Agricultural test to grow alfalfa seed in Sherman county
M Ten Eyck of Manhattan Agricultural College will establish an experiment station on E W Albright’s farm east of the old Muldrow post office in Sherman county. J M Westgate, assistant agristologist, will direct. The test aims to grow alfalfa seed in rows 32 to 40 inches apart, cultivating like corn. Three Siberian and Turkestan varieties will be planted.
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M. Ten Eyck
Manhattan Agriculture College
E. W. Albright
Muldrow
Sherman County
Agricultural Department
United States Government
J. M. Westgate
Sunday Suit Packing Dread Casts Darkness Over Home
Marie Louise Ward reflects in Detroit Free Press on nerves about packing a Sunday suit and a tremor of guilt. She notes a cold dark evening, a sad mother, and a stomach ache as she contemplates apologizing for misbehavior.
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Marie Louise Ward
Detroit Free Press
A Dog Hero Rescues Crew From Wreck Off English Coast
A Newfoundland dog saved a shipwrecked crew off the English coast. Facing high seas, the dog carried a stick to signal for help, then accepted a rope from a crew member and towed it to shore. The rescue succeeded thanks to the brave animal's actions.
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England
Improvised Plate Support For Hot Tureen
An instant method to support a burning hot tureen uses three forks and a napkin ring. Place two neighbor forks through the ring with handles on the table to form an equilateral triangle, then set a plate on the prongs to securely hold the tureen. The arrangement resembles a Delphic tripod and offers symmetrical stability.
Entertained Business Men at Banquet Across County Line
The Larned Business Men's association hosted over 110 business leaders from Great Bend Kinsley Ellinwood Garfield Jetmore Kozel Burdett Macksville and Pawnee Rock at a banquet. A portion of the event included an automobile trip to Fort Larned along the Santa Fe trail.
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Larned Business Men's Association
Great Bend
Kinsley
Ellinwood
Garfield
Jetmore
Kozel
Burdett
Macksville
Pawnee Rock
Old Fort Lartted
When My Ship Comes In Nurse Recollects Hoarded Desires
A fragmented reminiscence recalls a nurse predicting wealth and power upon a future arrival. The speaker questions whether a figure named Unis could be the key to that future fortune and security, amid hints of money and abundance.
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Nurse
Unis
Friday lecture on Niagara falls ends with Erie joke
A storyteller recalls a Friday lecture by a geologist who described Niagara Falls slowly eroding toward Buffalo over 200000 years. A student, hearing Erie, Pennsylvania, becomes alarmed as a girl cries out my sister lives in Erie.
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Niagara Falls
Worc
Buffalo
Erie
Eric
Test to detect pure White Lead in paint by blow-pipe
An article reviews a method to distinguish pure White Lead from adulterated substitutes. It explains a blow-pipe test where pure White Lead reduces to metallic lead, while residues indicate dilution. The National Lead Company offers to supply testing gear and a booklet for home testing with Dutch Boy Painter branding. A Civil War joke follows, contrasting bravado with a river escape in a humorous exchange.
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National Lead Company
Woodbridge Building
New York
Mexican Moonshine Offer and Patent Remedies Ad
A compact kit of offers and quack remedies floods the page. Mexican Rose Cream Mentholmexico salve and Mexican Talcum Powder are pitched with prepaid mail order for 75 cents. A druggist joke and a lemon chocolate Qua-Ples promotion appear alongside foot care ads and assorted quack claims.
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Mexican Mts. Co
Wichita, Kansas
D-Zerta Co
Rochester
N.Y
A Little Knowledge Quots Help for an Undertaker
A fragmentary quote urges seeking aid in business as an undertaker. It cautions against wearing independence like armor and promotes winning goodwill from fellowmen to enable one’s nature to sacrifice for others. The source presents a terse moral about collaboration and public aid.
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Loth
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