Portrait of a frugal farmer and a 9 cent coin proposal
A 53 acre farmer near Moline built a solid life from a land purchase in 1871. He runs corn, garden, livestock including 43 hogs valued at 500 dollars, 18 fine breeding pigs, six horses, and other farm outputs while living well on a 1500 dollar salary. The exchange on small coins and change is criticized, with a plea for a 9 cent piece to ease retail pricing.
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Stevens
Orion
Ife
Poland
Farmora
Tie
Tielp Cor
Wandering tramp and disparate clippings unfold
A fragment from State Press describes a regular tramp with worn clothes and a scattered past. He claims college breeding, loves roaming for freedom, and says winter brings him to Leavenworth. The piece juxtaposes a traveling man with jokes about a Redman Castle guide and assorted humorous notices from Youth's Companion and Boston Transcript.
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Leavenworth
Ile
State Press
Keys in the East Describe Ancient Lock and Key Technology
In Nineveh era depictions a wooden gate used a large wooden lock and a long key. The description notes iron pegs and holes forming a bolt mechanism, implying lock and key forms in Egypt four to five thousand years ago, with little change over time. The item ties to a biblical reference about the key of David, observed in eastern practice.
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Nineveh
Joseph Ganomt
House of David
Nm Tate
Egypt
King Cotton at Home in the June Field
A description of cotton blooms changing color from pale straw to white pink and rose, the seed pods with white down, and the staple length determining grade. Edisto Island sea island cotton, two inch longest fiber, under microscope ribbon shaped corkscrew. Compression tests showed no harm and may even improve the staple.
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Sea Island
Edisto Island
Charleston
England
Milk bearing trees and the North American beaver
An excerpt notes a South American tree from the dogbane family whose milky sap can be drawn from wounds and resembles cow milk in taste and texture. It mentions Tabernaemontana utili and hyahua, with similar milky sap from a star apple family tree. Also described is the North American beaver, once tamed by Indians, its behavior with children, and its diet in the wild and captivity.
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Spruce
Auys Chambers Journal
Guinn
Jacobus ‘Theodorus Tabernaemontanus
Vow
Para
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