Vermont Farm Figures and Household Notes From a 19th Century Page
Vermont lists 36 000 farms with only ninety seven at or above 1000 acres. An aristocratic Jersey cow yields nineteen pounds of butter weekly and sold around 200 dollars. Advice covers grazing, weed control on lawns, a kitchen recipe for muffins, and changes in table decor replacing castor with jug shaped bottles. A Tribone correspondent warns Paris green poisons harm birds, stressing their insect control value.
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Vermont
N. Y. Herald
N. Y. Post
New York
Tribone
Tribune
Straw in the Manger and the Folly of Straw Manure
The author argues straw yields little plant food and cannot become manure rich in potash nitrogen or phosphoric acid. He warns that plowing and rotting straw merely creates rotted straw or swamp muck. Only integrating straw with rich feed and stock can produce valuable manure for sustained crops.
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Tribune
Florida Governor cites rise of small farms as best path
The Florida governor notes farmers in the state moving toward small farms and praises profitability of fruit and vegetable crops. He contrasts California pear and berry producers with the larger wheat and corn focus among American farmers, urging diversification and self-sufficiency.
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Florida
California
York
M. Gerald
Floating to survive at sea and in rivers
A safety lesson from the New York Sun explains buoyancy and calm action to avoid drowning. It advises using a small plank or chair to keep the head above water, submerging the body while keeping the face airward, and using hands and feet as propellers. It stresses keeping hold of a boat or rope, carrying floating material, and maintaining self control to reduce drowning risk.
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N. Y. Sun
Arctic Coal Discovery in Narrow Gorge Described
The Arctic coal seam lies in a mountain gorge with shingly claystone surrounding rock dipping westward. It shows sixty plant species, a bright shiny pitchy coal, brittle in nature, and analysis places it in the true carboniferous period with about sixty five percent coke. The find draws comparisons to English coal fields.
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Arctic
England
N. Y
Risk to children from diseased pets in skin illness study
Dr McCall Anderson reports in the Medical Times and Gazette that favus spreads from mice to cats and then to children who handle them, with fowl also affected. The piece warns that children handling diseased domestic animals face danger and calls for wider notice of the risk.
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McCall Anderson
Medical Times and Gazette
Scientific American
Word to Thinkers on Health and Stimulants
The piece warns against stimulants like whisky ale and beer, noting their temporary lift followed by worse aftereffects. It advocates nature based recovery and a fruit and vegetable diet, praising a blend of Yellow Dock Sarsaparilla Iron Buchu Celery Calisaya as strengthening. It highlights Dr Guysett's Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla as a superior multi system health tonic.
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Guysett
Man Who Could Not Tell a Lie In Atlantic Tale
Norristown Herald notes The Atlantic carries a lengthy fiction about a man unable to lie. The piece is possibly the magazine's first instance of the author appearing in fiction in the publication.
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Norristown Herald
Doctor Endorses Dr. Guysett Tonic for Digestive Ailments
A physician notes that many patients with dyspepsia weak lungs asthma consumptive symptoms and impure blood found quick relief using Dr Guysett's Tonic of Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla. He cites numerous cases and urges trial of the tonic as a health remedy.
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Guysett
Six Centuries Old Found in French Town
A discovery of six century old remains is reported in a French town. The article notes Daniel Pratt has never lectured there and mentions Dockland Courier as the source.
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Eaas
France
Daniel Pratt
Dockland Courier
Elixir of Life Herb Remedy Advertised for Vitality
A vegetable compound named Burpock Bicop Brirrers is advertised as the Elixir of Life. The medicine is described as pleasant and effective, imparting strength and vitality to the entire system. Price one dollar.
Banana Body Down Street In Quirky Daneville Incident
A playful quote from the Danville Sunbeam captures a humorous moment as a woman asks about a banana body down the street and then imitates a comic fall with a "kerflop" reaction. The snippet reflects light local humor from a small town paper.
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Kerflop
Danville
Favorite Prescription Promoted by Dr Pierce
The advertisement touts Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a cure for ailments and weaknesses that embitter many women's lives, emphasizing its availability through druggists.
Tueman Says He Exits Hotel Business After Complaint
Tueman, who lodged a complaint and boarded a car, announces he is leaving the hotel industry. The Boston Commercial Bulletin reports his stated plan to withdraw from the hotel business amid the recent dispute.
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Tueman
Boston Commercial Bulletin
Mercury poisoning cure advert claims Kidney-Wort remedy
An 19th century testimonial asserts the speaker avoided a blue pill after mercury poisoning and found relief using Kidney-Wort sold in dry and liquid forms. The quote credits the druggist’s recommendation and links cure to improved biliousness and constipation.
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A. P. Sanford
Watermelon Seeds Turned Into Puree of Melon Soup
A brief note from the V. Y. Mail reports that watermelon seeds are being used to make puree of melon soup. The piece adds that no one has yet gone crazy over the invention.
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V. Y. Mail
Tiffin
Loomis & Nyman
Ohio
Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery Promises Cure
An advertisement claims the medicine cures bilious sallow faces and scrofulous lung disease. It asserts the remedy improves impurity of blood and weak lungs and is available from druggists.
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Pierce
Fearing Water Shortage in Alexandria Prompting Exodus to Iowa
The Burlington Hawkeye reports worries that residents of Alexandria fear a water famine and consider moving to Iowa for relief. Local citizens express urgency as supplies dwindle and uncertainty grows.
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Alexandria
Iowa
Burlington
Hawkeye
Remedy and patent ad snippets in a 19th century column
A collage of advertisements tout various remedies and curiosities. Claims include Tuomas Electric Oil for quick relief from rheumatism neuralgia and lameness, Wakefield Black Berry Balsam for diarrhea and summer ailments, Dr Isaac Thompson Eye Water for sore eyes, and Wise's Axle Grease. Also notes a hotel thief miscast as a medium and a playful line about ancient Egyptian warmth from Alexander the Great.
Dr Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets Sold For Various Ailments
The notice promotes Dr Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets as a universal remedy for sick headache constipation ill humor and digestive issues. A New York Graphic recounts a boy with a minor thumb injury as a cautionary tale about handling tools, humorously noting he avoided worse damage by not holding the handle with both hands.
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Berne
Dr. Pierce
Woman's Wisdom Advocates Hop Bitters Health Measure
A Haven Palladium quote praises a woman for prioritizing family health over fashion. It urges early use of Hop Bitters at first signs of illness to prevent sickness, expense, and worry, urging all women to adopt this wisdom.
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Vew Haven Palladium
Fragmented ad snippets reflect 19th century trade notices
A jumble of quotations and old advertisements appears, touting Frazer Axle Grease Diamond Dyes Lyon patent heels and Wise's Axle Grease. Mentions of the American Tonic Sol-Fa association meeting in Springfield and various humorous lines hint at a period newspaper page filled with brief ads and clipped quips.
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Springfield
Lowell Courier
Dr Dye’s Celebrated Electro Belts Offered On Trial
Personal notice from Turbourate Bett Co Marshall Michigan announces sending Dr Dye’s Electro Voltaic Belts and Electric Appliances on trial for thirty days to men with nervous debility and related troubles. No risk as trial is allowed. Also promotes Wise’s Axle Grease for threshers.
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Turbourate Bett Co
Marshall, Mich
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Alexander the Grate
Boston Transcript
Wakefield
Isaac Thompson
Wise
Stgut
Ceattle
Chicago
Burley
Rye
New York Graphic
Derry
Lyon
Usg Wise
Newcomb
American Publishing Company
Hartford
Boston
Cincinnati
F. L. Pond
Aurora
Kane Co
Parsons
Johnson & Co
Mass
Bangor
Queen City Suspender Company
Onta
Queen City Pender Co
Cincian
Perry Davis
Burns
All
Union College OF Law
Illinois
H. Boorus
Wr. Clara’s Academy
Sinsinawa Mound
Wis
Mother Superior
St. Clara Academy
P.O
Grant Co
Johnson
American School of Telegraphy
Madison, Wis
Railroad Gazette
A Journal OF Transportation, Engineering and Railroad News
Broadway
Bear
Wheaton
Milo B. Stevens & CO
le Droit
WasHiNgTon, D.C
Case
Cleveland
Ouro
Abstract
Derror
Mich
Metropolitan
Carcano
Ill
Dawson W. Turner
Ac. Millan & CO
4Th Ave
Cary. Fulton & CO
Summer St
Masa
Wigs & Wares
B.C. Steerhl
Wabashay
Aoura
Stewart
St. Phila
E. Roth & Bro
New Oxford, Pa
Birch & CO
AKEY
U.S
Forry Buggles Enterprise Carriage Co
Cin'ti
National Publishing Co
Langen Baugh & Co
Plymouth
Ind
P.W. Zigeier & Co
Addr's
H. Hallett & Co
Portland,Me
True & Co
Augusta
GEO. C. Hanroup
Syracuse
Stinson & Co
Portland
BAN & Orchestra Muelle
Free
Thompson & Odell
Tremont St
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