Farm heirloom held since 1751 and farming tips
Warren Sherburn of Pelham owns a farm in family possession since 1751. A collection of rural advice follows, including feeding sliced produce to stock to avoid choking, destroying weevils by boiling water, roasting ham like beef, and milking tips emphasizing rapid flow, whole-hand milking, and small hands for the best milkers.
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Pelham
Germantown Telegraph
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Chicano Journal
Apples for Market The color craze and careful packing
A Western Rural article argues that appearance drives apple sales more than flavor. It urges careful picking, handling, and packing to minimize bruising, rejecting imperfect fruit, and using a lever to tightly pack barrels. It notes wind and frost risks and recommends bagging harvests for transfer.
Corn and Oats for Horses
A veterinary note compares corn and oats for horse feed. It states corn lacks several essential nutrients, causing languor and excessive sweating under work, while oats provide superior nutrition. It claims oats and Timothy hay, with exercise and good sanitation, yield higher performance with less fatigue.
Facts and Figures from 19th Century Press Clippings
A collage of statistics notes oyster traffic up 800 percent in five years in Connecticut, unions totaling 600 000 in England and 247 000 in the U S, and government costs to replace destroyed Olympia records at about 60 000. Other items record Ohio’s best paid state office at 800 salary with 8 000 in fees, Canada’s lobster trade value, New York vs London population shifts, naval payroll and size, and rail and agricultural productivity figures from Southern states plus a Maine farm couple’s labor tally and yields.
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United States
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Olympia Land Office
Washington Territory
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Ohio
Cleveland
New York
London
Caine
Chicago Herald
Chicago Journal
N. Y. Sun
N. Y. Exaimewer
Wit and Wisdom Fragments Sparks and Sly Humor
A collection of quips and anecdotes from various papers. Jokes on sin indulgence and courting, cautions about praise, and a joke about Wolfe on the Heights of Abraham. A late hour warning tale ends with water splashed and a sharp rebuke. A Glasgow professor cites a magnetic sense influencing affinities and antagonisms.
Food Adulteration Sparks Breakfast Table Debate
A French analysis exposes widespread adulteration in foods and drinks from chocolate to coffee and sugar. It cites dangerous additives and calls for U S government action to protect public health, noting improvements in Massachusetts but worse conditions in Detroit Chicago and St Louis. The piece links diet to youth health and national vigor while urging reforms. A lighter note aside recounts a traveler’s luggage surprise: an alligator hatchling found in a Louisville trunk en route to the exposition.
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Charles R. Fletcher
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Iowa
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Fla
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English visitors to the United States urged by London Times
The London Times notes that sooner or later every distinguished Englishman feels compelled to visit the United States to see the world, and even those not distinguished will eventually come. This reflects a view on travel and perception across the Atlantic.
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London Times
United States
N. ¥. Mail
Art of Flying Raised as a Modern Skill
A Detroit Free Press note comments that flying through the air is now viewed as an art with the merit depending on starting from a fence top rail or a barn ridge. The piece pivots to praise virtue over ancestral deeds, urging merit from character.
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F.gleason & Co
Summer St
Boston
Mass
Hop ‘Bitters
South London anti-vaccination figure William Escott dies by suicide
William Escott a renowned anti-vaccination boot and shoe maker of 296 Southwark Park Road killed himself yesterday in his wash-house. Earlier smallpox outbreaks in his home had cost him his wife and three children, with allegations his stance and lending a black suit to attend the funeral may have worsened the spread. A libel action against Rev. Fr. J. Beck at the vestry was withdrawn, and Escott's legal troubles and business losses left him mentally unsettled.
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Mr. Escott
Rotherhithe
Escott
Tin dairy vessels unfit due to exposed iron
Tin vessels worn to expose iron must be discarded as sour cream would be spoiled by contact. The notice cautions dairy operations to avoid iron exposure to prevent off flavors and contamination.
Partially Dead Man Healed by St Jacobs Oil
Baltimore reader Major B. White recalls ten years of partial death from glandular trouble and severe inflammation. After extensive medicines, a spinal rub with St Jacobs Oil allegedly freed knots and stiffness, restoring his health. The narrative appears in The Morning Herald reprinted from The Judge.
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Baltimore
B. 5. White
St. Jacobs
Postmistress resigns to wed. continues mail duties
Our Progress notes rapid rail progress renders big drastic pills obsolete and promotes Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Purgative Pellets. In Ohio a postmistress resigns to marry but will still oversee male mail duties.
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Dr. Pierce
Ohio
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Own Executor Letter Sparks Utility and Charity Controversy
A Rochester era feature details a famed philanthropist who named his estate as his own executor and donated $500,000 to a Clifton Springs Sanitarium. Trustees include bishops Coxe and Simpson, with aims to aid evangelical missionaries and families in need. A doctor’s letter praising Warner's Safe Cure is discussed amid debates on authenticity and medical endorsement.
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Clifton Springs
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Buffalo
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Philadelphia
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Democrat
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Gallagher
May Queen and cures in old ads mix of quack claims
An OCR fragment cites Tennyson and May Queen with claims about Dr Fierce Favorite Prescription offering cures for female disorders. It contains testimonials on Spys Cream Balm and Brown's Iron Bitters, plus notes on hair restoration, S S S, and pest control products like Rough on Rats.
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Tennyson
Dr. Fierce
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