Victoria the Swine Breeds of New York and Indiana
A historical account outlines two red Victoria swine breeds from American origin. The New York Victoria, bred by Col Frank D Curtis around 1850, resembles the Berkshire and Suffolk, with erect ears and medium size. The Indiana Victoria, developed by George Davis around 1870, combines Poland China Berkshire Chester White and Suffolk. Both are white, docile, good mothers, and early feeders, with wider farm and fair exhibition recognition by 1882.
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Victoria
New York
Indiana
Frank D. Curtis
Saratoga County
N.Y
Byfield
Yorkshire
Suffolk
George Davis
Lake County
Ind
Poland
China
Berkhire
Chester
White
Chicago
John KR. Gentry
Ohio
Tie
H. Davis
Dyer
Scarce stock shows boost social farming events
Farmers scarce stock shows foster friendly gatherings with colts, dinners, and prizes. A Kimball Dairy Farmer column notes alfalfa hay benefits for pigs and horses, urging early cuts to preserve leaves and protein. villagers discuss colt shows as social and economic boosts. I D Graham.
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Kimball
I. D, Graham
Pin prick method for marking money in theft cases
A Washington Star report explains how detectives use pin pricks on cash to prove prior ownership. The method, applied to worn five dollar silver certificates, creates invisible marks through the bill’s eye and end points, remaining after the money is recovered and examined under oath, increasing conviction certainty.
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Treasury
Washington Star
Legends in a sunken field and metal fluxion tales
A collection of curious notes recounts an 1875 death of a miserly woman near Binise France with a field known as the field of the forty footsteps. It also details legends of two brothers in Monmouth era duel and the bare ground where they fought. The article then explains mercury’s liquid state and how metals like lead gold silver and iron shift under pressure, describing plastic flow and deformation in metals under modern forces.
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Binise
France
British Museum
London
Duke of Monmouth
Bride Groom’s Lost Soul Question Quoted in Catholic Standard
A wedding ceremony aside prompts a whispered question about the groom’s feeling as the bride and groom exchange vows. The brother’s curt reply suggests a groom’s loss of personal freedom at that moment.
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M. Keeley
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Senderson
Thorne
Citizens Savings Bank
Omak
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Campinauan
Falis Falmer
TOR Courty Savings Bank
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Farmers and Merchants
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H. McLaughn
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Washington Lawn
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W. M. Terry
West Washington Street
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Kirksville
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D. G. Knottnerus Billiard Parlor
Teeter & Lathirof Auctioneers
Walmington
Wasumortom
Hang Erie Iy
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Florida
Georgia
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Louisiana
Mississippi
Virginia
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South Carolina
Tennessee
Adarens
Louisville
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H.C. Baley
Stone
Geo's Pass
Kansas
West
Victoria Roaw Elegant
Bradfield Regulator Co
Atlanta
Nicanor
Eldris
Scott
Kingsley
Britain
Bea Tari
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
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