The Two Little Sure Shots Take On Field
Blake confronts two young sharpshooters, George and Kit Hedley, as they blaze through a morning of game with their 28 bore and 20 bore guns. The kids outshoot Blake and Coulson, bagging partridges and rabbits while trading brisk wagers and candy in a brisk rural scene.
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Blake
Plance
Hedleys
Hedley
Coulson
George
Kathleen
Mr. Blake
Kit
Coul-son
Gad
Wurzel
Jove
Fewer Women at Work in Clerical Field Says London Report
The London chamber of commerce report notes declining demand for lady clerks in the final quarter last year. Managers cite higher expectations, slower initiative, and preference for equal pay while misreporting tasks. The post office and savings banks, however, increasingly employ women in responsible roles.
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London Chamber of Commerce
London
Chamber of Commerce
General Post Office
Savings Bank Department
West Kensington
Beautifying Valparaiso Reconstruction Costs Reported
Chile has paid to date 2818480 United States gold for property taken for public use in Valparaiso’s rebuilding. Funds cover widening streets, straightening avenues, and modernizing an area nearly wrecked, as part of the broader renovation project.
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Chile
United States
Valparaiso
Fattening Fowls Requires Right Conditions and Feed
A writer in Successful Farming says profitable fattening of poultry hinges on proper facilities and diet. He favors oatmeal for its fattening effect, with fat meat residues corn meal potatoes rice cow’s milk and oats as key components. The article emphasizes fattening fowls efficiently.
Quick Ferment of Fowl Fattening in Coops
The guide advises confining fowls in darkened coops with lath or wire netting and covering open areas. Feed boiled potatoes crushed in hot mix with corn meal three times daily, occasionally substituting pumpkins or squash. Provide fresh bedding and clean the coop and its site regularly.
Automatic Poultry Watering System Described
A detailed two-floor poultry house water system uses a continuous 2-inch iron pipe with T joints and 1-inch nipples feeding eight inch by four inch drinking cups. A west end tank with a float valve controls inflow, preventing waste, while a gate flushes the system and an overflow prevents flooding. A hot water line from the cellar heater can supply warm water.
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Orange Judd
Poultry Keeping Tips for Profit and Health
Scratching advice for farmers on whether to use hens as production birds or boarders. It covers money from poultry, chick vitality, feeding, dyspepsia risk from soft foods, costs of grain per hen, keeping appetites active, selecting broilers from pullets, maturity selection, and that yearling hens outlay 40 percent more eggs than two year olds.
Feeding a Hen With Table Scraps Can Underfeed Flocks
The text warns that small flocks fed mainly on table scraps and potatoes may appear full but lack substantive nutrients. Salted scraps may help appetite, yet such feeding supplies mainly starch and no amino nitrogen needed for albumen, risking underfeeding and false fullness in hens.
Clean Up Seed Grain Now For Better Milling Quality
Farmers urged to replace old rusted mills with modern units and full attachments while prices are low. A clean grain run removes weed seeds and improves harvest value for quick, long term gains.
DIY outdoor brooder for chick safety and low cost
A poultry keeper in Farmers' Mail and Breeze describes a homemade outdoor brooder using sheet iron and wood to protect chicks. The contraption costs about $1.50 with lamp, keeps chicks cool without overheating, and avoids losses seen when hens brood eggs outside.
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Breeze
Hatchability of Eggs and Hen Variability
Writings by W R Graham discuss three egg types from hens. Some eggs are fertile but never hatch under hens or incubators, often forming a nearly formed dead chick by day eighteen. Others hatch well under natural conditions but poorly in artificial incubators, while a minority produce eggs that hatch under almost any condition.
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W. R. Graham
Ontario
Hive Scraper and Egg Hatch Insights From a Gardener
A Bee Culture correspondent describes a cheap hive scraper made from a wagon spring with sharpened ends and a squared thick end for driving nails. He also shares a poultry anecdote about large pens of Leghorn hens and cockerels producing high hatch rates, noting an Orange Judd Farmer account of 60 pullets yielding 54 chicks from 60 eggs after a neighbor’s egg exchange.
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Orange Judd Farmer
Light Seed Affects Seedling Growth In Early Stages
A passage states light seed yields light grain and proves it. but light seed lacks power to push young plants during early growth, leading to stunted development and poor vigor. The text notes repeated demonstrations of this effect.
Double Disk the Corn Stubble for Better Seedbed
Instruction on preparing fields before sowing oats by double-disking corn stubble then harrowing with disk and cross harrow to ensure a good seedbed.
Whistling Goose Hoax Traps Poultry Buyer
Two clever thieves stage a gullible scam at a poultry shop by placing bulbs with whistles into geese. A professor buys the first bird, astonished by its whistle. The crooks offer more fowls with hidden whistles for a large price before the ruse is exposed.
Itch Relief After 55 Years with Eczema
Hale Bordwell of Tipton Iowa describes a lifelong battle with eczema ending after using Cuticura Soap Ointment Resolvent and Pills for eight months. He reports severe boils and pain previously, then full recovery, with endorsement from Nelson Burnett of Tipton.
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Hale Bordwell
Tipton
Bordwell
Nelson R. Burnett
Random Fragments From A Baltimore Scene And Advertisements
A Baltimore man recalls a labor dispute with a darky dismissed from employment who asks for a letter of recommendation. A university professor predicts a future reforming trend, including college editors for newspapers. A humorous dialogue defines inspiration as a memory of someone who will stand for a touch. An advertisement touts PazO ointment for piles with a six to fourteen day guarantee.
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Baltimore
Darky
Sam
Sam Harkins
Willie
What Causes Headache and Cold Remedies
From October to May colds are the most frequent cause of headache. Laxative Bromine removes the cause. H. W. Grove on box 25 cents. Every misfortune can be subdued by patience Socrates.
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H.w-Grove
Socrates
Chance for Conversion in Antebellum Campaign Tale
An old Maine minister on a rural road jokes about voting for Anson Morrill a Universalist who doubts hell. The minister says Morrill has good timber and will be sent to Congress, where two years might prove whether he believes in hell.
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W. B. Elkin
University of Missouri
America
American Journal of Sociology
P. Morrill
Maine
Congress
Weill
Anson
Washington
Getting His
A conscientious man quotes Senator Sorghum on entitlement and using the best legal talent to ascertain what one is entitled to. The Washington Star notes the exchange as a pointed remark about legal rights and access to resources.
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Senator Sorghum
Washington Star
Woman's Backache and the Call for Attention
The article describes backache as a key indicator of disorder in a woman's feminine system. It links symptoms like nervousness, headaches, and pelvic pain to a failing balance and urges immediate remedy to restore health, stressing a fast-acting solution.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Will Young
Columbia Ave
Rockland
Augustus Lyon
East Earl
Mrs. Pinkham
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