What a Party Is For
A political column argues that parties must focus on public aims not personal squabbles. It cites 1898 Democratic reform, Missouri’s 1890s stakes, and calls for unified, issue driven action to avoid foolish intraparty clashes and a possible political upheaval in next elections.
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Democratic Party
Missouri
New York
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Ohio
Carolina
Mississippi
Inquabbblers
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
House balance shifts under party control in Congress
The piece notes 252 Republicans and 138 Democrats in the present House, a Republican majority of 114, and discusses how Democrats would need to gain 58 seats while Republicans lose none to control the next Congress. It references historical party tallies and critiques “muck rakers” and press attitudes toward reform.
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House of Representatives
Republcans
Contol
Sherman
Republican Committee
Wut
Wall Street Journal
Grover Cleveland
House
Garfield
Congress
Roosevelt’s veto stance seen as constitutional collaboration
Critics claim Roosevelt usurps legislative functions by suggesting bill amendments instead of vetoing. Proponents say veto power is a check and balance guiding lawmakers. The piece argues such discourse reflects public demand for prudent oversight and cooperation between executive and Congress. New York City is noted as having more Jews than Jerusalem and London.
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Roosevelt
Congress
New York City
Jerusalem
London
Working Poultry and Strawberries in a Small Farm Plan
The article argues that large hens can profitably occupy strawberry patches after harvest. Hens reduce insect pests, cause minimal damage, and enrich the soil with droppings. For large plots, use several small colony houses to limit scratching and increase efficiency. Start small and scale up as profits prove.
Introduction of new European grape variety and grower tests
The variety is very firm and productive with good shipping quality, but profitability over wide areas remains unproven and requires multi season testing. It mildews less than other European types yet may still be susceptible, and is not advised for large plantings without extended trials.
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United States Senate
Washington
Roosevelt
Muckers
Senate
Kansas City Journal
Downing
Treatment and feeding advice for paralysis in swine
The article links swine paralysis to corn-rich diets, noting higher prevalence in the corn belt. It advises epsom salts to evacuate bowels, feeding a slop of wheat middlings and flaxseed meal with milk, adding lime water, then diversifying the ration to minimize corn. If sows are affected, wean the pigs immediately.
New Seed Wheat Treatment by Hennessey farmer Wright
J H Wright of Hennessey C T reports a seed treatment using coal oil to soak wheat at about half a gallon per twenty bushels overnight under a blanket. He claims it preserves seed from rotting and insects and has yielded better than others with supposedly poorer soil after over three years of practice.
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J. H. Wright
Hennessey
C. T
Wright
Wheat Damaged by Cutworms Reported in Oklahoma Areas
Reports from Canadian and Kingfisher counties indicate serious wheat damage from cutworms. The Oklahoma Experiment Station entomologist visited affected fields and advises spraying a greenish mix at one pound per 100 gallons to target worms, applied ahead of feeding, with no grazing on treated wheat.
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Canadian
Kingfisher
Oklahoma Experiment Station
Scientist Seeks Sweet Potato That Keeps Like White Potato
Professor FE J Wickson of the University of California department of agriculture believes he has found a sweet potato that stores as well as the white potato. The discovery promises durable shelf life for the tuber.
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FE. J. Wickson
Department of Agriculture
University of California
Potatoes From Ladrone Islands May Revolutionize California Farms
A skipper who collected superior sweet potatoes from the Ladrone Islands last April delivered fresh specimens to Professor Wickson in San Francisco. The plan aims to propagate the varieties for commercial use, promising a potential multi million dollar impact for California and a boon to humanity.
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Ladrone Islands
San Francisco
Wickson
California
Amateur gardener’s hotbed from old sash and manure
A practical guide to building a low cost hotbed using an old window sash and four boards. Worn stable manure forms the base, covered with light soil, with drainage and careful watering. Seedlings in pots or boxes are placed inside, watered, shaded, and vented as growth begins.
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Sma
Simple pruning guidance for spring and fall shrubs
The text explains pruning rules for flowering shrubs. Spring bloomers should be pruned just after blooming to allow flower shoots to form for next year. Fall bloomers are pruned in spring to encourage shoots for the coming fall bloom period.
Skim Milk Composition and Best Usage Guidelines
Skim milk contains about 90 percent water and 16 percent solids per 100 pounds. Solids include 3.8 percent casein and 4.5 percent milk sugar, with small fat and albumen. Whey promotes fat formation while curds support growth and muscle. feed together with bran and lightly salted season. Use skim milk fresh or only slightly sour. very sour skim milk should not be used.
Turkey Coop Described By American Agriculturist
A turkey coop once used with perfect satisfaction is described in American Agriculturist as having reliable design features that ensured successful turkey confinement and care.
Novel Coop Design Uses Ventilated Drop Door System
A large packing case forms the body of a new coop with a ventilator at the top. A drop door of close boards hangs by a cord and a wire door sits beneath, both hinged to open independently. The ventilator can be closed on cold nights while the drop door may be opened for airflow on warmer nights. In hot weather the suspended drop door provides shade for the birds.
Gruax of the Lawn Sowing for Thicker Lawns
The piece explains sowing seed to thicken grass and add variety to lawns and dooryards. It notes shading supports sprouting and that frequent clipping helps young plants grow by late summer or before a sod is established. Cutting prevents shading and gives sun and air to new grass.
New York Ginger Bread Recipe From Old Cookbook
Cream butter with brown sugar until light. Dissolve soda in warm water then mix with sour cream. Add molasses, yolks, whites, salt, spice, and flour to form batter. Bake in greased tin thirty minutes in moderate oven. Ginger and spice adjustments noted.
Baking Directions for Chocolate Layer Cake
Beat the whites and yolks separately. Add two cups of salt to the yolks. When the mixture is lukewarm fold in the whites and two dips of prepared flour. Bake in layers and cool. Prepare a boiling sugar syrup with water. Pour the hot syrup upon beaten egg whites with cream of tartar, then beat in grated chocolate cream butter vanilla.
Creamy milk pudding with meringue topping
A recipe instructs to simmer raisins in milk with rice then fold in egg yolks and spices. Add salt sugar and nutmeg, cook briefly, then finish with a meringue made from egg whites and sugar baked atop.
German Coffee Cake and Oysters with Macaroni
A recipe for German coffee cake using butter lard sugar salt eggs milk yeast and flour with overnight rising and a method to bake in tins. Also a baked macaroni oyster dish with milk oyster juice butter pieces bread crumbs and garnish of hard boiled eggs and parsley.
Feeding the Fire and Quick Rural Sauce
Do not place waste cabbage leaves or potato parings directly on the fire. Dry them at the back of the fire then rake on embers to burn with less smell. Dry potato parings overnight for morning fire kindling. Boil six small turnips soft, sieve them, dry an onion without browning in butter. Combine turnips onion pepper salt with milk and finish with grated cheese.
Food Garnishes and Seasoning Tips From Old Cookbook Fragments
The passages describe using fennel with mackerel and salmov, celery tops for salads, pickled onions gherkins or capers for boiled meats and stews, currant jelly for game and desserts, red beets for cold meat displays, mint with lamb, avoiding salt on steak when broiling, sliced eggs for chicken salad, parsley as a universal garnish, pepper spots on boiled ham, and to sweeten a musty cellar with hot charcoal pans.
Lost pocketbook returned after train loss on Plains
A distracted passenger on a Beaumont to Seattle trip dropped her satchel from a moving El Paso train. Mrs Warner recovered the bag at Dryden with its contents intact minus a few coins, twenty four hours later, after the sea lion crew found it and the agent forwarded it. It was a lucky return for a traveler facing long odds.
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Plains
el Paso
Beaumont
Seattle
Charles Beck
Sea Lion
Dryden
Warner
Puritan Boys and the Roxbury Meeting-House
The article recounts 17th century Roxbury efforts to handle mischief by boys in the meeting-house galleries. Town leaders debated removing youths or confining them in dedicated spaces, leading to later reforms that reshaped seating to exclude boys from pews and finally enclosure of boys in a designated area.
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Jobn Williams
Roxbury
Massachusetts
Jol Williams
How They Sing It in Boston And Other Domestic Vignettes
A collection of satirical fragments portraiting daily life at home in a Boston themed scene. The piece mocks labor division among family members and references editor frustrations and self defense quips from period papers. It preserves a period tone with witty barbs and social commentary.
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Boston
Springfield Republican
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