Bread and meat progress sparks western farming shift
The article argues that cheaper western land and transport boost wheat and beef output, while eastern farmers should focus on breeding blooded cattle horses and sheep. It notes Ohio as a leading wool state and calls for strategic farming to profit from western demand. It also recounts Geauga County Old Maids Association founded in 1862 and its humorous ban on marriage.
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Profitable Cows Show Mixed Breeds Beneficial
A Delaware County Record correspondent reports buying an old cow with calf for 26.50 and selling the calf for 5.25. The cow yielded 139 pounds of butter in five and a half months after being fed three quarts of bran daily and was sold for 25. The piece argues mixed breeds can outcompete purebreds in profit.
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Delaware County Record
Autumn Planting for Raspberry Bushes
P Roe recommends planting raspberries in autumn to protect dormant future canes and start growth early next spring. Add a forkful of manure per plant after setting to shield roots in severe winters, especially in northern states.
Reading to Laugh and Learn from Bull’s Baby Yrup Ad
Odd phrasing suggests an antique ad touting Bull's Baby Yrup priced at 25 cents. The copy frames the product as easing discomforts of babyhood without harming children, implying a child care remedy common in period medical advertising.
Razor-fish metaphor and political clash over Hancock
The piece compares a razor-fish that hides in mud to elusive politicians when pressed for community action. It then attacks Southern orators endorsing Hancock while denying negro rights and constitutional amendments, arguing for Northern rejection of Reconstruction aims.
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Hancock
Kidney-Wort Letter Praises Vermont Missionary Remedy
Rev Suilman Morgan long known as a Vermont mountain missionary writes Aug 25 1873 Bristol letter praising relief from catarrh rheumatism kidney complaints and intermittent pulse after using one package of the medicine. He notes his wife suffers similarly and that the remedy helps more than any prior treatment. Garfield prepares for cabinet making around March 4 1881. The Malt Bitters formula markets as a bone and muscle producer and nerve quieting tonic with Quinine and other ingredients.
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General Hancock as champion of civil authority over the military
The piece questions General Hancock’s stand on military subordination arguing he once favored military action against state governments and suggested military judgment over civil power. It also promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for female ailments and advertises pamphlets from Lydia E. Pinkham.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
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Lynn
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Impoverished suitor mocked at heiress wedding
A light anecdote finds a fortune hunter allowed to wed an heiress but a relative jokes about his baggage with the line there goes his valise. The ad then promotes Rinehart's Liver Pills with a single dose claim.
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Rinehart
FE. R. Lash
West Bound Connections at Lancaster and Columbus
Close connections made at Lancaster for Circleville Zanesville and all points on the Cincinnati and Muskingum Valley Railroad and at Columbus for all points North East and West. No change of cars from Columbus to New York Philadelphia Baltimore Washington and Detroit. Leave South and West. H Harrison General Superintendent. Geo R Carr Superintendent. Orland Smith General Superintendent.
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Pan Handle Route Train Timetable Note
Pittsburg Cincinnati and St Louis Railway offers condensed timetable of through and local trains for the Pan Handle route. Details cover departures arrivals and service patterns as listed in the period timetable for travelers and connections.
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Pittsburg, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railway
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