Origin of Indian Runners From West Indies in America
The Indian Runner duck, long and upright in stance, originated in the West Indies and arrived in America a few years ago. They are small four to five pound ducks, prolific layers with white eggs, and produce superior meat valued by hotels and restaurants. When free-range in summer they forage in fields, and for market fattening grain should be ground or cooked.
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Galligher
America
West Indies
Plymouth Rock
Providing Grit in Winter for Hens
Winter feeding advice for chickens on grit. Use sharp gravel or pit gravel, broken crockery, or a mix with sand. Oyster shells are supplementary but not a substitute for grit. keep grit boxes full and let hens self-serve to meet their needs.
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W. F. Parrish
Cause For Alarm At The Silk Counter
Mrs. Winchester, distressed by her son Tom's engagement to a well educated heiress, drags her friend Mrs. Palmer to the silk counter. She frets over gowns for a reception, money for fabrics, and the image of a suitable mother in law while musing on Tom's chosen fiancé and the pressures of family status.
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Mrs. Winchester
Mrs. Palmer
Mrs Winchester
Tom
Clerk
Vorse
Mother Inian
Ethel
Ethel Harcourt
Eliza
Tomays
Yeu
Wait to Come to Town Premium Offer Shown in Journal Cuts
A journal ad urges readers to mail in orders for premium cuts shown with accompanying images. Enclose the address, payment for dues, and one year ahead. items arrive by next mail. Knives praised as best portable tools, unmatched by any newspaper offering.
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English Drug Co
M Pathcine
Thomas Phosphate
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Coe-Mortimer Co
New York, N. Y
Charleston, S. C
Ofow Bros
Are
Drake and Duck
Farmers & Merchants Bank
M. KE. Lee
J.L. Everett
C. B. Adams
Bank of Union
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