Shady resting place and calf selection notes
The article describes a wooden shaded resting place with a rope hammock option and a white duck or striped awning cover, plus a method for selecting calves by teats udders and teeth, and discusses fruit packing, barrel handling, and opinions on insoluble phosphates in farming soils. It cites American Cultivator and Massachusetts Ploughman as sources.
Rufy Faces Fear and Grows Brave in Dark
A nine year old boy Rufy fears little except one thing his mother hints he must discover himself. In the dim night he recalls his grandma praise and learns courage through chores and self reliance as a storm of imagination and family humor unfolds.
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Handy Farm Tool Pattern for a Grubbing Hoe
A simple hand tool shaped like a grubbing hoe can be crafted by a blacksmith. The wide blade should run about four inches along the edge and the narrow blade edge should be from one and a half to two inches wide. The tool is made from the same material used in the…
Proper Tooling and Packing for Fruit Growing
The text discusses sharpening a garden hoe for use among strawberry rows, noting the wilde edge to cut runners and the narrow edge for weeding near plants. It notes a few tools would cost little and save money in a season, and discusses packing fruit in boxes to avoid injury from overpressing when barrels are cased. It highlights timing of picking and warns against early harvest of Northern Spys reducing keeping quality.
Preventing Wind Sucking and Related Farm Habits
Readers learn methods to curb wind sucking by horses and to stop grazing pests in pastures. Tips include neck restraints, stabling, and feeding practices, plus weeks of seasonal weed control and weed management strategies for fields and yards.
Angels Were a Little Slow and Mamma’s Answers
A collection of brief vignettes from Youth's Companion and Little Chronicle feature children and mothers. Topics include children testing limits with angels and doctors, questions about heaven and eyes, and a playful exchange about age and storytelling.
Scarcity of Corks Drives Quirky Industries in Trade
The global cork shortage boosts prices and spawns second-hand cork markets and odd trades. Hotels, restaurants, and taverns prize corks, while cork-pickers and cork-extraction gear proliferate. Peddlers and second-hand buyers sort recut, cleaned, and remanufactured corks for reuse in wines, oils, and solutions.
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New York Evening Post
Women and Knowledge Fads in The World’s Work Text
A discussion contrasts women’s supposed need to appear knowledgeable with men’s tolerance for admitting ignorance. It argues women overemphasize broad, scattered reading, neglecting deep mastery of one field, while men prioritize work. References Max O’Rell advise wives to seem agreeable to please husbands.
Baby Health and Education Highlight 19th Century Notes
The piece discusses infant care from crying and feeding cues to safe play, warns against risky skyward tossing, and laments nervous development. It also covers Florence A Fensham the first Congregational woman to earn a bachelor of divinity and notes on teaching standards across schools and universities.
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Constantinople
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Chicago Theological Seminary
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Mass
Albany
N. Y
Cornell
Harvard
University of Edinburgh
Oxford University
England
Oxford
American College For Girls
Glycerine: a cautioned skin treatment in old remedies
Glycerine is described as heating and drying the skin and throat when used pure. It should always be diluted with equal parts water, with rose water or elder flower preferred to plain water. Mothers and nurses are warned against applying pure glycerine to a baby's tender skin due to pain and injury.
Miss Lillian Glotfelty, Rural Mail Carrier, Iowa Record Holder
Miss Lillian Glotfelty, 19, long serving rural mail carrier from Hampton Iowa, set a top money order record in the rural system of Iowa. Her brother Charles also holds a similar position, and both are well regarded by the farmers they serve. A schoolboys’ casual call amid social etiquette is noted as a reminder of hostess decorum.
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Hampton
Iowa
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Eldora
Charles Glotfelty
Goodby
Harper's Bazar
Health and Beauty Hinta
Summer freckles can be removed with diluted lemon juice and parsley dipped in vinegar or strong coffee to freshen breath. Cucumbers and strawberries act as cosmetics with bleaching effects on skin and teeth. camphor in youth powder should be avoided as it can crack enamel. Sleeping with flowers releases carbonic acid gas and consumes oxygen. A healthy, energetic woman attracts attention and is admired, unlike those who are anxious or irritable.
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Max O'Rell
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