Beauregard the Great Creole a Hero of the Civil War
A portrait of Pierre Gustave Tourant Beauregard, praised after Sumter and Bull Run, his rise and fall, the myths shaping Southern memory, and Hamilton Basso’s new Scribner biography that reassesses his place beside Lee and Davis.
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Fort Sumter
Confederate States of America
Confederate Congress
General Assembly of
South Carolina
New Orleans
Richmond
Jefferson Davis
Manassas
Bull Run
Virginia
Washington
Confederates States of America
Pierre Gustave Tourant Beauregard
Charles Scribner’s Sons
Beauregard
Hamilton Basso
Basso
Lee
Robert Edward Lee
Stonewall Jackson
Albert Sidney Johnston
Jeb Stuart
Leoth
Davis
South
Louisiana
New York
Peugnet
Napoleon
United States Military Academy
West Point
Robert Anderson
Irvin McDowell
Bull Run Creek
Engineers Corps
Fort Adams
Rhode Island
Barataria Bay
Laure Y Villere
Contreras
Churubusco
Cha
Lena
Benjamin
Department of the West
Shiloh
Pittsburg
Johnston
Grant
Corinth
Sumter
Halleck
Braxton Bragg
Charleston
Secession
Petersburg
Joseph Johnston
Sherman
Jubal A. Early
the Octopus
Stuart
Big-team horse power cuts time for Illinois plows
E T Robbins notes big team outfits using 868 000 Illinois horses and mules aim to supply cheap power. In a plowing contest 17 teams with five to eight horses averaged 38 seconds to hitch and 22 seconds to unhitch per horse. Five to eight horses required four to seven minutes per team to hitch and unhitch, showing drivers’ speed and efficiency.
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E. T. Robbins
College of Agriculture
University of
Too Fine Grinding of Feed Reduces Profit
University of Illinois expert Ralph Hay warns against over fine grinding of livestock feed. Experiments show fine grinding uses 3 to 8 times more power than coarse grinding, increasing costs and reducing net returns. Coarse grinding boosts mill capacity and lowers wear despite some waste and palatability concerns.
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Ralph ©. Hay
Agricultural Engineering Department
College of Agriculture
University of Illinois
Distribution of Silage Improves Even Spreading
An Illinois farmer devised a simple device to evenly distribute silage. A pitchfork bound to the silo filler spout directs the fodder via a movable pole reaching to the silo doors. One man can steer the stream to achieve results comparable to five men.
Many Farmers Lose Land Across the United States
About 6.3 million farms exist in the United States with 2.52 million carrying mortgages. Analysts estimate 220,500 farm owners become renters annually, leaving one in six farmers demoted to renter status. The average farm spans 160 acres with a mortgage near $7 per acre, and rising produce prices may narrow the ownership-tenantry gap.
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United States
Hop Growers Hope Disease Control Through Breeding
Oregon hop growers battle three year outbreak of downy mildew. Plant breeders work to develop resistant varieties to curb spread and protect harvests.
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Oregon
Devel
Hidden Hat Quest in London Tit Bits Scene
Fragmentary dialogue from a London Tit Bits snippet shows Jeres asking about small ships hidden and a character searching for a hat. The readable lines reveal a casual exchange with no clear event or outcome. The piece appears as a stray excerpt rather than a full story.
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Jeres
Xype
London
Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets Liver Pills Ad
An old advertisement promotes Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as original liver pills from sixty years ago. It claims they regulate the liver and bowels and markets the product to readers seeking digestive relief.
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Dr. Pierce
Edna Felthausen
St. Billings
Mont
Time Better Spent Gossip in Short Lived Towns
A brief note notes gossip culture fading as towns bustle with rush of commerce.
Kruschen Salts Claim Double Chin Vanishing
An advertisement features Mrs P Ew er of Worcester Massachusetts praising Kruschen Salts for slimming hips and claims the product reduced a double chin. The testimonial promotes taking a half teaspoon in hot water before breakfast and notes a four week jar price.
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P. Ewer
Worcester
Mass
Penton
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Laure Villere
Dodge
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Detroit
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