davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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"COme-Back" of Great American Turkey
Helped Along by Government Scientists

and returns with them to mop up
the antagonists.
Several dozens of the chaca laca
turkeys have nested on Sapeloe fsla nd
this year, once or twice. They are
slender bodied birds. olive brown in
color, and make excellent flesh for the
table. They are about equal in weight
TO ruffied grouse. They spend most
Of their time in the trees. where they
nest. but feed on the ground. The
note of the chachalaca Is loud and
rafting. and once heard is remember
ed long time.
No cure has vet been found for the
disease "blackhead." Should a turkey
contract the disease. the bird must be
destroyed instantly and burned to pre-
vent spread of the disease among the
other members of the flock. An entire
flock may be wiped out in short order
should the disease gain headway.
One difficulty is that the symptoms
Of the disease are such that unless the
bird is killed and the internal organs
examined. IL may not be known
some other malady. The head of the
turkey sometimes turns dark and it is
from this symptom that the name
blackhead originated.
All domestic varieties Of turkeys,
the Department of Agriculture records
show, have descended from wild
stocks comprising four varieties.
These are the Eastern wild turkey.
which ranged over the Eastern part of
the United States from Maine to
Florida: the Rio Grande wild turkey.
which ranged over southern Texas
and northwestern Mexico: the Florida
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turned around The headlight swept
across our porch. throwing great
black shadows of the little vine leaves
shining. almost dazzling bright. fun
on Wills face
The glare lasted only moment
then swept around. leaving the porch
bla cker than ever Bui that brief
glaring moment settled something for
me forever. In the brief white ligh,
! had seen Wits face.
had known il would he angry. but
ii was as though, during the last
awful hour. in my fear and anger
and excitement | had forgotten what
my own husbs md was really like In
that flash of light | saw him again
Angry, but underneath a hurt. open
guileleSs look.
AS though had been wandering
around in strange and fearful country.
| came suddenly back to everything
that was tried and safe and familiar
and trustworthy. VIII. guessing that
Miss Prescott was 46 years old Will
explaining to the Curtises that il was
no trouble to have dinner at night:
Will-everything that was hlunderinc
and tactless and honest. WHY. it was
like stumbling out of scary darkness
into sunshine. In my fear and Sue-
picion I had overlooked the one all
important fact. Will was not the
lying kind.
Oh. the glorious lifting nf that cold
suspicious fear, Let Mrs. Long sneer
at fresh.picked brides. let the bunch
tease. let there he million suspicious
condolences in anything he said. if
VIII said il was so. il was So
"Oh, I'm Sorry-don't be mad al me
honey. | must have been crazy 10
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fear is prowling around, ready to
pounce on you.
"I1l warrant he hasn't written
much" she hazarded. Mercy, child.
he's been out with FER every evening.
I saw them at the movies Wednes-
day night. and every time I look out
Of my window they're walking past
together. All the young folks are
teasing him about it.
laughed with hollow liehtness.
We'll, I'll have to ask Will what
he's been up to while I've been away
I said, as though it were a joke. A
joke,
Ask WIFI Mrs. Long echoed scorn-
fully. and laughed. her wise, disagree.
able laugh. Mercy, child, anybody d
know you'd been married under a
year. WIFI have some slick excuse
ready, and probably get mad and try
TO bully you out of even asking him
Mercy, child. ! know husbands I'm
no fresh-p picked BRIDE -.
] said nothing. There was queer
dullness inside me that kept me from
being able to speak.
"Oh, we'll, don't worry about it,
Mrs. Lons advised cheerfully. IT don't
suppose that 1t amounts to anything.
Mercy, I'm not worrying" said
in A scornful tone.
Not worrying. The train went rush
, ing, changing on, but it seemed to me
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pany who are used to having it at
night regularly themselves
He beamed at MIR. Curtis and then
at Mrs. Curtis, and then turned to
me with the genially satisfied look
Of a man Ohio has fixed up a delicate
situation. The beam died quick when
he saw the way I was looking.
Dot likes it better at noon.' he
foundered, getting in deeper with
every word he spoke. "She likes
to get her heavy cooking out Of the
way earlier in the day, so that she
can be free to do anything she likes
in the afternoon. Then, too, we don't
have the dinner dishes to 60 at night.
Honestly, would just as soon have
died right then and there! In two
minutes he had ruined the dinner
party I had spent all day getting
ready for. The heavy cooking" the
dinner dishes to do" There l was
payiny little Ella Crowninshield rs
cents to wait on the table and wash
the dishes! / had planned the cook.
ing like a general planning an attack,
so that / should have almost nothing
to do after the Curtises got there.
to create the same impression there
was In their house, of a house rather
stylishly run, with a competent ser
want. OF course. nobody could really
call Ella competent. and she wouldn't
stand for being called servant any
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Failure TO appreciate the value of
the turkey industry in supplying the
Nation with one of its most popular
foods has been one OF the chief rea-
sons for the decline in the industry
in recent years" says DIR. Morley A.
JUL of the Bureau of Animal Industry.
The prevalence of the disease
'blackhead' has also been a dominant
factor. Other reasons are that the
rearing of the young stock in some re-
spects requires more detailed attention
than do other classes of poultry. The
birds range widely, frequently tres
passing upon neighbors' property and
this causes vexation which tends to
discourage turkey raising.
But despite these handicaps." Dr.
JUL points out. turkey raising can
be made profitable where conditions
are suitable and proper methods are
followed. This requires considerable
care in maintaining constitutional
vigor in the breeding stock, clean
soil, and the absence OF disease
The birds range freely and destroy
many injurious insects. They also
pick up much waste grain which helps
reduce costs of production"
Turkeys are grown now mainly as
a side line on farms, in f1ocks of about
100 birds. In southern California,
however, the turkey flocks may be as
large as 900 birds, which are herded
by men on horseback, much as sheep
are herded on the open range. 1t is
reported that this year, In Texas,
which sends some turkeys to the
Washington market. the birds have
suffered greatly from the long Sum-
mer drought, and that the crop is
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II know husba nds." 1t was rather
queer, when you came to think of it.
so many condolences. He'll have
some slick excuse ready 1t was
queer. Hell probably get mad and
try to bully you out Of even asking
him"
And as her prophecy went running
through my mind, VIII turned sharply
in his chair.
What's the idea Of the cross-exami-
nation" he demanded. DO YOU
think I'm lyins?"
His tone was angry. Will is always
so aood-natured thai for an instant II
frightened me. He'll try to
bully you out OF asking him
Il have right to ask you a simple
question" l began.
And | answered IL. ! told YOU
haven't been taking ANYBODY around.
Do YOU think I'm lying" His voice
wasn't loud, but though ] had only
seen him really mad once in my life.
| knew that he was now. He caught
hold OF my shoulders, kind of rough.
Answer me. Do you think | lie to
you?"
He'll try TO bully you"
To my disgust. ] felt scared. almost
afraid Of viii. 1t did sound fishy-
| had right to know mustn't let
myself he bullied.
IT," | began. falteringly.
The angry grip on my shoulder tight
ened. Feeling frightehed and all alone
in the world-nobody but Will. and he
perhs ps. deceiving and bullying me
| still tried 10 go on. 1t is strange
how whole future lives may hang on
some chance. An automobile which
had come down our street by mistake
stopped in front Of the house and
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But Mrs. Long saw YOU
Mrs. Long never saw me taking
Miss Allen anywhere said Will de-
cidedly. because ! never took Miss
Allen anywhere. Her nor anybody
else
Mrs. Long saw you go past the
house with her
II walked down Front street with
her quite a few times said VIII.
when I'd run into her on my way
down 10 Merits. to practice sleight
of hand with Mert. She used TO 20
down pretty near every evening to
see her other sister. the one who
works in Judge Scroggins office"
Was that all?" / asked. oh. how
I hated the cold suspicion that made
me go on.
Yep. No-lessee: ran into her
and Mrs. Price in the library just la st
night and walked along with them.
Mrs. Price stopped 10 talk to Mr.
Libby and j went on with Miss Allen
as far as their house, If YOU mea n
anything like that
And that was all?" 7 asked. "Ab-
sontely all?"
Yep" said Will.
Are YOU sure
Yep"
VIII, you took her to the movies
"Wednesday night said triumpha MT :
ly. But 1t was an unhappy, miserable
triumph.
II did not" said viii promptlv. Il
went to The movies Wednesday with
Roger and Dulcie. and she and the
Prices came in and sat next TO us
Mrs. Longs wise, disa greeabIe laugh
came back 10 me. He'll have
some slick excuse" she had aid.
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wild turkey, which ranged over south
ern Florida. and the Mexican wild
turkey, which ranged over Arizona,
western New Mexico, southern Colo
rado and Mexico.
These wild turkeys in turn were of
common origin, descending mainly
from the Mexican wild variety. The
name turkey" it is thought. is de-
rived from "tukki." which is Hebrew
for peacock. Early Spanish explorers
carried few of the birds back to
Spain, where they were handled by
Hebrew merchants. who confused
them with peacocks and gave the
birds the Hebrew name for peacock
Turkey trots were common almost
everywhere that the birds were
grown, but these celebrations are no
longer held. Turkey day" was held
in some sections where farmers dress
ed their own birds and sold them at
auction on the streets. Highly COM
mercialized methods have largely
superseded these practices. particular
ly where the industry is large, such
as in Texas. Independent dressing
plants have been established which
buy the birds alive and dress them for
the city markets.
Practically all the turkey raisers in
these sections sell to dealers who send
buyers into the country to gather the
hocks. These buyers stop At each
farm, weigh their purchases, and add
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mas nOilQdNS. SeeSo, 100.
were included in these trots
when farmers in outlying parts of the
District assembled the birds and drove
them on foot into town. down Pennsyl
vania avenue to the Strengthening pens
back of Center Market.
If family preferred to offer thanks
with bird more gamey than the do
mesticated article, the head of the
house and his sons shouldered guns
or fashioned nets. and in the nearby
woods caught the piece de resistance
of the Thanksgiving feast on the
wing. 1t is still possible to shoot or
catch wild turkey in the wooded sec
tions of Virginia or the mountainous
regions of West Virginia, but only
with infinite patience and rare luck.
Wild turkeys once ranged the coun-
try from Maine to Mexico. They were
so numerous in Colonial times that
they were regarded as pests" and
mea sures had to be taken to keep the
birds from parking in back yards and
on door steps. The birds became less
numerous as the country developed,
and soon 1t became necessary to raise
turkeys In captivity. if turkey was to
continue to be a symbol of Thanks.
giving.
The domesticated turkey is now
threatened with extinction. and the
Department of Agriculture has begun
experiments to save the turkey from
the fate of the dodo and the great
aux. Should these experiments fail
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Continent Drift.

A RE America and Europe drift ing
farther apart? This question
asked in a geological and not in "a
political sense, was set before tho
meeting of the British Association Iv
Prof. J. w. Gregory. who proposed Ia
answer it by the use of wireless time
signals for the determination of vari-
ations in longitude Kept up for a feW
years. he said, these would afford -
conclusive test of the theory recently
advanced by Wegener. that the Atlan-
tic Ocean was produced by the dric:
ing apart of the Americas on one side
and Europe on the other.
The reality of drifting motion of
whole continents is now seriously &C
cepted by many Ceologists. Recent in
veStigations have shown that beneath
the uppermost 60 miles or SO of rocky
crust, there is semi-molten layer Of
magma or lava everything the earth.S
solid central core. and on this viScid
mass the continental blocks find more
or less uncertain footing. The idea Of
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New High Explosive.
An explosive so violent that IT dro

A y explosive so violent that II drove
the pieces of its container shot
hole fashion clear through a nearby
bottle without cracking the bottle was
recently demonstrated. according to
Science.
The new substance is divinyl acety-
iene, product of remarkable new de
velopments in acetylene chemistry at
Notre Dame University. As usual.
eyes and explosives are bed fellows in
this research, and a brilliant new scar
let color is one of the results of com.
bining acetylene with coal-tar deriv-
atives. This is the first serious and
extensive use of acetylene in chemical
synthesis, the gas having heretofore
been relegated to the domain of the
steel-welder.
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the birds to drove which is driven
along the road TO the dressing plants
Six or eight men. it is said can drive
flock of 1000 turkeys 10 to u miles
a day
Farmers near the city markets often
dress their turkeys and sell them df
rect either to consumers or to city
dealers. \ sizahle business Is done
also in turkey feathers. which ara
used to make feat ather beds. pillow
and feather busters.
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a drift also receives support from the
rather suggestive reciprocity OF the
projections and indentations of the
Atlantic shores of America, and the
Euro-African coastline.
Prof. Gregory was not inclined how
ever, to admit the rapidity of drift
postulated by the Wegener theory.
and it is to get Il critical test of this
disputed question that he proposed the
use of radio time signals.
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BY {. MORAN.

. URKEY trots once were com.
mon in Washington around
the Thanksgiving and Christ
mas HOLIDAYS Geese too
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distrito de Aguadilla para consa
guir que por medic de las coopera-
twas obtuviera ell hombre de ia
terra alguna compensation a sus
luchas tenaces de a diafio Y de
siempre. No puede serme, por 10
tanto, indiferente, la opinion que
forma usted de nuestros agriculto-
res. Ell case exige que publique us
ted los nombres de esas trescien-
tas personals a quienes dirigi6 car
tas Y telegramas, cartas y telegra-
mas que solo consiguieron respues-
tas de un denodado de la invicta
Caguas.
Espero que usted podra tener
tempo material para atender a mi
petici6n. Porque es necesarion para
leccion de todos, que sepamos quie-
nes fueron esos hombres que tan
indiferentes Sc mostraron a su
propia causa. Y entonces podremos
formar juicio exacto de la valentfa
Gle uno o de la cobardia de los
otros.
Creame I'd, Sr. Diputado, S. S.
Arturo Grant y Pardo.
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NUEVO BACHILLER EN-
CIENCIAS AGRICOLAS

El joven Alfredo Font Pache-
co, de esta capital, acaba de al
canzar un senalado honor que le
da realce. Apenas cuenta 21 amos
Y va Sc ha recibido de Bachiller
en- Ciencias Agricolas en- el Cole
gio de Mayagiez. .'
No podemos menos que alegrar-
nos cada vez que vemos un COM
patricia triunfar tan brillante-
mente. Vaya a el nuestra felici-
tacibn MAS calurosa, y que su
buen exito sirva de ejemplo a
puestros jovenes para seguir lu-
chando Y estudiando.
Muchos Bachilleres en- Ciencias
Agricolas son los que necesitamos
en- un pals como ell nuestro que
depende de 10 que la terra pro-
duce para su subsistencia.
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CARTA ALBERTA
San Pedro de Macoris, R. D.

Junio z de 1925.
Sr. Don c. Cumpiano,
Diputado Portorriquefio,
San Juan, P. R.
Distinguido Compatriota:
Anonadado quede al leer su car
ta-manifiesto de mayo %, publica-
da en- Ell MUNDO, apelando los
sentimientos de amor propio del
colono de caias de la isla: No po-
dia nunca imaginarme que un pue-
bio tan luchador como ell nuestro
albergara en- su seno a centenares
de hombres contentos con SUI suer-
te desgraciada de ser supplement
te nnayordomos en- sus propias fin
cas-. Los conceptos que usted emil
te, tan POGO favorables, me llenan
de pena, porque, ser justificados
denotan que una mayoria de nues-
tros mayores terratenientes dege-
neran sin que sea possible salvar-
los de ruina total, tanto moral CO.
mo materialmente. No ignora us
ed quizas, que fui uno de los mas
decididos luchadores en- todo ell
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0oBIEnxo MUNICIPAL DE-
MAUEApo. r. n
JUNO 8 DE 1875
AEUEcrO DE sUsAsTA

Propozieicnes sn pnsgos esEEA-
dos para l. adiadieaeisa en pa-
biea subasta Del servicio de LII
PLEA, ntKoo DE GALES Y
EXTRACTION DE BAeURAs en-
81 mnnisipio Dc naapnabo. +. n. du
seA'" 81 $40 gps''s-'Aee @e a@<'-zss
Gee nn psesupnsaio apEoeaao De
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ante el Consejo Executive me pro-
pongo argumentar a este respecto.
FL Gobernador ha expresado su
corformidad con mis- ideas en- este
Tunto. FL Consejo en- pleno esta
dispuesto a llegar a un acuerdo
con las autoridades municipales, Y
20 hay duda que finalmente habre-
mos de llegar a un entendido.
"En estos momentos me es i'm
possible informarle mas amplia-
mente sobre tan importante asun-
10. Para hacerlo, requeriria ITEM
po. Sin embargo, me propongo ha-
Ger un Statement" de los puntos
principales del desacuerdo, Y las
bases que tiene ell Gabinete del Co
bernador para sostener su posi-
cion".
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suxfA DE FAn,sAclA
coSvocAToRIA A ExAMESEs

cumpliendo cnn - diz,nesfo psoE
Il Ley q Farmafia de I'neffo nieo.
Il ala - a. - eaFFisnies = Ias
nnefe - II ulnnana. anFan eou,ien
- ios eEamsnes de EesAiida para
fnrnaefufieps > para agufiias cue
tfngna rendienie a. aprotaei6n al
gnnas aalgmugurns dr. "a earFera.
Las Holieilusies y aesnAs Feaniai-
tos DE- Ley ssran adnisidas hakfn
81 dia ~ de Jnnlo. a ias dos de h
farde. plazo a. cue eKplEa u admi
aida O. ias minmaa
cuaiguier infoFmaci6n enc ~ DE-
see sobFe Il particular. asf eomo Il
suminlsffo a. soiieliudes SRA afen
dido por Il sensF r. vera RieFa. en-
In ofleina a. Il Jnnla. Alien 81.
No. :. o por eorFco. Box e0t.
Los eariidafoa = eKamen dei.e-
ran fenif prosiaaoa de- pluina y tin
ta.
Ledo. Carries q. d. QueEeds.
Seeretario.
San Juan. r. a..
Junio 6. 1895. Adyt.
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FL Com. deI....

lcontinuaelon de Ia Ira. pag.)
no faealtad para enteryenir en- Ia
construction de edificios pdblicos
preseritoss en- ei nuevo empresti-
@. Los ADMINISTRATORS municipal
rs me niegan ese derecho y va ese
es an asunto De mayor importan-
eia. que be me haee impossible ira
iar en- estos mOmentos. Ezra do
aingo, y hora de almuerzo).
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Un Re1nedio Valioso

Ningdn otro remedio da la nueva
fuerzs, Ia energia y la vitalidad q las
personas debiles y agotadas que ell
ssElixir Leonard para la Sangre'', Su
maravilloso poder sobre las enfermedades
descarea en- ell hecho de que enriquece
y puiifica La sangre de tai manera que
hace circular este flliido vital por to-
do OF cuerpo, sustituyendo tejidos gas
tados, , reconstituyendo otros nuevos =
sanos. :
El cuerpo cansado siente los efectos
foftalecientes del s'Elixir Leonardo para
la Sangre. despues de tomar la primers
dosis:. Es valioso especialmente para
dar fuerza nueya a hombres y mujeres
de edad avanzadas Devuelve la eneTgia
y la vitalidad gastadas. Es ell unico re-
medic digno del nonbre de verdader0
depurativo de La sangre. Tonifica ef sis
tema regulariza los nervios v devuelvo
la salnc y la fuerza. El elixir de Leo
nardi para la Sangre'' cura el Reumatis-
uao, el catarro, ell Envenenaminto de la
Sangre ). todas las Intermediates de Ia
Sangre. Haee sahgre roJa y fica. Insistz
en- que sea ell Elixir de Leonardo.
Advt.
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HARRY r. BESOSA

. A4' 4'&8NAN 9GMSNBADxHA
Attorney and Counsellor at LM1
Eel6fOno 1Sz7. ESa Juan, p. e
Gable Address 'sEEARIBEsA"
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-. Los Adnlinistfadores munleipa-
les me niegan ese derecho y va ese
q an asunto De mayor importan-
eia, que be me hace impossible ira
tar en- estos mOmentos. Ezra do
aingo, y hora de almuerzo).
of0SlcION INFUNDADA.
En- Ia eonferencia ejecutiva que
celebramos, estando ademas pre-
sentes Dos miembros integrantes
&c i comisi6n Especial nombrada
ror Ia Asamblea Municipal para
esiudiar este asunto. Sc hizo opo-
ficion a IL intervention mia como
comisionado del Interior.
"Desde luego que 20 mantuve
les funciones pertinentes a mi ear
70. sin eeder un apiece. Seria olvi-
Car mi deber 81 asi no 10 hubie-
~ hecho.
In Ia construction de estas
o'sras pdblieas municipales, in
fervengo en- todo 10 que concierna
q elias, no intervengo en- NADIA.
( Seria possible que 20 aceptara
unas funeiones interventivas de
i'oubre NADIA mas? Bajo ning1n
soneeptO. la ley es explicita v me
Ia funeiones de interventor en- los
Esuatos de obras p1blicas, tengo
M cargo Ia inspection general, el
foder de aseverar euando sc pro-
eede con efieieneia y cuando no.
IN este segundo punto. este es,
euando Yea que no sc procede con
a-regio a las bases del contrato,
tengo Il deber de intervenir orde-
nando Ia suspension de las
obfas, suspendiendo los pagos,
fedueiendo el personal de inspec-
eion. en- general. dictando las dis
Tosieiones necesarias para que Sc
l-oeeda bien; todO clio en- benefit
eio del pueblo contribuyente, v de
la nisma administration que debe
yer en- mi. an funcionario defensor
De los intereses de Ia municipali-
aad.
"Es imprescindible que yo le
Ionga el visto bueno a las obras
que se realieen. con poderes pa
ra ordenar Ia suspension de pagos,
continuation de trabajos etc."
REUNION DEL CONSEJO
Cuando Sc traiga este asunto