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Curious Agricultural Experiment Promises Wheat Seed Savings
The report recounts A Palmer of Cheam showing repeated division of a single grain into 972 stems by November 1843, averaging 50 grains per stem. He claims the method could save seed grain and employ laborers in gardens, with a sample stem over six feet long. London paper notes the results.
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A. Palmer
Cheam
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Arden
London
Depth for Seeds Reveals Fast Growth in Maize Trials
The article discusses an experiment on seed depth using Indian corn to find optimal planting depth. Results show shallower planting yields quicker emergence, with specific depths and days to surface noted. It claims deeper seeds delay emergence and notes implications for grain crops and dietary phosphate intake.
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Ev. E. G. Smith
New York
Remarkable lime and preservation methods and tales of peril
The article details lime's role in nutrition and egg shell formation, notes on lime availability affecting poultry, and a long meditation on marriage laws and property rights. It recounts public events, sermons, poems, and varied anecdotes including tiger encounters and moral reflections on fate.
The Decading Habit of Swearing
A critique of swearing arguing it harms character and advancement. It claims swearing has no honor or purpose, likening it to a low custom adopted by foolish spirits, with references to Tillotson and Dr. Lamont.
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Tillotson
Dr. Lamont
Senate approves grant of property rights to married women
The Tennessee Senate passed a bill affirming married women's rights to use their own property, praising the move as just and noting the old law unjustly stripped women of competency and exposed them to beggary and misery under faulty legal ideas. The editorial implies widespread support and calls for nationwide action.
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Senate
Tennessee
Conversational Powers And The Geniuses Who Lacked Eloquence
A historical note surveys famed figures. It compares Adam Smith Bolstons of eloquence with Chaucer Goldsmith and Descartes. It depicts Boffon Rousseau Hogarth Parker and others as lacking fluency in social discourse. It also notes Hamilton Franklin and many others as deficient in conversational charm.
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Adam Smith
Boffon
Rousseau
Chaucer
Goldsmith
Thompson
Descartes
Cowley
Hogarth
Smith
Thomas Parker
Hamilton
Franklin
Mortality Reminder: Life Short, Use Time Wisely
A meditation on life's brevity urges readers to reflect on death and eternity. It warns that days slip away, youth fades, and all must depart to the tomb. The piece urges earnest living and purposeful conduct before the undiscovered country.
Useless Expenses of Windsor Castle Plates
The article notes large costs in a free British government, citing Windsor Castle plate valued at 8.5 million dollars. It mentions a gold service for 130 guests, items from Sweden Charles XI, Ava, Spanish Armas da, and pieces from China Burmah and India, plus thirty dozen gold plates and shields worth up to 40 thousand dollars.
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Great Britain
Windsor Castle
George 4Th
Charles XI
Sweden
Ava
Armasda
China
Burmah
India
Cure of aphonia by croton oil treatment
The Rev. John N. Laws reports in the New York Commercial Advertiser a cure for aphonia after complete loss of voice. He had been treated for bronchitis but was found to suffer paralysis of the muscles of articulation. croton oil was applied extensively to his throat with apparent effect.
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John N. Laws
New York Commercial Advertiser
Laughable Winter Rescue of Clergyman and Wife
A Vermont reverend frets snow on a barn roof and shovels it off bound with a rope to his waist. His wife ties the rope, and both are lifted skyward until a passerby frees them from danger. A joke about lawyers and a quip on useless pairs concludes with maxims on deeds and character.
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Vermont
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