Burlington Route Plans Experimental Farms in Nebraska
The Burlington Route will operate seven experimental farms in McCook Alma Oberlin Curls Holdradge Hastings and Broken Bow Nebraska next year. A resident farmer will oversee each site and report progress weekly while soil moisture is preserved using the Campbell Method with special machinery. Daily samples from each station go to the State University of Nebraska for moisture testing and a final comprehensive report will be published.
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Burlington
McCook
Alma
Oberlin
Curls
Holdradge
Hastings
Broken Bow
Nebraska
Farever
Burington
Campbell
Thea “Campbell
State University of Nebraska
Camel Joke Trumps Fear in Feeding Time Tale
The Tiger and Lion discuss a camel during feeding, noting the camel always comes out flat-footed, a quirky line that adds humor to the scene with the animals’ conversation.
Straight As an Arrow Indian Medicine for Health
The Indian uses a bow like skill and years of training to perfect natural healing. His medicine combines herbs gums and plants to purify the blood and invigorate the stomach and liver, promoting health without poisonous ingredients. Available today at all druggists for a return to health.
How Farmers Manage Dairy and Poultry Posts
A Farmers' Review excerpt discusses tuberculosis risk from milk and dairy practices, noting conflicting views on infection routes. It covers freezing poultry for storage, air circulation in freezers, and packing methods for large vs small lots to preserve quality and prevent thawing before market.
Creamery operations and seasonal profits for dairymen
A speaker argues against a creamery run only five months a year, saying such limited production leaves patrons dissatisfied with receipts from cows. He notes it cannot pay to feed cows year round for five months of cream. A skilled operator should seek a larger profit share by extending the season, as profits shrink when cream output is too low and expenses rise.
Perils of Tuberculosis in Cattle and Winter Dairying
The text warns tuberculosis spreads from infected cows through dust and milk, risking animals and farm workers. It urges ongoing eradication efforts, education of farmers to feed cows properly, and to build winter dairying in creameries so families can save money and stay ahead financially.
Freezing Poultry: Dry Packing Rules From New York Review
A writer in the New York Produce Review advises strict dry packing for frozen poultry. Use spacious planed lumber cases, with old tom turkeys separated from young birds, and chickens ducks geese packed in two layers with breasts positioned bottom and top. Pack meat neatly, with clear stencil labeling for each kind.
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New York Produce Review
Educating a Colt and Poultry Raising Beaufrey
An exchange argues early training shapes horses and poultry. Begin halter breaking, teach obey commands, and pair yearlings with safe horses to fix habits before weight. Emphasizes safety, efficiency, and avoiding overtraining while noting women’s aptitude in poultry raising as a potential revenue source.
Wages and farm labor contrasted with city work in the South
The article argues farm laborers are often better off than city workers, citing Pittsburg carpenters paid 2 per day and urban costs. It contrasts farm life perks with city rent, and notes many skilled workers face seasonal work while farms provide near-free housing and steadier living costs. It also covers beekeeping tips, hive moves, sugar feeding, and lamb market notes.
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Mississippi
Pittsburg
Iite
Caution Hostess-Well Tommy Best-Behaved Boy
A dialog from a New York Dispatch excerpt features Tommy telling a hostess he is the best-behaved boy at table though he would rather not claim the upper hand. He jokes his mother would think otherwise and worry, risking a doctor’s call.
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Tommy
New York
In Love. A Quirk of Proofreading Pair Debate
In Love quotes a sentimental young aly and a prosaic probey arguing about unity of thought in romantic terms. The exchange reflects playful wordplay on shared desires and misprinted dialogue from a Washington Cunital source.
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Aly
Washington
Golden Rind Watermelon Seed Promotion Bold Claims
An advertisement touts 1,000,000 packages of Golden Rind Watermelon with vivid claims of a freak nature rind and prize incentives. It cites 1896 prizes, high earnings, and a seed book from John A. Salter Seed Co in La Crosse Wisconsin, urging postpaid orders for $1.00 packages.
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Salzer
John A. Salter Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
Fragmentary 19th Century Ads and Oddities
A garbled mix of patent remedies dog carcasses with hydrophobia rabies notes, a Brenham Texas centenarian claim, farm for sale exaggerated pricing, and various medical and household product pitches. Contains vendor names and scattered dates, showing a rough advertisement page fragment with miscellaneous curiosities.
Patents Granted Last Week to Minnesotan Inventors
Last week Northwestern Inventura Walter I. Butler and others in Minneapolis Duluth and Winnebago City received patents for a typewriter attachment a transmitter hoisting devices motor driven harvesters weed cutters and cultivate rs a gas generator and a wheat flour trademark among other items from inventors including Marioni H O Clark Delbert Reynolds Adolph Troagh Wave Stromso and James Ratledge with multiple locations cited in Minnesota and Washington D C
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Northwestern Inventura
Walter I. Butler
Minneapolls
Minn
Marioni
H. O. Clark
Minneapolis
Tetehoe
R. L. Ettenger
Rupiey
Duluth
Joshua Evered
Aham
Charley A. Kulberg
Hawlek
Tioncer Presa
St Paul
Washington, D, G
Lucky Fini Inquiry Shifts to Fortune Tale
A fragment from Cinucinat Enquirer reports a cryptic exchange with a regal figure in Bkote. The dialogue hints at fate, fortune, and a peculiar metaphor about a chestnut stuffed offer.
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Enquirer
Quotation Error Sparks Detroit News Debate
A fragment from the Detroit News contains a garbled quote about a mother and baby, noting disbelief at a claim and describing a person as “huge big” and “wissing.” The snippet suggests confusion over wording and possible misprint in the original report.
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Detroit News
External or internal treatment at the bar sparks exchange
A tense bar scene at a hotel in Indianapolis features a bartender vowing to soak a patron in the neck if he does not leave. A courteous gentleman questions whether the action is external or internal, while the two-hour stand near the stove adds to the charged atmosphere.
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Indianapolis Journal
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Purlington
Dairy and Poultry
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Farmers’ Review
Prat
McPadder
Newcastle Farmers’ Club
Bath and Wells
Ooxford
England
Coe Ee
Horney
Thomas Newmen
Ohio
Michigan
Indiana
Winatsaa
Janam
United States
Potters Mills
Mary Murick
Brenham
Tex
Qillpeter
Dolivar, Pork Co
Mianouri
Wegeman
N. Davon
Winalow
Lust
Ayer
Household Pub
T’g Co
Bleecker Street
Thompson
Vive
Deane
Tal
Oxamner Ds
Olive Deane & Weaver
McGil
Wanb
Pandy Cathartig
Walter Baker & Co
Walter Baker & CO. Ltd
Dorchester
Mass
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