Mr Crisp and the Free Silver Debate in Georgia
An editorial argues Mr Crisp of Georgia cannot win a U S Senate seat as a free silver advocate. It says his ambition would press the free silver cause, a doomed effort like secession, and urges Georgia to pursue progress by rejecting free silver and embracing favorable economic policy. It highlights Georgia's postwar growth, resources, and rail links as reasons for cautious leadership. It cautions business opinion views free silver as debt repudiation and warns against adopting it.
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Crisp
Georgia
United States Senate
Senate
United States
Georgia Voices Call to Repudiate the Repeaters
A fragment quotes the New York Times urging Georgia to repudiate repeaters amid concerns over financial integrity. The snippet references ongoing suffering and accusation of repeated lapses by repeaters.
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Georgia
N. Y. Times
Bucklen's Arnica Salve Advertised for Skin Ailments
An old ad promotes Bucklen's Arnica Salve as the best remedy for cuts sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions and claims it may cure piles with a money back guarantee and price of 25 cents per box sold by S B Barr Jr.
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S. B. Barr Jr
The Prophet and the Serpent Tobacco Tale
A Serpent bites the Prophet Mahomet after he saves it from death. The tale notes a moral about ingratitude and perpetual conflict between peoples. The venom spat from the wound grows into a plant later named tobacco, per Conate Arabe.
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Mahomet
English as She Might Be Spoke in British India
A Hindu pleader misuses English with metaphorical flourishes in a provincial British India court. The speaker mockingly critiques opposing counsel while defending his client, using odd phrases and sharp asides to expose alleged witness unreliability and to press a claim under British justice.
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British India
London Law Notes
Digestive Cordial Claims To Cure Indigestion
A promotional note urges readers to study causes of weakness and cites Shaker Digestive Cordial as a remedy for indigestion. It claims the product aids digestion, improves nourishment, and promotes strength, with a trial bottle offered by druggists.
Anaconda Onion Society Hosts Fruitful First Feast
In Anaconda Montana the Anaconda Onion Society held its first banquet with a long central table laden with onion centered plates, meats, bread and cheese. Members wore onion boutonnieres as the club promotes onion pride across the Pacific slope and contrasts Montana produce with eastern onions.
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Montana
Anaconda
Anaconda Onion Society
Anacoods
Pacific Slope
East
California
Correcting a Torpid Liver with DeWitts Little Early Risers
A high liver with a torpid liver will not be a long liver. Correct the liver with DeWitts Little Early Risers little pills that cure dyspepsia and constipation.
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DeWitt
How to Rid the Henhouse of Lice in Spring
A State Agricultural Department item advises kerosene or kerosene emulsion applied liberally to every part of the hen house including roosts. Use an old brush or mop and repeat weekly for three to four weeks.
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State Agricultural Department
Burning lime kilns on the farm answered
The guide explains profitable lime burning on farms with abundant limestone. It describes two methods: in kilns or stacking stones with wood and earth covering, using an arch and a short chimney to improve draft. Start the fire under the arch, regulate draft, and wait for complete cooling. State Agricultural Department.
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State Agricultural Department
Best Early Pea Varieties for Home Garden and General Crop
The State Agricultural Department advises wrinkled varieties like American Wonder, McLean's Little Gem, and Nott's Excelsior as excellent for early crops, while smooth types Dan O'Rourke Alaska and Early Philadelphia also perform well. For a general crop Champion of England is unbeatable, a vigorous wrinkled, high-stem variety needing four-foot stakes. Everbearing is another solid option with shorter height.
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McLean
Nott
England
State Agricultural Department
Treating Retained Afterbirth in Cows
State Agricultural Department advises that if the cow is eating well with no fetid vaginal discharge, retainment may be a misjudgment. If confirmed, avoid manual removal and inject warm antiseptic remedies into the uterus, using a 1 percent carbolic acid solution daily for a week or ten days to prevent decay-related harm. If no discharge and animal is sound, no treatment is recommended at present.
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State Agricultural Department
Cotton soil between ponds needs drainage and kainit aid
The advice notes excess water as likely cause and suggests lowering the ponds or draining. If subsoil saturation is the issue, kainit won’t help. If potash deficiency exists, apply 50 pounds kainit with 150 pounds potash per acre, and increase kainit next year if improvement occurs. Salt in compost is fine and helps, but add kainit to the compost to balance potash.
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State Agricultural Department
Cottonseed as Pig Feed Proves Harmful Says Texas Dept
The Texas Experiment Station reports feeding cottonseed to pigs causes sickness and death regardless of preparation. Boiled or roasted seed reduces harm slightly but remains highly dangerous, with symptoms including dullness, loss of appetite, labored breathing, and bloody foam at death. Pigs fed corn alone stayed healthy.
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Texas Experiment Station
State Agricultural Department
Fertilizing Elements in Unleached Ashes and Bone Material
State Agricultural Department notes unleached oak and hickory ashes contain 5 to 7 percent potash and 1 to 2 percent phosphoric acid. Cottonseed meal has 5 to 7 percent nitrogen, 10 to 16 percent phosphoric acid, and 1 to 1 percent potash. Burning bones or dead animals loses all nitrogen but preserves minerals. composting with muck or stable manure is advised.
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State Agricultural Department
Strawberries for light sandy soil with clay subsoil
Sharpless Bubach and Triomphe de Grand are good varieties for sandy soil with clay subsoil. Fertilize heavily with stable manure and ashes, plow deeply, harrow well, and avoid sawdust as a mulch. Pine straw rots and enriches soil when plowed under. it is a preferable mulch.
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State Agricultural Department
Fertilizing value of unleached hardwood ashes for crops
Unleached hardwood ashes supply potash and phosphoric acid as the main fertilizing elements. The other components improve soil workability and root penetration. A ton of unleached ashes is valued at 5 to 6 dollars, and ashes amount to about 2 to 3 pounds per 300 pounds of wood.
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State Agricultural Department
Questions on farm practices for young trees and potatoes
Practical guidance from the Georgia State Agricultural Department covers mulch, soil, and pruning for young trees and detailed potato farming methods. It gives best potato varieties Pride of the South Rose Beauty of Hebrew Carmano Peerless and explains seed pieces, spacing, depth, planting time, cultivation, harvesting and fertilizer formulations.
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Wishine
Georgia Experiment Station
Renovating crop for sandy soil to restore humus
A reader asks how to restore worn cotton land. Experts say plowing under leaves is costly and unlikely to pay. prefer a renovating crop like cowpeas fertilized with phosphoric acid and potash, then turn under hay and roots to raise humus, improve moisture retention, and reduce leaching. Continuous cropping without soil rehabilitation yields poor returns.
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Jistas
Sanny Land
orops-State Agricultural Department
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