Washington and the American Triumph at Trenton and Beyond
Colonel Cabot stars in a perilous winter campaign tracing Washingtons maneuvers from Trenton to Bennington. The narrative highlights spycraft with Luce, young Alexander Hamilton gaining favor, Stark and Allen, the Burgoyne flotilla, and the resolve of American troops amid hardship as Gates and Arnold shape the northern campaign.
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New Jersey
Washington
Morristown
Luce
New York
Alexander Hamilton
Amboy
Staten Island
Burgoyne
Canada
Howe
York Island
Hudson
Highlands
Putnam
Fort Montgomery
Butter Hill
Beacon Hill
Mallender’s Hill
Snake Hill
Lake Champlain
Europe
Philadelphia
Congress
Gates
North
Schuyler
Upper
Morgan
Arnold
Coming of Pat and the British From the North and the Battle
General Washington seeks early information on Burgoyne forces. Colonel Cabot volunteers for northern intelligence and relay dispatches. Colin devises night relays to Bennington for Stark with a regiment marching north via Danbury and New Milford. diary notes mention leather, boot repairs, and wagon wheel work.
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Colonel Ball
Trenton
Washington
Delaware
Ball
Donop
Cornwallis
Europe
New Jersey
Asianpink Creek
Princeton
America
Amos Farnsworth
God O
Highlands
York
Danbury
Conway
St. Paul
Allen
Colin
Stark
Humphries
Colonel Cabot
Burgoyne
London
Collin
Hemlock
Pat
South Road
Fort Ticonderoga
Skenesborough
Israel Sapp
St. Clair
Sugar Hill
Sapp
Ticonderoga
Congress
King
Sergeant Sapp
John Adams
General Washington
Parson Allen
Benhington
Cabot
Albany
Arnold
St. Leger
St. John’s
Bennington
New Milford
Amos
How Eggs Maintain Grade A Quality For Poultrymen
Professor H E Botsford of New York State College of Agriculture explains egg quality depends on when laid and post laying handling. He notes temperature shifts from 105 to 107 degrees can change grade, cooling preserves quality, and frequent harvest twice weekly plus size and interior quality sorting improves pack grade.
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H. E. Botsford
New York State College of Agriculture
Free Choice of Grain and Mash For Pullets
Ohio State University poultry specialist M Ferguson urges free choice of grain and mash for pullets on range. At the University farm chicks receive an all mash with 10 percent milk and 8 percent meat scrap until 12 to 14 weeks, then milk reduced to 4 percent while meat scrap remains.
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M. Ferguson
Agricultural Extension Service
Ohio State University
University Farm
Ferguson
Poultry Hints and Historical Notes From Ohio to Australia
A mix of poultry guidance and trivia notes covers grain hygiene, fowl pox vaccination timing for Leghorns and heavy breeds, oat hull litter, door mats as gypsum troughs for cleanliness, and temperature tolerance of pallets. It also cites Ohio turkey production growth, a black-egged duck owned by Alex Christian of Wellston, the 1849 Boston poultry show, and a Melbourne conference report stating egg exports from Australia rose dramatically from 1 million to 16.75 million dozen in six years.
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Alex Christian
Wellston
Ohio
Australia
Melbourne
The
Egg Producers Council
Once Wealthy Man Sought as Bank Robber in Southwest
El Dorado Arkansas reports Charlie Chapman a former highway contractor once worth about 250000 who vanished on the eve of trial for the Smackover bank robbery. He is sought in six states for about 175000 in loot from multiple bank robberies since 1925.
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el Dorado
Ark
Charlie Chapman
Debonair
Chapman
Smackover State Bank
Union County
Caddo Parish
Shreveport
Supreme Court
Spring Hill
Texas
Arkansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Mississippi
Albert Maxey
Crawford County
Southwest
Florida
Everglades
South
Pig skin graft heals boy's crushed foot in Kansas City
Six year old John Gentry fully recovers after doctors graft pig skin onto his crushed foot. The first such procedure in the area, with a similar success noted in New Orleans. The pig, now the boy’s pet, remains in a backyard pen.
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Kansas City
Little John Gentry
New Orleans
John
Snail Bites Back in Nine Hour Garden Duel
In Davenport Iowa a snail and a 20 inch garter snake fought nine hours in a garden pool. The snail seized the snake behind the head and gradually pulled its head into its shell until the reptile died. The spectacle occurred at H H Schneckloth residence.
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Davenport
Iowa
H. H. Schneckloth
Lightning Clip Snaps Window Glass In Nebraska City
A freak stroke of lightning struck the Fr J Homeyer home in Nebraska City Neb and clipped a 2 by 4 inch piece from a window pane. The flying shard crossed the room and fell without breaking. Homeyer, ill in bed, woke to the bright flash and thunder.
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Nebraska City
Neb
Fr. J. Homeyer
Homeyer
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the Master of Chaos
Irving Bacheller
WIU
Paultry
Worcester
Public Garden
Boston
Snail
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