For the Children's Sake by Fannie Hurst
Ann marries Donald Mutrie hoping to reform him but his drinking and infidelity ruin their home. After years of humiliation and danger for their children, she leaves with the kids and rents boarding rooms, returning to work. She earns a higher wage to support her family, finding peace and self respect in the smaller home.
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Meredith
Donald Mutrie
Add
Donald
Ann
Ron
Apa
Adele
Bobbie
Laristi
Pebble
Spanish cedar valued for cigar box trade in West Indies
The Spanish cedar is among the West Indies most esteemed slumber trees. Its main use is in making cigar boxes. Planted along coffee trails it grows quickly but does not overly shade coffee plants. Hurricanes in recent years felled many large shade trees. old cedro trees 4 to 6 feet in diameter were common in Porto Rico before forests were cleared.
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West Indies
Porto Rico
Laundry Tales Between Blake and Drake
A brief exchange shows Blake refusing to confirm a count of shirts while Drake insists as an old man explains his wife sends the laundry out only once a month. The dialogue hints at domestic routines and humor.
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Necessity Blake
Drake
Roses and Memorials for Veterans and Heroes
A lyric urging roses for veterans and fathers, flags and stars for aces, and maples on boulevards. It calls planting by highways, guarding graves, and comforting injured soldiers, so memory remains green as a golden gateway to the unseen.
Gold-Star Mothers honor war dead abroad on Memorial Day
American mothers visiting graves in France marked the largest Memorial Day observance abroad. Troops fired salutes at cemeteries in France while taps sounded and dignitaries spoke. Mothers toured graves of sons lost over a decade earlier at Suresnes near Paris, amid references to Chateau Thierry Belleau Wood and Argonne battles.
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France
Suresnes
Paris
Chateau Thierry
Belleau Wood
Thiaucourt
St Mihiel
the Argonne
Earth
Inauguration of Decoration Day’s Unity
An 1877 editorial recounts first joint parades by Union and Confederate veterans to honor fallen soldiers. It calls the event a new era of brotherhood and reconciliation, with the Blue and the Gray marching together and flowers laid on graves.
Their Deaths Not in Vain Memorial Day Reflection
A Memorial Day meditation honors fallen soldiers whose sacrifices are seen as a price for lasting peace. The piece lauds valor and victory, arguing the dead would endorse peace and the end of wars, urging remembrance of their suffering as a commitment to a safer future.
Chicks Have Right To Proper Start In Hatchery Practice
Colorado Extension Poultryman emphasizes careful selection in breeding flocks and proper care of hatching eggs. Blood testing is needed to detect diseased hens and green feed with sunshine ensures vitamins for chick growth. A balanced ration with minerals and water supports healthy development from egg to chick.
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Colorado
O. C. Ford
Extension
Colorado Agricultural College
Ufford
Overcrowding Chicks Prompt Losses and Roosting Tips
Crowding among chicks leads to significant losses just before roosting. Heat helps briefly but chicks migrate to corners. A square cornered round-house is impractical. inclined wire netting frames two feet wide can separate chicks from the floor and prevent suffocation. Small roosts atop the frame speed roosting, and early roosting is advised to avoid crooked breast bones. Missouri Farmer.
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Missouri
Estimating Chick Feed and Oil Needs for Hatchlings
Five hundred chicks kept in confinement for four weeks will eat about 200 pounds of mash and require four pounds or two quarts of cod liver oil. Eight weeks in confinement raise mash needs to about 850 pounds with two and one eighth gallons of cod liver oil. Cod liver oil can be bought from a local druggist or through county agents or farm demonstration stock cooperators who know supplying companies.
Litter Options for Brooder Houses Suggested by Nebraska College
Nebraska College of Agriculture says ground corn cob litter works well in brooders, comparable to chopped hay or straw. Some poultrymen favor commercial litters and sand is unsuitable unless chicks are consistently well fed.
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Nebraska College of Agriculture
Canadian egg grading drives high per capita consumption
Canadian officials credit eggs graded as extras for highest quality and home use. The average per person is 361 eggs annually, nearly one a day, reflecting careful market grading and consumer confidence cited by Prairie Farmer.
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Canada
Roos Penns
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the Veterans
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Raab
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