Practical notes and tips from home garden to kitchen
An aggregation of home, farm and garden hints from various papers. Topics include disinfectants for poultry yards, zinc paint mixes for iron protection, peach trees grown in sod, restoring sickly potted plants with hot water, baked apples with cream filling, quinces as a substitute, blackbirds in cornfields possibly aiding pest control, pickled grapes recipe, and a legal note on a state health board member eligibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Y
Poston Post
N. Y. Post
Ohio
Measuring the Age of Trees From Girth to Growth Rates
J A Farrar notes rings prove unreliable for old hollow trees. external girth offers a better measure for age and growth. He cites oak examples and uses arboretum data from London to estimate century by century growth, acknowledging substantial uncertainty in later centuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kew
de Candolle
London
J. A. Farrar
Potatoes Seen Going Strong Across Regions
The English paper says this year's potato crop may be among the best on record with yields reported as extraordinarily good nationwide. Chester market sold potatoes at just over a farthing per pound while Scotland faces alarming disease in older varieties. Prospects look very good though concerns linger about disease spreading southward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Scotlands
Locomotive Kills Man Chasing Hounds in Wheeling
In Wheeling West Virginia James Duff led two hunting dogs along the railroad when a coming locomotive frightened the dogs causing them to circle him. He was bound and unable to move and was struck and killed by the engine.
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Wheeling
W. Va
James Duff
Foran Uses St Jacobs Oil After Knee Relief
Congressman elect Martin A. Foran of Cleveland says St Jacobs Oil has been safe and reliable for his family and furnished him relief for a lame knee in a Plain Dealer report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland, O
the Plain Dealer
Martin A. Foran
Dentist Prompts Caution in Mouth Care
A Buffalo Express quip warns that a dentist who looks down in the mouth may feel better, implying caution about professional motives and trust in medical advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo Express
Germ Theory and Warner's Safe Cure Discussed in Parlor Talk
A couple discusses the germ theory and its claims in a long excerpt. The piece describes bacteria as disease agents, cites Tyndall Pasteur and Koch, and promotes Warner's Safe Cure as a superior remedy to fortify the body against infection.
History of a Besotted Man and a Pig Line
A jumbled Pittsburgh Telegraph note jokes that the line between a besotted man and a pig is thin. It includes a garbled quote from Dr Jas B Mills claiming his patients benefited from Brown's Bitters to dampen indigestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh Telegraph
Ansih
Ala
Jas
B. Mills
Dr Isaac Ompson's Bye Water Discovery
A brief item notes a reference to Dr Isaac Ompson and a product or discovery termed Bye Water with a value of 250. The fragment suggests a historical mention without clear context or date.
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Dr. Isaacompson
Dr Pierce’s remedies praised for health and vigor
An advertisement asserts Fortune comes from health and promotes Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a liver stimulant and blood purifier for consumption and scrofulous lung disease. It also touts Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets as vegetable and gentle, aiding headaches constipation and bilious attacks. A Chicago Inter Ocean note mentions diamond studs and paste.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. V. Pierce
Golden Medical Discovery
Dr. Pierce
Patent Medicine Testimonials and Promotions from 1880s Ads
A collection of short notices and endorsements for Ely's Cream Balm, Piso's Cure, Brown's Iron Bitters, Walnut Leaf Hair Restorer, Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, S S S, and Brown's Bronchial Tracheas. Includes dates, places like Sigourney Iowa Muskegon Michigan Boston Star and Meadville Pa, and claims of cures for catarrh blood poisoning and cough.
Poquonock Principal Endorses Hunt's Remedy
Ma H L Soprr and H S Clark, connected with Poquonock High School in Connecticut, endorse Hunt's Remedy for kidney and urinary ailments. Soprr recalls relief after four bottles following a severe strain. Clark cites twelve years of inflammation and says the medicine arrested the disease and aided recovery. May 31, 1883.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ma. H. L. Soprr
Poquonock
Conn
Hunt
H. 8. Clark
Remarkable Cure for Kidney and Urinary Trouble Advocate
Frank B. Lee of Little Falls New York testifies that Hunt's Remedy cured his 62 year old father after years of kidney and bladder disease and use of a rubber bag. He states twelve bottles cured him and recommends Hunt's Remedy for kidney liver or urinary disorders.
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Frank B. Lee
N. Y
Little Falls
Mr. Skinner
Hunt
Father
Also Mentioned on This Page
Chicago Journal
Massachusetts
State Board of Health
T. Leonard
Sherman
Boston Post
John
John Tyndall
Pasteur
Bright
Koch
Warner
Encyclopedia
Gunn
United States Medical College
Wise
Chicago
Inter Ocean
C. H. Mackey
32Nd Iowa Infantry
Ely
Sigourney, Iowa
J. 8S. Varaghan
Muskegon
Mich
Ismail Pasha
Morrison, Plummer & Co
Co. N. Chirmenton
New York
Boston Star
Detroit Post
Swift
Taggart
Salamanca
Marathon Independent
Dardanelle
Ark
M. M.croom
Brown
Ron Bitters
Burlington
J. W. Weytes
Meadville
V. Y. Journal
Charles A. Vogeler
Department OF Immigration
Atchison, Topeka & Santa FE
Kansas
Colorado
New Mexico
Arizona
Ordexico
Mapa
Add
C. B
Rus
Ray Head
Ely Brothers
Owego
N.Y
W. Jennings Demorest
East 14Th &T
Deland & CO
Fairport
T. W. Tallmadge
Washinaton
D. C
Wat. Lawrencr
U.S. Treasury
Loose
J. M. Loose & CO
Monroe, Mich
Best i Mills
ST Eng Bay
Atuman x Taylor Co
Mansfield, Dinos
Queen City
Queen City Suspender Co
Cincinnati
Pete G
H. Harrison, Jr
Toledo
Iowa
Standard Cure Co
Pearl St
New Yor
Pate
Monarch
Murray
Portage
Taonat
C. H. Smirey
Quincy
J A. May
Macon
C. G. Spencer
Sup't Gas Works
Rome
Atlanta
Horne
W. J. Horne
Mother
Johnson
Ohnson & CO
Boston
Mass
Ree
Temple OF Music
State Street
South Jefferson Street
A. P. Lacey
Washington, D. C
Bovok
Druggists of Humane Med. Co
Rockford
A & Co
St.Louis
Seling
Jay Bronson
Dergorr, Mica
Wigs & Waves
C.o.p
B.O
Wabashaw
Samplesworth && C Ree
Srinson & Co
Portland
Murreld's
Terms and Cos
H. A. Ets & Co
H.haslett &Co
True & Co
Augusta, Me
AN. Kaa
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