Protect Cattle From Flies With Simple Oil-Tar Mix
Professor Weed of the New Hampshire experiment station recommends a light coat of cheap oil such as fish oil or crude cottonseed oil with pine tar or carbolic acid to repel horse flies for about a week. Two formulas are given mixing oil with pine tar or carbolic acid. The remedies are easy to apply and aim to boost milk flow and reduce milking annoyance. Parker's Ginger Tonic is also noted for aiding nervous or tired women, and a remark on horse scarcity in the West hints at transatlantic trade revival.
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C. M. Weed
New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station
Relieved to Learn No Further Hindercorna Threats
A cautious sense of relief spreads as authorities confirm no additional Hindercorna threats remain. Officials urge calm and remind residents to report any unusual activity while continuing routine security measures.
The Question of Modesty on Bicycles
The piece argues modesty is unrelated to bicycle use and criticizes a bishop's moral denunciation. It notes bicycles are growing in popularity, manufacturers struggle to meet orders, and a bishop’s view is dismissed as befuddled intellectuals over this fashion, per Lipincott's.
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Lippincott’s
Trunk Styled Like a Dresser Drawers Slide On Metal
A new trunk design favors women uneasy with lifting trays. It resembles a dresser when open with multiple drawers that pull out easily. When closed the lid becomes part of the side and locks near the bottom. It is strong and light, using iron clamps of cellulose fiber and a three ply veneer, with drawers on metal slides.
A Coon's Memory Recalls a Cold River Scare
An anecdote from Grand Island describes a coon kept at a resort that, after being tossed into a freezing river, became fiercely defensive. Since the incident the animal snarls, bites, and guards its perch, only occasionally eating from a neighboring bowl when hungry, while its keeper remains wary.
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Grand Island
Buffalo Courier
Carefree George Provokes Worry Over Public Conduct
Mrs Berry worries about her son George as Mrs Terry recalls him as a model son. The concern centers on his tendency to go out without a chaperone, prompting family discussions about appropriate propriety and care.
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Berry
George
Terry
Editor Bobble and the Bounce Er in the poem
A playful exchange in a poem features an editor and a cheerful caller. The editor clarifies that the gentleman is not a literary critic but the bounce er, a whimsical mishearing.
Silver Standard Debate in Chicago Ends With Defiant Stand
The Harvey Horr silver debate at the Illinois Club in Chicago weighed independent action for remonetizing silver at a 16 to 1 ratio with gold. Harvey argued for free coinage and its economic benefits, Horr warned of widespread harm to debtors, savers, and workers, urging preservation of gold as world money.
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United States
Chicago
Harvey-Horr
Ilinois Club
Harvey
Horr
Congress
Harr
Mr. Harvey
Europe
Rothschilds
Africa
Russia
India
Australia
Japan
Mexico
Great Britain
Tilorr
France
South America
Larvey
Union
Caesar
Cleveland
Friends of Silver
Pacific
Philadelphia
Knowing a River Know-how of Pittsburg pilots on the Ohio
The Pittsburg Commercial Gazette extols river pilots who navigate the Ohio from Pittsburg to Cairo. It details the vast knowledge required to steer safely at all hours and points, from bars and bends to lights and chutes, and notes the higher skill needed near the Mississippi channel.
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Ohio River
Pittsburg
Cairo
Cincinnati
New Orleans
Memphis
Mississippi
Wheat Harvesting and Management for Profit
Practical guidance on harvesting wheat efficiently to maximize quality and minimize cost. Emphasizes correct cutting stage, rapid stacking or ricking, timely threshing, self binding, advance preparation, weather considerations, and storage practices in granaries with vermin control. Notes quotations from N. J. Shepperd in St. Louis Journal of Agriculture.
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N. J. Shepperd
St. Louis Journal of Agriculture
Paris and London House Counts Highlight Urban Density
The analysis compares Paris, London, New York, Tokyo, and Philadelphia, noting Paris has 90,000 houses and 25 residents per dwelling, London about 600,000 houses with seven per home, New York 115,000 houses at eighteen residents each, Tokyo 342,000 houses, and Philadelphia 187,000 houses for over a million residents. It discusses how housing density shapes city growth and street use across eras and regions.
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Europe
United State
Dominion of
Canada
Tokio
Japan
New York
London
Paris
Wall
Spruce Streets
Broadway
East River
Philadelphia
New York Sun
Clover Hay Curing Plan Without Tedder in Country Gentleman
A correspondent favors a long proven method for curing clover without hay tedders. Cut when blossoms show, dew off, mow in hot sun, rake as it wilts, cock in balanced sizes, and expose to air only briefly. Stack to barn storage with moisture absorber on top to prevent mold and color loss. If rain hits, turn cock to prevent mustiness. avoid caps in fair weather for best curing.
Illimitable Depths of Space Revealed by Robert Ball
Sir Robert Ball in a lecture explores astronomical distances and speeds. He compares electricity traveling at 180000 miles per second to light years and notes that messages to the Sun would take eight minutes and to Alpha Centauri four years. He discusses vast cosmic distances and how ancient news would take eons to reach distant stars.
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Robert Ball
Alpha Centauri
America
Columbus
Earth
Bethlehem
Feeding calf pen pail contrivance for safer milk handling
A drawer style trough is unsafe for calves as it cannot be thoroughly cleaned and pouring milk into any pen receptacle risks spills. An illustrated feed pail holder shown on a hinged backboard allows the pail to swing inside the pen for easy filling and withdrawal, with a button to keep the calf from protruding. The device is simple to make and promises time and feed savings.
Royal Baking Powder Dominates Cream of Tartar Market
The Royal Baking Powder Company controls its own cream of tartar factory and production. It supplies millions of homes worldwide as well as the Army and Navy, transatlantic steamers, hotels, and restaurants. The Royal is recommended by top chefs and authorities, with sales greater than all other cream of tartar baking powders combined.
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The
Royal Baking Powder Company
Royal
Old Cables Find New Life in Streetcar Pulleys
Cities abandon wires for electricity and use worn rope to cast car rying pulleys and 30 inch sheaves. Castings are brittle and must be made on the axle. Despite fragility they last as long as ordinary pulleys and provide an ideal rope surface.
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Market Street
San Francisco
Cabbage Worm Control Advice From Michigan Bulletin
An article discusses the common cabbage worm and its life cycle, noting the white butterfly adults and yellow eggs on cabbage leaves. It covers brood patterns, natural predators, and disease, then outlines practical remedies including hot water treatment as a preferred method for small gardens.
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Alis
Michigan
Sowing Alfalfa Repeats Rules For Successful Start
The author restates guidelines for a strong beginning in alfalfa sowing, emphasizing stepwise procedures, soil preparation, seed selection, and timing to ensure successful establishment and long term yield.
Farming directions for land preparation and sowing seed
The text outlines a two stage method for crop planting. First, lightly plow, harrow, and pulverize the ground, with thorough deep irrigation if available, before plowing when soil is fit. Second, sow at least twenty pounds per acre, lightly harrow, roll to firm the seedbed, and apply two to three inches of water if possible, ensuring no puddles remain after twenty four hours.
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C. W. Irish
Crate for Young Stock Aids Handling of Farm Sheep Calves
The illustration presents a hinged end crate for sheep calves and pigs. Animals enter from one end, are driven to the desired point, and exit from the other. It is especially useful for calves that are hard to feed drive or coax. The crate should be light yet strong, with spruce as a preferred wood.
Memorables of Segur recounts a dying horse at Napoleon’s aide
In the Memoirs of General Count de Segur an aid de camp to Napoleon recalls a nocturnal Alra assault on December 23. His horse was shot in the chest and collapsed. The beast crawled after him to the camp fire, laid its head on his shoulder, then died from loss of blood and exhaustion.
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Count de Segur
Napoleon
Alra
Uncooked feed yields more pig weight in long Maine trial
Veteran agrarian writer Waldo F. Brown cites a nine year Maine State College experiment ending in 1878 showing uncooked meal produced greater weight gain than cooked feed. The article includes a table illustrating the surplus grain for pigs fed raw versus cooked meal.
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Do F. Brown
Practical Farmer
Maine State College
Rich eggs depend on hens diet and grain choice
Eggs from hens fed slops and refuse are inferior for cooking compared to those from hens given corn or wheat. Corn enriches fat content and shell strength, while meat rations boost overall egg value. Ducks’ feeding and insect hunting also influence egg quality for bakers, with Guinea eggs noted as especially good for baking and icing.
Mrs Nelson’s method to prevent cattle horns in calves
Mrs M E Nelson of Wichita Kansas describes a horn removal technique for calves aged one to three weeks. She uses a caustic stick wrapped in foil applied to embryonic horn, warns against skin contact, then treats with cider vinegar and alum to seal the wound. Reapplication may be needed after two to three weeks if initial attempt fails.
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M. E. Nelson
Wichita
Kansas
Asparagus and Beet Growing Tips from Farm News
Do not let beets thicken in beds with two per foot for common garden sorts and keep paths weeded to avoid future work. Stir soil during dry weather, cultivate cabbage often, add barnyard scrapings or fertilizer, and water celery trenches deeply. Sow turnips in July and use plastering lath to support Lima beans for a heavier, better-timed crop.
Summer Weakness and Pure Blood Cure
Summer weakness is caused by thin impure blood. To sustain health and nerve strength, take measures to improve blood quality and restore vitality with suggested remedies from traditional health advice.
England Women Employment Report by Miss Collet
A British Board of Trade paper notes only slight growth in women’s employment between 1881 and 1891. It records 540.5 per 1000 women over 10 employed in 1881 versus 344.2 in 1891, with male employment falling. The report highlights many women in 18 occupation headings, rising child labor under 15, and declining married female participation in factory districts, especially in Blackburn and nearby towns, where infant mortality and expectations rise.
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England
British Board of Trade
Miss Collet
Wales
Blackburn
Pursley
Preston
Stockport
Rockdale
Bury
Collet
No-To-Hake charity ad promises cure for poverty ills
An old newspaper ad depicts a shabby man in need, claiming tobacco destroys vitality. It touts No-To-Hae as a guaranteed cure, sold by druggists with a Sterling Remedy Co. address in New York City or Chicago, framed as a charitable effort.
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Sterling Remedy Co
New York City
Chicago
Crystals Drift Between Dikes Rewrite Rock Ages
American Naturalist describes Glasdrumman Port Ireland where a eurite intrudes basaltic andesite. Crystals from the eurite including pink orthoclase quartz and feldspar appear in the surrounding andesite, showing higher fusibility magma can float crystals into lower fusibility rock before full melting.
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Cole
Glasdrumman Port
County Down
Ireland
Not Well Up on the Subject
A wayside beggar pleads pity, counting his blind family size with a sharp retort to a concerned lady. The Waterbury humor captures a moment of social irony where appearance conceals hardship. The brief vignette emphasizes compassion amid lack of sight and income.
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Waterbury
Birdsong and nature’s orchestra charm a thrift romance
In a light dialogue a man praises listening to birds and nature’s choir on a small salary while a woman agrees, calling the simple pleasure inexpensive. The exchange has the tone of a casual, cozy feature or filler in a periodical.
Safety Valve For Health In Old Remedies
Open the safety valve of the system and avoid danger by using Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. The text links steam bead danger to bowels and urges prompt use of the product to guard against closure. It claims relief from biliousness dyspepsia malaria rheumatic and kidney complaints nervousness and neuralgia as a pleasant potent conqueror of diseases.
Pugilist Closes In On Unseen Cash After Fight
A brisk exchange reveals the boxer did not realize any large winnings until awakening four weeks after the bout. The interview underscores his surprise at past earnings and the delayed awareness of his financial gain.
Dr Kline's Great Joe Restorer claims cures
An advertisement states ITS All Fits is stopped free by Dr Kline's Great Joe Restorer. It promises no fits after the first day's use and Marvelous cures. A trial bottle is offered free and requests sending to Dr Kline at 931 Arch St. Philadelphia.
A Large Racket Over Next Door Causes Curious Inquiry
Mr. Darley asks about the loud disturbance next door and Mrs. Darley explains the cry of Mrs. Noyes's baby, clarifying the source of the commotion as a noisy infant. The exchange hints at small town life and neighborly curiosity in a light moment.
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Mr. Darley
Mrs. Darley
Mrs. Noyes
Noyes
Teething Relief Recalled as Old Remedy Highlighted
The notice promotes a familiar teething aid Mra WixsLow's soothing syrup for infants. It urges caregivers to trust the traditional remedy to ease teething discomfort in babies.
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Mra WixsLow
A Formidable Rival in Playful Courtship
A humorous exchange unfolds with a suitor declaring love and the woman replying that another cousin has claimed the same. The joke hinges on ear length as the counterpoint to the rival’s affection, ending in lighthearted embarrassment and wit.
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Fraulein
Dorjbarbier
Hanson’s Magic Gorn Salve Warranted Cure or Money Refund
Ad promotes Hanson’s Magic Gorn Salve with a money back guarantee. It claims to cure ailments and urges customers to ask their druggist, priced at 15 cents. The brief notice presents a simple consumer product offer and refund promise without additional details.
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Hanson
Diggs Scribulous Draws Praise for Generous Spirit
Diggs refused to send a copy of his latest book to hospitals when asked, a choice cited by Pittsburg Post-Dispatch as evidence of his sympathetic character. Fellow man support frames the debate over his generosity and public image.
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Diggs
Scribulous
Figgs
Pittsburg
Spacer-Old Killbill vows libel suit over honorific mix
Spacer threatens legal action after the Pittsburg Post-Dispatch ran a piece with an "Hon." before his name. The humor columns note the quarrel centers on a misapplied honorific and potential defamation concerns.
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Spacer
Killbill
Pittsburg Post-Dispatch
A Pound of Prevention
A quip exchange on prison reform with a philanthropist suggesting letting convicts stay out of prisons as a remedy. The cartoon commentary frames deliberate neglect as a possible cure, highlighting debates on humane treatment and systemic reform.
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Penoligist
Puck
Desk organization for women at the Philadelphia Press
A short piece urges practical desk tidiness for women, offering simple, clever storage tricks. It suggests anchoring penholders and pencils with strings, securing scissors, using ribbon compartments, tacking water spaces for pencils and stamps, and employing spring clips to separate piles of papers. It favors minimal fittings and a large, plain blotter square over elaborate setups.
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Dresden
Milady
Alphonse
Philadelphia Press
Silk Coated Cotton and Linen Fabrics Patented Process
New method described to apply a silk coating to cotton and linen textiles using waste silk dissolved in copper or nickel ammonia solution. Process includes acid pretreatment, air removal by rollers, washing, drying under tension, silk bath immersion, repeated coatings if needed, ammonia recovery, and final finishing steps.
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Moniteur de la Teinture
New York Tribune
Shift to Coach Horses Drives Market Demand in Horse Trade
The Western Agriculturist notes a market pivot from fast trotters to coach horses in size, style, and beauty. Breeders previously pursued speed, but urban markets now prize high knee action and showy form, with European buyers and domestic demand shaping a thriving but changing horse economy.
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Tnd
Paris managers seek change to theater tax system
The Paris theater managers press for reform of the Droit des pauvres tax on gross receipts, a 15 percent levy that can hit managers despite losses. The annual yield is about 2.5 million francs, and officials reveal exact profits, discouraging press agent exaggeration and masking true performance.
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Paris
New York Post
The Heroine Commands Stage Amid Narrow Limits
The heroine held center stage and asked who could be happy amid such surroundings. A villain broke the moment with a rude laugh and a taunt about the road ahead, as she shivered at the ominous promise.
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Felicity
Detroit
Tribune
Misunderstood Poet Contemplates Morphine or Razor
Detroit fragment shows a distressed speaker crying misinterpretation of his poem as public mockery. He contemplates spending his last ten cents on morphine or a razor, lamenting the world's laughter at his work.
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Detroit Tribune
Syrup of Figs and Its Benefits Advertised
An advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a pure liquid laxative, claiming it cleanses the system, aids kidneys liver and bowels without weakening them, and relieves colds headaches and fevers. It notes the product is sold by druggists in 50c and 1 bottles and manufactured only by the California Fig Syrup Co. with its name on each package.
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California Pig Syrup Co
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