Into the Gray Ranges We Pursue a Kangaroo Trail
In a distant Australian interior expedition members follow tracks across clay-pans and through park like hills toward the Gray Ranges. Jack Hall discovers three days worth of boot marks and a bullet bearing revolver round contradicting earlier claims, and a white man’s camp below signals a cautious descent into a hostile native encampment.
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Victoria
Mr. Hall
Charles Hall
Jack Hall
Australia
Jack
Sgrid
Bayngs
Bob Luke
Bayneé
Sullivan’ S
Baynes
Sullivan
Mall-Bass
Night descent leads to white camp discovered
Jack Hall and his party track a zig zag descent to a distant bark hutand confirm white occupants reside there from the chimney. The operation to surround and arrest them is planned for the remaining light with orders to spread and strike. The troopers prepare to move down the ravine and seize the occupants.
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Jack Hall
Cameuli
Baynes
Mr. Alls
Aoheax Lery
Fike Wolce
William” Luke
Luke
Peary
Surrender Call Echoes Through Bark Wall Ambush
In a tense moment, a sergeant demanded surrender in the Queen's name, but replies were silence. The passage described by William Luke, Jack Hall, and Sullivan shows no response beyond the crack of distant shots, as smoke drifted between sheets of bark forming a fragile shelter.
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William Luke
Jack Hall
Sullivan
Not Much Of A Love Match Queen Wilhelmina Marries For State
A European authority notes that Holland seeks a royal alliance to prevent a foreign king ruling from Amsterdam. The prince of Wied is chosen for stability, not affection, as the Dutch fear historic entanglements and dynastic risks. The match favors Queen Wilhelmina’s control over her consort’s influence.
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Wilhelmina
Holland
Wied
Belgium
Prince of
Germany
Napoleon
Wieds
Prussia
Bulwer
The Deaths on the Winslow And A Patriarchal Apple Tree
The article recalls the loss of five crew members aboard the Winslow during an engagement with a swift flash and explosion. One sailor fell overboard and perished before comrades could rescue him. It also notes Albert Ham of West Dresden with an ancient apple tree bearing heavy crops and a volatile Mt Sangay in South America that has erupted since 1723.
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Harper’s
Winslow
Albert Ham
West Dresden
Sangay
Andé
South America
Palse
Dairy and Poultry Hints for Successful Farmers
Hints from the How Successful Farmers Operate department cover care of dairy cattle and live poultry. Practical guidance on feeding housing and general management aimed at improving yields and health of stock.
Guard the Milk Supply and Dairy Sanitation Urged
A Farm ers' Review representative warns Fort Sheridan soldiers and rural households to guard milk purity. Boil well water and pasteurize milk, with dairies purified by boiling and steam. Contaminated wells spread typhoid through communities via dairy handling and distribution networks.
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Farmers’ Review
Fort Sheridan
When is a dairy clean and safe from dirt
A New York farmer explains that dirt in a dairy shows through musty smells from woodwork, gourish odor from tin vessels, and dirty windows floors or fixtures. Dark waterlines in vessels or black sediment signal unmistakable dirt. Any sign of these conditions makes a dairy not clean. The milk and dairy products demand extreme cleanliness and face tough challenges in maintaining it.
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Les
New York
Amateurs and the Poultry Profit Hype
A digressive editorial parodies get rich quick poultry schemes and fiction about an Oriental trader who imagines vast wealth from eggs. The piece warns readers not to trust simplistic promises and highlights the folly of chasing easy fortunes through hatching ventures.
The Poultry Venture and Its Real Costs
The article argues that amateur dreams in poultry raising often fail and unhatched chickens cannot be counted. True success comes only from actual experience, while false reports target the inexperienced. Raising chickens is challenging with modest capital required to start, but turning a profit remains tough. the key advantage is low initial investment and a turnover of capital.
Poultry Profits From Small Flocks Says Philadelphia Record
The Philadelphia Record notes that large flocks of 500 to 1000 hens are uncommon and decision favors poultry as a profitable farm enterprise. With pure healthy stock and gradual expansion over four to five years, a farmer can build a productive flock, learn from experience, and achieve steady cash returns through daily egg and poultry sales.
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Philadelphia
Preventing Texas Fever Trials at Oklahoma Experiment Station
Trials directed by the Oklahoma Experiment Station tested dipping cattle in an oil prepared by the USDA to prevent Texas fever. Dipping killed ticks but caused skin irritation and eye irritation in many cattle. Storms and long drives increased deaths. warm weather preferred. Inoculation attempts with southern brood yielded unsatisfactory results and offered partial immunity but no reliable control.
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Oklahoma Experiment Station
United States Department of Agriculture
Selective breeding yields near two eggs per hen yearly
Wyck off of New York State shows the power of choosing the best layers. By selecting top Leghorns for several years, he raised a six hundred hen flock to an average of 196 eggs per hen per year, well above ordinary flocks and applying breeding as a proven method.
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Wyckoff
New York State
Massachusetts
Varieties of Oats Show Yield and Straw Weights
The Pennsylvania State College Agricultural Experiment Station reports 21 oat varieties tested since 1887. Baltte White, Virginia Winter, Juberry, Haggett's White and Japan lead yields with 52.08 to 55.75 bushels. Average yield across varieties 44.27 bushels. best straw 36.93 lbs and lightest 18.52 lbs. Virginia Winter tops 41.13 lbs per bushel. German variety lowest at 33.82 lbs. Also notes on stable disinfectants land plaster kainit and San Jose scale treatment.
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Pennsylvania State College Agricultural Experiment, Station
Virginia
Juiberry
Haggett’s
Japan
New Dormitory Planned for Tuskegee Institute
Through the generosity of Mrs Col ing P Huntington of New York a new dormitory for girls will be built at the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute costing about 0000 dollars. Mr Huntington and his wife have long supported Booker T Washington and in ten years he has donated about 200000 dollars to the institute. A humorous aside notes a husband shivering at his wife's warm heart when her cold feet thrill him.
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Coling P. Huntington
New York
Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute
Senator Simon Takes Banjo Lessons
Senator Simon of Oregon has been taking banjo lessons. Are you improving he asked him recently. Either that or the neighbors are getting more used to it he replied. A catalogue of 300 prizes mailed an inquiry. Prizes given for saving Diamond C Soap wrappers. Address CuCanR Soap Works South Qmedia eb.
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Simon of
Orégén
Cucanr Soap Works
South Qmedia
Wild roses grow on continents apart from Australia
The statement notes that every continent except Australia produces wild roses, indicating a widespread distribution of these plants across landmasses.
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Australia
Cure for consumption touted by Anna Ross in Williamsport
Anna Ross of Williamsport Pa asserts Piso's Cure is the sole medicine that will cure consumption in a November letter. The claim centers on a personal endorsement and lacks medical validation.
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Anna Ross
Williamsport
New Terminal Agent J F Legge Named at Washington
New terminal agent of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad at Washington D C is J F Legge in charge of passenger and freight stations. He will assume duties January 1. Legge is a longtime B and O man and formerly superintendent of the fourth and fifth divisions and head of Wantington terminals from 1884 to 1887. The piece notes reputations appear larger to others than to the man himself.
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J. F. Legge
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Washington, D. C
Mr. Legge
Cha
Wantington
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America
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Lee
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Cedaredge
Colo
H. Lee Co
Omama
Mbb
Western
Canada
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Ottawa
W. W. Bennett
New York Life Building
Omaha
Neb
French Brug CO
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Te Bey
Dunlap & Co
Monroe St
Chicago
Parrell
New York Avenue
Washington, D.C
Pension
Tae
Kay
Fairbanks
Thompson
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