Rough Riders' San Juan Hill Valor Remembered on Cuban Hill
Elmo Scott Watson recalls the 30th anniversary of the Spanish American War battle, highlighting the Rough Riders led by Theodore Roosevelt. The piece notes their diverse membership, gritty conduct on Kettle Hill and San Juan, the regiment’s heavy losses, and memorials in Arlington and Cuba.
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San Juan Hill
Rough Riders
Theodore Roosevelt
Rough Rider
White House
United States
First
United States Volunteer Cavalry
San Antonio
Tampa
Fla
Cuba
Las Guasimas
Wood
Young
Joe” Wheeler
Kettle Hill
Colonel Roosevelt
Shafter
Santiago
Carl Russell Fish
Yale University Press
Hawkins
Seventy-first New York Volunteers
Regular
Roosevelt
C. C. Sumner
Kettle
Machado
Arlington National Cemetery
United States Volunteer Infantry
San Juan
Capron
O’neill
Kane
Luna
Hall
Carr
Tiffany
Huston
Hamilton Fish, Jr
Battle of
Thomas W. Hall
Maxwell Keyes
James R. Church
Rough Riders Corp
George H. Doherty
Henry Haywood
Marcus D. Russell
Race H. Smith
Yancy Kyle
Henry J. Haefner
William T. Santo
Oliver B. Norton
Leonard Wood
Turkeys May Be Raised Year Round in Close Confinement
The article notes a shift from open range to confinement for turkeys, proving they can be raised without pasture. It predicts longer laying and marketing seasons, potential year round production, and the rise of squad birds eight to ten pounds using incubators and modern breeders.
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America
Middle West
Mississippi Valley
June Chicks as Easily Reared as Early Birds
June hatched chicks are not more delicate than earlier broods, but they suffer if kept on ground long used by poultry. Provide fresh ground or recently turned soil four to five months unused by fowls, to rear June chicks with minimal losses even in limited space.
Test to Find When Eggs Will Become Fertile
A Canadian study shows fertility rising after male introduction with 50 percent fertile at day five and 70 percent by day seven, then stabilizing. After removing the male, fertility stays at 70 percent for four days, halves by day seven, and reaches all fertile by day ten.
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Canada
Poultry Rearing Tips From county agent notes
Guidance on chick confinement, housing, and feeding to improve hatchability. Advice covers scratch feed grain like wheat, nest management for turkey hens, dusting hens, avoiding cannibalism, and proper brooder floor space per four chicks.
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Remedy Praised by Evansville Woman
Mrs. Victoria N. Schutensher of 44 Hazel Avenue Evansville Indiana writes she is “all run-down” and credits Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with her recovery after twelve bottles. Her husband notes her improved appearance and she hopes to help other women with nervousness.
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Evansville
Ind
Lydia
Pinkham
Victori N. ScuHtensher
Hazel Avenue
Evansville, Indiana
Oldest unrecorded deed in Exeter records found
The document dated April 11 1760 is the oldest deed to be recorded during John W A Green's term as Exeter register of deeds. It conveys 30 acres in Hampton from Peter Johnson to Josiah Moulton for £2755, bears a legal seal, and dates to the 33rd year of George II's reign. It was found while tracing a title and had never been recorded.
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John W. A. Green
Exeter
N. H
Hampton
Peter Johnson
Josiah Moulton
George II
Writing Him Up Comic Cooks Up Cream Puff Quip
Louisville Courier Journal riffs on a custard pie pun with a joke about a cream puff comedian. The cartoonish quip showcases light humor and a playful jab at a performer or columnist.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Date Produce Sparks Uproar Across California and Arizona
A broad claim ties dates grown in California and Arizona to those from the Persian gulf and north Africa. The quip notes Solomon’s wisdom but jokes he did not umpire a baseball game.
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California
Arizona
Persian Gulf
North
Africa
Solomon
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Wilbur D. French
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Archie Tuttle
Safford
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Fifth Avenue
Harvard
Spain
Congress
Rockies
Great Plains
Alger
North Dakota
Secretary of War
Xtiles
Southwest
Colt
Chaffee
Bay
Jad Hill
Stattr
Forzlladd
Ore
Cetteral Weeletr Amd Staff
Lydia E. Pinkham
Carter
Antonie Saben
Wright
N. Y
Wrights
Pine Products
Columbus
Ohio
Dr. Peery
Hanford
Eve Balsam
Pearl &T
Lai Ees
Rooklyn
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