Farm welfare notes and agricultural tips from newspapers
A compilation of agricultural insights and guidance from multiple papers. Topics include proper footwear and hallway mats, exact acres per field, profitable poultry farming, corn yields tied to cultivation quality, farm machinery and labor demand, eye hygiene, potato beetle trends, turnip storage methods, and animal cruelty enforcement by local societies with police powers.
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Chicago Tribune
E. L. Sturtevant
Troy Times
Chicago Times
Indiana
New York
N. ¥. Herald
How to Make Puff Paste in Old Cookery Text
A detailed guide on pastry making from a historical cooking school lesson. It covers selecting quality butter and flour, cooling and preparing ingredients, careful rolling to avoid toughness, and proper utensil care. The article emphasizes quick, delicate manipulation, cold handling, and air trapped within layers for light puff paste.
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Lincoln
Feeding Fowls in Winter Advice From a Country Gentleman
A Country Gentleman correspondent urges regular steady feeding for fowls in cold weather. Keep corn near birds to allow self regulation, avoid filling crops, and feed a warm soft mash with onions separately. Emphasizes water, shelter, and egg-oriented feeding to sustain health and profits. Also notes stove gas dangers and cautions on stove design and operation.
Pruning Old Orchards For Quick Wound Healing
A Massachusetts Ploughman article advises yearly inspection of orchards to remove dead or weak limbs. It recommends smoothing sawed edges with a chisel, removing large limbs to the trunk when needed, and sealing wounds with paint or varnish to prevent decay and worm entry.
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Massachusetts
Top Dressing Meadows
Farmers should preserve established grass stands by applying well rotted stable manure in fall. Fertilizers like ashes lime sand plaster salt and commercial products help but manure yields the best results. Cool fall weather reduces evaporation and supports early spring growth with less offensive taste, per Chicago Times.
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Chicago Times
Ingenious Frauds On Matrimony Stamps Scams Exposed
A banker used a matrimonial ad promising a £110,000 dowry and £80,000 reversion to lure letters and stamp gifts, collecting over 25,000 stamps for a nephew’s vast collection. Another ruse offered Napoleon portraits for 2d stamps, but shipped only a tiny one-centime stamp with Napoleon III, revealing Timbromanie schemes.
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H. C
Napoleon
Barre
Napoleon III
Dorian Fruit of Burmah and a Dead Whale in Chesapeake Bay
The article notes Rangoon to Mandaly shipments of dorians with only about two percent fit for eating and prices from one to ten rupees per 100 in certain areas. It also mentions tanenthe curries and its strong odor. A sixty foot whale washed ashore at Burnett's Island Chesapeake Bay, two days spent killing it, with William Barnes killed by a fluke blow.
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Rangoon
Malmein
Mandaly
India
London Times
Burnett's Island
Chesapeake Bay
William Barnes
Boston Post
Boy in Plattskill Altered Check to Four Ten
A ten-year-old boy in Plattskill New Jersey raised a four dollar check to forty dollars and passed it. The incident was reported by the N Y Sun.
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Plattskill, N. J
N. Y. Sun
Property Owner Reclaims Jewelry After Robbery Case
District Attorney questions a robbery victim who identifies a watch chain by claiming she bought and paid for it. The exchange underscores ownership and proof of purchase in resolving the jewelry theft.
Capitol building out of proportion like big hat on small man
Mr. Bell the new Supervisor of ee at Washington says the Capitol has been built to on all sides until it is all out of proportion. It looks like a very big hat on a small man.
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Globe
Toronto Globe
Seven German children arrive unaccompanied at Castle Garden
Seven children under eleven years old, travelers from Germany, reached Castle Garden recently without guardians. The arrival was reported in The Times.
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Castle Garden
Germany
N. ¥. Times
California Bonanza Advertises St Jacobs Oil Craze
A Mountain Tribune editor extols St Jacobs Oil as the most popular medicine of all, claiming it has worked wonders in his family. The note mentions various remedies and cures including Swift's Specific for eczema and Dr. R. V. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription for female complaints, reflecting broad 19th century patent medicine promotion.
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California
Bieber
Can
Thomas P. Ford
The
Mountain Tribune
St. Jacobs Oil
Pierce
Golden Medical Discovery
Crug
Prophecies of celestial belts and global doom stirred readers
Readers confront a mix of astronomical speculation and sensational prophecy about sun reddening, comets, and planetary alignments. The piece cites Professor Grimmer and other authorities, predicting epidemics, famine, and mass mortality, while offering health tips and tonic advertisements amid the panicked discourse.
Look Well to the Name in German Hop Bitters
A brief note warns buyers to verify authenticity by the bottle marking, stating that only genuine German Hop Bitters bear the word German blown into the glass.
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Journal of Health
Mustang Liniment Promoted as Superior Remedy
An open secret states Mexican Mustang Liniment is the best external remedy for humans and animals. It penetrates skin to bone, removing disease and soreness, and is presented as surpassing all other liniments in effectiveness.
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Stovea
Burmah
Ohio
Cleveland
Ohio Dairy
Cincinnati
Toledo
Ptsburg
Phil Abeliala
Swift
W. J. Ropinson
China
Wells, Richardson&Co
Burlington, Vt
Pange
Philadelphia Chronicle
Dre R. V. Ieree
Boston
Brooks
Red House Observatory
Phelps
N. Y
Democrat and Chronicle
Rochester
Grimmer
America
Dio Lewis
R. A. Gunn
United States Medical College
Warner
Protecsor Grimmer
Brenton, Myers & Co
C. N. Cairrenton
Noose
West
Chicago Herald
Herald
N.Y
Wells, Richardson & Co
Burlington, WI
J. H. Rar
Denver
Col
Ginpra
Marathon Independent
Ely
Frank P. Burleigh
Farmington
Worth
Dispensary Medical Association
Buffalo
Detroit Post
T. F. McCormick
Common Leas
Elizabeth
N.d
Niagara
Uffalo Eepress
Vinle
Pike
Mother Swan
N.K
Ginzer
Redding
Bourh
Remeley Oes
Pitty
Charles 4A. Vogeler &Co
Sifters
Hostelter
Deaiere
Tetter
IL G. Root
Pearl St
Catarreh
AM Bal
USA
Ely Brothers
Wego
South- West
Kansas
Colorado
Utah
New Mexico
Arizona
Old Mexico
C. I. So
Commissioner of Immigration
Topeka
Wabashaw
Chicago
I. D
Providence
Bradford
J .Yook
Mrk
Fannie Green
Europe
R. M
Auburn, N. Y
Green B. Rac
U. 8
Inter'l
Bloomingville, O
Miss
Boons
Vane Hens
Sheridan
I. S. Johnson & CO
Mass
Chambers & CO
Chicago, Ill
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific R
Kansas City
Council Bluffs
Leavenworth
Chison
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Union
Atlantic
Pacific
Horton
Pultonan
Missour
Albert Lea
Seneca
Kankaia
Richmond
Ort Newsee
Atlanta
Allceexington
Irdinapeaka
St. Pac
Paris
United States
Canada
Rock Island
R.R. Cable
E. ST. John
Aparita
Flever
St. Vitus
Dr.s.a.richmond , Medical CO
St-Joseph
Stontendirg
II Druggiste
Brants
Chicati
Hop
Drucsists
Slop Plaster Company, Proprietors
Poston, Mass
Tinckley
Hteats
Forde
Chitirry
Chattanooga
W. B
C. R.guinn
Hot Springs
Ark
Pate
Tse
Tgerald
Washington,d. C
Boe
P. Lacky
Algtney Ss
Asashington
D. C
Patcres
OPI
Wehnsk
Woourky M.D
Atlanta, Ga
Health and I
Detroit
M. W. Deveraux
Sonia
Bright
Frank Wilson
Peabody, Mass
Phillip C. Ballou
Monkton, VI
Henry Ward
N. J
C. M. Tallmage
Milwaukee
Wis
Sam's Hodges
Williamstown
West Va
Nelson Fairchild
St. Albans
2. K. Clark
South Hero, Vt
J. T. Galloway
Elk Flat
Oregon
Pote Neetty
W. C. Kline
Horst
Bank
Myerstown
Lamoreaux
Isle la Motte
Institut
Isse
F&r
F. L. Pond
Aurora, Kane Co
Ell
Porter & Makin
Sen
Wilson
P.O. Arldrega
T. A. Slocum
St. New York
SEC
Auitman & Taylor Co
Mansfield
Househol Supply CO
Maiden
Pert
Stamper Elrer
jDeate
Wil P Teehage
Acts
Susth & CO
Palatine
C. O.D
K. Burnnam
FA State Street
Tod
C. Betarday *& Co
Amon Pii
Boa Heb
Gunty
P. W Ziegler & Co
Philadelphia
A.W. Hain Fon & Co
Ann Arbor, SB Mich
Dr.Chase
Rien
Valentine
Janesville, Wis
BO Dess
Aricles
Jay Bronson
Drvsorr
Mich
KRUSS
Arsenal St
St. Louis
Pitisburgh
Gncinnats
Louis Ry
Newcomerstown
Accommodation
Columbus
Dennison
Pittsburgh
Indianapolis
Pullman Palace
Columbus Time
James McCrea
E. A. Ford
Gen'l Pass. Agt
Baltimore & Ohio
R. R
Zanesville
Cambridge
A.M
Barnesville Ateeer
Lellaire
Wheeling
Washington
Estes Baltimore
Ohio River
A.M. Barnesville
Nee M
Newark
Tee Ar
Sandusky
Oster Panes Leon
Wees
Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad
Cleveland & Marietta
Tomo
Fremont
Monroeville
Pt. Pleasant
Calswell
Marietta
Kimbolton
Bullocks
Caldwell
Ale Cease Pt. Pleasant
Gavage
Acta Athe
Canal Dover
Diane Aloe Ateleld
da Stinnne
Massillon
Eee
Premont
Valley Junction
City
L. E
T. V
Valley R. R
Canal Dover, Co
W.R. R
New Comerstown
P. C
Cambridge, B. & O. R. R
Point Pleasant
W. C
BR. R
M. D. Wooprorp
James M. Haut
Man
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Valley Railway
Everett
Akron
Canton P
Crossing Valley Junction
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P. m. Valley Junction
Ft. Wy. &C
Crossing
Canton
Cssece
Lake Park
New Berlin
Po Greentown
Uniontown
Ks East Akron
Inc
Independence
SHAS
Kile
D. E. Mishler
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