Wood piles and stable care for farms featured in Globe column
A Boston Globe style farm column discusses securing a steady wood supply for winter fires, favoring dry seasoned wood and timing the cutting in winter. It also covers stable bedding, manure management, and preventive horse care, stressing regular renewal of absorbents to prevent hoof and leg disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Weekly Globe
New England
William H. Yeomans
Columbia
Conn
Princeus
The Trotting Horse Evolution and Its American Birth
Professor Brewer of Yale’s Sheffield Scientific School analyzes the development of the American trotting horse through historical records and newspapers. He argues the trotter is an American creation born from a shift in farming, carriage use, and modern breeding, tracing its origins from European lines and noting key records and figures in speed progression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Professor Brewer
Sheffield Scientific School
New Haven
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Agassiz
Brewer
Europe
Spanish America
England
Rockville
Danbury
New York
West Indies
Yankee
Lady Suffolk
Flora Temple Sceonee
Goldsmith Id
Ris
Julien
Id Maud S
Sebedy Costa
Jessor Brewer
America
Bi irritation and kidney complaints cured by Fadoey
Fragmentary OCR notes show mention of irritation and kidney complaints treated with a remedy named Fadoey. No clear dates or names available.
How to Plan an Orchard for fruit trees and soil
A writer shares seasoned steps for planting an orchard, detailing site choice seven acres of clay loam, North Spy apples from Bilwanger Barry Rochester, spacing 32 feet, rooting and planting methods, and the need for space for spreading varieties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bilwanger & Barry
Rochester
The Bean Grower's Long Experience and Methods
A veteran farmer describes thirty years of bean cultivation with careful soil preparation, row planting, and selective machinery use. He notes yields around twenty bushels per acre, discusses timing, varieties such as White Kidney and Marrow Bean, market values, and the advantages of certain beans for eating and farming rotation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitesboro
China
Manly
Boston
Enriching the soil through rotation and manures
A detailed guide argues for restoring soil fertility on upland clay by supplying crops with phosphoric acid, potash, and ammonia-rich manures. It emphasizes crop rotation with clover, wheat, and corn, plus the value of barnyard manure, green manures, and careful seedbed management for lasting yields.
The Strawberry King of the West on cultivation works
Parker Earle of Cobden Illinois advocates mulching strawberry beds with straw to protect roots, reduce weeds, and aid drought resilience. He recommends mulch on paths rather than full plant cover and describes spacing, runner control, and tools for cultivation along with fertilizers like wood ashes and castor bean pomace. He notes issues with grubs and crown borers in southern Illinois.
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West
Parker Earle
Cobden
Charles A. Green
Illinois
Tack Heads Leavy stomachs via May Apple Pills
A brief item notes a 10 and 5 cent sale of May Apple Pills described as a cathartic. The phrase Tack Heads Leavy stomachs bilious pee yells appears as a garbled header or spoofed headline from an old newspaper segment.
Cold frames and seed sowing instructions in agriculture text
The article explains cold-frame construction using glass or cotton cloth, with bottom heat from fermenting material or sun warmth. It details soil elevation, sowing depths from a quarter to an inch, and spacing drills three to four inches apart, advising separate frames for each variety and uniform management until transplant.
What Farmers Should Know About Rice, Cabbage, Butter
The article provides farming guidance on rice seed quality, soil and fertilizer choices, and crop rotation. It covers cabbage storage methods, tree scraping to remove pests, and choosing a limited set of pear varieties for home orchards, plus butter market trends and dairy cow management implications. It includes discussions on cotton seed feed efficiency, scale insect control, and hay market data, with practical notes on horseradish growth and general agricultural practices.
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West
Atlantic States
Arly
Bartlett
Duchess
Shirend
Professor Gully
Montreal
Comstock
New York City
New York
J. Chalmers Morton
Button of a Cincinnati police badge swindles and New York cops
A New York World reporter recovers a brass Cincinnati Police Force button from a tramp who uses it to fool cops and politicians. The interview reveals how the badge exploit works on precinct officers and notable figures, including ex-judges and Tammany Hall affiliates, as the conman tours East Side streets.
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East Fourteenth Street
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Police
Union Square Theatre
New York
Eighteenth Precinct
Third Avenue
Nineteenth Street
Sol
Rocky Mountains
Clergyman's Sore Throat Treated by Compound Oxygen
Rev J B Pradt of Madison Wisconsin reports recovery from long standing clergyman's sore throat after two months on Compound Grygen. He regained full voice and energy, remained free from colds through a severe winter, and endorses the remedy. Doctors Starkey and Palen advertise the Treatise on Compound Oxygen with case reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Pradt
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Drs. Starkey & Palen
Girard Street
Philadelphia
Penn
The Division of Labor Illustrated and a Vast Ineptitude
A humorous anecdote contrasts M Turquet’s remark on dirty interior windows at Sevres with the claim that exterior cleaning falls to public works while interiors belong to fine arts. The tale then parodies government inefficiency by likening it to two office boys who divide work with scrupulous discrimination.
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Division of Labor
M. Turquet
Fine Arts
Sarouence OY
Sevres
Department of Public Works
Department of Fine Arts
William
One of the Story Book Cases In Burlington
A California millionaire sheep breeder finds his lone living relative, a niece unknown to him, working in a Burlington mill for years. They reunite this week. she leaves with him for California to enjoy affluence.
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Burlington
Free Press
California
Explorer Serpa Pinto recalls English naturalist in rags on Zambezi
Serpa Pinto recounts meeting Dr Bradshaw on the Zambesi in South Africa. The English naturalist was penniless and scantily clad, presenting his London-engraved card in drawers before Saluting Pinto. The tale highlights colonial era bravado and hardship amid travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Serpa Pinto
South Africa
Zambesi River
Dr. Bradshaw
London
Carter H Harrison Praises St Jacobs Oil In Rheumatism Cure
The Chicago Tribune extols Mayor Carter H Harrison of Chicago for endorsing St Jacobs Oil as a remedy for rheumatism. He recalls first considering a physician but followed neighbors advice to try the German remedy which he found excellent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Chicago Tribune
Carter H. Harrison
Oldest Sleigh in New England Traces to 1743
Woonsocket resident Mr W C Cook is believed owner of the oldest sleigh in New England. The sleigh, dating to 1743, has a half moon body and may be over 150 years old. Also advertised is Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription, touted as a powerful restorative tonic with nervine properties for debilitated women and related ailments.
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New England
W.C. Cook
Woonsocket
R. L
Dr. Pierce
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Sturtevant
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J. E. Slaw
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A. H. Thompson
Woodville
Mass
Edwin House
Waitsfield
New Engand
A. Cheever
Sheldonville
the Tribune
New Eden
Scotland
Aberdeenshire
Ryass
New York Times
United Kingdom
C. H. Johnson
Downing
New York World
Chicago
Charles A. Vogeler
Calvert
Texas
Ayer
Churchill
Vicksburg
Jd. W. Whitley
Dr. J.C. Ayer & Co
Lowell
Pruccists
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Globe Club
Wesley
Arthur's Home Magazines
Seereeeres
American Dairyman
Ew Sud
Art Interchaing Mavazlug Seeeereeeere
American Poultry Journade
Atlantic Monthly
American Art Journal
American Garden
Cee
Manuels
Aimee Thos
Army & N New
British Quarterly Review
Blackwood’s Magazine
Brainerd’s
Burungton Hawkeye
Boys of New York
Bailon's Magazine
Sew-Keeper's Maga
BO Babylgud
Houston Pilot
Boston Signalstory
Boston Médical and
Cassell's Magazine
Christian Leader
Century Magazine
Cottage Witd Varun
Eas
Lountre Gentleman
Hacbecesosy Eeu
Crickton the Hearth Premium
Conns Eticent Farmer Ppr
Chicago Advance
Seathaks
M’y
Ccsesseeeeees
Germantown Telegraph
Green's Fruit Recorder
Gardener's Monthly
Aytnese
Householt Guust
Ecceres Cone Household Journal
Home Circle
Usurper’s
Magazin
Harper's Weekly
Idesseneuseale
Harper’s Baxar
Harper's
Oeen Nee Herald of Health
Home Journal
Iana Parner
Independent
International Review
Iowa Homestead
Journal of Microscopy
Journal of Chemistry
le Francais
Lippincerti’s Magazine
London Lancet
London Edinburgh Review
London Roar Review
London Quarterly Review
Methodist
American History Mining Report
Mother's Magazine
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N.Y
Medical Journal
Fashion Bazar
Nursery
N. Y
Sportsmans
Weves
Boley Lac
Eepesscessions
St Nicholas
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Uésan Francisco Argonaut
Westminster Review
Vick's Floral Magazine
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Ave Wide Awakg
Washington Post
Waverley Magazine
Watchiman
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Aare Tope
Pat Coplas
Aias
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MABE
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