Briarcliff Dairy Farm Demonstrates Scale and Precision
Frederick O Sibley reports Briarcliff Manor in Westchester County, owned by Walter William Law, as a vast 6000 acre dairy estate near the New York Central line. The operation features 1000 head of Jerseys, meticulous milking, clean rooms, automatic systems, TB testing, and on site schools and telephones, presenting a city within a farm.
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Baircliff
Walter William Law
Westchester County
New York Central
Dhareli
Law
Briarcliff
Ctatnan
TVA
Frederick O
Sibley
Milford
N. Y
Nerve Pills Relieve Elkhart Woman’s Severe Nervousness
Mrs. E. Koontz of 320 Jefferson street Elkhart Indiana reports five to six years of severe nervousness and headaches ended after using Dr A W Chase's Nerve Pills. She praises the medicine and notes it costs 50 cents a box from Dr A W Chase Medicine Company Buffalo New York.
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Dr. A W. Chase
Hoosierisms and regional chatter from Rockville
The Belmore item in Rockville Republican notes playful slang about maple orchards and the “biled down sweetness” among locals. It mentions a top buggy seen on the way home from church and reflects small town humor and speech in Indiana.
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Belmore
Rockville
Republican
Missing West End Wood Thief Targeted by Vigilant Neighbors
A local resident known for scavenging neighbor’s wood and lumber is under watch by vigilant neighbors in the west end. Authorities say he is being tracked and may face action if seen carrying materials.
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Niles
Fragmented Passages in Trial Over Word Choice
The report recalls a debate at a town meeting over a disputed word and its spelling with Trishman defending the correct form. A jury or council discussion follows about whether a term should be changed to a variant and when a decision will be settled at the next board meeting. A separate anecdote notes a shopper asking for vanilla in a grocery store, prompting a joke about onions.
Cheney firm offers cure for catarrh in Toledo
Frank J. Cheney senior partner of FL J Cheney & Co declares in Toledo that the firm will pay one hundred dollars for each uncured catarrh case. The affidavit is sworn on a date in December 1886 before John Gupason.
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Lucas’ County
Frank J. Cheney
Toledo
Hall
Frank. J. Cheney
John My
Many Childres Bravery in Caldwell School Fire
Miss Martin a Caldwell teacher on the second floor dropped pupils to the ground as flames trapped others on the stairway. She and many pupils were seriously injured but all escaped with no fatalities. The newly built Caldwell school, donated by Congressman Caldwell, housed nearly 200 students when the blaze started causing about 10090 dollars in losses.
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Thayer
Caldwell
Miss Martin
Martin
Auburn
Double Shooting Leaves Two Dead in Detroit
A shooting at 102 Gratiot Avenue kills Agnes Mcorey and Edith Martin while Knapman, a Chicago real estate agent, lies dying at St Marys hospital. He claims the woman fired the shots. investigators question timing and arrival details.
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Detroit
Gratiot Avenue
Agnes Mcorey
Edith Martin
É Knapman
Chicas
St. Alary’s
Festital
Krapman
Kramnai
Chicago
Riartin
St. Mary’s Hospital
Prize for Essays on Strike Prevention Offered in Boston
The American Humane Education Society in Boston offers 209 dollars for the best plan to prevent strikes. Participants must sign with fictitious names, mail plans to 19 Milk Street by July 1, and include a sealed letter with the writer’s real name and address. The committee will open letters only after judging.
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Boston
Mass
American Humane Education Society
Milk Street
Farmer Braving Blizzard Prevents Big Four Wreck
Harrisburg Alabama February 17 A farmer Ewing Glasscock risks a hour of exposure to flag a train after discovering a missing rail on the Big Four he is carried to the train badly frozen saving perhaps 100 lives J A Keene improving New York February 17 James R Keene recovering from an injured knee at the Waldorf Astoria with a nurse attending him
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Harrisburg
Ewing
Glasscock
Here
J. AR. Keene
New York
James R. Keene
Mr. Keene
Waldorf-Astoria
Carpenter's Rope Breaks. Manistique River Toll Claims A Farmer
In Germfask Michigan on February 17 a rope failure during bridge work toppled a pile driver, killing William Daniels a local farmer. The accident occurred while carpenters were assembling a bridge across the Manistique river.
All May War on Turkey
Vienna reports a rumor that if Turkey fails to implement reforms in Macedonia, Russia and Austria would call a European congress to deal with the situation.
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Turkey
Vienna
Tiig
Macedonia
Russia
Austria
Farm Notes on Clover, Salt Brine, and Corn Varieties
The article discusses seeding clover in multiple passes to secure double crops, details salt brine absorption by water and salt percentages, and warns that growing several pure corn varieties on a small farm leads to cross pollination from neighboring fields. It notes breezes can mix varieties on a quarter section farm.
Farmers Unite to Fight Weeds for Three Years
The passage argues that weeds impose heavy costs on farmers by robbing soil and requiring labor from spring to fall. It urges communities to unite and vigorously eradicate every weed for three years to greatly reduce production costs by eliminating weed-related expenses and destruction.
Subsoiling debated by advocates and scientists
The article weighs subsoiling as a practice with advocates and opponents. It argues subsoil plows may break air and water channels, while others claim roots create channels that aid moisture and air flow. It also covers thinning overloaded fruit trees to improve quality and price, plus the economics of winter feeding for young cattle to maximize spring growth and profits.
Preventive medical trend and local railroad talks
The article notes a shift toward prevention with Chamberlain's Cough Remedy amid widespread colds and pneumonia risk, urging readers to use it. It reports a Toledo area representative on Cloverleaf plans for a crosstown line, Wabash condemnation moves, and school board actions, plus endorsements for Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets and a coal operators commission address by P. Bear.
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Houseworth Bros
Toledo, Peoria & & Western Railroad
Toledo
The
Wabash
Dr Bolan's Rectal Treatment Promises Complete Cure
Dr Bolan claims success in a system of rectal treatment and medication for piles fissures fistulas and rectal sores with no knife or detention from business. He asserts constipation and several other ailments are cured and highlights 25 years in general practice and 15 years as a piles specialist.
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Tusinega
Bolan
Doctor Bolan to Visit Columbia Hotel for Free Exams
Consultation and examination free. Dr Bolan will be at the Columbia Hotel on Sunday and Monday February 22 and 23 for free medical consultations.
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Dr. Bolan
Columbia Hotel
Interest on Deposits At Five Percent Per Annum
A notice states deposits earn five per cent interest per year payable semi annually from the deposit date on amounts of $100 or over and on all smaller amounts. The text appears as an advertising financial notice from a bank.
Help wanted: man for horse care and light duties
Wanted a clean living young man aged 18 to 30 with knowledge of horses to tend furnace lawns and chores around a house in Elkhart Indiana. Two horses to care for. job includes board and room with pay of 15 dollars monthly. Apply P O Box O. Elkhart Ind. dtinky
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P. O. Box O
Elkhart
Ind
For Sale Items and Local Notices in Brown Township
An assortment of classified notices includes 10 cent a package grocer offers, farming land for $280 on easy payments in Manistee County, reduced rate contact M. D. Kindy of Elkhart Indiana after March 1 Brethren Michigan, six year old mare with foal for sale through McDowell's Livery Elkhart, and Mrs. Austin's Buckwheat advertises genuine buckwheat flour ready in a moment with a warning to refuse substitutes.
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Brown Township
Manistee County
Michigan
Fruit Belt
M. D. Kindy
Elkhart
Ind
Brethren
Mich
Mara
McDowell’s
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Buffalo
A. W. Chase
M. D
Leenetius Plunder
Tre Savills
Tracey Truep
Erestan
Wolenott Enterprise
Ate of
Ohio
City of
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Edward Knapman
Boston Society
Chamberlain
William A. Girard
Pease
Houseworth Gres
Pregigent Baer
Philadelphia & Reading
Equitable Building
Loan and
David &. Simonton
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