Granary with Power Elevator Plan and Farm Notices
A detailed plan describes a granary for 3 000 bushels with stone walls and a horse powered elevator. It includes dimensions for a 2 000 bushel unit, bin sizes, central passage, clearance for maintenance, and notes on flooring, roof pitch, and a central stone wall. Also covers elevator mechanics, grain drying, and equipment layout. Adjacent items warn about seed adulteration in clover and alfalfa, and advise local selling of hay to avoid rogue shippers and maximize farm profit.
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Iranary
Calloused Shoulders Treatment for Work Horses in North Dakota
Acdirmer of North Dakota shares a method to treat horse collar callouses in Dakota Farmer. The process involves slit adjustments at the collar front, reshaping with a hammer, heating the area, and applying iodine to the callous to prevent injury.
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Acdirmer
North Dakota
Emre
Dakota
Alfalfa Seed Purity and Testing Bulletin Issued
The Agricultural Experiment Station bulletin No. 153 from Manhattan Kansas covers alfalfa seed purity and quality. It explains seed testing methods for farmers and dealers and outlines seed defects and handling practices. the document is thoroughly illustrated and obtainable free on request.
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Agricultural Experiment Station
Manhattan
Kian
Cedar rust control advised for Nebraska apple trees
Disease cedar rust spreading from cedar apples to apple trees can be checked by spraying with Bordeaux mixture when cedar apples show orange color, with a second application ten to fourteen days later. Also advised to destroy cedar trees or remove cedar apples to reduce spread.
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Nebraska
Wooden box protection for drain outlet
A common safety device uses a two inch thick plank box placed vertically along the drain outlet about two inches from the wall. The box is 12 feet long and large enough to insert the tie into the upper end. It prevents small animals from entering while not being damaged by traffic.
Wood types for smoking meat in historic guides
The article lists preferred fuels for smoking meat, favoring green hickory or driftwood mixed with sawdust on certain dates. It advises against using pine and other resinous woods, notes corncobs as a poor substitute, and warns that soft woods can produce dark, rank coloring on meat. It mentions juniper berries and fragrant woods as occasional additions to improve aroma.
Grubs in Cattle Ailments and Simple Removal
The passage explains cattle grub infection from deposits in the skin and flesh. It describes larval development, signs like swelling on the skin, and practical removal methods using a small incision, a sealed opening, and extraction with a curved needle.
Thunder Storms Corrupt Milk Through Bacterial Growth
The primary cause of sour milk is certain bacteria in the air that contaminate milk. They grow most during damp weather often accompanying thunder storms, which people attribute to storms souring milk.
Horse Fating in Germany in 1905 and Dog Numbers
A historic note claims Germany ate YGS84 horses in 1905 totaling 15 022 more than in 144. It adds 407 more dogs, excluding privately slaughtered for table uses, per a cautious statistician’s remark.
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Germany
Dutch Apple Cake Recipe From Plain Baking
A simple batter recipe using flour milk egg butter sugar and cinnamon along with four sour apples. Mix dry ingredients with butter and milk and egg to form a soft dough. Roll half inch thick on pan, top with apple wedges and spice sugar, bake about thirty minutes.
Prune Jelly and Prune Au Gratin Molded Dish
A historical recipe instructs cooking one and a half pounds of prunes in water, then shaping them in a shallow mold. A jelly from gelatine and brown sugar is prepared, almond flavoring added, and prunes arranged in a mold with jelly poured around. The center can be filled with whipped cream for serving.
Barley Oatmeal Soup From Old House Recipe
Four ounces barley and two ounces oatmeal with three onions and two ounces bacon form a hearty soup from bones. Soak barley, boil in stock two hours, add chopped giigus, fry bacon, crisp oats, mix with soup, season, and simmer half an hour.
Imperfect Recipe Note on Egg Batter and Baking Sheet
A fragmentary cooking instruction describes beating eggs and sugar, mixing in flour, adding seeds and spices, and spooning batter onto a sheet. The directions mention baking quickly, watching for rising and a golden color with a white topping.
Tripe Stew From An Old Cookbook
A recipe describes cooking two portions of tripe with stock, butter, onions, and seasonings. It instructs simmering the tripe until tender, frying in butter, then browning onions in the stock and finishing with vinegar and pepper before serving hot.
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Patvsley
Bake Apple Sponge Cake With Lemon Sauce
A vintage instruction shows mixing five tablespoonfuls hirtie with two cupfuls flour and sugar. Add baking powder and salt, beat eggs lightly, gradually blend in water, stir into flour, spread in buttered pan, top with sliced sour apples and sugar, bake thirty minutes and serve hot with lemon sauce.
Morning Minced Meat Dish From Simple Pantry
A recipe for a savory minced meat dish uses half a pound of cold meat two ounces of bread crumbs pepper and salt to taste two ounces of cooked macaroni or beef with egg and stock half an ounce of flour and minced herbs. Line a buttered dish with bread crumbs place the meat mix cover with crumbs bake an hour or steam and serve with gravy.
Primitive Fruit Preserves and Mock Whipped Cream
Instructions describe preparing six fine cooking apes with cold water juice of two lemons and sugar then stewing prunes with apples and water. Include tomatoes onion peppers and spices simmering an hour before bottling. Mock whipped cream uses apple, sugar egg white and vanilla.
Rip Van Winkle Watterson Sees Slow Reform
A political sketch compares Watterson to a Rip Van Winkle awakened to a world of change. He voices concern that reform moves slowly yet remains confident in the popular call for progress, albeit with less urgency.
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Rip van Winkle
Watterson
Sue
Jess
Kentucky Editor Sees Bryan Shift as Rebirth of a Candidate
A Toledo Blade excerpt notes the Kentucky editor’s slow acceptance of Bryan. The piece argues the editor’s praise stems from Bryan’s stance on the double standard and signals a perceived reincarnation of Bryan’s political message rather than a genuine change.
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Bryan
Ile
Moses
Kentucky
Electoral vote tally from thirty one states
Buchanan received fourteen slave states and five free states, Fremont eleven free states, and Fillmore one save state. The result shows 0,835,160 votes for Buchanan, with 174 Bremont and 2.0 ST4.004 pending.
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Buchanan
Bremont
Fillmore Uamers
Fremont
Fillmore
Roosevelt
FSG
Son Parker
VFA
Swallow
Watson
Corrigan Chabors
Loosevelt
Parker
The PIED PIPER OF NEBRASKA rallying cry in reform
Opinion column rails at free silver as a misread issue and accuses reform opponents of deception. It praises Republican platform in Pennsylvania for purity in corporate affairs and Roosevelt’s push for regulation while contrasting with Watterson and Democratic critiques. It cites historical state trends and national economic data to frame a call for party unity against corporate privilege.
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Thevan
Watterson
Republican Party
Europe
United States
Roosevelt
Congress
Alles
Thas
Pennsylvania
Fife
Lincoln
McKinley
Protectionists Push for San Francisco Market Access
The Public argues against freeing duties on rebuilding materials for San Francisco, claiming protection benefits workers and industry. It questions foreign tax burdens and asserts foreigners should not dodge taxes to access American markets during a boom.
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Congress
San Francisco
Bryan’s Bombast Attacks Troops Near Cities
The piece notes William Jennings Bryan’s campaign rhetoric accusing U S troops stationed near cities. It argues his proposals would disrupt lifesaving actions by soldiers who prevented looting and suffering during San Francisco’s earthquake, branding his theories impractical.
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Bryan
United States
San Francisco
Eighteen-Story Skyscraper Planned For Wall Street Lot
A New York project on a 39 by 29 foot plot at No 1 Wall Street aims to rise 220 feet with an eighteen story steel framed office building. Architects face space limits and high costs as owners seek rent yields of about four percent on a $5.1 million investment. The land’s record price and unique design demand efficient use of every inch, including self ventilating floors and skyward revenues.
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New York
No. 1
Wall Street
New York City
St. Louis Capital
Ists
Simple Library Paste for Scrapbooks and Durability
A reader offers a simple paste recipe using very thick common laundry starch prepared as for laundry use. The paste keeps indefinitely and improves with age, ideal for valuable scrapbooks and artistic papers.
End to Romance Prompted by Million Dollar Gamble
A groom demanded a million from his rich bride, who refused and offered carfare for a long ride instead. Their split prompted public commentary in the press as a cautionary tale for uplifting the masses.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Poetry or Prose Reflected in Love Replies
The Catholic Standard and Times notes that lovers often respond with their woes rather than eyes when courted. The piece contrasts romantic lines like If you love me darling tell me with your eyes with the modern habit of answering in complaint.
Elections and Marriages Promise Beforehand
A translated Tales from Meggendorfer Blatter line compares elections to marriages noting that a candidate will promise anything before the event. The moral suggests duplicity in political and nuptial vows. Marie, a maid, is told to wait longer for wages reflecting patience amid promises.
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Marie
Meggendorfer Blatter
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