Co operation in farming and soil chemistry notes
Andrew H. Ward invites correspondence on farming topics and offers free lectures in New England towns. The article discusses calcareous versus magnesian soils, humus and texture, and how lime and acids affect crop production, noting pine and sorrel growth on various soils and the role of putrescent manures. (Concluded next week.)
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Andrew H. Ward
Ward
New England
Tur
Boston
Mass
Profitable beet sugar feeding crop for farmers
T. L. Minier argues for sugar beets as a profitable home feed source. He reports 18 acres in 1884 yielded 310 tons at 17 tons per acre with cost about 273.50, selling at 1.87 per ton. He details cultivation steps, costs, and notes beets as a large future industry with home market and reduced freight.
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Thansras
Eveddewis
T. L. Minier
Differing Soils and Their Corrective Mixtures
The article discusses soil types and how mixing earths improves fertility. Silicious sand loosens and drains. clayey soils add adhesiveness. Calcareous earth acts chemically to store texture. humus alters porosity and moisture retention. Chemical actions in soils are the main growth drivers and are modifiable by human inputs.
New England Farming Outlook Challenged by Editor
The letter within The Wrexey Gions dated February 22 criticizes Jay Eye See’s discouraging view of New England farming. It argues against claims of widespread farm abandonment and portrays New England agriculture as historically prosperous alongside manufacturing, urging a more balanced assessment of the region’s farming prospects.
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Jay Eye
Wrexey
New England
Jay Eye Lee
Farming a New England Farmhouse Then and Now
William H Yennans of Columbia Conn surveys New England farming, noting the shift from plain wooden homes to modern two story houses with carpets and libraries, changes in habits, and the belief that farming remains essential though not easy. He argues abandonment rumors are overstated and urges practical measures to restore prosperity.
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New England
Willliam H. Yennans
Russell and Allen contested by a farmer and Mugwump
A Natick letter to The Globe argues that Rockwell overstates Allen’s loyalty to party and urges true patriotism to state and country. The writer contrasts Lincoln era ideals with today’s campaigns, condemns party obedience, and questions how Massachusetts should treat its outcasts and the state’s future.
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The
Globe
Rockwell
Allen
Alien
Russell
Lincoln
Wilson
Sumner
Jeremiah
Hoar
Reed
Massachusetts
Commonwealth
Calhouns
Jeli Davises
Natick
Oct
They Hate Each Other and a Mother’s Advice
A mother urges Samuel to be a good listener to win a girl tonight while at another house a kindly aunt counsels a quiet approach for her visiting niece. The scene contrasts two women guiding young lovers. The week’s social observe notes highlight courtship tips amid family pressure.
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Samuel
Sam
Erstani
Czar's Peace League Plan With International Congress
Paris correspondent Jacque St. Cere reports the Czar pursues a vast peace league including Russia France Denmark Sweden Greece Servia and Montenegro with Holland and Turkey courted. He envisions an international congress to settle disputes and lead to proportional disarmament urged by the Empress of Prussia due to European royal ties.
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New York
New Paris
The
Herald
Jacque St. Cere
Paris Figaro
New York Herald
Germany
Europe
Russia
France
Denmark
Sweden
Greece
Servia
Montenegro
League of Peace
Czar
Prussia
Chinese rebellion in Fukir province shocks Shanghai
Shanghai advices report a 2000 strong insurgent force led by Chen rising to oppose salt works laborers. They stormed the salt police, then fought a magistrate's deputy and 1000 volunteers. After three days of heavy fighting, the insurgents captured key defenses and the city was left with heavy losses on both sides. The deputy magistrate fought to defend the walls before being overwhelmed. Authorities sent 1000 soldiers, insurgents encamped on a hill, and reports say prisoners were butchered.
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San Francisco
Cal
Shanghai
Fukir
Chen
Tue
Magistrate Chow
Chow
Gladstone Home Rule Bill Revised With Broad Powers
Lonpoy Oct. 24 Mr Gladstone has revised the home rule bill with help from Earl Spencer Morley and Sir William Vernon Harcourt and Lord Herschell focusing on legal form. The measure, to be announced by Morley, promises fuller Irish legislature powers, a retained two house parliament, and police and finance questions settled. William Lawless Jackson named Irish secretary viewed as capable and businesslike by treasury officials, aligned with Balfour and Lord Bis huss.
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Lonpoy
Mr. Gladstone
Earl Spencer
Mr. Morley
William Vernon Harcourt
Lord Herschell
Morley
Gladstone
House of Lords
Ireland
William Lawless Jackson
Trish
Treasury
Mr. Balfour
Lord Bisbuss
Cholera Ravages Amoy China English Missions Suffer
From Amoy comes news of a severe cholera outbreak killing hundreds including Mrs McGregor wife of Dr McGregor of the Church of England Mission. The disease struck quickly, with many deaths, distressed villages and widespread mourning signs. Local superstition prompts sacrifices while interior towns send Cotlins to aid demand.
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San Francisco
Cal
Amoy
China
McGregor
Church of England Mission
Chin Kiang
Irish Politics Notes Show Irish Land Row Deepens
London report notes Dillon urges Irish farmers to shun land purchase acts while English Liberals cite it as proof home rule seeks land confiscation. McCarthyite factions issue anonymous threats after Parnell. London Daily News rebuts Chicago claims Davitt betrayed Parnell pact on office under Britain.
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Londony
Johln Dillon
Dillon
Ireland
Parnell
London Daily News
Joan Devey
Chicago
Michael Davitt
Mr. Parnell
Ofice
Spoai
Par nel’s talks and Dublin troops stir Cork contest
London reports reveal Mr Parnell denying church opposition and linking Gladstone’s home rule to Irish votes. He criticizes O’Brien and Dillon as enthusiasts, notes Stead’s enmity over land purchase, and mentions troops sent to Cork ahead of Parnell’s seat contest. Archibishop repudiates interview post death.
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Ion
Davitt
Ustin McCarthy
McCarthy
Lord Wolseley
Cork
Parnell
Dublin
Archbiehon
London
Brighton
O'Shea
Gladstone
Messrs
O'Brien
Dillon
O’brien
Harbor Boom Test Demonstrates Torpedo Boat Defense
Portsmouth reports a key harbor defense test where a 70 foot wide channel boom with iron spikes and a parallel hawser halted a first class torpedo boat after a seven mile run. Admiralty officials declare harbor booms proven as a defensive measure.
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Portsmouth
Harbor Creek
Admiralty
Czar Proposes Private Funds for Trans Siberian Rail Chief Plan
Reports say the Russian emperor would fund the Trans Siberian railroad with 17 500 000 from his private purse to complete the line in three years if funds must. He is said to hold 350 000 000 in ready money in bank and the plan faces political and financial hurdles.
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Russia
Trade Review Reports Mixed Harvest and Strong Overall Trade
R G Dun s Weekly Review of Trade notes continued strength in the West and South with slower realization of large harvests in the East. Overall trade volume remains high, with October possibly surpassing last year s peak. Regional notes cite quiet boot and shoe trades in Boston, improving dry goods in Hartford, active clothing and dry goods in Chicago, and strong or improving conditions in St. Louis Louisville Nashville and New Orleans. National failures total 259 for the week, versus 270 prior and 230 the previous year s week.
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New York
R. G. Dun’s & Co
Review of Trade
Boston
Hartford
Chicago
St. Louis
Louisville
Nashville
New Orleans
R. G. Dun & Co
E. Russell & Co
Mercantile Agency
United States
Canada
Dominion of Canada
Maine farmers institute work opens with notable lecturers
Avausta Maine Oct 21 The board of agriculture institute opens this week with notable speakers. C M Winslow Brandon Vermont famed stock breeder joins early sessions. J L Gerrish secretary of New Hampshire Dairymen's Association begins at Monson for two weeks. T B Terry of Ohio renowned lecturer joins Western instructors. S A Hickox western Massachusetts farmer to lecture on reviving worn New England farms. Prof Chessman from Orono dairy school to devote full time after term ends. Profs Rogers Balentine Jordan and Gomell also assist.
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Avausta
Board of Agriculture
C. M. Winslow
Brandon
T. B. Terry
Ohio
J. L. Gerrish
New Hampshire Dairymen’s Association
American Pork for France Opens Path to Embargo Lift
Washington reports the French Senate tariff committee recommended 25 francs per 100 kilos on salted meats from the United States, signaling intent to lift the pork embargo. Secretary Rusk expects accord with the Chamber of Deputies and a 20 franc maximum rate, with cabinet-set final figures.
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Washington
Tariff Committee
French Senate
United States
Rusk
Chamber of Deputies
Senate Committee
I Ae
Trade likely to improve in fall and winter
R G Dun weekly review notes speculation pauses before close elections and dullness in stocks while massive wheat and cotton supplies push prices down. General business is active and rising in the West and South, less dull in the East, with improving collections and easy money markets, signaling strong trade ahead unless unforeseen disturbances occur.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Review of Trade
South progress noted in industrial report
The Manufacturers' Record of Baltimore reports strong Southward financial gains, record cotton receipts, rising iron activity, and broad investments. Numerous new ventures span Alabama to Virginia, including mills, breweries, electric works, and land improvements, with heavy capital poured into several states.
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Baltimore
South
Herfield
Ala
West Virginia
Lttle Rock
Vicksburg
Miss
Florida
Atlanta
Cedartown
Electric Light
Fort Valley
Marietta
Bellagista
Ashland
Covington
Uisville
Morganton
N. C
Tillerton Empresses
Darlington
D.C
Onroe
Luing
Tex
Lynchbore Va
Max Meadows
Portsmouth
Mapphis Tenn
Palatka
Lenoir
Tenn
Knoxville
Iron Works Company
Roanoke
Bessemer
Reappraisement Hearing On Worsteds Opens In New York
The final hearing before General Appraisers Wilkinson, Sharrett and Sharpe began Thursday in New York over the valuation for dutiable importation of worsted suitings worth 1,000,000. The decision will influence future imports totaling 20,000,000. Herman Sternbach & Co. represents all importing houses while the core issue is market value. The board of appraisers overruled A D Machlachlin of Boston on a duty dispute concerning carbon pictures and photographs on opal glass, who sought 25 percent duty instead of 60 percent.
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New York
Wilkinson
Sharrett
Sharpe
Herman Sternbach & Co
World Crop Prospects and Grain Markets Report
The article surveys next year’s crop outlook with vigorous sowing and peasant activity, notes low potato prices in Prince Edward Island, and reports French tariff changes on salt meats. It cites New Orleans cotton arrivals surpassing 600,000 bales and compares weekly totals to last year, while British wheat yield is forecast at 30 bushels per acre with imports likely. It also summarizes German harvests showing below average wheat and rye but above barley and oats, with no widespread distress anticipated.
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House of Commons
Great Britain
United States
Russia
Great Western Railway
Reading
Eng
Eastbourne
London
Cronstadt
Sebastopol
Dardanelles
Lord Connemara
China
Pekin
France
Germany
Austerlitz
Brest
Prussian Silesia
Munsterberg
Breslau
Semlin
Servia
Servian
Social Democratic Party
Reichstag
Pantheon
Sena’ Amber of Deputies
St. Petersburg
Prince Edward Island
Edward Islan
Senate Tariff Committee
Hester
New Orleans Cotton Exchange
John Bennett Lawes
England
British Isles
Detroit Free Press
Urs
Taylor Township
Pen
Greenhorn
Ogee
Buying a Nag
A humorous 19th century guide to buying a family horse. It lists perks of a white horse, warns of overpricing, and offers playful, practical tests for a horse’s age sight and health. The piece mocks buyer overconfidence and suggests casual word of mouth to find a good deal.
Big Land Owners of the United Kingdom
Pall Mall Budget notes England has just one landowner with over 100000 acres in a single county while Ireland has three and Scotland at least fourteen. It lists Duke of Northumberland with 181616 acres in Northumberland and peers across Ireland Scotland with numerous large holdings including Richard Burridge Mayo Galway and others in Donegal Mayo Argyle Perth Inverness Roxburgh Forfar Aberdeen Bute Ross and more.
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Pall Mall
England
Ireland
Scotland
Duke of Northumberland
Northumberand
Richard Burridge
Galway
Marqus
Gonyny
Donegal
Marquis
Sligo
Mayo
Duke of Argyll
Argyle
Earl of Breadalbane
Perth
Ane
Baillie
Dochfour
Inverness
Duke of
Buckleuch
Dumfries
Roxburgh
Donald Cameron
Lochiel
Invess
Earl of
Earl of Dalhousie
Forfar
Duke of Fife
Aberdeen
Duke of Hamilton
Butte
George Macpherson-Grant
Ames Matheson
Ross
Duke of Richmond
Bantt
Doctor Henry James Claim on Consumption Cure
Retired physician Henry James details a claimed East Indies cure for consumption asthma bronchitis and general debility. He asserts his daughter was saved and offers the recipe with cures certificates while requesting two cent stamps to cover expenses. He advertises Crappock & Co at 1032 Race Street Philadelphia and urges readers to name the paper.
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Henry James
East Indies
Crappock & Co
Race Street
Philadelphia
Landholdings in Inverness and Sutherland Province
A historical note details the Earl of Seafield holding 160,224 acres in Inverness and the Duke of Su ae land with 1,176,455 acres in Sutherland, claiming his grace possesses nearly the whole county of 1,207,546 acres. Sir Charles Ross holds 110,446 acres in the region.
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Earl of Seafield
Inverness
Duke of Su Aeland
Sutherland
Sir Charles Ross
Henry and Estelle Debate Suitability of a Horse
A dialogue from the Somerville Journal features Henry and Estelle discussing a horse named Es telle. Estelle prefers a horse that can be neglected occasionally without hurting its feelings, while Henry notes the animal seems good.
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Somerville
Henry
Estelle
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Sir William Gordon Cumming
Baccarat
Scotch Highlands
Elginainst
Duke and Duchess of Fife
Sir William
Duchess of Fife
Prince of Wales
Weekly Review of Trade
Maine
Senate
Southeen Progress
Big Land Owners
United Kingdom
Syaur
California Fig Syrup CO
N.Y
Irving
Cooper
George Eilot
Walter Scott
Charles Dickens
CLOBE
Boston, MM
Epps
Epos
Civil Service
Groovers
James Epps & Co
Hommopathic Chemists
Hody
EAL Medical € O
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Haines
Golden
Golden Specific CO
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Owler
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Irklund
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Cincinnati
Ohie
J. C. Mason
P. O
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J. B Rouse
Albion
Midh
J. Stephens
Lebanon
Pile Widava
Nivevainen
Remedy
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Mabis
HEART
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Globe Book Co
Hall Chemical CO
Fairmount Av
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Rein Halder Co
Holly, Mich
Tay Copsete
Cowlst
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