Varied Diet and Clover Use in Farm Practice
The article argues for a varied cow diet to boost milk and details how clover can restore soil nitrogen but requires lime, potash, and phosphoric acid. It also covers improving poultry quality for price, using corn-led feeds, and notes advances in corn harvesting gear including binders and shredders. It discusses seedbed prep for wheat, early plowing, rolling practices, and regional guidance on rolling wheat lands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elbert Wheeler
Department of Agriculture
Utah
United States Department of Agriculture
Freer-Thonger
Mngland
Philadelphia
American Crime Belt Patrols Across the Frontier
A Western sheriff describes a crime belt spanning from Montana through Wyoming New Mexico and Arizona to the Rio Grande and into Mexico. He chronicles horse thieves outlaw legends and train robberies while noting the belt’s rugged wild geography and allure to pursuit and justice.
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Cheyenne
Wyoming
New York Commercial Advertiser
Mexico
United States
Montana
New Mexico
Arizona
Rio Grande
Chihuahua
Oxaca
Calgary
McLeod
Piogan
Missouri Valley
Judith River
Yellowstone
Crow Reservation
Mussell Shell
Granville Stuart
Yellowstone Valley
Jackson's Hole
Red Desert
Brown's Park
Utah
Old Mexico
Dick Turpin
Missouri
Northern Pacific
Union Pacific
Texas Pacific
Stampede of Cow Ponies Routs San Antonio Streets
A herd of First Texas Cavalry horses broke from Fort Sam Houston and stampeded through San Antonio following a dun mare. Bugle calls redirected the charge, many ponies veered and collapsed property was damaged, one horse killed. 80 ponies captured by squads as the rest dispersed into desert scrub. No human lives reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Texas
Republic
First Texas Cavalry
Fort Sam Houston
Government Hill
Alamo
Boston Transcript
Presidents of One Name
The accession of Vice-President Roosevelt to the chief magistracy adds another one name president to the list. Of the 25 presidents six had two names, Adams Harrison Polk Grant Hayes Arthur. Ex president Cleveland is living alone after Harrison’s death. There were three other times with one survivor and two times with none surviving.
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Roosevelt
Adame
Harrison
Polk
Grant Hayes
Arthur
Cleveland
Madison
John Quincy Adams
Fillmore
Andrew Johnson
Hayes
John Adams
Washington
Grant
Johnson
Louisville
Courier-Journal
London’s Ancient Right to Cupbearer at Carnation Banquets
A historical note on London’s ancient privileges tied to the Lord Mayor’s role as cupbearer at the carnation banquets. It describes the old ceremony, including the gold cup weighing 80 ounces, the king paying for the cup and wine, and the civic party seating to the left of the cup board, with many details now lost to time.
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City of London
London
Old
Bathrooms For Scholars Spread To Five Boston Schools
Five new Boston schools opened this fall each with bathrooms. The idea began at the Revere school two years ago and succeeded enough to make bathrooms a standard feature in all future Boston schools. When a questionable pupil arrives, the teacher escorts him to the bathroom and teaches a basic lesson in cleanliness and citizenship, with reportedly beneficial effects on behavior and bearing.
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Boston
Revere
Russia Studies Black Sea to Caspian Canal Plan
The Russian Hydro-Technical Congress weighs a canal linking the Black and Caspian seas. Proposed depth 22 feet breadth 150 feet, from Astrachan to Taganrog on the Azov sea. Cost estimated at 10 million roubles. Also note a postal card from Paris to Paris via Moscow Vladivostok and San Francisco completed the world circuit in 80 days at two cents.
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Russian Hydro-Technical Congress
Russia
Astrachan
Taganrog
Azov Sea
Paris
Moscow
Vladivostock
San Francisco
St Jacobs Oil Promises Relief For Chest Ailments
An old advertisement fragment touts St Jacobs Oil as superior for bronchial issues including bronchitis and croup, claiming deep penetration loosens adhesions and eases mucus. It also props remedies for rheumatism pain and a brief, mixed mention of other products and odd quotes.
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Jacobs
Jacobs Oil
St. Jacobs
St. Jacobs Oi
Burns From a Cold Substance Reveals Hidden Rays
A small quantity of cold mineral substance can cause serious burns on the skin. Roentgen rays damage skin with enough intensity and duration. Becqueral rays from minerals also can burn at very short range. Radium rays are noted for strong effects on human skin.
Largest In the World and Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Blend
An old newspaper snippet advertises Walter Baker & Co as leading chocolate makers with Paris and Pan American exposition medals. It also touts Hall's Catarrh Cure with a testimonial offer of one hundred dollars for a failed cure, and notes on poetry and hunger.
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Walter Baker & Co. Ltd
Dorchester
Mass
Buffalo
Santages
Hall
F. J. Curyer & Co
Toledo
Can Caners Candy Cathartic Health Claim Card
A sensational 19th century style health ad touts Can Caners Candy Cathartic as a universal cure from headaches to cancer. It promises painless, natural bowel movements for 10 cents to start, warns to beware imitations, and urges readers to buy the genuine metal box with stamped tablets.
Mrs Ina L Rosen Praises Lydia E Pinkham's Compound
Mrs Ina L Rosen of Denver testifies she suffered female troubles and painful menstruation before taking four bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports renewed health, vigor, and ability to perform domestic duties, endorsing the product and inviting others to seek advice from Mr Pinkham in Lyon Mass.
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Ida Ll, Boser
Lydia E. Pinkeham
Denver
Ina L. Rosen
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Brooklyn
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Kline
Trentine
Kuaxn, Ltd
Phila
Winslow
Pino
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Ocean Grove
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Naruggiste
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