Planting Raspberries and Garden Tips For Families
The note suggests planting raspberries in rows rather than stools to shade the ground and retain moisture with winter snow providing protection. It adds tips on keeping drinking-water for fowls clean, sowing radish with slow germinants to mark rows, and encouraging children to garden with good soil tools and seeds. Also includes instructions for preparing sweet corn peas and utilizing beef and pork brine as fertilizer, plus a fish cake recipe and stock method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Journal
M. ¥. Herald
Wn. Y. Post
Spiders Respond to Light in Academy Report
At the Academy of Natural Sciences meeting Rev. Dr. Henry C. McCook described experiments showing young spiders align to light and move toward lamp beams as it changes. He noted Speira vulgaris adults near Atlantic City survived winter and cannibalism among spiders appeared limited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Academy of Natural Sciences
Henry C. McCook
Atlantic City
Lewis
Philadelphia
Controlling Bird Mites In Cages And Nests
An old bird fancier warns that mites suck the blood of birds at night and in nests. Use gasoline in cage cracks before applying insect powder every two weeks. Build nests from wire and cloth with tobacco or savory for cleanliness, and consult a bird fancier rather than store clerks who may misadvise.
Letter Found After Seventeen Years Reaches Its Recipient
Workers uncover a long forgotten letter from Miss Mahala Casey of Joliet Illinois mailed seventeen years earlier. The envelope indicates Joliet Illinois then shows she had moved to Hannibal Missouri and become Mrs W A Munger. The letter finally reaches her after its delayed journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Central
Morbid St Louis man swindled by Two Old Streetcar Horses
A St Louis resident obsessed with owning Jesse James horses bought two worn streetcar horses sent as a joke. He paid a high price for the worn animals, later learned they were valueless, and realized he had been duped. The incident was noted in a Chicago Times report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Jesse James
Chicago Times
The Duty of Newspapers and a Medical Endorsement
Experienced physicians endorse a medicine known as Dr Guysett's Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla as Nature's best health renewer. The Times notes over a million bottles sold last year with no complaints. Ask your druggist to obtain it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nature
Guysett
Fragments of Humor and Anecdotes in a Curio Note
The text presents a collage of brief quips and gossip including a drag man joking about a stranger’s son, a customer joking about liniments in a man’s face, a nameless editor confessing health troubles and praising Dr. Guysett's remedy, and a comic exchange about a late return home and a husband’s knock.
Trade Mark Case Finds Indian Druggist Guilty
In Bombay on April 14 1882 Nathoo Mooljee a Bombay druggist was found guilty of pirating the Pain Killer trade mark. M H Ballentine agent Perry Davis Son sued and the court fined 500 rupees. Perry Davis Son uphold the Pain Killer name globally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bombay
India
Nathoo Mooljee
M. H. Ballentine
Perry Davis & Son
Pain Killer
Voltaic Belts Offer Trial Period For Nervous Debility
The Voltaic Belt Co of Marshall Michigan offers Dr Dye’s Electro Voltaic Belts on a thirty day trial for men with nervous debility and related issues, guaranteeing restoration of vitality and manhood. No risk as trial is allowed and address provided. Also notes Lydia Pinkham remedies pricing and testimonials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Voltaic Belt Co
Marshall, Mich
Dr. Dye
N. B
Journal of Health
8S. A
Bitters touted as cure all and medical quips in ad lore
An advertising paragraph extols a simple harmless remedy Bitters as a universal cure and blood purifier. It claims thousands saved and cured by it and invites readers to try. A quip about an orator stirs a mixed audience and a joke about Curry-hossity appears among short humorous items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agle
Lydia F. Pinkham
R. Schiffman
St. Aul
Minn
Various Patent Medicines and Humorous Lines in a 19th Century Page
A collage of advertisements and quips notes cures for consumption and lung ailments with Golden Medical Discovery and Dr Pierce products. It promotes Favorite Prescription for female maladies and Purgative Pellets as a mild laxative. Other items tout Diamond Dyes, architectural catalogs, and quips about manners and health.
Advert for Frazer Axle Grease and Dr Isaac Thompson Eye Water
An old advertisement touts Frazer Axle Grease as the broadest smile inducer and promotes Dr Isaac Thompson's Eye Water for sore eyes sold by druggists at 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Thompson
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Continent
N. Y. Herald
the Cave of Birds
Strasburg
Rhine
New York
Chicago
Drago
Lydia E. Pinkham
Western Avenue
Lynn
Mass
Graphic
Nellie
Guiteau
Dr. Benson
House of Correction
Chicago Tribune
Dr. Pierce
de Rhumatiz
Trichtune
Germany
Lowell Courier
Wm. T. Comstock
Astor Place
Spring Tobacco
Lydia
Pinkham
Wakefield
C. Wakefield & Co
Bloomington
All Drugg'sts
Johnson & Co
Boston
Bangor
RORA
F. L. Pond
Aurora, Kane Co
Wise
Loomis & Nyman
Tiffin
Ohio
Queen City Suspender Company
Cincinnati
Queen City Suspender Co
Ohi
E. Tourjee
Chicdle
Circularfree
U. Bayliss
Dubuque, la
Gamaritaq
A Journal OF Transportation, Engineering and Railroad News
Broadway
Oru
Lessix E. Aig Ae Surgeonec
A. RK. L
Dwieur
Bis
Owens
Fulton Street
Helms & Diehl
Merek's
Water St
Com. Nat. Bank
Sheridan
LS. Johnson & CO
Masa
Parsons
2C. C.E
N. De.a. Ave
Philo
Dre. J. Sreparens
Lebanon
E. Roth & Bro
New Oxford, Pa
THE
Aultman & Taylor CO
Mansfield, O
Wa. T. Comstock
Jay Bronson
D&rolt
Mich
True & Co
Augusta
Yonge & Co
Ove St. Louis, Mo
Addi’s H Hallett & Co
Portland
B.o.strehl
Wabashay
Stinson & Co
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