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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1896
Page
3
An advertisement claims deafness stems from inflamed mucous membranes and Eustachian tube blockage. It promises a $100 reward for any catarrh deafness cured by Hall's Catarrrh Cure and urges sending for free circulars from F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo.
An advertisement promises free treatment trials after initial use of Dr Kline's remedy. It directs readers at 938 Arch Street Philadelphia Pennsylvania to request the trial bottle and learn more about alleged cures.
In a moonlit wilderness Ashland and Herbert Chauncey descend to a gulch where Dick Ashland discovers gold. A shot rings out as two masked men appear at the rock top, wounding Chauncey and killing Ashland, amid a backdrop of pursuit and danger near a cedar grove.
A Jenness-Miller Magazine note urges women to devote one hour daily to recreation or rest to resist the rush of duties. The piece proposes walking, resting, sewing, visiting, or chatting for an hour, promising renewed vigor and refreshed spirits as the result.
Ellis F. Augustine describes a unique stone boat that uses an axle and two wooden wheels set back from the middle. A wooden rocker at the front pivots on a bolt, allowing the craft to steer while the draft pulls it along. The design lightens contact with the ground and handles heavy loads, useful for hauling sap or barrels.
In a Farm Field and Fireside excerpt J. M. Rice argues farmers should diversify crops to reduce money dependence and weather risks. The author notes past failures of wheat and other staples while corn and Kaffir corn thrived, urging broad on farm production and thrift.
Recipe note by Mrs James Deasy Maine describes stacking cabbages in a cellar using long slats across beams to hang them roots downward and a clay filled trough below to hold roots. This method aims to keep cabbages plump and firm in limited space.
The Orange Judd Farmer argues that market gardens near cities and truck farms in the South benefit from abundant soluble plant food for quick growth. Cabbage celery lettuce spinach and similar greens need soil rich in decomposed stable manure or, more cost effectively, commercial fertilizers rather than horse manure hauled long distances.
Orange Judd Farmer explains nitrification and microbial nitrogen fixation. Plants need both nitrogen and microbes. soil lacking nitrogen benefits from fertilization and inoculation with nitrogen-fixing microbes. A light clover dressing from thriving soil can boost clover seed catch due to inherited microbial activity.
The Denver Field and Farm urges farmers to remove manure from barns and stables promptly by hauling it to fields and pastures. Winter is the best time due to good roads and idle teams, turning waste into fertilizer and saving labor costs.
Begin keeping exact records of farm income and expenditures from January 1. Value all farm assets and open a separate account for each crop and for livestock to track costs and revenues. This method reveals profit points and helps identify and stop small leaks.
The article argues manure must be applied to match soil capabilities. It warns that excess manure can harm certain crops, while no Northwest soil is too rich to grow flax mangels potatoes corn or rape. The piece stresses adapting crops to soil production limits rather than seeking unsuitable outcomes.
Every farmer should have an asparagus bed. Buy two year old roots from the seedsman. Plant them in early spring in ground rich but not a manure pile. Space plants 2 by 2 feet with crowns ten inches below the surface. Keep weeds down and give occasional dressings of salt. Do not let the tops seed, and it will be ready for cutting the next year. If willing to wait, plants may be raised from seed.
The piece urges early clover sowing to harness freeze thaw, warns overproduction may lower prices, and stresses crop rotation to sustain soil fertility. It notes large corn crops, possible use of corn as fuel, and urges prudent plow maintenance and accounting for farming happiness.
Minnesota battle over site for the fourth insane hospital sees Hastings and Anoka vying for the location after a commission moved to rename Hastings as the chosen site. A Ramsey County injunction blocks changes and a court visit probes possible political influence on commissioner votes.
Morris Presianer of No 1 Pitt Street New York a real estate agent and rents collector recounts a severe spring illness that left him nearly paralyzed. After failed treatments he credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with restoring his strength and mobility following three boxes. He notes the pills cured locomotor ataxia and related ailments and urges others to try them.
Mrs Cayenne teases Mr Wishington about no proposal while Willie hesitates. Mrs Cayenne claims Miss Miggins and Miss Giltinby say he is funny when he proposes, prompting a lighthearted exchange in a Washington Star excerpt.
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