Pardon, impossible to be sent to Siberia tale
The piece recounts anecdotes of famous figures. The Dowager Empress of Russia altered a margin note to read Pardon, impossible to be sent to Siberia. J H Shorthouse stammering and family prayers, Beerbohm vs Shaw salaries, Lincoln anecdotes, and Redmond heckling in parliament are shared. Shafter nicknamed Small Cap after a Denver banquet misprint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emress
Russia
Alexander the Third
Siberia
J.H. Shorthouse
Shafter
Denver
Sm. c
Strangest illness cured by Dodd's Kidney Pills
Friarpoint Mississippi reports a boy thought to have spinal disease who worsened until his father tried Dodd's Kidney Pills. After eight boxes, the boy recovered and has had no trouble since. He praises the remedy as speaking for itself. The article notes House costs 3 million and Senate 1.4 million annually.
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Friarpoint
Miss
G. L. Butler
Dodd
Butler
Magnet Pile Killer Cures Piles
The note offers household remedies and advertising lines claiming cures and products for household needs. It includes claims about reducing wages of sin, urging housekeepers to try brands like Russ Bleaching Blue and Defiance Starch, with prices listed and generic social commentary. The fragmentary text implies a 19th or early 20th century newspaper ad page full of assorted product pitches and somewhat tongue in cheek remarks.
Live Stock Fencing for Angoras
Goats will climb friendly roofs and worm fences but will not jump ordinary fences. The Bureau advises dog, hog, and wolf proof fencing to protect young stock and deter vermin. Suggestions include ten hog wire fence with tight wires, woven wire two feet high, rails or three to four inch barbed strand outside, and five board panel four feet high. Zigzag fences invite climbing and roof access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Animal Industry
Bureau
Jobson
Peanuts Produce Soft Lard in Hog Trials
A bulletin from the Alabama Experiment Station reports peanuts yield soft lard. Continuous peanut feeding gives lard melting at 74.6 F, while switching to corn before slaughter raises melting point to 80.7 F but remains softer than lard from nonpeanut fed hogs. Chufas produce lard as soft as peanut fed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama Experiment Station
Spray Tank Agitators Improve Uniformity in Spraying
An expert notes that an agitator is essential with any spraying pump. Pumps may have a backpressure return pipe that acts as an agitator, but cart agitators cause central bubbling and poor outer mixing. Paddle type agitators provide thorough, uniform movement of the entire tank contents.
Potato—From Obscurity to Valued Food Staple
The potato has become the most extensively cultivated and valuable esculent tuber in both this and foreign countries. When first introduced as food it was regarded with disfavor by the majority, but it won its way gradually into popular esteem.
Valuable Fruit Lists Stir Debate on Varieties by Region
The article discusses how fruit tree planting benefits from region specific lists prepared by state experiment stations and horticultural societies. It highlights Indiana and Illinois efforts to tailor varieties to counties and sections, warns against unsuitable choices like Baldwin in Wisconsin, and notes Japanese plums' questionable adaptability in certain locales. It also mentions assorted adverts and endorsements from the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Illinois
Illinois State Horticultural Society
Ohio
Wisconsin
Chicago
Tennessee
Minnesota
Wisconsin Lst
Strawberry Enemies and Control Methods
A strawberry grower outlines common pests and diseases affecting strawberries. White grubs from June beetles damage patches by the second year, suggesting plowing under to recover. The strawberry sawfly, slug, and leaf roller are controlled by spraying, while strawberry leaf blight or rust can ruin half the crop. Bordéaux mixture spraying in July or August and around blossoming offers the best remedy.
Michigan Fruit Prospects in Statewide Survey
The Michigan Department of Agriculture reports fruit conditions across the state with prospects for an average apple crop at 60 percent and peaches at 35 percent. Pears are at 38 percent, grapes 71 percent, black raspberries 85 percent, cultivated orchards 38 percent, and trees alive from last spring’s setting 85 percent. In the 14 county Michigan fruit belt, peach prospects by county include Allegan 28, Berrien 27, Ionia 10, Kent 21, Ottawa 29, Van Buren 24, Muskegon 43, Newaygo 44, Oceana 66, Benzie 40, Grand Traverse 62, Manistee 93, Mazon 0, Leelanau 61, for an overall belt average of 36.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan Department of Agriculture
Michigan
Allegan
Berrien
Ionia
Kent
Ottawa
van Buren
Muskegon
Newaygo
Oceana
Benzie
Grand Traverse
Manistee
Mazon
Leelanau
Local butter pricing favors bad butter over good
In many localities merchants paying the same price for all butter, good and bad, makes the dairyman’s task harder. The practice discriminates in favor of poor quality butter and against high quality product.
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Max Beerboehm
George Bernard Shaw
London Saturday Review
Shaw
Mr. Beerbohm
Abraham Lincoln
James Quarles
Quarles
Faller
William Redmand
House of Commons
Redmond
Ireland
F. Banbury
Peckham
House of Representatives
Senate
Rey
Harding
John Harding & Co
Davenport
Laws
F. Z
F. R. McCarthy
Jefferson
Lona
Piso
J. W. O'Brien
Third Ave. N
Minneapolis
Minn
Eking
Loneer Land Co
Lac Qui Parle Co
Lac Qui Parle Ia
Sargeant
Dickey
No. Nak
Pioneer Land Go
Manhattan Bldg
Paul
Strawberry
Michigan Fruit Prospects
Tone
Picy
AH Grocers
Tone Brothers
Des Moines
Lown
NO. Dakota
Great Northern and Northern Pacific
North Dakota
Mapes
Piico Liste
Minnesota Farm Land CO
Endicott Bldg
ST. Paul
Morton Co
Mali
E. Behncke
Nuwark
N. Y
Prussian Remedy Co
St.Paul
Min
Peoria
Warland Land & Inv. Co
St Paul, Minx
Johnson
THE
Defiance Starch CO
Omaha, Neb
Dr. Caldwell
Bea i Betes
PEP P Company
Monticallo
U.1
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