Seeds and Wheat Germination Through the Ages
The article explains seeds lose germination over time even when dry, noting wheat specimens 185 years old failing to sprout. It cites Dr. Robert Brown on mummy wheat legends, and records of beans and peas sprouting after a century in herbariums, with many cases doubtful.
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Robert Brown
America
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Bow Price
Sheep and Their Pastures from the New York Herald
A farmer should plan ahead to match sheep to markets, rear lambs for demand, and prepare fields before purchase. Unruly sheep require sturdy fencing, with rails or barbed wire. stone walls are weak. Sheep tend to return to familiar pastures after years in one field, remaining content when settled.
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New York
Virginia
North Carolina
Far West
New York Herald
One Acre Maine Farmer Rises Corn Pumpkins Beans and Fruit
A Maine farmer describes a bountiful year from one acre and an onion bed. He grew about thirty bushels of corn from one third acre, two to three hundred pumpkins and beans, sixty bushels of onions, and supplied flour with onions. He also kept a flower garden, raspberries, currants, gooseberries, and several fruit trees.
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Maine
Ifé
Death in city accident ties to live wire danger
Mangella, 24, died after his body became entangled in a hoisting wire while working on an organ at Rock City. Comrade Torcicle was shocked when he touched Mangella’s body. investigators say the ground wire was live due to a city-wide stringing project. The incident follows reports of widespread electrical work and possible cross-wiring between companies.
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Chartele
Mar
Mangella
Torcicle
Rink
Alabama
Wealth Limits for the Common Good in a Nation
Ha warp Crosisy argues that personal wealth must be curbed when it endangers public welfare. He cites dangers of vast fortunes controlling politics, legislatures, and markets, urging sober, lawful reforms to curb excessive wealth for peace and prosperity. He warns against impulsive measures and calls for just, studied remedies.
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Tan
Shoul
Fear in a Dissecting Room Memory
A student recalls entering the dissecting room to choices among twenty bodies, including a seventeen year old girl with braids and a blue ribbon. A locket bears a kind face and a blessing, and the class decides not to dissect that night, avoiding the body.
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Tam
Iis
Gorl
Morriten
Finishing Touches for Cleaned Silverware Notice
A brief notice urges readers to rub and dry newly cleansed silver, knives, forks, and tinware to achieve a perfect finish, promising superior results over other methods. The guidance emphasizes thorough rubbing and drying for best shine and preservation.
Household Tips From Uncertain Scrawlings
A muddled list of home hacks covers baking oven temps with water, slicing dry cakes thin, mildew removal using buttermilk sun drying, mustard plaster mixtures, skimming soup, lamp cleaning in soap boiling, starch improvement with gum arabic, insect-proof bird cages with sulfur, and a note about Christmas in Jesup where boys carry whiskey instead of firecrackers per the Sentinel.
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Jesup
the Sentinel
Century 1885 86 preview with Grant Civil War papers
The Century 1885 86 issue outlines war papers by General Grant and others including Shenandoah and wilderness campaigns, with notes on naval actions and reminiscences. It lists serials by Howells Foote Cable and others, special features, astronomy, education, and literary departments, plus annual subscription details and back numbers.
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Lellan
Shilo
Pope
Seco
W D Howells
Mary Hallock Foote
George W Cable
Mr. Howell
Silas Taphinn
Mrs. Foote
Min Cable
Louisiana
Tennell
Leston
G.W. Benjamin
Mumerges
Frank RB. Stockton
Elen Jackson
US UI
Marty Mollock Foote
Theauregard
McClellan
J.E. Johston
Lew Wallace
Admiral Porter
Arl
Notice to Debtors for Estate of M Fiekds
Notice to debtors of the estate of M Fiekds to settle by the ith of December or make satisfactory arrangements. Adair administrator.
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