Farmers prove farming pays, says Boston Cultivator
A writer cites multiple local farmers within one and a half miles of his home who grew wealth through farming. Examples include individuals who started with little, built farms, paid off debts, and attained fortunes from 30 000 to 70 000 plus, with sons expanding the ventures and marriages linking to improving outcomes.
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Farang
Thade
Kit
Soother
Doug
Iarm
Cor
Boston
Grape Growers Report Calls Dry Soils Best for Wine
The Northern Ohio and Lake Shore Grape Growers Association report for 1863 66 rejects high watered soils and advocates dry soils, under draining, and clay or gravelly ground as superior for wine production. Manuring is discouraged as injury to wine quality while certain upland soils offer richer flavors than lowland, sandy, or riverbank sites.
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Bort Ford
Ovio
Lake Shore
Mannriog
Jobaenisberger
Rhine
Taukers
Irrigation Fuels Colorado Grain Boom and Widespread Harvest
A Denver correspondent notes Colorado irrigation has transformed the region on the Western edge of the Great American Desert. The wheat and corn yields astonish with 165 bushels of wheat per acre and 75 bushels of corn in a single season on one farm. East coast farmers are advised to heed irrigation advances.
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Boaton
Denver
Rocky Mount
Kansas
Colorado
Facts Worth Remembering for Farmers and Families
An old correspondent lists practical maxims for farming and daily life. He argues thrift through thorough cultivation over mortgages, favoring offensive over defensive strategies, better fencing, timely summer purchases, and avoidance of waste. Education, regular milking, and home study are praised as profitable investments.
Prohibition Arguments On Intoxicating Liquor Sale
A miscellany of objections to liquor sales outlines many harms. It claims sale destroys intellect, promotes immorality, harms families, increases crime and taxes, burdens charity, and opposes God’s law, urging prohibition to relieve society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enya
David
Paul Brown
Predictions for the Year 1867 Foretold in Humorous Reflections
An 1867 humorous forecast warns of dark nights, beard fashions, love, marriage, and fashionable foibles. It predicts more books and poems than readers, excessive drinking, legal adices, and financial strains, with scattered warnings about public debts, unreliable contracts, and a notorious massacre near Colville Colorado. It notes rail progress of forty five miles and general social quirks of the year.
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Borsee
Many
Ni Jn
Nitiabor
Feafare
Enquire
Unusipilly
Ensiquirer
Aubaarle
Binglewapys
Girala
Dancing Reproaches and Legal Anecdotes Spanning Town Tales
A rambling miscellany recounts a comic scene of a flirtatious young woman rebuffing a suitor with dancing refusals, followed by a judge hearing a petty case where a self pleading attorney relies on prayer to persuade. A linguistic note samples misunderstood phrases like got and have got, illustrating common expressional missteps.
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Merial
Oiher
Gio
Anne
Tura
Justine
Dudge
bin Cage
Magnet Lifted Pocket Knife From Water Filled Well
A pocket knife fell into a twenty foot well filled with water. After attempts to descend a magnet connected to a rope, a glase or glass lens strategy was used prompting the magnet to touch the knife from above. The knife was retrieved quickly once contact was made.
Gold Mines Stir Nevada City Rumors Of Wealth
Reports claim a discovery by Tur residents near Nevada with speculation of rich gold yields. An Italian crew works beneath the central street, while Charenton dispatches describe unusually cold, sleet filled weather and Arctic city streets. A local official notes many trees stripped by heavy frost and Pavarenr Jonxeox receives a cowiber of fifty five pounds at Christmas.
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Nevada
Charenton
Politcal Appeal for Thurman Governor Candidacy
A partisan endorsement outlines Allen G. Thurman as the Democratic choice for Ohio governor. It praises his wide renown, private character, and past Supreme Court service, arguing he would restore wiser times and merit-based public leadership. It also lauds the candidate’s independence from factional pressure and urges party confidence and support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ty Allen G. Thurman
Demaerscy
Ohio
Meisa Domourat
Anil
le Hag
Honore Werg
Talent
Fragmented early 20th century court and political notices
A garbled dispatch reports differing views on Supreme Court decisions and political tactics. It notes anticipated rulings on the New York tax cases, debates over constitutional interpretation, and mentions of abolitionist rhetoric, Radical influence, and calls for broader court action. Included are stray items on a Wayne County marriage, a Congo postmaster, and Montana government moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Petersburg Index
Supreme Court
Norch
Moulay
New York
Bolo
Dorner
Providence
fMos
Ion
Wayne County
N. Y
Congo
Iowa
Radicnla
Massachiverria
Hier
Montana
Helena
Congress
Virginia
United Staten Army
Recipes for puddings and cakes from a vintage kitchen
A collection of recipe fragments detailing methods for making Pound Cake Porsro Poppixa and Nice Pound Calm style puddings. Includes steps for boiling and mashing potatoes with butter and sugar, beating eggs, folding in sugar and flour, and baking to a golden brown. Also describes Swans, Cocoanut Pank and Favrr Punpixa style cakes with ingredients like molasses, currants, candied peel, and spices.
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Greeggs
Gixcen
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