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Newspaper

Brenham Weekly Banner

Location

Brenham, Texas, United States of America

Date

Apr 29, 1886

Page

4

Grasshopper killing recipes and agricultural notes

Mr J E Flewellen of Whitman offers recipes to kill grasshoppers using arsenic mixtures and kerosine soap solutions, urging careful filing for future reference. Riley’s entomologist hosts Braner for weeks of scientific grasshopper study in Whitman county as crop losses continue. Also includes farm thoroughness advice and notes Charles Russell as Hinckney MP and England’s first Catholic Attorney General since the Reformation, born 1883 in Newry.

J. E. Flewellen Whitman Riley Lawrence Braner Bennett Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture Charles Russell Hinckney England Ife Newry Trinity College Dublin

Ramie as a South planter hope and fibre rival

The article argues that ramie fibre could surpass cotton in the South, offering abundant, high quality fiber with less labor. It notes expert support for dry matured ramie decortication, contrasts hand and machine processes, and mentions Schiefner and Senator Foray backing dry decortication. It also cites India and China practices and cautions on wet methods.

Ramte Ax China Whitney Schiefner India

Wildly garbled 19th century trade boilerplate page

A miscellaneous 1880s advertisement page fragment covers tonics for babies and adults, cosmetic claims, salves, digestion aids, cough syrups, and dentifrice. Mentions Marysville California sales, Henry’s Carbolic Salve, Ackers Dyepepela Tallets, and vague health remedies. Also notes a Portland cougar sighting and Flood rock removal blasting.

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