Tips for House Plants and Pork Curing in Rural Life
Practical guidance on preventing insect damage to house plants through light covers and careful watering, with warnings against overwatering and excessive sponging. It covers tobacco water remedies, rust and red spider issues, and soil management for healthy growth in warm rooms. The piece then shifts to detailed home pork curing methods and meat preservation. It outlines slaughter, scalding, hair removal, brining, smoking, and aging, promoting a traditional, salt and nitrite free approach and asserting long-term success.
Modernizing Floriculture: Correct Drying and Rose Care
Amateurs err by drying gladiolus bulbs with stalks. bulbs store nutriment in roots, not stalks. Proper drying requires ventilation and careful handling. also trimming and lifting practices affect bulb vitality. Clean greenhouse pipes, preserve morning glory flowers in a chilled, dark space, and note electric lighting harms winter decoration lands. Also details on tomato ripening, rose propagation, and pest control prioritize careful plant management for indoors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Petersburg
Anu
Mary
Farmers urged to kill and cure their own meat
An article argues that farmers should slaughter and cure meat for their families, asserting many already do so with live hogs and cured pork bought. It contends that saving money or improving quality isn’t the claim, but some feel killing their own meat is unworthy or unbecoming.
Hindrances to Improving American Beef Quality
The piece argues cooperative efforts to raise beef quality face obstacles. It cites consumer indifference to flavor and juiciness, the preference for fleshy cattle over quality, and shows at fairs that prizes reward fatness and “up-standing” looks rather than meat quality. It warns exhibition standards influence farmers and harm bulk beef quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Avenue
New York
Fattening Steers Diet Inquiry and Ration Suggestions
A farmer seeks Professor Stewart’s guidance on composing a complete ration from corn meal, mill feed, bran, cottonseed meal, and old-process oil meal for 15 shorthorn steers weighing about 1160 pounds. He plans to fatten in three stalls, sell by March, and asks for optimal proportions and whether hay or additional ensilage is needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart
H.M
Professor Stewart
Countryentleman
Quince and Pear Varieties in Growth and Market
The quince seedling variability and propagation by cuttings or layers preserve the original variety. Some quinces resemble apples while others pear shapes. Winter care includes wrapping young stems to protect against borers and drought. Market scarcity and high price stem from care needs. Meech quince is promoted by E Y Teas of Dunreith Indiana. Pears are widely planted. top varieties like Bartlett Seckel Clapp’s Favorite Howell are noted for market appeal in rich soil.
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Dunreith
Ind
Middle States
Clapp
Bartlett
K, Howell and Seckel
Ration guidance for a dairy cow and feeding tips
A dairying note discusses economical feeding, stressing home corn use and proper stover. It cites Professor Henry on a daily ration of corn fodder, clover hay, bran, middlings, and corn meal fed in two to three meals, plus signs of a cow in heat and general cow management tips from experts in Wisconsin and Country Gentleman.
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Henry
Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment ‘Station
Dean
Cape
Germantown
P. J
Professor Stewart
Winter Poultry Food Questions Answered at Wisconsin Institute
Dr. W F Byers of Monroe presented a brief paper on winter poultry feeding at a Wisconsin Institute. The discussion followed with questions about the best egg food in winter and the suggestion that a variety of foods, including oats, is preferable to a single diet for maintaining egg production in cold months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin Institute
W. F. Byers
Monroe
Fresh Chestnuts for Winter
An Orchard and Garden editor advises preserving sweet American chestnuts through winter by removing pests and bad nuts, then storing sound nuts in sand filled boxes or pots in a cool place. Nuts may be frozen and kept in well drained, accessible storage like hot bed frames or buried in a dry garden spot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orchard and Garden
Why Farmers Should Know About Orchard Insects
The article reflects on early fruit crops and explains why current fruit trees face troubles. Insects now infest roots trunks branches and leaves, sapping vitality and causing widespread damage across orchards.
Insects and soil tricks boost fruit growth and goats’ value
The article discusses preventing insect harm to orchards, burying old iron to stimulate root growth, and long experiments showing soil depth and mellow earth aid plant vigor. It notes electricity’s debated role, goats as a milk source, meat value, and goat-care guidance. It also covers measuring snow depth, water yield from snowfall, and soil conservation through continuous roots and leaf cover with rye highlighted as key forage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Brown
Tricking a Traveller on a Snowbound Night
A Bee reporter records Nick Slowman recounting a tale on a Broken Bow line where Charley W and he entertain a crowd at a hotel. The duo uses a sample case of nitro glycerine goods to scare a nervous salesman, ending with tea and coffee samples displayed instead of explosives.
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Omaha
Nick Slowman
Bee
Millard
Charley W
Charley
Broken Bow
Clor
Rusty
Montana
Brige Gang
Carl Hauser Finds Fortune Through the Emperor's Secret Aid
In a German city, clerk Carl Hansen seeks Rosa Reinhardt's hand while poverty shadows his path. After attempting suicide, he meets a mysterious benefactor who proves to be Emperor Joseph II in disguise. The emperor offers a secretary post, enabling Carl to marry Rosa and satisfy Herr Reinhardt and the burgomaster's son.
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Nicholas Reinhardt
Rosa Reinhardt
Herr Nicholas
Friedrich
Rosa
Nicholas
Herr Reinhardt
Carl Hansen
Carl
Reinhard
Sorina
Bhut
Vienna
Min
Saraporar
Shave
Hal
Reinhardt
Tam
Joseph II
How to Improve Your Style in December Writer
A guide for writers stressing reading good books to improve style and avoid blunders. Emphasizes reading Macadlay and Lowell for inspiration while urging natural writing and plainness before splendor.
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Macadlay
England
Lowell
Mr. Hosea Biglove
Mr. Biglow
Wilbur
Hosee
Successions to Poets Hints for Amateur Verse Makers
John I. Lyona advises amateur poets to hunt subjects in the morning paper and daily life observations. He urges fresh jest over melancholy or sentimental verse, warns against tired old jokes, and notes the market favors humorous, well crafted pieces over romantic or erotic sentiment.
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John I. Lyona
Ennyson
Brain Work and Exercise in Sleep Induction
Brigham suggests a simple floor exercise to relieve irritated nerves after long brain work. Sit up from a supine pose with hands behind the neck, repeat a dozen times, adding weight if easy. The aim is to shift blood flow, refresh nerves, and ease sleeplessness without medical prescription.
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William T. Brigham
Grandfather's Gloom on Modern Youth
An elderly voice laments changing youth as children mature early and mimic adults. He notes more precocious behavior among grandchildren and neighbors, contrasting past innocence with present street pranks and grown-up attitudes. The piece shadows nostalgia for simpler times.
Valuable Books Free to Readers From Wide List
A lengthy OCR list offers free subscriptions to many publications with orders required to include a yearly subscription to The Weekly Globe. The notice states limits on how many magazines can be sent to one address and how to begin action, with specimen copies available for selection.
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GLOBE
Arthur's Home Magazine
American Rural Home
Andover Review
American Dairyman
New Cubs
American Poultry Journal
Atlantic Monthly
Seneseeee
Bese Pueucee
Ccsciscossons
Army &Navy Journal
Boston Medical Journal
Boston Medical and Surgical Journal
Christian Leader
Red Century Magazine
Etsee Christian Union
Ssesesresss
Cottage Hearth
Soeasens SO Cassell
Neti
Family Magazine
Country Gentleman
Deaves
Christian Herald
Courier-Journal
Chautauqua Young Folks Journal
Decorator
Demorest's
Donahoe's Magazine
Detroit Free Press
Engineering and Mining Journal
Engineering News
Edinburgh Review
Farm, Field and Stockman
Forney
Leslie
Herald of Health
Germantown Telegraph
Green's Fruit Recorder
Gardner's Monthly
Godey
Harper's Magazing
Harper's Weekly
Ns Bazar
Harper's
Indiana Farmers
Trish World
Journal of Microscopy
Ena Sbaene
London
Weeny Deane
Littell’s
Magazine American History
North Ares Review
N. Y
Snes
N.Y
Basar
Sevsese
Caecaraneste
VN. Y. Sportsman
Ovoeseces
New Princeton Review
Secees
New York Witness
Our Little Men and Women
Cca
Puck
Osees Tas
Phrenological Journal
Wiis Grehans
Eterson
Popular Science News
Popular Science Monthly
Tose Eeeves
Presbyterian Review
Philadelphia Medical Times
Philadelphia Practical Partner
Ridcott's Magazine
Dispuves
Rural
New Yorker
Wedecesbes
Saturday Evening Post
Scientific American
Sunday School Times
Scribner's Snares
Stoi Gouthers
Bivonse Ibs
Ry Se
Sara Furnish
Emaciated Aeronaut Found Near Wrecked Air Ship in Kentucky
An unknown aeronaut’s emaciated body was found in a Kentucky swamp near a wrecked air ship after a balloon sighting over Owensboro. The basket occupant appeared to have died before impact, no papers identified the victim, and rescue parties located the remains about ten miles south of Haverville. The earlier Vincennes balloon of unknown fate is the only prior related ascent noted.
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Kentucky
Inpranapolis
Owensboro
Haverville
Vincennes
Ind
Yeaterday
Right Worthy Grand Council of B and Moses Inception
A new incorporation record from Washington reveals a benevolent society to be named The Right Worthy Supreme Grand Council Ro 1 of the B and 5 of Moses. The filing sets the frame for a fraternal organization with formal structure and leadership.
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Rehoboth Sunday Herald
Washington Benevolent Society
Nupreme Grand Council
Moses
Punxsutawney Picayune Bulges In Contemporary Journalism
A compact note from the Tid-Bits section comments on Punxsutawney Picayune adopting alternating headings due to limited space. It highlights the paper’s practice of printing Punxsutawney one day and Picayune the next, reflecting local editorial constraints.
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Punxsutawney Picayune
Punxsutawney
Picayune
Dear Teachers journal reflection on study and costs
A brief saying notes that a man who studies a woman's disposition may learn much but faces a high tuition price, reflecting on the cost of understanding relationships.
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Journal of Education
English Prescription Movement Sparks Medical Debate
A group of influential London physicians pushes to write prescriptions in English rather than Latin, challenging long standing medical conventions and stirring professional debate across the city. The campaign argues comprehensibility for patients and transparency in treatment, while opponents warn of potential confusion in medical notation.
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Maine
Rehoboth
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