Fragmented account on cotton ginning and waste profitability
A garbled report discusses Col Sitton and the Seenter managetis nearly describing the cotton gin industry. It argues gins produce waste and misreadings by agents mask true efficiency, suggesting small planation use and substantial seed, seed and yarn weights, with profitability tied to waste reduction and carding processes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sitton
Comiparty
South
Carolina
Clement
Cabbage Cures and Ancient Beliefs Share Stage
Fragmentary notes recount ancient claims that cabbage wards disease and aids health, with Greek and Roman usage, modern anecdotes about a cayenne pepper remedy saving a cabbage crop, and brief farm reports noting three million sacks of fall wheat from California after good rains.
Manure composting and soil amendments for crops
Guidance on using fresh and composted manures, salt and charcoal for fertility, slugs, and pest control. Notes on night soil composting, swamp soil, mold soils, wood ashes as top dressing, and leaf litter for trees and shrubs. Mentions appropriate crops including corn cucumbers melons squash cabbages onions turnips beans and potatoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ananure
Agricultural counsel on farming boys endowment and training
An agricultural exchange advises farmers to sit with their sons in the evening for confidant discussions about preferred crops and seed varieties. It urges planning time for the son’s work, supplying tools, and guiding experimentation, market outlook, and prudent investment to develop future landholders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. cLobis
Stay on the Farm: The Farm Life Is Best for Boys
The text urges boys to stay on farms noting it is safest and most honest. It contrasts farm life with towns full of snares and temptations, praising work, nature, independence, and virtue. It describes farming as wholesome, God aligned, and economically honest with crops and livestock.
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Priteeth
Mrusdan
Diamonds by chemical process spark debate on free trade
In London and New York reports a British Museum chemist claims success in artificially producing genuine diamonds, while critics argue high domestic prices justify free trade. A New York note urges aid for arriving poor Black emigrants, many destitute and exposed, with several reported dead from frost.
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Loxvox
Fra
Prof
Maskelyn
Royal Society
Davis Named as Possible Vice Presidential Candidate
The Washington National Republican hints that co governor F J Davis of Texas could be put forward for the vice presidency. It notes Davis as a monument of purity amid era marked by corruption and intrigue and suggests his candidacy would contrast with the surrounding controversy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington National Republican
F. J. Davis
Texas
Davis
Homestead Law and Politics in a Turbulent Era
The column discusses Texas homestead rights allowing 160 acres to heads of households and 160 for single men 18 plus, with residency and payment conditions. It notes exclusions for state lands and cites varied political sniping about boomers and presidential fantasies, ending with a humorous New York Sun reference to Vice President Wheeler.
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Texas
New York Sun
Hope
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Tian
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Benj. B Sherman
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Jackson S. Schultz
Fritsch’s
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Medigal Science
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Little Rock
Aves
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Isaac
Heaven
Pall& VV Inter
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Cassimere
Dry Goods Palace
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TRE
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Hamburg
Roos
The
Santa Fe Railway
Cener’s Merchandise
Asany
Thin City
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SA Res
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Pai
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R. G. Sydow
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Peabody- Mouse
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Indha Swain
Comer Mave Street
Texas Avene
Howstom, Texas
I. Nowe
Amean
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Autireer
Venley
Aflsula
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Wee Ky
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Insurance Company of North America
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Granger
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Jas. A. Wirkins
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Yale
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J. F
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