Scenes of Bergen and Norways Seven Sisters and Giants
A narrator extols Bergen Norway as a sunny harbour town with a centuries-old history. He highlights its geography from the Seven Sisters to the Giant Horseman, Viking memories, and the ceaseless daylight that enhances the coast voyage. He also notes museums art galleries and the local hospital for lepers.
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E. P. Thwing
Die Lewis
Norway
Endeckorn
Bergen
Hebrides
Venice
St. Petersburg
Madrid
Lofoden Islands
Arctic Circle
Europe
Winter Millinery Furs and Velvet Capotes Dominant This Season
Exquisite visiting bonnets feature fur covered crowns with velvet bands and animal fur trims. Capotes vary from stiff oval crowns to puffed Charlotte Corday styles, often finished with velvet or silk brims and draped ribbons. Materials include plucked otter and beaver, Persian lamb and other light furs, with beading and embroidery enhancing bold velvet crowns in rich colors.
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Mara
Hamburg
N. FY. Cor
Chicago Times
Remarkable Louis E Salomon Parade In Hayti Portrait
A Port au Prince correspondent describes Louis E Salomon as a towering eight foot six inch figure with a gladiator frame and dark profile, flanked by ebony aides. He notes promises of reforms yet accuses him of royal acts, multilingual proclamations, and a Kingston bank account. Salomon’s marriage to a French woman caused native unrest and fears of white control amid a volatile political scene.
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Portou-Prince
Hayti
Louis E. Salomon
Black Republic
Salomon
Paris
Kingston
Jam
Garden hints and kitchen tips from old newspapers
A collection of home front column notes offering pest control ideas for strawberries, advice on drying horses after washing, hair care with rose water, a child’s lap robe crochet project, fowl feeding with peppers, air quality test with lime water, and a recipe for plum pudding with beef suet and spices.
About Moses and the mole in garden work
A Chambers Journal correspondent notes moles disrupt box edging by tunneling overnight yet they save crops by devouring wire worms and grubs. The writer favors allowing moles to work free of mole-tat on whenever possible, arguing the labor saved outweighs minor damage.
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Chambers’ Journal
Fastacz
Stumbling Horses and Remedies Advised by Veterinarian
The Pittsburgh Stockman cites a veterinarian linking stumbling to general muscular weakness or weakness in the leg muscles from toe weight. Cure guidance includes lighter front shoes, steel toe, shoe wear to near three quarters, a one week rest, cold water showers, brisk drying, chest to foot massage, daily walking twice daily, and avoiding slow jogs for several weeks.
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Pittsburgh
Actress Mary Anderson Denies Portland Engagement
The Associated Press dispatch from Portland to Chicago reports denial of Mary Anderson’s engagement to Lieutenant Dukes of Portland Oregon. No such person is known to exist, clarifying the rumor from Atlantic Cable News.
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Atlantic
Mary Anderson
Duke of Portland
Associated Press
Portland
Ore
Dukes
Chicago Tribune
Titus Sheard Arrives in New York as New Assembly Speaker
In 1850 Titus Sheard, newly elected Speaker of the New York Assembly, reaches New York City from Ireland by himself and with little money, according to Y. Zimes.
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Titus Sheard
New York Assembly
New York City
Ireland
Y. Zimes
Profit in Calf Rearing and Milk Use Explored
The Western Rural essay argues calf raising can be profitable and advocates using the cow’s milk for calves. It favors nursing calves with the cow before switching to skimmed milk and grain blends, stressing pasture access and careful feeding to maximize growth and profits.
Education for the Farm Needs Systematic Student Training
The National Live Stock Journal argues most farmers are scattered and insular, making innovation rare. It calls for scientific schooling in common schools to teach the principles underlying agriculture and turn farmers into observers and discoverers who can apply method and order to farming practices.
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National Live Stock Journal
Snow Protects Ground for Better Spring Crops
The Massachusetts Ploughman notes that deep winter snow, though disagreeable, shields grass roots and creeping vines, prevents freeze thaw cycles, reduces soil erosion, and speeds spring growth. Strong snow cover is linked to earlier, healthier planting and good grass crops next season.
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Massachusetts Ploughman
English practitioner’s remedy for swallowed pin criticized
An English practitioner gave a lady acetic acid to dissolve a swallowed pin claiming quick results, but medical authorities condemned the remedy as non operative. They noted that metallic bodies corrode quickly under digestive juices in the alimentary canal.
Everyday Dresses and Wraps for Children from Harper's Bazar
The article reviews children’s garments for winter and early age wear. It notes white muslin for infants, blue flannels and cashmeres for eighteen month olds, and girls mainly in white until age two. It describes flannel dresses, belted blouses, yoke designs, and practical eider down flannel outerwear with wool fleece, plus plaid domestic flannels used for skirts and kilt suits for boys.
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Harper’s Bazar
Curing a Howling Dog with Timed Whippings
A historic note advocates whipping a dog to stop howling, insisting punishment be linked to each howl so the dog learns the cause. It stresses consistency and timing to ensure the act is seen as for the animal’s own good.
Dairy thoug ht and practice on butter and cheese production
A compilation from The Dairyman and American Dairyman discusses butter salt usage and its effects on taste and price, cow water and feeding practices, chilling and churning timing, lice treatment for young stock, the impact of cold on milk yield, and English cheese quality versus American production.
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Coleman
Chicago Tribune
Thomas Downes
Fenning’s Wharf
Tooley Street
London
S. E
Winter Milk Care Promises Better Butter in Dairying
The article explains winter dairy practices to improve butter quality and yield. It compares deep setting at 40 degrees with shallow setting at 57 degrees, citing German experiments from Radon station on cream separation and timing. It notes deep setting yields about two percent more fat at 12 and 24 hours, with little difference at 36 hours, favoring shallow Holstein methods later.
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Germany
Mecklenburg
Swartz
Holstien
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Vuwing
Indiana
Herald
Warder Plowman
Post
Moses
Buffalo, Wy. ‘T
L. Blanchard
Undertaker
Clinton and Fifth Sts
Defiance
Old Stand
Areansa
Cleveland
Buffalo
Rochester
Albany
New York
Boston
J. Haitaker
Ohio
J.c.gault
H.C. Townsend
Gen. Pass
ST. Louis
Peter Dickman
Defiance, Ohio
Express
HALL
A. T. Stewart & Co
F. J
J. E Weatherford
E. Murray
Jackson, Mich
Ists
F J. Cheney &Co Sele
Toledo
Smit
Blanchard Building
Tippin’s Livery Bradle
Roger Knives & Spoons
Clinton and
Front Streets
Defiance,ohio
Clinton Street
Perry Street
Hoffman & Geiger
A-Martin
Ine
Witore
Clinton St
Paul Flager
CERY
Cornent
H. Gherke
Warren & Grant
Ll Goodel
Warren
Grant Es Ward
Beardsley
Buffington
Alyon&healy State
Monroe Sts
Chicago
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