Father Loved Punishment by Fannie Hurst
Kathleen admires her father’s patient endurance as a widowed gardener supporting five children. After years of sacrifice and planning, Kathleen schemes to retire him, but he remarries, and Kathleen herself offloads love onto a younger bookbinder, ending with a new family circle.
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Fannie Hurst
Kathleen
Kathléen
Pat
Emma
Pap
Father
Katy
Croap
Croop
Famous California Ocean Races Highlight Historic Clipper Log
The article recalls famed transcontinental clipper races from New York to San Francisco and a Boston to San Francisco run. Flying Fish completed the New York to San Francisco passage in 92 days 4 hours, followed by Gilpin in 93 days and Wild Pigeon in 118 days, with Trade Wind lasting 102 days after an eight hour fire. Swordfish departed Boston in November 1851 and reached San Francisco February 10, 1852, after 90 days. Webb’s Swordfish defeated McKay’s Flying Fish in that contest.
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California
Wiliam H. Webb
Donald McKay
Boston
Sandy Hook
San Francisco
East and West Untouchable Bond In Kipling Ballad
The passage notes Kipling’s The Ballad of East and West and its line East and West never the twain shall meet. It says the phrase’s full meaning comes from reading the poem. It cautions against isolating the line to claim irreversible cultural estrangement.
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Rudyard Kipling
Day of Rest Argument About Bedtime
Sunday scene shows Joe arguing against sleep claiming he slept late and slept through church. Mamma cautions, but the boy deflects, framing bedtime as unnecessary after a late morning.
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Joe
Bible Gospel in Wororra Language Printed for Tribe
A new edition of the Gospels has been printed in the Wor rora language spoken by about 300 people. The translation was produced for use by the Wor rora tribe of Australian aborigines with aid from the British and Foreign Bible Society.
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British and Foreign Bible Society
Louis XIV Funds La Salle Expedition To Great Lakes
Louis XIV of France backed La Salle who led a voyage by ship along Lake Erie to Detroit and Lake Huron to Mackinac Island and Lake Michigan to Chicago, marking royal sponsorship of the exploration.
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Louis XIV
la Salle
France
Great Lakes
Lake Erie
Detroit
Lake Huron
Mackinac Island
Lake Michigan
Chicago
Low cost farming hinges on farm manure and minimal losses
Ohio State extension specialist D R Dodd argues for low cost production centered on farm manure. A corn wheat hay rotation can yield about eight tons of manure annually per third of land, boosting crops with saved manure. Supplementing with super phosphate on extra acreage shows long term profitability.
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D. R. Dodd
Ohio State University
Ohio
Right Kind of Roughage For Heifers
Dairy farmers face shortage of legume hay this winter and seek non-legume roughage such as corn fodder, stover, millet, hay, sudan grass, and grash sorghums. For yearlings and two year olds, silage and good legume hay support growth. non-legume roughage requires 3 to 4 pounds daily of a 16 percent crude protein grain mix.
Liscomb Fobes Homestead Irene Sets Milestone for Holsteins
Liscomb Fobes Homestead Irene, owned by H. Anderson, becomes Maryland’s first Holstein over 1000 pounds butterfat and 30000 pounds milk in one year. The cow produced 32412 pounds milk and 1011.1 pounds fat, ranking 164th in fat and 121st in milk among the breed, bred by T. F. Dolan of Wisconsin.
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Maryland
Liscomb Fobes Homestead
Irene
H.anderson
Holstein- Friesian Association of America
Liscomb
T. F. Dolan
Wisconsin
Hoard's Dairyman
Seed Treatment Increases Iowa Seed Corn Yields
In 1981 tests across ten Iowa counties seed treatment raised average yields by four bushels per acre at a four cent cost. Early varieties rose 2.9 bushels, medium 8.6 bushels, hybrids 5.4 bushels. gains varied from none to 1.88 bushels per acre across the state per BR Porter Iowa plant pathologist.
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Iowa
Porter
Sharp Disk Harrows Require Regular Sharpening For Best Performance
Farmers often neglect disk edge sharpness which impairs cutting cornstalks and roots. Ox idized steel disks stay sharp longer but still need spring maintenance. Methods include field sharpening with a lever and stone or mounting on a frame and turning with a belt to grind edges.
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Oklahoma Farmer-Stockman
Plan to Expand Tuberculosis Eradication Programs
The federal TB program for the past year totaled 6 190 000 with 190 000 for operating costs and 5 000 000 for cattle indemnity. State and county funding exceeded 13.5 million. Plans include accredited herd and area eradication, swine TB, interstate shipment studies, fowl TB, and Johne's disease control under USDA guidance.
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Johne
United. States.Department.o of
Agriculture
Buying Cattle With Respect to Type Says Gramlich
Professor Gramlich argues in the Nebraska Farmer that lighter weight good quality feeders are usually more profitable, though some feeders may profit from heavier cattle under current conditions. He notes some feeders accept lower grade cattle at attractive prices. He promotes grain marketing through live stock, stating grain should yield 10 to 20 percent more when fed to live stock than when sold as grain.
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Professor Gramlich
Nebraska
Gramlich
Soil for Growing Plants and Soil Improvement Tips
Advice from American Agriculturist on base soils for early plant growth. Sandy loam is suitable. lighter soils improve with added sand and organic matter. A practical mix is equal parts fine loam rotted manure and sand, or build a compost pile with successive layers of manure and dirt, turned and kept moist for faster decay before planting.
Windbreaks and Their Uses in Agriculture
Windbreaks attract insectivorous birds to nest, helping control pests. They provide wood from thinnings for fuel posts and repairs. They increase crop yield in protected areas, offsetting some loss of tilled land. Windbreaks add visual interest as trees grow, with several rows forming a shelter belt.
Leading sweet potato states by production
The nine leading states Georgia North Carolina Texas Louisiana Alabama Mississippi Virginia South Carolina and Tennessee produced 55,440,000 bushels out of 74,141,000 total, accounting for 75 percent of U S sweet potato output.
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Georgia
North Carolina
Texas
Louisiana
Alabama
Mississippi
Virginia
South Carolina
Tennessee
Castoria supports gentle relief for colicky babies
Doctors advise keeping the infant digestive tract open and waste free to prevent colic. Castoria is promoted as a pure vegetable preparation for babies and children, free from harsh drugs, trusted by mothers for years to ease digestive upsets.
Grasshoppers Ravaging Nebraska Crops Checked by Swine
A Montreal Herald report notes Nebraska sections overrun with grasshoppers. A pig breeder found shoats fed on the pests, reducing infestation and gaining weight, offering a simple biological control method.
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Nebraska
Montreal Herald
Marion and Rye Railroad Fails in Southwest Virginia
The Marion and Rye railroad once linked Marion to Sugar Grove, a scenic yet perilous 18 mile route through rugged mountain country. The line, famed for its winding tracks, was suspended leaving a landmark erased from the landscape.
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Virginia
Marion& Rye Railroad
Marion
Sugar Grove
Pierce's Favorite Prescription Promoted as Women's Tonic
An old advertisement touts Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a remedy for weak women, marketed without alcohol and sold by druggists in tablet or liquid form.
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Pierce
Living Up to the Medicine at the Seashore
A brief humorous item cites a doctor advising rest at the seashore. The speaker quips that he will be tired once he packs his trunks, reflecting light seaside humor in a Boston Transcript note.
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John
Boston ‘Transcript
Is That a Real Diamond The Humorist Notes
A brief humorous remark from The Humorist of London questions the authenticity of a diamond, suggesting it is nearly real. The line conveys light satire about perceived value and brilliance.
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Humorist
London
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WNU
Holstein
Castoria
Carol
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