Rural Topics Advice for Farmers and Planters
A survey of mixed forage seeds Orchard grass and medium red clover yield a good mix. Canada Thistles are easily exterminated with salt and kerosene. Articles discuss mortgages on growing crops and widespread debt from credit to merchants. Regional notes warn of the burden of high interest and tied to single crops, with varied state impacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodge
Agricultural Department
Fife
North Carolnn
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Ouisiana
Texas
Arkansas
Philadelphia Press
Pruning Grapes and House Roses In Window Gardens
Grape vines benefit from summer pruning to remove weak shoots and direct sap to fruiting buds. Strong shoots may be thinned later, and pinching retards sap flow to favor bud and leaf development. Roses for windows suit Tea Bourbon and Benigal types, with careful early spring potting and gradual repotting, feeding, and shading to ensure sturdy roots and continuous bloom.
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Bemmer
E. Williams
Montclair
N. J
American Hertical Society
Williams
Jeney Isabela Sprunt
Rubens
Perle Des
Madame Bra de Waly
Madame Lamberg
Doaventt
Tun Amie
Queen’s Scarlet
Doug- Ina
Duchesse
Bedlabarghy
Madi Ducher
Hermoss
Edward Desfosses
Mlle
Cecil Brunner
Charles E. Parnell
Vick
Garden hints on tomatoes peas and asparagus cultivation
Practical notes from the New York station on using unripe tomato seed to gain early yield, and how immature pea and corn seed produce earlier crops. The piece covers cabbage and bean planting in Switzerland, bone meal versus artificial manures, asparagus bed care, and tool use to protect stalks and promote healthy growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sturtevant
New York Experiment Station
Caret
Switzerland
Journal of Agricul
Concord
Mass
New England Farmer
Feeding Skimmed Milk For Calves And Young Pigs
Dairy notes discuss feeding skimmed milk mixed with corn for young animals and compare costs and growth outcomes. It argues calves with milk-fed diets may yield better profits than keeping pigs on grain, and stresses calf rearing from milk cows with proven milk records to boost herd production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Household Economy and Good Housekeeping Tips
A Victorian era column on thrifty living covers homemaking basics from bookish guest rooms to affordable meals. It includes guidance on kitchen budgeting, butter marketing, and simple nursery advice, urging modest, practical routines for families and housekeepers.
Extensive New Recipe List and Snake Infestation Report
The clipping lists multiple recipes including Tongue Toast, French Mustard, Arrowroot Pudding, A Delicate Soaste, Corn Meat Mush, and a chocolate sauce, with instructions and ingredients. It also reports a thirty snake infestation on a Ohio farm where 473 serpents were killed after a flood driven to a hill, and a note criticizing dairy feeding practices in Jersey Bulletin.
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Mra Mar
School of Cookery
Miss Madge
London
B. F. Renick
Circleville
Ohio
Renick Rogers
Strong Drink the Foe of Labor in Talmage Sermon
Rev. Talmage at Brooklyn Tabernacle declares strong drink the worst foe of labor citing Haggai 5 and Persia’s fate. He argues wages vanish in a bag with holes, blaming rum for poverty, urging abstinence to raise capital and save families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. de Witt Talmage
Brooklyn Tabernacle
Body and Mind and Sons
Associated Capital
Sand Street Methodist Church
Rooklyn
New York
Chicago
Sys
Iowa
America
United States
The Drunken Hell Speech and Its Warning
A preacher extols the ruin of rum, detailing addiction’s torment. He warns of lifelong thirst in hell and recalls a past women’s crusade that cleared grog shops, urging renewed action to curb alcohol’s scourge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ram
Philadelphia
Disciple of
Rum
Reisen
Hell
Ohio
Brooklyn
Beware of Intemperance Boldly Urged in Sermon
A preacher warns against drink, urging women to mobilize, urging men to seek Christ’s grace to stop drinking. He recalls reclaimed drinkers in New York and declares ten years without change may seal bodies in graves and souls in perdition, calling for repentance and prayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ition
Christ
Jacob
New York
Hans
God
Verity
Great Scheme Fails As Shower Turns Prank On Visitor
A dockland woman washing exterior kitchen windows shouts back at a visitor who begs for a meal. He tries to enter, she douses him with soap and water. He leaves in a huff, muttering about Oregon and noble lineage as she resumes cleaning.
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Baby
Bridget
Hoard
Mike
Consignee
Sonal Theatene
Ladd
Ay Man
Ordina House
Lang
America
Ted
Mamie
Johnny
Morcy
Dockland
Orient
Varlets
Oregon
Alphonso to Sophronia Letter from a colored swain
A fragment from the Boston Record presents a long sentimental letter from a Black suitor to Miss Sophronia White-Krep, recalling school holidays, family nudges, and a past romance while pleading for news and a reunion. The piece uses florid phrasing and dated diction to convey longing and affection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alphonso
Sophronia
Boston Record
Sophronia White
Krep Mass
Soia
Canor
Ophrania
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Agriculture
Canada
New England
Junction City
Kan
Republican
Dairy Notes
Thevoas
Jen Rule
Ruth Hall
York
Mr. L.A
France
Dias
Jersey Bulletin
Taimingmen
VER
Bowes
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