Congressional actions shape vast river and waterway projects
Senate and House reports detail committees approving a broad program for river improvements from the Mississippi basin to the Potomac, with commissions to study flood control, navigation, and permanent plans. Budget items include canal, harbor, and land purchases, and debate over post office, public buildings, and education bills runs through mid month.
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Manure and the Wichita cattle trade and Washington Monument
The article discusses fall versus spring manure for trees and explains plant growth storage. It reports Wichita cattle drive figures for the season, noting expected totals, prices, and conditions. It then recounts the long history and stalled progress of the Washington Monument from early plans to late 1850s funding challenges.
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Almont
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Wichita
Clover seed yields mixed clover crop in plaster rich soils
A farmer writer describes clover seed performance with plaster rich soils showing two to five bushels per acre depending on stand and season. He notes the crop often lodges, mowing becomes focus, and plaster and timing affect vitality and hardiness. An Arizona girl shoots her lover and says I forgive you.
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Arizona
Mary
Ocean Bed Myths and a Lone Shoe Hoax
A fragmented 19th century style essay argues against the belief that ocean depths trap air and preserve wrecks. It cites Morse on dredging oddities and recalls a New England dive yielding a single iron spike, with a Quasco Bay find of a shoe shoe pair noted as a curious hoax or coincidence.
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B.S. Morse
Haarlem
New England
Hine
Qasso Bay
Aelion
Jegerdemnin
Odd Midwestern Patent Advice Touts Egg Preservation and Remedies
A fragment from Jarper's Magazine and The Farmer's Advocate describes a prize winning method to preserve eggs and notes on various tonics and patent medicines. It lists techniques using butter and bran, packing eggs for eight to ten months, and endorses elixirs said to cure numerous ailments and offer health benefits. It references locations in Wisconsin and Minnesota and promotions for magazines and patent remedies with sensational claims.
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Farmer's Advocate
London
Ontario
Mtly
Patent medicine ad touts soothing syrup for children
The item promotes Whisnws's Soothing Syrup as a universal remedy for rheumatism, burns, sprains, cramps, and various ailments in men and children. It claims long history, safety, and worldwide use, with promises of money refunds if not satisfied. It notes Curtis & Perkins as the outside wrapper distributors.
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