Proper Stand in Cotton Planting for Better Yields
A Georgia agriculture piece urges farmers to aim for a full, properly spaced cotton stand from planting. It warns that uneven thinning, careless hoeing, or machine chopping can waste plants and lower yields, and recommends measuring row widths and thinning to one plant per spot to reach two bales per acre on suitable soils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aland
Darkey
Bny
Pne
W.H. Hinton
Bolton
Miss
AJ. Posten
Mountain Creek
Ala
Cromariie
Yorkerville
Angie
Joseph
West Point
M. Ninhet
Fertilizing Corn and Dairy Query From Georgia Readers
Farm correspondence discusses corn fertilization with 350 pounds of 6-2-3 guano per acre and nitrate of soda 40 pounds per acre, timing before planting and into June. Also asks dairy question about cow with milk clots and intermittent flow, seeking causes and remedies.
Mozley Lemon Elixir Advertisement Fragment
An OCR fragment promotes Mozley’s Lemon Elixir for digestive issues constipation indigestion nervous problems sleeplessness and heart weakness. The ad mentions a 50 cent to 31 cent price and credits Mozley Lemon Works Co and a location likely in Atlanta or Georgia, but the text is garbled.
Old Scots whiskey tale lights up postwar market tale
Fragmentary notes recall how Scottish whiskey faced initial U S objections for flavor and strength before gaining public favor in New York City. The piece also touches on veterinary advice and farm chemistry memos, including cow health and fertilizer questions, in a bygone farm column style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
States
Walter Scott
Scotland
United States
New York City
BR. McRose Company
Rose
North
Cattle Health Questions and Home Dehorning Advice
A reader seeks guidance on cow coughs and possible incipient tuberculosis. An expert urges veterinary tuberculin testing and cautions against milk use until a diagnosis. The column then explains a do it yourself dehorning setup with steps, tools, and aftercare, plus eye disease and founder notes. The tone remains practical, detailing equipment, procedures, and remedies with owners advised to consult a qualified vet for serious cases.
The Human Brain as Marvelous Machine Explored
Edward Phe and A Ayres describe the human brain as the most marvelous machine. It controls 500 muscles, nerves to arteries, glands, skin, and senses. The brain receives visual, auditory, olfactory, gustatory, and tactile input, processes light and sound into mental images, and can think in all languages or contemplate its mortality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Ayres
Harper's Magazine
Secret Service
Sugras
Chinese Laundry Tickets and the God Themed System
Harper's Weekly notes the Chinese laundry use a weekly batch of duplicate checks as wash tickets. Each ticket bears a god or celestial name like Moon, stars, or sun, numbered Moon No 1, Moon No 2, etc, with the laundyman’s own name inserted between the legends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper's Weekly
Wong Lee
Instant Catarrh Relief Promised by Eclipse Cure
Instant relief from catarrh is claimed for Eclipse Catarrh Cure a vegetable remedy that reaches remote air passages to clear blocked sinuses soothe irritated membranes and supposedly cure even long standing cases. Letters praise the sample and urge sending stamps for a booklet and trial package from the Medical and Manufacturing Company Atlanta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Itaseri
Black
Anderson
Lefus
I Medicing and Manufacturing Company
Atlanta
Tenure of Office Act Mentioned in 1867 Clash
The fragment recounts Congress passing the Tenure of Office Act in February 1867 during the conflict with President Andrew Johnson. It notes the act aimed to limit presidential power by requiring Senate consent for removals, and that Johnson vetoed the bill but Congress overrode the veto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Andrew Jobnann
Famone Grout Ilion
Kamen Preal Geet Davies
Nis
Spheer Seceyt
Parmdiawion
Senate
Tae
Thay
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Slater
Remus
Uncle Remus
Atlanta, GA
B. M- Woolley &O
Pryor St
Stearns
Peachtree
Houston
Todd Ding Co
EDA
Rosaf. Monnish
M.D
Fisicun
Deseen
Germany
Wien Germany
Atlante
Wenata
Owen
Beritn
Getwely
Piedmont Avenue
Liebman
Peachtree St
Ontethorre
Calethodre
Enteanga
Dudemon
J. Thomas Gault
Austell Ride
Atlante, Ga
J. W. High Co
Aino
Lanpotenre
Jean Ell Ietters
Cal
Wathalls
J. R. Burgess
I. C. Jones
Evergreen
I. W. Culpepper
Tecuss
Grove
Alout
Pinevie
J. A. Burgess
Ashburn
Mozley
Mocy Lemen Wirir
Malik
Flower
Alva
Gentlan
Eurasia
Ale
Peachtree Street
Candler
Smith “Premier” ‘Typewriter. Co
Forrest
George Adair
Century Bldg
Cherokee Avenue
Grant Park
Highland Avenue
Augusta Avernue
S. B. Turman & Company. Cor
Alabama and
Broad Sts
Pala
Willow Street
North Avenue
Lindis Avenue
Car’ Perhias
Thomas 8. Paine
Equitable Building
Main
King
Marietta
Kiangy
Hervous
King Medical CO
W.R._G
Wiosten
N. CT
Walt
Edward
Gatarrh
Souer de Ihion
Mitehell
Forsyth Street
Ir. H. Essig
CM. Holland
A. P. Tripod
Giffen Company
Pher ‘Thurs
Joe Weber
Dream City
Rom Weber
New York Theater
Little Chip and
Mary Marble
Orpheum
Raffin
Yoseph Callahan
Seaboard Air Ling
Soule
Sundat
New York
Siemphin
Memphia
Clinton
Memphis
Bien Har
Western AK
Atlantic Railroad
Union Station
Glasgow
Londonderry
New Trin
Henderson Brothers
Widdhae Br Bor
Uae
Saboon
St. Nicholas Auditorium
Ponce de Leon Park
Gomplee Planta
Fisueem Co
Tay
Gaal ci Plate
E. VanWinkle
Machine Works
Georgia
Brewster
Adbeet
Bee Bowell
Hugh Id Dorsey
Doresy
E. E. Bragg
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