Enchanting Tale of Young Love in Marie Van Vorst Work
An evocative Parisian romance set amid frontier drama features a brave American girl, a marquise, a duke, a countess, an Algerian caravaneer, a desert witch woman, and Pitchoune the loyal Irish terrier. The narrative blends tenderness with adventure in a boundless French idyl. A sturdy young Captain appears as a central figure.
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Pitchoune
Marie van Vorst
Nature Cooks With Hot Springs In New Zealand
In parts of New Zealand native and white women use natural hot springs to cook. Rotorua women place a cooking utensil in a steam hole and cover it with coarse sacking for meals. Whakarewarewa area sits atop boiling springs with vast steam and hot water seeping from the earth.
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New Zealand
Rotorua
Whakarewarewa
The Voice of Experience Sparks Church Debate
The new minister advocates unity while the deacon counters with a call to keep people apart. The exchange, captured in a witty quip from Puck, hints at ongoing church tensions over community cohesion.
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Puck
Kiss Word Lost In Rainy Box of Chocolates
In a rain soaked scene Eva recalls a box of chocolates and a moment when the word kiss could not be spoken. Belinda asks if Eva tried but the word was taken from her lips by the man they walk with along the water.
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Eva
Belinda
Oriental mendacity in ancient courts and modern Egypt
An Exchange reprint lampoons truth in oriental and Egyptian contexts. It cites English judges in colonial India and American courts as finding witnesses unreliable. A Cairo tale shows Suleiman misusing a camel claim to spite Ahmed, only revealed after a week that no camel or ground existed.
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India
Egypt
Ahmed
Cairo
Suleiman
Poultry and Eggs Wage War on Lice and Pests
A Western Poultry Journal article by M. K. Boyer warns lice are the greatest poultry enemy, reducing laying and chick growth. It urges prompt cleaning of premises, daily or twice weekly droppings collection, and daily morning cleanup to prevent infestation.
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M. K. Boyer
Western Poultry Journal
Plymouth Rock: Popular dual purpose fowl described
Authorities state Plymouth Rock descends from Dominiques and Black Jars, a cross of Asiatic origin. They became widely bred for large brown eggs and meat, with rapid chick growth and good foraging. The example shown is a Plymouth Rock cock.
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Plymouth Rock
Plymouth Rocks
Lice Prevention Tips For Hens And Nests
The article advises regular cleaning of roosts and interiors, biannual whitewashing, and annual overhauls. It recommends pouring hot soapy water on the dropping platform in summer and using tobacco stems as nesting material to deter lice. It warns against broody hens, warns about scaly leg disease, and suggests tar or grease as remedies, but favors removing the infected hen.
Separating the sexes in poultry breeding debates outcomes
The article argues that separating males and females after breeding season affects hatch results. It notes that active breeds like White Leghorns may suffer little, but heavier breeds such as Orpingtons can lose good birds to long separation, explaining a rise in infertile eggs during the next season. Published by Devot of Agriculture, New South Wales.
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Devo Ot
New South Wala
Rocky Mountain Scenic Tour to Yellowstone Park
Plan a summer outing through Yellowstone with routes via Cody Gardiner Salt Lake and Scenic Colorado or Denver and the Big Horn Basin. Visit Estes Park Colorado Springs and Manuou while enjoying low fares for this vacation tour.
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Yellowstone
Cody
East and Scenic Entrance
Gardiner
Yellowstone Gateway
Salt Lake
Colorado
Rocky Mountain
Denver
Burlington
Big Horn Basin
Park
Billings
Sheridan
Estes Park
Colorado Springs
Manuou
Live Stock Notes on Breeding and Husbandry
Good care starts with proper feeding and a strict brood sow selection for swine breeders. Broad and long ewes yield strong brood mothers and vigorous lambs. Clean hog pens daily to maintain quality. Rapid market cleaning of horses will keep prices high during the war. A flockmaster should personally inspect every sheep daily.
Fowls For Laying Breeding Method Encourages Consistency
The article promotes uniform egg production by selecting top hens and pairing with strong sires. It advises using a dedicated breeding pen for all hatching eggs to steadily improve the flock, rather than propagating from the entire flock.
Experiment With Runner Ducks Profit Calculation
The 1911 report covers two hatchings totaling 30 Runner ducks with 128 pounds sold at 20 cents per pound after ten weeks. Feed totaled 408 pounds at 2 cents per pound, giving 6.3 cents per pound duck cost. Including labor, net cost per pound stays under 10 cents, yielding about 10 cents net profit per pound.
The Expected Foal
During late pregnancy the mare needs nourishment for two. Exercise is good and hay must be supplemented with oats, bran and oilmen. A Washington state station mix of six pounds oats three bran and one oilmen is advised. Be ready when the foal arrives. Farm and Fireside.
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Hislop
Washington State
Dairy Wisdom for Heifers and Milk Quality
Dairy guidance explains delaying breeding until two years old for growth, the butter fat value from proper separation, and the long term benefits of careful handling and consistent feeding. It emphasizes farm maintenance, breed influence on milk quality, and using skim milk as a byproduct to keep land well managed.
Amendment to Diller Neb gas ordinance sets meter use rate
An amendment to Ordinance 85 of Diller Nebraska revises gas regulation authorizes meters as standard devices, sets charge at four dollars and fifty cents per hundred cubic feet, requires monthly readings, and repeals conflicting sections. The measure, dated July 7 1915, passes with clerk and trustees signoff.
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Diller
Nebraska
Neb
J . J. E.keirr
Crim
Board of Trustees
C. A. Reinhart
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