Susie’s Convalescence Sparks Romantic Intrigue in Town
In a Pennsylvania German setting, Meely Schwenckton and her stepsister Nettie chase romance while Aunt Rosy tends Susie and a baby. Meely warns Nettie that Lt. St Croix Creighton’s wealth and status likely prevent marriage, but Nettie dreams of meeting him as her youth Reckons with movie fantasies.
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Croix Creighton
Meely Schwenckton
Schwencaton
Bt Croiz
Marvin Creighton
Moely
Marvin
Creighton
St. Croix
Meely
Mr. Schwenckton
Sammy
Lizzie
Susie
Rosy
Nettie
Mr. Schwenckten
Pop
Nettle
Nettie Schwenckton
Jove
Jakes
Gramma
Rudolph Valentino
Tom Mix
Mr. St. Croix Creighton
Nettle Schwenckton
Absalom Puntz
Schwencktons
Suale
Lle Winino
Acting and teaching clash in a normal school scene
In a tense classroom exchange a teacher defends acting in lessons while the county superintendent warns of discipline. The conversation reveals a Dutch-accented candidate with Kutztown normal school ties, a contested romance, and family fatigue with Aunt Rosy’s ominous presence.
Frenchman Olivier’s Role in Vaudeville’s Centennial Echoed
In a Smokers Companion piece John Walker Harrington traces the origin of vaudeville to Olivier Basselin. He notes Olivier’s topical songs mocked daily foibles and popularized the term Vaudevires, shaping a form that endured for five centuries and outlived the American word variety.
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Olivier
Fuller
Vire
Normandy
Vaudevires
Vauxdevires
Paris
Olivier Basselin
John Walker Harrington
Smokers Companion Magazine
Law's Restraint and the Gentle in a Wild World
A compact pondering on how law restrains the savage and violent for the just and benevolent, while external force is deemed morbid by Herbert Spencer. It frames restraint as necessary yet contested across society and individual behavior.
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Herbert Spencer
Atwater Kent
Three mechanical toys wowed 19th century visitors
In a historic display, a flute-playing figure, a tambourine player, and a swimming duck drew attention as ordinary mechanical toys. Lifelike singing canaries, now common, trace their origin to the 1851 Great Exhibition in England.
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England
When a Man Begins to Reason He Cones to Teal
A concise remark notes a man starting to reason arrives at a teal conclusion. The line plays with word meaning and humor about reasoning leading to an unexpected color ending.
Feed mixtures boost lamb fattening efficiency comparison
The article reports on self feeding lambs using ground corn or barley with alfalfa meal. Trials at Kansas Experiment Station show similar weight gains and feed per hundred pounds of gain for corn and barley when alfalfa provides roughage. It notes cost, feeder lamb price, and market price influence outcomes.
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Kansas Experiment Station
Winter Feed of Alfalfa Hay for Sows and Gilts
Nebraska station found feeding sows 1 lb corn per 100 lb live weight plus free alfalfa hay yielded 82 lb gain for 70 days and 2.8 lb birth weight pigs. Town station fed five gilts 3.74 lb corn and 1.11 lb alfalfa daily, gaining 0.63 lb per day and farrowing 7.6 pigs at 2.29 lb birth weight, 88.47 percent strong at birth.
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Nebraska
Advantages in Lambing in January and February
Having ewes lamb in January and February yields large lambs ready for pasture by May or June. Early spring lambs fetch good market prices before range-state shipments. Size and early grazing help resist stomach worms and minimize losses from this pest.
Silage Use In Stock Feeding and Management
Silage is essential for dairy cows and useful for all livestock. Self feeding keeps livestock growing fast, while oats and corn alone are poor for lamb fattening. Pigs grow on corn briefly but need seeds like alfalfa. Cost to produce silage runs $5-$6 per ton, value $8-$12. Calves fattened in winter require good feeding for spring sale. A bog hole by water troughs is undesirable. build a concrete platform around the trough.
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Barrie
Midsummer Wight
Schwenckton
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