Fiddlers and Old-Time Tunes Stir a Youthful Heart
An elderly voice recalls childhood memories of country dances, fiddlers, and mountain tunes. He links the music to national history, noting figures like Washington and Jefferson, and contrasts rustic joy with later life. The piece blends nostalgia with a patriotic, musical devotion.
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Howe
Sweet Home
Shrine of Music
Mozart
Mendelasohn
Hunker Hill
King’s Mountain
Jennie
Jay
George Washington
Gray
Thomas Jefferson
Marseilles
Davy Crockett
Fiddle, faith, and the cradle of humor in old letters
The excerpt blends musings on fiddles and hymnals with snippets of frontier wit. It contrasts rustic fiddle culture with refined music, then shifts to anecdotes of Gen Wheeler with a cracker woman, and ends with moral exhortations about patience and character. The collage paints a slice of 19th century outlook and regional humor.
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Savannah
Philadelphia Post
Wheeler
DeSoto
South
Thorgia
Barrens
Jabez
Zalim
Jason
Potipphar
Notable educational event marks long memory
The article recalls a major gathering with over 12,000 visiting teachers, a crowded evening session, and varied readings. Speakers included Aaron Gove of Denver Alfred E. Winship of Boston and David Starr Jordan of Stanford. C. T. Carson of Columbus was elected president, and Charleston S. C. will host in 1900.
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Lak
Aaron Gove
Denver
Alfred E. Winship
Boston
David Starr Jordan
Stanford University
C. T. Carson
Columbus
Theheripy
America
Charleston
8. C
Floors and carpets guide for elegant room margins
The article explains using bordered square carpets as economical hygienic floor coverings. It discusses margins from 14 to 23 inches, lighter or dark contrasts, thin parquet borders, linoleum, felt alternatives, Kal mite, Wilton options, and durable stains. It notes bedrooms benefit from wipe-clean margins and outlines a home-made stain recipe using linseed oil rose pink and alkanet root.
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Turkey
Philadelphia
Frills of Fashion Guide to Shirt Waist Accessories
Dated fashion notes describe collars stock types bow ties and veils pairing with shirt waists and dresses. It covers linen collars taffeta bows lace scarves and open meshed veiling while noting summer wear trends and practical styling for different fabrics and neckpieces.
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Funden
Iso
Plan for a Missouri hay barn described by Mumford
A Texas correspondent reports a plan from a Missouri agricultural cell sketching a hay barn to store about 100 tons. It recommends a 40 by 60 foot structure, 24 foot posts, 12 foot bays, 2 by 6 framing, wide doors for wagons, gable doors for hay forks, second grade siding, and a hay car track along the gable.
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Texas
Mumford
Missouri Agricultural Cell
Journal of Agriculture
Silk Worm Raising Experiment In Iowa Report
Mark Chiesa of Halinn launches a silk worm project in Des Moines Iowa with 4 000 eggs from ten moths. A Italian expert supervises. worms feed on mulberry leaves and hatch in a day. If successful, Chiesa plans a farm and large scale silk production in Iowa.
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Mark Chiesa
Halinn
Des Mothes
Chiesm
Italy
Chiesa
Chices
America
Iowa
Facts for Farmers and Animal Care Guidance
A compilation of farming tips on crops and livestock including potato quality, salt use for asparagus, soil quality, and economy of farming. Insights cover horse and cow breeding, handling, feeding, and training for productivity, plus cautions on horses catching cold and proper use of grease for poultry lice control.
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Jersey
A. Knapp
Making a Derrick for Stacking Hay
In Rural New Yorker guidance a derrick for hay stacking is detailed. If the pole can be found in nearby woods the base is eight feet square with runners and a ten foot frame. The pole for sling use should be 56 feet long with a thirteen to seventeen foot long arm. Lumber totals include fourteen 2x4s ten feet, two 2x8 runners, a 2x10 base three feet through, plus several 2x3 and 2x4 pieces. Hard wood stock is priced about 2.60 dollars with five more dollars to cover the entire ready for pulleys.
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New Yorker
Salt for Stock and Salt Feeding Practices
A summary of farm advice on salt for livestock notes that regular access to salt improves thrift and feed use. It recommends placing rock salt slabs in pastures for all stock, explains limited weekly salting is poor, and suggests salt in feed boxes. The text also mentions salt’s role in blood cleansing and animal health, and touches on bees needing storage to reduce swarming.
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France
Fragmented chatter on volunteers and ads across papers
A jumble of lines mentions volunteers to Washington, travels via Memphis and Philadelphia, and various ads for products like Allen's Foot Ease, Putnam Dyes, and Glover’s tonic. It references newspapers, bridal remarks, and small notices with scattered names and places, all in a stray, period newspaper cadence.
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Tore
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Sai Rowe
Sam
Polk
Rowr. L. Tavton
Usle
Nashville Christian Advocate
Giles
Chicago
Joes
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Taylor
Kentucky
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Acelam
Louisville
Deboe-Taylor
William 8. Taylor
John Marshall
Caleb Powers
Clifton J. Pratt
John §. Sweensy
Walter R. Day
John Burke
John W. Throckmorton
Paris
Falmouth
England
American Line
Kansas City
Chicago & Alton Road
Glendale
Trinidad
Col
Colorado & Southern Railway
Folsom
N. M
Wells-Fargo Express
Hooth
Stockholm
William Booth
Salvation Army
Soedermalm
Oath
San Francisco
Newport
Manila
Nebraska
Texarkana
Ark
New Boston
Bowie County
Tex
Willis Hayes
Hall Hayes
Simon Hayes
Jack Fricks
Pricks
Thomas Fricks
Ira Smith
Hayes
Frick
Wint Dewey Canson
New York
Orson
Frills OF Fashion
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Rapedoen
Wyman
Washington
Fitton
Saver
Memphis
York
Chattanooga
Knoxville
Ohio State Journal
Allen
Andrees Allen Pried
Lacy
Pal Faneral
Bates
Willie
Philadelphia Bulletin
Fthel
Brook
Piso
Ralph Brieg
NEW Hampshire Military Academy
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Collis
Ae Matt
West Lebanon
A. M
Phadedelobia Records
Candy Tals
N. K
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Schuh
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Schuh Drug CO
Cairo
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Lesnoyers Shoe
St. Louis
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