Amesville Gazette Ad Rates and Publication Details
Classified note from Ames McCafferty advertising rates for a Saturday publication at Osh Street opposite the post office. Rates listed include one year two dollars for one copy, ten dollars for thirteen copies, twenty dollars for twenty copies. 50 cents per square for first insertion, 25 cents for continuance. twelve lines per square. yearly advertiser deductions. letters require postage.
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Ames McCafferty
Osh Street
Post Office
Officers Augusta Ws T. A Society
Dr. Jos. Ajeve presides with Dr. Daniel Hook Rev. Wm. J. Hawkins Huff as vice presidents. William Haines Jr. serves as secretary and L. D. Sallerstedt as treasurer. Managers listed include James Harper E. E. Scofield Rev. C. B. Dud Jas Godby and John Milledge.
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Jos. Ajeve
Daniel Hook
Potato Yields and Farm Practice Highlight Potatoes in Southern Cultivator
John Farrar reports a two acre potato crop yielding about 600 to 700 bushels from mixed soils and old pasture land. He calculates a $74.60 solid profit at 20 cents per bushel, notes labor and fodder costs, and argues potatoes fatten hogs and feed cattle well. He encourages readers to assess prices and cultivate potatoes thoughtfully.
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John Farrar
Lord Rosse's Telescope and the Nebula Quest
A detailed account of Lord Rosse's construction of a giant reflecting telescope. He describes casting challenges with speculum metal, cooling, air-bubble defects, and the innovative mould design. The telescope weighs about nine tons, with a 53 foot focal length and a six ton mirror, mounted for meridian observations and early pre-meridian viewing.
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Lord Rosse
British Association
Rosse
Thoughts for Youth Force or Hank
On Norway's coast a vast whirlpool Macletrom swirls around a rock. The tide hammers the rock and swallows all within its radius. Vicious habits pull a youth into a deadly current, while good habits empower a rational life. Choose the best path and habit will make it agreeable.
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Norway
Macletrom
My Fair Friends Defend Our Sex Amid Accusations
A Georgia Pioneer fragment argues against besmirching women and defends the female sex from male accusers, urging readers to stand for women's honor despite widespread imputations. The piece presents a call to defend virtue and challenge critics.
Chinese duck catching by decoy gourds and pumpkins
The Canton neighborhood uses gourds and hollowed pumpkins as decoys to lure ducks. A hunter wears a pumpkin helmet to hide submerged body parts and wades among the birds, grabbing ducks by the legs and hauling them away one by one. Source notes Captain Pidding's Chinese Clio and Tea Table Talk No. 14.
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Canton
England
Pidding
Domestic Thunder Fails To Stop Garden Worms
A Grand Rapids resident sought home thunder to kill garden worms. He fired an old musket, splashed water with a lantern, and waved a lantern to simulate lightning. The device backfired, knocking him to the ground and scattering the scheme.
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Grand Rapids
Copenhagen
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