Short-Lived State of Franklin and Nolichucky Jack
The article recounts the brief birth and collapse of the State of Franklin, its push for independence from North Carolina, and John Sevier’s central role. It covers the 1784–1788 saga, rival authorities, peculiar laws, and the ultimate absorption into North Carolina and later Tennessee, noting Sevier’s unique double governorship.
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United States
Franklin
Frankland
John Sevier
Knoxville
Tenn
Tennessee
Congress
King’s Mountain
North Carolina
Congress of the
Jonesborough
Washington, Sullivan and Greene
Alexander Sartin
State Assembly
England
Philadelphia
Benjamin Franklin
Martin
Washington
John Haywood
David Campbell
Sevier
Yel
Samuel Henderson
Rich
Ard Henderson
Transylvania
Daniel Boone
Kentucky
William Cocke
Continental Congress
Henderson
Borderers
Evan Shelby
Jonathan Tipton
Richard Caswell
Greeneville
Samuel Houston
Washington County
Heaven
Hell
Houston
Campbell
Cocke
Tipton
Archibald Henderson
Old Southwest
Commonwealth
Caswell
Haywood
Johnson
Morganton
Nolichucky Jack
United States of America
Southwest Territory
State of
Western Newspaper Union
Economy Looms Big in Egg Production
Poultry experts advise cutting feed costs during low egg production without harming output. Remove nonperforming hens, rely on winter grazing crops to lower costs while keeping egg production steady. Green feeds like Italian rye grass and crimson clover offer affordable nutrition and steady supply through winter.
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R. 8
Dearatyne
North Carolina State College Poultry Department
WNU
House for Laying Flock Needs Careful Attention
A Missouri Farmer survey shows many corn belt poultry houses built around 1912 lack essential features. Ventilation is scarce, feed hoppers and droppings platforms are rare, and over half lack windows, causing poor production.
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Corn Belt
Missouri
Choosing Cockerels For Breeding Instructive Guide
The article warns buyers against selecting sexully precocious cockerels as first choices. Precocious birds tend to be below average size and less desirable for breeding. Mature development yields larger birds that are less feathered and self-assertive, while the true best breeders grow into a balanced type.
Moistened Mash Aids Hens And Growing Chicks
A Wallace's Farmer correspondent says moistened mash helps hens slow to lay and broodiness when fed once daily around noon. Growing chicks prefer variety and gain from moistened mash moistened with water or milk for better growth and flesh.
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Wallace
Dressing Turkeys For Market Preparation
The guide explains shrinkage when selling turkeys alive or dressed, with about 10 percent blood and feather loss and 25 percent for fully drawn birds. For dressed turkeys, withhold feed 18 to 24 hours before killing, confine birds to a laying house at noon prior, and ensure ample water.
Keep Birds Well to Prevent Small Egg Laying
Causes of small eggs include late hatching and autumn forcing, heredity, and overfat hens. A Los Angeles Times writer notes many hens lay tiny eggs and advises poultrymen to hatch only eggs weighing two and one quarter ounces and to use cockerels from hens known to lay large eggs.
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Los Angeles Times
Just the Thing for Small Girl Pattern 1752
Charming cot ton frock for little girls in gingham and wool warm Challis. Features a long unbroken front panel that makes the wearer look taller, with optional back view ruffle. Available in sizes 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12. size 8 requires 2 1/2 yards of 36 inch fabric. Includes illustrated sewing instructions. Send 15 cents and address to Sewing Circle Pattern Dept New York City.
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Sewing Circle Pattern Department
West Seventeenth Street
New York City
Old Lady Knits On Deck Orders Cast Off
An officer shouts cast off as a ship prepares to depart while an elderly woman aboard insists she can knit herself. The exchange, quoted from Ashington Collieries Magazine, highlights wit aboard.
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Ashington Collieries Magazine
Business Is Business, Old Link Boasts Trades Across Town
"Yassah" said old Link, business very good. He bought a pig for ten dollars, traded pig for a barrel, barrel for a calf, calf for a bicycle, and sold the bicycle for ten dollars. He insists the business he’s doing proves profits despite seeming trivial trades.
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Yassah
Link
Toronto Globe
The Wife And The Cook Leave Over Bossing
A scene shows marital tensions as the wife asserts patience and endurance while a cook resigns after refusing to be bossed by a woman, revealing a 12 year marriage dynamic and contrasting roles.
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Mr. Peewee
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Elmo Scott Watson
John
State
Nevo
Cou
Alexander Martin
iSevier
Francis Barvar
Virigi
Kee
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