Boucicault Chats with Pupils at Pal mer School of Acting
Special correspondence from New York details Evelyn Malcolm’s portrait of the aged actor Dion Boucicault humorously guiding his students. Boucicault, nearly 70, moves with youth, dispenses stagecraft, critiques Hamlet attempts, and reminisces on Rachel Kean Kemble Sothern and London Assurance, inspiring awe and laughter.
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New York
Palmer-Boucicault
Juliet
Mr. Boucicault
Boucicault
Shakespeare
Hamlet
Central Park
Rachel
Neilson
Vestris
Kean
Kemble
Macready
Sothern
London
Charles Mathews
Waterloo Bridge
Ming
Evetyx Maco
The Homemade Harrow Told by a Michigan Farmer
A Michigan farmer recounts crafting a homemade harrow to farm corn and potatoes. He explains testing showed it surpassed spike toothed harrows in breaking up lumpy soil and improving seed beds, offering practical field improvement details for rural readers.
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Michigan
New Yorker
Homemade Harrow Demonstrates Lightweight Deep-Tilling Bar
Describes a two section handmade harrow with slanted 40 degree teeth, pine tooth bars, steel teeth, and cross bars to prevent twisting. Features include hinged sections, a braced frame, swivel bolts, and an adjustable sliding seat from an old mower. Materials mostly pine, total cost $3 to $4, usable for cross harrowing potatoes and fitting three corn rows.
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McCormick
Homemade Harrow Could Pass Through Lumps Across Varied Terrain
Description of a homemade harrow capable of using one two or three horses. Its slanting teeth allow operation across bridges and grass land without damaging the harrow or grass.
Improved Sawbuck and Tamping Bed for Fence Posts
Prairie Farmer describes a sawbuck design that lets a worker stand upright on the ground while sawing. It uses a foot lever to clamp wood, a weight to hold the clamp down, and a guide post for convenient post setting on wire fences.
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Prairie Farmer
Wasted Work on Roads. Unsealing Time and Money
An article from The Boston Congregationalist urges better road policy as season for repairs approaches. It argues many towns fail to appoint qualified highway supervisors and waste funds on partial fixes. It advocates thorough construction with proper layers, drains, and gravel, noting early costs but long term savings.
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Boston Congregationalist
Poison in eel blood sparks danger tale and quack cures
A fragment claims eel blood is poisonous when injected into animals but harmless if ingested. It promotes Ely's Dream Balm as a safe cure for catarrh hay fever and colds. The text also parries with unrelated notes about ocean racing sleeping cars and moral maxims.
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Ely
Summer Poultry Care Against Insects And Diseases
Advice emphasizes cleanliness and insect control for summer fowls. Use kerosene cautiously to deter lice, grease older birds lightly, and provide dusting areas. Also notes livestock number declines due to hard winters and low beef prices in several states, with Texas, Colorado, Wyoming, and New Mexico cited.
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Colorado
Wyoming
Texas
New Mexico
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
Northwest
Oil meal fed to hogs shows health benefits in Iowa cases
Western Agriculturist notes a farmer in Iowa who lost fifteen hogs to cholera until he fed oil meal freely, after which no further hog losses occurred. Oil meal recommended for hogs fed on corn, easing constipation and disease risk. Roots and varied food advised. Bellers Liver Pills touted for rapid relief from constipation and fever related ailments. Market notes include Rigel market prices and local shop details.
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Iowa
Does Shade Help Bee Hives and Caterpillars
A rural brief reports on whether shade boards benefit bee hives with varied opinions from beekeepers Mr Draper Becker Stone Robbins and others. It also describes a quick method to kill caterpillars using a lye solution and a pole swab setup from Country Gentleman.
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Draper
Becker
Stone
Clover hay color and cattle feed value praised
National Stockman advises placing clover in rainy weather with alternating straw layers to keep hay green and flavorful. The clover maintains its color and even the blossoms stay vibrant. Cattle eagerly eat straw flavored by clover, aiding winter butter color and quality.
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National Stockman
Fowls Prefer Fresh Greens in Season for Quick Lays
Birds foraged outside crave green food during the season and will eat grass and vegetables when free. In confinement they need small daily portions, with clover and cabbages highly favored. Plant a thick bed of cabbage seed to supply leaves before transplanting.
Cattle Rounds and Orchard Trade Highlight Late 19th Century Notes
The roundup of cattle in Indian Territory is nearing completion with an estimated 500 000 head. Chopped apples export, a dried product from inferior fruit, rose from small orders in 1880 to 11 million pounds in 1888 and could reach 20 million in 1889, mainly used in France for cider. Ladies participate more in beekeeping conventions. mixed grasses improve stock health. A rust prevention mix of rosin, linseed oil, and kerosene is recommended for tools.
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Indian Territory
Territory
France
Pilea remedies ulcers and tumors claims
A historic ad claims Swarnz's Onseimore stone feeds ulcers and heals ulceration and removes tumors. It describes gruesome effects and promises curing power, selling by mail or at druggists for 50 cents from Dr. Swayne & Co.
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Swarnz
Dr. Swayne & Co
Good Roads Urged To Save Horses And Vehicles
Practical Farmer argues for better roads across rural areas noting the high wear on animals and wagons on poor surfaces. It cites load comparisons showing asphalt, cobble and earth roads require vastly different horse forces and stresses. Farmers should discuss road improvement at clubs and decide on drainage and straightening projects before spring.
Road Improvement Note Promotes Macadam Road Benefits
An article argues good roads show civilization and boost farm value. It cites farmers losing 1,550,000 on hay due to bad roads and claims ten years of economical macadamization could halve transport costs. It notes land values rise with new roads, feasible annual upgrades, and lower maintenance costs.
Rhode Island figure laments highways hurting farming gains
Charles H. Peckham, president of the Rhode Island Domestic Industry society, urges highway improvements for farming prosperity, warning gradual property value shrinkage in parts of the state from poor road access. The rest offers an odd mix about Ely's Cream Balm and an Italian astronomer noting Venus’ yearly rotation, with humorous misrenderings.
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Charles H. Peckham
Rhode Island Domestic Industry Society
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