Far North mining trip sparks unlikely alliance
Prospector Alan Garth prepares to leave for a Far North claim when Burton Ramill and daughter Lilith arrive at the airways station with Vivian Huxley and a pilot. They propose an air trip to Garth’s claim, dismissing his platinum ore samples as nearly worthless.
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Alan Garth
Airways
Burton Ramill
Lilith
Vivian Huxley
Garth
Lilith Ramill
Huxley
Mr. Ramill
Tobin
Miss Ramil
Epravish
Seton
Edmonton
London Metal Market Report
Miss Ramill
Gerth
Haxby
Rndia
Chapter I Continued A North land drama unfolds
In a rugged Arctic setting Garth navigates tensions with Miss Ramill and Huxley as a mining venture nears takeoff. The party debates terms while packing for a potential flight and a fraught prospect summary.
Disagreeable look marks departure aboard the cockpit
Huxley orders Garth to cast off lines while Lilith promises to dismiss the “woodsy pest” soon. The tense exchange ends with Lilith’s vow to be free of him after a few hours.
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Huxley
Garth
Lilith
Air voyage in subarctic maze tracks a quest for landmarks
Garth and Huxley fly along a river toward a distant find through a shifting subarctic landscape. High climbs and unfamiliar peaks complicate navigation as the plane seeks a lake in a snow-iced valley amid mountains and gulches.
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Garth
Miss Ramill
Huxley
Great River
Black Law laws barred free negroes from emigration and citizenship
The phrase Black Law or black law referred to pre Civil War statutes in border and northern states that discriminated against free blacks seeking emigration and citizenship. They required freedom certificates, excluded negros from militia and schools, and barred black testimony when whites were interested.
Nutritive Value of Weathered Hay for Dairies
Agricultural guidance on using weathered legume hay for dairy cow rations. Emphasizes high nutritive value despite low sale price due to rainy harvests. Recommends balancing grain with home grown roughage and protein supplements such as soy meal, cottonseed meal, gluten meal, and bran.
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Spectalion Univecsity
Buinda Wnu
Good Way to Save Straw Is to Use for Bedding
Farm management specialist S B Cleland from the University Farm Saint Paul urges surplus straw be used liberally as livestock bedding. This reduces straw waste and increases animal comfort while returning humus and fertility to the land when manure is spread. It also helps conserve valuable manure.
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S B. Cleland
Agricultural Extension Service
University Farm
St. Paul
Live Stock Losses in Transit Highlight Transport Perils
The National Live Stock Loss Prevention board reports higher crippling and death rates in transit. Cattle suffer 33 percent more crippling by rail than by track, calf deaths rise with rail shipments, hogs crippled rise 18 percent by truck, and sheep crippled up to 70 percent more by truck than rail. Last year truck shipments showed 27 percent more dead hogs and 2 percent more crippled, while crippled sheep rose 47 percent by rail.
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National
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Robert Ames Bennet
WNU
Robert Ames Benn
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North America
Bellanca
Ramill
Twist
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