English and Continental Agricultural Laborers Compared
A London Globe summary notes English laborers face fewer taxes and military burdens than continental workers, with shorter workdays and higher relative wages. It cites Switzerland Austria Russia Spain and Belgium to show harsher conditions abroad and argues English hardships contain compensations. It also mentions buckwheat as a universal crop and offers sowing advice for late June to early July.
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New Mumber
Edinburg Review
Switzerland
England
Austria
Russia
Spain
Belgium
London Globe
Asa Mapure
Europe
Asia
Snowballing farmer lesson ends in sorrowful tale
In a Detroit Free Press piece a judge tells a boy a grim scenario of a snowball killing a farmer. The tale warns that violence hurts families, sparks grief, and could ruin futures, urging the boy to avoid trouble and deceit.
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Detroit Free Press
Bijah
Bob
Mr. Miller
Detroit
Patsey Hern
Buckwheat Cultivation Rising Among U S Farmers
The piece notes buckwheat cultivation increasing in the United States. It cites the crop’s suitability for rugged hill lands with poor soil and weeded, stony, thin ground where few other crops thrive and its role in weed eradication and soil improvement.
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United States
Sharing another's burden brings light to our own
The text urges everyday acts of neighborly help. It contrasts material aid with spiritual support, encouraging readers to comfort, encourage, and speak kindly to others when money or gifts are unavailable, and to stand ready to assist all in need.
Fragments From a Satirical Note on Etiquette
A jumble of quirky aphorisms mocks manners and social pretensions. It contrasts the hangman’s office with polite behavior and comments on breeding, carpets, and courting. Mrs. Gubbins jokes about her husband’s habits like a tallow candle that always smokes when he leaves.
Pierce Medical Adviser offered at one dollar and fifty cents
The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser by Dr. R V Pierce is advertised as a nine hundred page medical guide with wood engravings and colored plates. It claims to be the cheapest, priced just above cost to benefit readers, with profits returned to the people and mail order safety through registered letters.
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R. V. Pierce
Board of Physicians and Surgeons
Buffalo
N. Y
Pierce
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