Green manure and farmyard practice in the field
The article discusses preserving nitrogen in farmyard manure through methods like salt with superphosphate and gypsum, noting deep mass storage and moss litter as effective. It also covers green manuring, the benefits of organic matter for soil, and the dairy value of Ayrshire cattle for Canada and the United States.
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Mazere
Masa Tash
Grees
Ayrsc
Canada
Glasgow
Montreal
Quebec
United States
Massachusetts Society For the Promotion of Agriculture
Scotland
Euler
Wade
Europe
Brit
Mite prevention and kerosene emulsion for poultry houses
Colac Herald discusses a mite problem in chicken houses and details a kerosene emulsion treatment. It covers preparation using soap and kerosene, dilution, spraying method, and repeated applications to target mites and their eggs while noting partial effectiveness and the need for continued treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wales
Wichfield
Kereengemaleion
Berliging
Tobacco and the Church Through the Ages
The article traces tobacco use in religious settings from the 17th century to Puritan New England. It notes Cambridge authorities forbidding tobacco in Mary’s Church and penalties for smoking near meeting houses. It cites Pope Urban VIII’s 17th century plea against church tobacco and snuff use, highlighting church discipline and moral concerns.
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Be Roset
Westminsinn Gazette
Cambridge
Mary‘s Church
New England
Urian
Baronet Heir Found in Dover Lodging House
The Daily Chronicle notes that John Caldwell Lees heir to Sir Harcourt James Lees, a baronet, died in a Dover lodging house after a unsettled life. He had served in the Chartered Company's forces in South Africa and traveled widely before settling in Dover six years ago. His funeral occurred from Phillips’s private house with mourners including his wife and his solicitor.
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Black Rock
Dublin
Tate of Wight
John Caldwell
Dover
Chartered Company
South Africa
South America
Firet
London
Lees
Phillips
Germany
7Ranby
Ped
Ireland
Thief Office
Sierra Leone
Mohammedan College of Calcutta
Government of India
Australian wine trade seeks direct NSW to London exports
The Sydney Morning Herald reports NSW growers aim to ship wines directly to the London market. Officials including Mr Preedy discuss government controls on wines and advertising spending by Australian producers to boost sales in Britain and Australia.
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London
Australia
England
Nea
Sydney Mourning Herald
Magure
South Australia
New South Wales
Paerdy
Omce
Orlon Andleystooe
Preedy
Chin Gordon
Wwe
Bert
Britain
Audetrallan
Myreelf
Walser Tisii
Anil
Septimus Smility Amd
Ian
Rink
Danish Arctic expedition trader and two companions perish
A telegram from Copenhagen reports that Mr Mfylin the Denmark expedition trader and two companions and an Eskimo perished in a storm while traveling inland in Greenland. The expedition left Copenhagen June 196 and aimed to chart the north east coast between 60 and 70 degrees latitude.
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Coper Aogust
Mfylin
Denmark
Eskinse
Jae
Stafion
Js Renort
Greenland
Copenhagen
Erichsen
Shannon Island
Cape Bramarck
Worth
Erichsen Wis
Duke of Orleans
Peary
Linsd's Weekly
Confounded head waiter at Dondon dinner
A disorderly scene at a Dondon dinner features a self-styled confounded head waiter who laments guests in disguise while a visitor asks about who everyone is. The passage blends comic misrecognition with a disrupted social moment amid an odd dinner exchange.
Ceylon Village Feast at France-British Exhibition Scene
A Ceylon village ceremony at the France-British Exhibition drew a diverse crowd as Chief Hamashumdram AumMened led rites in a back enclosure. Hindus in bright robes and a palmist officiant observed incense, chanting, and a harmonium performance amid colorful wall decorations.
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Ceylon
Hilich Boundba
Christ
A Woman of Quality The Discreet Maid and Hidden Closets
A fragmented piece contrasts fashion and domestic care with notes on preservation and scent in a lace filled wardrobe. It mentions leather, veils, cupboards with compartments, and a family scent lineage, alongside a scientific digression on ice cream production and purity.
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Gohan
Quilny
London
Milady
Rene Tet
Moulton
America
Pachanemma
RIANA Specimens and Punch Roundup
Readable scraps note sketches of theater and satire from Punch and Pittsburg Observer. Mentions a cottage near gold inks and a Delly Mill, a Stud in the country, and a modern critic Hashami reacting to a theatre piece with a wife’s quip about improbable plot timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delly Mill
Punch
Hashami
Pittsburg
The Blind Boy
A fragmented dramatic tale follows a blind boy and his caretakers as a moral test unfolds. A neighborly dynamic, a money order, and a mysterious margin note drive a sequence about truth, temptation, and virtue in a tense domestic scene.
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Ted
Ned
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Ayrshire
Mms
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Paris
Colomada
Grasse
Welne
Canadian Prairie
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Marth
Trieste
Gamnele
Sendala
Zeltwug
Colac Herald
Baronets
Lodgix
Dover Romance
Australlan Wines
Orty
Ieee
the Venight Rich
Don Ice-Fl
Heen
Dand
Dane
the Beekeeper
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Orchaerl
Laddees
Mall
Nhey
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Tne
Britten Pub
Thoes
Alxtier
Suthor
Poe
Americus
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Ralfond
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Louise Chandler Moulton
John Lane
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Riana
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Gnu
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Arene
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Ming
Browne
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