The Good Friend of Salina Burgess Reveals a Clever Scheme
Salina Burgess, a widow, is swindled by land agent Willis Strong into buying forty barren acres amid a river development boom. Bernard Royd, a civil engineer for the company, engineers a plan to divert the river to irrigate the land, enabling a multimillion dollar payoff. Salina agrees to manage the funds and, after Royd’s proposal, a life together follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis Strong
Salina Burgess
Peart River
Salina
Angela
Riverton
Mr. Royd
Bernard Royd
Robert Borcess
Pearl River Investments
Royd
Boyd
Fay
Watener
Pearl River
Bernard
Mr. Boyd
Dinner Sparks Suspicions in Spaghetti Silence
In a humorous exchange from Detroit Free Press the couple argue over cooking praise during a meal. Piedwick awkwardly deflects compliments while Etheldia weeps believing love hinges on his appetite for her kitchen skills. Nine lines of domestic banter unfold around a cozy dining table.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angel
Etheldia
Detroit Free Press
Professor of parts passes away in England
Obituary notes the death of a classical scholar in England described as a professor of parts who spent a lifetime studying obscure topics. The piece hints at his detachment from current events and his view that only fellow academics could appreciate his distant interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Nebraska Fall Events and Local Farm News
Dates for coming events include November 9 10 for the Nebraska State Teachers Association in Omaha and November 7 for General Election Day. Other items note grain and livestock conventions November 21 23 in Omaha, a poultry show November 27 to December 2 in Omaha, and a Poultry and Pet Show December 4 to 9 in Beatrice. Nebraska farmers discuss coal demand railcar shortages new factories expansion and crop reports with multiple county notes from Adams to Box Butte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska State Teachers’ Association
Omaha
Nebraska
Farmers’ Co-operative State
Omaba
Dee
Beatrice Joe
Farmers Congress
National Farmers Equity Convention
Crown Tire and Hobber, Company
Dbeer
Ralaton
Mana
Furth
Bechia
Sina
Nordy Platte
Timhree
Two Springs
Farmers’ Elevator Company
North Platte
Union. Pacific Railroad
Boy Scouts
Brock
Nemaha County
Harpham
Frank Helman
Lindsay
Nebraska Telephone “Company
Lyons
Better Quality of Butter Article Sells on Merit
Discussion of butter quality focusing on flavor color and odor. Notes color can be artificially produced but not a true quality indicator. Emphasizes care in feeding and handling cows and keeping stables and utensils clean to prevent odor absorption.
Age of usefulness of cows in dairy herds
A twenty ten year old Jersey cow in a cow testing group produced 40 pounds of butterfat in a recent month. Sweet Briar a Guernsey at Minnesota station worked profitably to age seventeen. Cylene a Holstein at the same age will exceed 400 pounds of butterfat this year. Most dairy cows are useful between twelve and fourteen years, though profitable cows can exceed this age.
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Jersey
Wisconsin
Sweet Briar
Minnesota
Cylene
Grade of American Butter Declines in Transit
Imported butter does not reach markets fresh while American butter often arrives second grade. The text argues transit deterioration and inferior cream quality cause many American products to lose grade, despite good production, blaming both transport delays and cream quality differences.
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Farmer-Ister
High Grade Butter Prices Depend on Quality Demand
First grade butter remains in strong demand in the United States with producers earning a margin over second grade butter. The price gap between grades is wide as foreign competition has not boosted first grade supply but has increased second grade availability.
Repairs for Wooden Silos
The wooden silo in summer is prone to wrecking in high winds, especially when unroofed. Tighten hoops after the staves dry, add two or three stays of heavy wire to permanent objects, and coat the outside with paint and the inside with creosote.
Skin Care Ad Promises Relief for Pimples and Rashes
Advertises Cuticura Soap and Ointment to cleanse purify soothe and heal troubled skin including pimples blackheads redness itching and burning. Free samples by mail with a Book Address postcard to Cuticura Dept L Boston and sold everywhere. A separate note mentions a buttonless overcoat invention fastened by a single belt for automobilists.
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Cuticura
Dept. L. Boston
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W. G. Chapman
Piedwick
Adams County
Nex
Hastings
Trs
United States
Canada
M. Smith
Em. oOvmMeDt
Interstate. Commerce. Commission
Neibraska
Carson
and & Companion
Platos River
Fremont
Stella Electric Light
Stella
Rock Island Railroad
Plattsmouth
Alvo
Iowa
Liebers
Gage County
Duroc-Jersey
A. E. Stutt
Avoca
United States National Bank of
Hayden
Beatrice
Bettef
Dartington
Burlington
Shirhorns
Colerridge
Churchill
Harington
Box Butte
South Omaha
Grand Island Board’ of Education
Mare
Buire
Dar Morris
of ‘Kearnes
Fnr
Charles Evangear
Moreland
Aho
Tiyoas Taland
Im Be Dillon
Cass County
Allance Commercial “Clu
Reguir Cof
Union Pacific
Board of Supervisors
Dodge County
Nebraska Press Association
Lincoln
Ite
Wrigley’s
Wm. W Jr
Aos Wassey
RTEL
Subrize
Bobby
Hawaii
California
Libby
M‘neill & Libby
Chicago
Lanny Wintevaveuna
Winchester
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