Master Butchers Leader Criticizes Wheat Corner Powers
Howard O Neill president of the Master Butchers Association of New York blasts the wheat price spike tied to the wheat corner. He derides the so called patriots behind the move and jokes about John Stockton and domesticity, noting the aim to starve Europe.
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Howard O'Neil
Master Butchers’ Association of
New York
Thease
O'Neil
Washington
Lincoln
Europe
John Stockton
Stockton
Revolutionary musket found in tree by lumbermen
Pennsylvan ia lumbermen uncovered an old flint lock musket embedded in a hollow pine tree cut near Shohola Pike county. The find lies near the 1779 white Indian battle site where the patriots were defeated, suggesting it may have belonged to a wounded rebel.
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Pennsylvania Lumber Company
Shohola
Pike County
Pennsylvania
Keeping the Soil Fertile and Cow Care Tips
Article discusses soil fertility citing Prof Whitney of the USDA on soil nutrients and crop rotation. It then covers summer cow care, recommending night stalls or pasture to manage manure, improve ventilation, and reduce odor and waste.
Principles of crop rotation and orchard care in small farms
The article explains crop rotation to maintain soil fertility, advising clover and grain cycles, and emphasizes keeping fruit trees healthy to prevent disease. It notes pests in orchards, especially caterpillars, and suggests inspections, knife-removal of grubs, painting trunks, and guards to deter egg laying, plus modern farming with traction engines and a 20 horsepower gasoline plow setup. It mentions an adjustable saw back for holding logs.
Development of Central Canada Promises Prosperity
The piece extols settling Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta under 160 acres with yields from 20 to 30 bushels per acre and higher. It notes railway expansion Grand Trunk Pacific roads, new towns and schools, and government support fueling growth. It urges Americans to consider Central Canada for land and a grain future.
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States
Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Hivaa
Grand Trunk Pacific
Winnipeg
Edmonton
Central
United States
Tme
Farming Notes on Potatoes and Corn Rotation Laterals
A rural article discusses crop rotation on a medium heavy loam suggesting corn followed by potatoes. It favors heavy manure for the corn and warns against fresh stable manure for potatoes while recommending a 100 pound per acre mixed fertilizer of sulphate ammonia bone meal and sulphate of potash.
Clock's ten minutes slow sparks grim joke in asylum
A visiting collier notes the reception hall clock at a York shire asylum is ten minutes slow. The inmate replies with a dark quip, "That's why it's here." This grim remark appears in the London Daily News report.
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Yorkshire
London Daily News
Suffragette Challenged Archimedes Lever Claim
Archimedes boasted he could move the earth with a long enough lever and fulcrum. A suffragette retorted that if no lever existed, the task should be given to women, but male journalists and historians of the era reportedly blue penciled that portion.
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Omisastons
Elftstory
Archimedes
London Street Beggars and Charities Debates
London street beggars earn more weekly than the average worker, said Robert Pierpont at the London Mendisity Society meeting. He cited 1993 begging letters totaling 23,098, with about 24 percent impostors and 12 percent deserving, noting the charity spread from misinformed donors. A poem excerpt, ads, and a medical patent claim follow in the fragmented text.
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London
Robert Pierpont
London Mendisity Society
Thetreeta
Aerapha
G Society
Vierpont
Wallington
Waterloo
Reynolds
Absorption cure for piles advertised at home
An old ad column promotes home treatment for piles by a new absorption method with claims of immediate relief and permanent care. It urges sending money and addresses for samples from Mira Summers in Indiana, plus various health pitches and quirky product notes.
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Mira
M. Summers
Bar 2
Notre Dame
Ind
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National Lgress Goods Company Dept B
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New York City
REA CO
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MGR
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Development OF
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Hall
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Chicago
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