Agricultural insights and domestic notes from old issues
The piece discusses soil enrichment through clover and nitrogen fixing, crop comparisons across nations, and the need to improve farming practices. It covers poultry health, feeding, and housing to boost profits, plus pig rearing strategies and economical fodder mixes. Also included are recipes and a tribute from The Atlanta Constitution about a remarkable Savannah woman who supported her family after hardship.
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Indiana
China
Holland
Household Miscullany Tricks of the Trade and Home Tips
Household miscellany covers plant tips from Mrs. Mary D Wellcome of Maine on geraniums and averting inferior novelties. It lists cauliflower prep with a butter flour milk sauce, color care for stained hose, sanitation tips for black cottons, and Dr Dio Lewis on digestion. Also includes a home remedy for hair preservation and a fragrance rinse, with cautions on fashion and diet.
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Mary D. Wellcome
Maine
Not Water, Not Boiled: Delmonico Water Cure Lore
The article recalls Charles Delmonico praising hot water with lemon as an appetite aid. He notes caterers charged for the drink, compares it to serving warmed water with tea or coffee, and warns against overboiling water that wastes minerals. He urges proper water cooking as a health tip.
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Charles Delmonico
Delmonicos
Charles
Flat topped plant stand aids houseplant care and hides watering tools
A dated plea for window plants to avoid drying air, with tips on using a flat topped stand filled with sand or moss to keep moisture near the foliage. It advises watertight pans, hidden watering implements, and simple materials, noting green comforts during long indoor winters.
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N.N. Tribune
Fragmented obituary note from old paper
A clipped, garbled historical snippet mentions Hetty and Geiketa Ghasrve with unclear roles. The text references dining room departure and an expectation of time, but most names and details are unreadable in this damaged OCR fragment.
Two Receipts for Tanning Skins in Old Text
The Shoe and Leather Reporter presents two tanning receipts. The first uses alum and salt in equal parts with saltpetre, applying and rolling the flesh, four days drying, then washing with potatoes and soap. The second dries flesh, then soaks in a solution of oil of vitriol and water, works until pliable, noting that the more worked the softer and to use no grease.
Manure Use Urged By Neighbor In Ot tumwa Town
C Moffet writes to the New York Tribune from Ot tumwa Town urging farmers to haul and spread manure promptly instead of stacking it. He contrasts his well manured forty acres with a neighboring farm's drought-affected neglect, noting doubled yields and better meadow establishment when manure is applied, spread, and ploughed in seasonally.
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Mr. C. Moffet
New York Tribune
Ottumwa
Homa
Mr. Moffet
Seeding a Lawn for Spring Planting and Fertilization
The article advises spring lawn seeding without grain stop, recommending ground preparation by spading for small plots or plowing for larger areas, followed by thorough fertilization with bone meal, gypsum, and muriate of potash per acre. It prescribes broadcast sowing of mixed grasses, avoiding timothy and orchard grass, using running-rooted varieties, and sowing twenty pounds per acre in two directions, then rolling the ground after sowing.
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Kentucky
Sergeant Dinsmore Guards the President's Hallway
Visitors at the White House meet Sergeant Dinsmore the chief usher who keeps cranks away and bric a brac lovers at bay. He jokes about relic hunters and the hard job of protecting the President while noting one woman nearly snip curtain fabric with scissors before being escorted out. The sergeant remains wary yet cordial as he guides a bride and groom through the grounds.
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Washington
Tha ‘Telegram
White House
Habumaieg Che
Tharulei A Ito
Ccare
Telegam
Plush manufacturing shifts from abroad to Pawtucket firm
A Pawtucket Rhode Island firm began plush production once restricted to foreign mills. After four years of effort with a single loom, they report ongoing experiments and improvements, aiming to surpass foreign quality while keeping workers and methods tightly controlled.
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Pawtucket
R. I
Europe
Neaw
Srm
American Fun and the Rise of American Humor in War Literature
The London Standard notes Josh Billings and postwar humor as a broad American tradition. It traces influences from Mark Twain to Bret Harte, Warner, Le land, Harris, and newspaper caricaturists, highlighting the shift from English satire to distinctly American wit and its themes of fighting, money, and everyday folly.
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London Standard
Josh Billings
Orpheus C. Kor
Petroleum V. Naseby
Mark Twain
Darwin
Mississippi
Bret Harte
Callifornia Drallery
Charles Dudley Warner
Sayer
Hartford
Mr. Leland
Byellmann
Joel Chandler Harris
South
Heber Clark
Max “Adeler
Robert Burdette
James Bailey
Charlies Smith
Bill Arp
England
Fielding
Amellett
Thackeray
Rabelais
Villon
America
Lowell
Artemas Ward
Charles Browne
Legion
Homes
Emperor William. oldest officer and general in German army
From the Court Journal, Emperor William stands as the German army’s oldest officer by age and seniority. His major general patent dates to 1888, making his 80th active-service anniversary due in March 1887, a record in Prussian military history. He joined as an ensign on March 22, 1807 and remains remarkably vigorous in maneuvers.
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William
Wirtemberging
Red
Shifting Scenes of Stage and Dinner Table Echo Odd Prayers
Fragmented text sketches a seedy theatrical tableau with lovers on a sidewalk, crowd reactions to a kiss, and Act three, then a sudden interruption by a boy alerting a watcher. It shifts to a Scottish journal recounting brief prayers at a dinner party and a veteran’s wartime prayer remembered as poignant and plain.
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Koma Vary
Wilbur Howse
Ida
Aoney
Eaer
Lydia Thompson
Ormond
Walter
Blenhi
Ester
Wyndham
Gerald Ram
Ramsey
Fragmentary Muse Notes Signal Odd Imagery
A fragmented OCR fragment hints at poetic or idiosyncratic prose with phrases about youth imagination and marble palaces. The readable text is sparse and unclear, offering no concrete events or clear subjects to identify. The record preserves the odd, incomplete line without inventing details.
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