Swamp Root. It claims kidney health affects other organs, lists symptoms like back pain and headaches, and offers sample bottle by mail before purchasing a full-size bottle. The copy ends with a William Penn quotation.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
Garfield Tea Admonition Cautions Habit Formation
A short Adv notice warns readers never to let a positive tendency become a habit and suggests using Garfield Tea as a remedy. The line implies caution and a consumer product association without broader context.
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Robert J. C. Stead
Trapper
Grove’s
Aseline
Chesebrough Meg. CO
Consolidated
State Street
New York
Avery
William Penn
Fletcher
Bellans
Ea. Srees
Heer
W.N. Y
Kansas
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