The Fur Farm Of Alaska Foxes At Fairbanks
A feature describes Alaska fox farming near Fairbanks in Tanana Valley. It details ten-acre pens built with ground tunnels and overhanging wire, single pairs per pen, timid yet manageable foxes, cat mothering fox babies, and a case of a costly cat refusing to sell. Daily diet mixes salmon, moose meat, horse meat and rice stew. The Fairbanks operation totals eighteen thousand dollars for land and buildings plus thirty seven thousand for breeding stock, with about two hundred animals cared for by two men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fur
Alaska
Frank G. Carpenter
Tanana Valley
Fairbanks
Canada
Suffering Deceived As Torture Relieved by Black Draught
Rossville Georgia, Kate Lee Able writes of her sick husband, an engineer weighing 105 pounds who dropped to 10 pounds in two weeks. Despite three doctors, castor oil failed to help until Thedford's Black Draught was given, bringing relief and recovery. The promotion claims the remedy keeps one fit for daily work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rossville
Kate Lee Able
Dace White
Goducas
Thedford
H. C. Marten's Great Cheap Goods Catalog
Local ad lists a wide assortment from Bar Iron and nails to horse shoes and kettles. Includes farm tools, chains, bells, wire, saws, corn shellers, lawn mowers, bolts, loaded shells, powder and shot.
Kidney Tonic Promises Quick Relief From Painful Ailments
A vintage advertisement extols Anurie and Aguric Tablets as cures for kidney issues and related pains. Testimonials from W L Yous and Mrs Ep De For claim rapid relief from aches, sleeplessness, and fatigue after taking these remedies. The copy urges purchasing at a store or sending money for trial packs.
Farmers Open New Warehouse and Buy Requests
To the farmers and the public generally the undersigned announce the enlargement of their facilities with a new warehouse and state they are now prepared to buy. This brief notice signals expansion and a readiness to purchase local goods from farmers and residents.
Riveting the Hulls A Major Labor Challenge in Shipyards
The article explains rivet work as the key measure of ship construction progress. It notes San Francisco yard can drive 300 000 rivets weekly, Newport News 200 000 to 275 000, and several others like Fore River and Philadelphia handling 186 000 to 275 000. A typical crew of four handles 250 rivets daily, with total needed rivets around 650 000 weekly for a 10 000 ton ship, revealing vast labor demands and manpower totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tnlon Shipyards
San Francisco
America
Fore River
Mass
Newport News
Camden
Philadelphia
Delaware
Lis
Edward Hungerford
Harper's
North ern lights disrupt telegraph and cables
A readers’ clipping remarks on aurora borealis causing telegraph and telephone line disturbances. Details include abnormal earth currents measured around 425 volts positive and 225 volts negative with about 2000 ohms resistance, affecting long and eastern Atlantic cables more than short or northern routes. The piece also briefly cites historical notes on the Romanoff lineage, solar effects on agriculture, and a death by hanging in Clarke County Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dongil MeNdreal
Postal Telegraph Company
Manly Am
Brest
Migneton Island
St Pierra
Millard F Cox in trouble over bad checks in Hagerstown
Sharpsburg youth Millard F Cox is in trouble after issuing numerous counterfeit mercantile checks in Hagerstown. He was arrested following investigations into the bad payments and appears to face charges related to the fraudulent transactions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millard F. Cox
Sharpsburg
Hagerstown
Caer
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Do. J. Miller
Ion Hodges
Harrison Schley
Franklin Lyne
Jefferson Security Bank
Shepherdstown
W VA
W. P. Licklider
H. C. Marten
David Lemen
Si Hodges
J. H. Hill
M. B. Baker
G. W. D. Folk
C.J. Miller
J. W. Gardner
Geo. M. Beltzhoever
D. Frank Hill
Jos
B. Vanmetre
Jos. H. Trout
Cahier
N. T. Snyder
E. Billmver
Farmers Bank of
W. VA
A_ commercial bank
G. W. Hoffman
F. R. McQuilkin
W. Harry Staley
R. M. Williams
R. L. VanMetre
E. H. Reinhart
Geo. M. Knott
M. H. Crawford
Os. B. VanMetre
Jeo
F. Turner
C. D. Wysong
Osbourne
T. Snyder
R. L. Withers
S. Lee Philips
W. F. Alexander
Lewis G. Albin
Capital
Farmers’ and Merchants’ Deposit Co
Charles Town
U. S. Liberty
J. W. Willams
Ed. Burns
Thornton T. Perry
H. T. Miley
Wm. E. Reed
W. Alexander
W. O. Norris
B. D. Gibson
Robert L. Withers
C. F. Wall
Bank OF Charles Town
W. VA. S
Washington
John Porterfield
D.S. Hughes
J. Frank Turner
Ing. A. Washington
John D. McGarry
Mn Burr
S. Dalgara
E. Cooke
Jas. W. Strider
S. Hughes
the National Citizens Bank
G. E. Hughes
A.M.S. Morgan
B. F. Langdon
C.W. Henshaw
G.W. Shull
J. H. Bishop
Chas
K. Langdon
M. O. Reuss
R. C. Rissler
L. D. Getzendanner
Polack’s Jewelry Store
Washington Street
A.S. Dandridge & Co
Oliver
New York
Tiger and Granger
Deering
A. S. Dandridge & CO
Hay & Straw
Mait
Cumberland
W. H. Knode
M. R. Moler
Grocer
Shepherdstown, W. Va
Troy Laundry
B. S. Pendleton
W.va
Luray
Jam = Sampsell
Raymond Viands
Elton Thomas
Stanley
Virginia House of Correction
United States Shipping Board
Clarke County
Wadesville
Fletcher
Castoria
Hardware Department
N. C
Japan
International Stock Food
Gleason
Frank Miller
Keystone
X L
Cookus
Main Street
Sam Miller
Rumsey
I T
M.B. Bake
Chichester Spills
Aakadies
Rages
Chichester
Biahosa
Bellasic
Faun Everywhere
W. Luria
MO. H. Schoppert
Welshans
Winacon Siding
Eve Blackford
Shenandoah Junction
W. Va, A
Miss Loud
Mann’s
Torle Pitete
Borisrys
Sulerers
Annric
Pieron
Parmiers
Minnesota
W. N. Lemon & Son
Jefferson County Telephone Co
H.C. Getzendanner
Romanoff
Russia
Nay
Romano Off
Andrew Kobyla
Moscow
Prussia
Roman Yurievitch
Andrew
Ivan the Terrible
Mikhael Feodorvitch Romanoff
Russias
Red Square
Czar Nicheles
Esse
Jean Diffenderter
Boyce, Clarke
Eistern
Castori
Meget
Five Deviace
York
Castor
Martinsburg
Winchester,Va
Neel Motor Company
Allen Neel
Hupmobile
Racine Tires
Gabriel Snabbete
Milton Kohler & Sons
W. Washington St
Hagerstown, Md
Sulit
Hall
Crossett
Lawn A
Casuerr, Inc
Malore Worth Akingson, Mam
Crossett Shoe
Norfolk&WesternRy
Bristol
Pullman
Columbus
Cincinnati
Shenandoah
Om Tor
Merce
Hage
Pim
Adelphin
Ca c. As
Diehl & Bro
Charles Town, W. Va
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