Practical tips from home to farm and garden humor and caution
A collection of domestic advice on plant pests and grafting, early raspberry planting, lifting tender fruit bushes, and cautions about top grafting. Also food ideas for canned lobster, young calf disease treatment with a dog pursuit, and a note on balancing common sense with science from the Eigin Advocate.
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Prairie Farmer
Shelton
Kansas State Agricultural College
Eigin
Air-Baths: A Reader's View In Healthful Bathing
A Boston Journal of Chemistry writer argues that many invalids poorly tolerate cold or tepid baths and that traditional methods like sponge baths or Turkish baths can harm the weak. The proposed air-bath uses a hair-cloth mitten and a cool room, starting with light exposure and progressing weekly to full nudity and longer air exposure, aided by sunlight for rejuvenation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Journal of Chemistry
Coming Inventions and Rapid Communication
A Cleveland Leader reader voices excitement about future tech from telephones to rapid transit. The dialogue predicts a nationwide government backed telephone network with cheap rates and home video calls, plus newspapers sent swiftly and trains reaching thirty to forty miles a minute.
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United States
Cleveland
Fashion Trends in Moorish and Renaissance Inspired Garb
New season styles feature Moorish and Renaissance motifs on bangle bracelets and lace pins. Velvet gloves, cashmere and Austrian wool, dark street shades, and intricate lace trims dominate. Tailored suits return, black fabrics surge, extensive beadwork and capes with pompons rise in popularity.
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N. Y. Post
Philanthropist’s Mortgage Scheme Tricks Young Man
A 22-year-old Detroit resident seeks investment advice from a capitalist. He is urged to buy suburban real estate with perfect title, then pressured to mortgage the lot for 1200 to profit through a rapid, fraudulent closing. The Detroit Free Press recounts the ruse.
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Detroit
Doe
Free Press
English Lady Plans London Publication on Georgia Plantation
Hon. Mrs. Leigh announces a forthcoming London book titled Ten Years on a Georgia Plantation Since the War about her life in America. The work will recount experiences on a southern property and reflect postwar conditions.
Hydrophobia Confusion Noted By The Gazette Des Hopitaux
The Gazette des Hopitaux reports difficulty distinguishing true hydrophobia from fear induced symptoms. It cites a case of a street vendor bitten near Notre Dame who initially recovered after cauterization at the Hotel Dieu, then suddenly died days later with rabies-like signs after a student remark.
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Gazette Des Hopiteaux
Hotel Dieu
Notre Dame
Halloa
Alfort
The Bicycle That Broke Bob Burns’s Pride
A gifted boy in a small town builds a bicycle from a baby carriage and metal scraps, boasting it will outshine all others. He tests the machine with dramatic speed, causing chaos as he crashes through crowds, finally smashing the contraption and learning a hard lesson in restraint.
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Bob Burns
Betsy Jane
Bob
Food talk by Lecturer John Spicer at gathering
Audience applauded as John Spicer spoke on food in simple terms. He joked that without food there would be nothing to eat and outlined kitchen origins, fried baked boiled and toasted foods with playful examples like cake and crackers inviting amusement. The tale referenced a small girl in a light closing note.
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New York
Ohio
Dakota
Sally
Grandpa
William
Henry
John
John Spicer
Beginning at the Beginning A Wide Awake Johnny-Cake Tale
A narrator recalls family meals and sharing at Thanksgiving with jelly pie jokes and the lesson of greed versus generosity. The piece recounts children asking for food, a tale of a greedy boy, and a long parable about making johnnycakes from seed corn and following the chain from farmer to miller to grocer.
Spelling Window Sign Prompts Reading Gaffe in Philadelphia
A Philadelphia shop window displays a misread sign reading We Studdy to Pleas, suggesting the owners should study spelling. The quirk highlights local storefront humor and schooling interests.
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Philadelphia
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Michael
Sona
Avare
Dale
Farmer Jones
Cacoes
E. J. Wheeler
St. Nicholas
Mary Ellen
Peter
Bill
Billy
Bridget
Diaz
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