Anita's Vow and the Filipino Lovers Tragedy
In Manila a farewell party for the Fifteenth Kan Ses ends in tragedy as Captain Dick Johnston and Anita Amarido’s romance leads to her threat and his death. Back in Kansas a wedding looms for Nettie Coburn and Johnston, but his death fraught with Nita’s vow reveals a haunting undercurrent tying past and present.
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Harry G. Connor
Daily Story Pub. Co
Manila
Uncle Sam
Capt
Dick Johnston
Anita Amarido
Aguinaldo
Nita
States
St. John’s Church
Topeka
Nettie Colburn
Francis Coburn
Richard Johnston
Kansas Volunteers
Philippines
Jack Dunn
U. S
Jack
Mantis
Daily Papers
Apartmens
Nettle Colburn
His Sympathy. Chicago Birthday Gift From Friend
A Chicago woman recently received a ten dollar bill as a birthday present from a friend. The accompanying note said the giver could not think of a tasteful purchase and included tender references to bygone days. As the mother held the money and the note, tears filled her eyes while her son softly asked what was amiss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Colburn
Becamire Hystericz
Jack Dunn
Chicago
Oriental Logic and the Cat and Scales Joke
A man buys three pounds of meat for dinner then leaves for work. His wife, hungry, eats the meat. When he returns and asks for dinner she says the cat ate it. He orders the cat be brought and a pair of scales. Weigh the cat.
Minnesota butter in Europe shows export potential
Minnesota butter has historically competed with Danish butter in British markets even after long sea voyages. State Creamery Inspector B D White notes Minnesota exports succeeded in the past, with Albert Lea firms selling to English buyers until home prices rose, and says current high prices hinder resumption unless market conditions fall to profitable levels. The Farmers Review attributes the difficulty of sustaining a European market to pricing dynamics.
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Minnesota
Europe
St. Paul
B. D. White
State Dairy and Food Department
White
Chicago
Department of Agriculture
Albert Lea
Farmers’ Review
Dairying Boosts Farms If Properly Managed
Dairying raises farm value when milk is processed on site and feed is increased. Removing soil nutrients by selling milk to city buyers and growing timothy depletes land. Returns of manure and balanced cropping sustain fertility, while overuse risks bankrupted fields and declining soil health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Evon
Value of Silage and Dairy Benefits Explored
The article discusses silage value noting its succulence and digestibility after fermentation. It cites dairymen feeding silage year round and avoiding fresh stover, promoting large silos for steady supply. It references Russian dairy schools boosting butter cheese and milk production globally and ends with a remark on wardrobe and malaria prevention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O Darymen
Dairy Schools
Russia
Kasaska duck and bantam notes in 1900s Poultry Interest
A fragment from American Poultry Advocate describes the Kasaska duck and the Black Japanese Bantam, detailing size, plumage, nesting, and behavior. It also covers candling eggs for market quality and cautions farmers to avoid bad eggs to protect private trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asia
Ira W. Shaw
American Poultry Advocate
Range notes from Arizona and Colorado forage reports
Mohave County Arizona reports cattle and horses fair though not fat with a 5,000 head Angora goat band for sale at 3.64 per head. Coconino and Carbon counties describe dry spells lowering range outlook and winter feed fears, while Pima and Cochise counties report severe drought impacting cattle and water. New silos touted in New York as droughts push storage and stability for dairy supply. notes on labor and weather oddities close the item.
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Mohave County
Ariz
O. I. M. Gaddis
Coconino County
Wis
Carbon County
Wyo
Baely
J. F. Crawford
Pima County
Tucson
Drouth
Whitmore
Saguache County
Colo
J .T. Metgin
Cochise
Elias
New York
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Walt
Schiller
Aan
Anita
Freedom
Fortunate
Grover
Chicago Daily News
Bev
Akes
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