Tricks Among Telegraphers CORN SMUT and Vines Take Roadside Field Pranks
An Indiana Experiment Station bulletin explains corn smut differs from other cereal smuts as it attacks leaves and stems, not seed, and spores survive years. Control methods include fungicide spraying or removing and burning smut, plus thorough mulching and repeated plowing to improve soil moisture retention and weed control. A second item recounts a country telegraph prank where a novice porter is tricked into delivering strawberry plants for a nonexistent farmer, revealing the crew’s camaraderie and cautionary lessons from that era.
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Indiana Station
Indiana Experiment Station
Philadelphia
Tel Asapbeed
New Jersey
McMartin
J. Bird
Evening Express
Sol
New York Star
His Wagon Was Too Wide Denver News Tale
An old plains tale recalls a Denver News feature about a crafty plains ranchman who tricks a gullible pilgrim by trading a new wagon for an old, narrower one. The pilgrim learns too late that the South Pass narrow pass was misrepresented, while the old wagon proves the better through the pass. A second note cites Dr Terrell and a joke about four newspapers in the United States critiquing the Sultan.
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Denver
Salt Lake Valley
United States
Ben Ali the thief hunter in Calcutta tale
In Calcutta, the famed Ben Ali is summoned to locate a stolen watch. Using two eight-foot bamboo rods and sacred water, he points to the cook as thief, then stages a dramatic sword ordeal that compels confession and rewards the true culprit. The tale closes with the watch recovered from a hollow tree trunk.
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Boston
Calcutta
Ben Ali
Hooghly
Ganges
Sahib
Abe
Agin
Solomon
Sherlock Holmes
Coucws
Grcpan
Ordi
Tella
Blach Bros. Tobacco Co
Wheeling
Julio
Profitable farming by maximizing farmer labor as capital
A rural essay argues small farms yield higher returns by using the farmer's labor as capital. It contrasts large and small farm profitability, advocating self labor, intensive management, and better soil fertility through careful cultivation. It also notes benefits of cow peas in corn hills for green manuring and soil improvement.
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New Jersey
New Yorker
Woman Credits Pinkham Compound With Relief of Female Ailments
Letter from Mrs Anna Ivor of Pittsford Mills Rutland County Vermont praises Lydia E Pinkham s Vegetable Compound for curing womb and ovarian troubles irregularities whites bearing down pains and backache after childbirth She reports rapid improvement after starting the remedy and urges other women to try it noting she owes her life to the product.
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Anna Ivor
Pittsford Mills
Rutland Co
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H Teter
Sleuth
Ireland
Edward Creasy
Marathon
Lord Leighton
Colonel North
President Faure
France
Russia
Thomas Nast
Sir Henry Irving
Nast
Sir Henry
Mr. Nast
Leasant
En- Nee
Rootbeer
The
Cueree
Tres Co
Gold Stock Investment Co
Colorado Springs
Cul
P. O
Imaarks
Patrick O'Farrell
Washington D.C
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