The Farmer's Burden and Road Improvement Call
An editorial urges farmers to unite for country road upgrades to cut transport costs, raise farm profits, and strengthen rural life. It cites Isaac B. Potter and The Forum, argues local communities must act first, and warns nationwide or state-led schemes risk waste and favoritism.
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Isaac B. Potter
Potter
England
France
Great Britain
America
St. Paul Pioneer Press
County Road Improvement Associations urged in every county
The St Paul Pioneer Press argues for county level improvement associations funded from county funds. It urges modern, permanent road construction based on proven methods, aiming for rapid progress as tax collections allow, despite high initial costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Hoans
St. Paul Pioneer Press
From Seed Patch to Smoke Tobacco Cultivation Detailed
The piece explains the tobacco growing cycle from seed in a patch through field transplanting, worm control by turkeys, ripening and curing, and final handling to cigars for sale. It notes labor from spring clearing to processing in hogsheads and shipment to merchants, with emphasis on constant work until consumption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
New York Times
Magnificent large red apples from North Carolina markets
North Carolina apples, grown in mountains, reach southern markets including South Carolina and Georgia. Asheville once a hub, output declined with summer visitors. Before the war backwoods farmers drove wagons to Augusta for the big juicy apples, selling at five cents a quart as a good profit despite low cultivation costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Old Colony
Asheville
Augusta
Charleston
Benediction Mixup In Boston Methodist Meeting
A Boston Methodist gathering mistook Rev Dr Samuel Eliot for a clergyman. President Eliot, not a clergyman, signaled to Brother Trafton to deliver the benediction, causing confusion as officials clarified the error. Charles W Eliot of Harvard was the central figure in the misidentified moment.
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Samuel Eliot
Eliot
Charles W
Harvard University
Boston
Sewing machine stitches through leather maple and brass
A sewing machine is described as able to stitch through leather five eighths of an inch thick on a first trial. In a second test it sews through birdseye maple three eighths of an inch thick, and in a third test it sews through brass one eighth of an inch thick placed between two leather pieces. The report notes the rapid and even stitching in each demonstration.
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New York Sun
W. L. Douglas
Workineman
W. J. Douglas
Brockton, Mass
Illiterate miner’s boom and grand Comstock palace tale
The Oregon era feature details Lemuel L. Bowers known as Sandy, an illiterate miner who struck massive wealth when his Gold Hill claim touched the Comstock lode. He and widow Mrs Cowan built a granite mansion in Washoe valley, lavishly equipped with bullion fixtures, costing up to 250000 dollars, then wealth faded as mining declined and Bowers died in 1867. The widow later sold treasures and lived by fortune telling with peep stones.
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Nevada
California
Lemuel L. Bowers
Sandy” Bowers
Gold Canyon
Gold Hill
Crown Point Ravine
Bowers Mine
Sandy
Bowers
Rasher
Bowerses
Comstock
Virginia City
Washoe Valley
Mark Twain
Sandy Bowers
Carson
Virginia
Reno
Col. Pittsburg Press
Financial Troubles and a Doctor's Simple Cure
A large manufacturer, worn from overwork and nervous exhaustion, seeks help from a renowned specialist. He is advised relief from care and a change of thought. The doctor favors the patient’s health over finances and suggests Dr Miles' Restorative Nervine. Thousands testify to cures with free book and trial bottle at Bradshaw & Thoma.
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Miles
Bradshaw & Thoma
Yellow and Purple Shore Crabs Noted on Pacific Coast
The Pacific coast hosts two remarkable crab species named the yellow and purple shore crabs. Their bodies are nearly square and their claws very large for the size of the animals, noted in the Philadelphia Ledger.
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Pacific
Philadelphia Ledger
Bradfield's Female Regulator Sold by Local Drugstore
The ad claims that irregularities can cause death and urges immediate relief. It promotes Bradfield's Female Regulator as the only sure remedy and notes it is sold by Geo. D. Clarke, a druggist.
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Bradfield
Geo. D. Clarke
Many Ways of Making Paper
Waste paper can be reprocessed into good stock even after printing or writing. Ink can be removed and paper made white again. There are numerous processes for producing countless varieties of paper per the New York Evening Sun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Evening Sun
Tree & Co
Toas
Thrul & CO
Augusta
Maine
Miles Pills Claim New Nerve Regulation Across Digestive System
Advertisement proclaims a new principle regulating liver stomach and bowels through nerves. Dr Miles pills promised to speedily cure biliousness bad taste torpid liver piles and constipation. Suitable for men women and children with smallest mildest and surest dosage. 40 doses cost 25 cents samples offered at Bradshaw & Thomas.
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Miles
Bradshaw &Thomas
Pidgin English Term Explained by China Expert
A seasoned observer notes the correct term is Pidgin not Pigeon English. He explains Pidgin derives from the Chinese pronunciation of business and its use in the ports' trade dialect.
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China
Boston Journal
Mystic Cure Promises Rheumatism Relief in Days
An old newspaper advertisement touts a "Mystic Cure" and DeWitt's remedies for rheumatism and blood purification. It mix of patent medicines claims rapid relief, with various testimonials and prices. References to Shiloh's products and local druggists appear alongside unrelated humor about birds and colonial health tips.
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Comstock Lode
Moliere
Rousseau
D. G. Higley
Fairfield
Love
de Witt
S. Geo. D. Clarke
New
Crimea
DeWitt
Sarsaypua Villa
Geo
D. Clarke
Argentine Republic
Mexico
Taylor
Clarke
Archer
Maryland
Nate Penitentiary
Geo, D. Clarke
Cabell Maddux
Orkney Springs
Ampere
Descartes
Shiloh
Erhardt
New York
Sturtevant House
Bradshaw &Choma
Elkhart Sarriage and Harness Meg. CO
Sills
Feneuik
Ase Wardaree
W.b.pratt
Sec’y
Elkhart
Ind
J. F. Wilson, Jr
the New
Webster
Webster’s
Tith
Wevery Family and
the International
G. & C. Merriam & CO
Springfield
Mass
Lita
Anni GaGx
Lamar
Express
Bradkield Regulator Co
Atlanta
Clarke & Junkin
Ohlo Chemical Co
Sycamore St
Cincinnati
Bradshaw & Thoma, Agente
Rey
Chicago
Rock Island & Pacific Re
Chicao
Joliet
Ottawa
Peoria
la Salle
Moline
Rock Island
Illinois
Davenport
Muscatine
Ottumwa
Oskaloosa
Des Moines
Winterset
Audubon
Harlan
Cornell Bluffs
Iowa
Minneapolis
St Paul
Minnesota
Watertown
Sioux Falls
Dakota
Cameron
St. Joseph
Kansia City
Mibsourt
Omaha
Lincoln
Fairbury
Nelson
Nebraska
Atchison, Leavenworth
Horton
Topeka
Hutchinson
Wichita Tileville
Abilene
Dodige City
Caldwell
Kansas
Kingfisher
Fleno
Minco
Dover
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Colorado
Elen
Def Moines
Denver
Pubblc
Kansas City
Joseph
Palace
Mid River
Rocky Mountain
Vey
Out Lake City
Ogden
San Francisco
Island Ia
Manitou
Pike's Peak
Ally Fast Express
Nebraske
Indian Territory
Albert Lea
Minneap
Paul
Lakes
Pacific Coast
United States
Canada
St. John
John Sebastian
Ill
South Dakota
St. Paul
St. Louis
Minneapolis & St. Paul
Cedar Rapids
Dak
Spirit Lake
Great
Mapes
Time Vabios
Throweh Biates
Cc. v. Ives
J. E. Hannegan
Dres
Norman
H. S. Mitchell
Packwood, Lowa
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