Garden Notes and Fruit Fritters From A Busy Agricultural Page
A collage of farming tips and horticultural observations. Advice on sowing beans after frost, crop failures in canary seed, and pest guards against mice. Experiments suggest mixed crops outperform single-species fields. Also included is a recipe for fruit fritters with a simple batter and frying method.
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United States
Bermudas
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Europe
Chicago Tribune
Chicago Journal
Ireland
Nature
N. Y
Mixed farming and stock feeding for small farms
The Kansas Farmer argues for diversified farming to maximize income with limited means. It urges investing in all stock but not overextending, treats feeding as an art, and stresses proper housing, dry floors, and efficient use of feed to convert corn into beef, pork, mutton, or wool.
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Missouri
Kansas
Kansas Farmer
Electric power drives pump at Trafalgar Collieries
The Pyramid Electric Company, led by A. Le Neve Foster, installed an electric motor to drive a pump for drainage at the Trafalgar collieries in Forest of Dean. The motor raises water 115 feet through five hundred yards of pipe with a dynamo supplying current via shafts. Brain, owners of the colliery, praise the result and plan further electricity use.
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Trafalgar Colleries
Forest of Dean
Pyramid Electric Company
A. le Neve Foster
Agemacs
Sires
Messrs
Brain
Journal of the Society of Arts
London
Quips and Quirks From Distant Pages
A mosaic of wry lines and pithy notes from brief clippings. The piece collects jokes on language, fashion, critics, and oddities ranging from a New York critic on Mrs Langtry to fashion terms misheard in humorously strained translations, ending with a moral about future possibilities.
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Norristown Herald
Lowell Courier
Burlington
Hart County
Philadelphia Ledger
Lollia Paulina
Aggripina
Burdette
H’m
Denver Tribune
Science and Industry Notes From The Era
A digest of diverse topics from sugar interests in Jamaica to cocoons used in hat making. Reports include Florida estates, the use of cocoons from China Japan and Australia, pin production in New England, amber processing in Dantzig, and health and safety notes on lead exposure. Also guidance on flour storage and baking preparation from American Miller.
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Lord Houghton
Florida
Jamaica
China
Japan
Australia
Wilkesbarre
Scranton Republican
Glasgow
New England
Cuba
South America
Canada
England
United States
Dantzig
Doctorly Blood Bargain Ends In Jest
A deranged man bursts into a city doctor’s office and pleads to be bled to write his love in blood. The physician dismisses him and mocks the request, offering a sharp insult and refusal while the man retreats, convinced of his passion.
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Detroit Free Press
Brass bedsteads gain favor in American homes
Brass bedsteads that were unknown in America a few years ago are rapidly gaining in favor as a new household trend. The item’s popularity rises amid evolving interior decor tastes and affordability considerations for buyers seeking durable, stylish bedroom furnitur e.
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America
Oh My Back Brown's Iron Bitters Ad Claims Cure
An advertisement touts Brown's Iron Bitters as a quick cure for back pain caused by various ailments. It claims the medicine strengthens the foundation by purifying and enriching the blood and notes that leading physicians and clergymen endorse the product.
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Cleveland
Buffalo
Rochester
Albany
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Ohio
J.c.gault
H.C. Townsend
Gen. Pass
ST. Louis
Nebraska
Etham Sibley & Co
Chicago
Illinois
John Tuttle
CAS
Gratin
Maumee River
Logansport
Ind
O. B. Sargent
T. R. Carroll
I. R. Carroll
Switzer & Kehnast
Johnson Reaper and Mower
Excelsior Twine Buinder
Clipper Plows
Bryan Plows
Clinton St
Tippin
Roger Knives & Spoons
Mangas & Gorman
A. L. Schlientz
Deuber Watch
Rogers Bro
BGF
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Parker’s
E. J. Allen
Secret Service
United States Army
C. C. Wick & CO
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Washington
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Cambridge
Zanesville
Newark
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Parker
Hiscox & Co
N.Y
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Noodor
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Cologne
Sena
F. J. Cheney
Adams Street
Oledo Ohio
G. W. Bechel
Board of Commissioners
Defiance County
Lick Creek
Hartsboro’s
Washington Township
Said
Chas P. Tittle
Auditor’s Office
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Union School Board
J. P. Buffington
Defiance, Ohio
Hakery
R. Brown
Fourth and Clinton
Snyder & Gleason
South Clinton St
Joseph Derheimer
Brom Ferry & Co Fur
D.m.ferry & CQ
Detroit Mich
A. E. Barrows
Farmer Center
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Babcock & Co
Broadway
New York City
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H. Hallett & Co
Portland
Maine
Nate
Ely’s Cream Balm CO
Owego
Bucklen
Arnica
Fortale
Colby
Peter Dickman
The
Devils Lake
Turtle Mountain
Mouse River Country
North Dakota
United States Land Office
Grand Forks
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H. c. Davis
St Paul
Minneapolis & Manitoba
R. R
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Miss
Mark
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Cincinnati
L. Blanchard
Undertaker
Clinton and Fifth Sts
Old Stand
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C. S. Wettman
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