Information and cures fill the old world’s pages
A collage ofAdvice and anecdotes promotes tonic cures and wisdom. The piece touts stomach bitters for nerves and malaria, No To Bac for tobacco issues, and a catalog of patent remedies from Sterling Remedy Co and California Fig Syrup Co. It blends quips about wisdom, teachers and students with familiar ads and medical quack lines.
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Operey
Conteu
Sterling Remedy Co
New York City
Chicago
The First Lawson War Contractive Yet Expensive
The tale centers on a misnamed household where a cat waters the bathtub and wreaks chaos. A husband proposes drowning the cat, triggering a series of comic disasters involving a parrot, a dress room, a suit, and a soaked cat. The wife quietly witnesses the domestic mayhem.
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The
New York Tribune
Fannie
Pussie
Kind Hearted Jack Befriends Kitten After Fox Terrier Trap
The rough haired fox terrier Kind Hearted Jack disliked cats but formed a bond with a stray kitten brought into the house last November. The once wary dog became a friend to the now grown cat after an incident involving a trap, though the tale hints at prior feline conflicts and enduring companionship.
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Kite Jack
Fragments from a Victorian miscellany on wit and memory
A jumble of anecdotes and snippets from a London Spectator style page. It includes a dog nursing a paw, a French comedian’s quick wit, a tale of talking ants, and a child’s memory lessons, all framed as brief curiosities.
Lamprey: The Curious Salt Water Vampire of The New York Aquarium
The article details lampreys as primitive jawless vertebrates, noting salt water lampreys reach up to three feet, their disk mouth with multi-angled teeth, and their method of clinging to fish. It covers life cycle from juvenile blind stage to spawning migrations, feeding behavior, and use as bait, plus color differences between salt and fresh water varieties and regional names in Germany and France.
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New York Aquarium
Germany
N. Y
Ant Armies Kill Snakes in Bitter Forest Attacks
Large red brown forest ants launch coordinated assaults on snakes, striking body and eyes with countless nippers. The rapid, concerted attack exhausts the ophidian then kills it for food, leaving the snake with no chance of escape from thousands of stinging points.
Pink Pills for Pale People Promises and Proof
Advertisement recounts testimonials about Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People claiming cures for nerve disorders and weakness. A sworn affidavit from May 1806 accompanies the claim, asserting restored strength and use of limbs after taking seven pills. Pills sold by Dr Williams' Medicine Company, Schenectady, NY, or by mail.
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Owee Hie
Dr. Williams
Eman
Sammam
Uae
Christian Aper
de. Williams
Homonne
J. C. B. Koonee
A. D
CB. Koonee
Fotary Pubil
Williams
Brodicine Company
Schenectady
Four Storytellers Roar in Sleep Car. Irishman Ends Boredom
In a sleeper car a quartet of jovial storytellers flood the compartment with yarns, entertaining themselves while an irate big Irishman sits unimpressed. He interrupts with a farmer’s tale about three boys in an orchard who come down from a tree after the farmer asks thrice, prompting puzzled laughter as the group settles for bed. A Life’s Calendar note follows, recounting social quirks and a final breakfast miscue involving an heir and a cup.
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Bors
N. Y. Sam
Butter Flavor Boost By Bacillus No 14
Prof I C Cone reports success in cultivating a bacteria dubbed Bacillus No 14 to improve butter flavor. Experimental cream ripening and inoculation increased butter quality, with initial six quarts producing better flavor after controlled heating and inoculation. Prof Conn plans large scale adoption in U S creameries next year.
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I. C. Cone
Daikmen
Conn Han
Ave
Prof. Conn
United States
Hauling fodder corn wagon described for easy unloading
A farmer describes a specialized fodder wagon with 2 ft rear wheels and 3 ft 8 in front wheels, a long platform of inch boards, and a rope unloading system. The design enables straight delivery, rapid unloading, and hauling more than two ordinary wagons, with adjustable wheel height and platform length.
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T. E. Clarke
Fresh Dairy Notes and Road Making From Farmers' Voice
The article discusses dairy practices including ValseLise for sore teats, keeping clean water for cattle, Avance and red clover for milch cows, and proper milking to avoid distress. It notes salt for digestion and advises squeezing spring ox warble, plus the concept of a special purpose cow with Bisson's Hells as an exemplary yardstick. It also covers road improvement, proposing trained foremen and orderly supervision for better highways.
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Jerseys
Bisson
Hells
Agricultural production figures from the 1890 census summary
The 1890 census reports Missouni sowed 1,676,708 scree in oats yielding 38,590,140 bushels. Missouni grew thirty one tons of hemp from seventy nine acres. Pennsylvania leads rye with 155,041 acres and 8,742,104 bushels. Nemassa shows 115,608 farms over 91,503,444 acres. Terrytots holds 62,009,000 improved acres. Kansas farms valued at $95,070,080. Fruit farm growth driven by the west and southwest. Nivapa has the fewest farms at 1,277 over 1,061,416 acres.
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Misaocni
Missouni
Tae
Pennsylvania
Nemassa
Tertyots
Kansas
Nivapa
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