Ames Street Gazette: subscription and ad rates listed
Every Saturday by Ames McCafferty. Osh Street opposite Post Office. Terms: one year two dollars. six copies ten dollars. thirteen copies twenty dollars, payable in advance. Advertisements 50 cents per square for first insertion, 25 cents for continuations. Twelve lines per square. Liberal yearly-advertiser deduction. No letters from post office without postage.
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Ames McCafferty
Osh Street
Post Office
Augusta Officers and Society Leaders List
Officers Augusta Ws T. A Society Dr Jos Ajeve President Dr Daniel Hook Rev WM Hard Vice Presidents Hawkins Huff Esq WM Haines Jr Secretary L D Sallerstedt Treasurer Managers James Harper E E Scofield Rev C B Dud Jas Godby John Milledge
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Jos. Ajeve
Daniel Hook
Potatoes Pay Off For One Virginia Farmer
John Farrar reports on a two acre potato crop yielding about 600 to 700 bushels. He compares profits to corn, notes labor, feeding value for hogs and cattle, and urges readers to plant more potatoes as a high quality, healthy feed for people and animals.
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John Farrar
Lord Rosses Telescope Described at Meeting
At a British Association gathering Lord Rosse outlined the construction of his large reflecting telescope. He discussed cooling and casting challenges, the 53 foot focus, and the 6.5 ton tube with a transit use. He showed Nebula observations and his aim to reveal suns and planetary systems.
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Lord Rosse
British Association
Rosse
Thoughts for Youth on a Norwegian Whirlpool
A moral piece compares youth to a Norway whirlpool named Macletrom where a rock in the center swallows ships. It warns vicious habits wreck conscience and reputation while good habits form the best, urging youths to choose rational living so habit makes it agreeable.
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Norway
Macletrom
My Fair Friends Defend Our Sex Against Imputations
A fragment from the Georgia Pioneer questions calls to defend women against widespread accusations. The piece urges readers to oppose those who would judge the sex without need for defense and hints at a broader social debate about gender roles.
Wild fowl capture by Cantonese divers using hollow gourds
The Canton region reportedly employs a curious hunting method. Men float hollow gourds resembling pumpkins to scare ducks, then wear a hollowed pumpkin on the head to blend with the flock. They enter water, seize birds by the legs, and haul them away one by one, as described in Captain Pidding's Chinese Clio and Tea Table Talk.
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London
Jake
Darkey
Brutus
Wwe
St. Charles
Sampson
Canton
England
Pidding
Local Farmer Tries Domestic Thunder To Fight Worms
A resident near Grand Rapids devises a home made thunder device to deter garden worms. He charges a musket, uses water and a lantern, and conducts a rain and beam test to scare worms from the beds. The experiment ends with the device knocked over and apparently rendered useless.
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Grand Rapids
Copenhagen
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