Farmers' Club Report from Damascus July 1871
In Damascus on July 20 1871 the Farmers' Club met at President J N Stout's home. P A Phillips praised the Illinois Industrial University and displayed diplomas from the Chicago Bank Note Company. A Tennessee invitation to a National Agricultural Society meeting in Nashville was received. Bee keeping was discussed and tabled.
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Farmers’ Club
Damascus
J. N. Stout
P. A. Phillips
Illinois Industrial University
Chicago Bank Note Company
Tennessee
National Agricultural Society
Nashville
Horace Capron
U. S. Trai
Carpenter's Harvest King Grain Binder Praised In Wisconsin
Correspondent reports in Waukesha witnessing Carpenter's Harvest King auto binder cutting and binding oats with exceptional cleanliness and efficiency. He notes near perfection on over two acres, claims no bundles missed, and praise from Austrian government agent. E. P. Allis to manufacture at Reliance Works, promising farmer benefits and reduced need for labor. Hooray for improvement.
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Carpenter
United States
Austria
Hungary
E. P. Allis
Reliance
Do Farmers Study Enough
The article argues that agriculture deserves careful public attention and practical study. It asserts farming should be judged by results and efficiency, not by theory alone, and calls for informed, steady work to advance prosperity in farming communities.
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Miss White
Edith
Mamma
Waukesha Citizens Witness New Machine in Trial
Citizens of Waukesha gathered to observe the operation of a new machine praised as excellent by many writs. Notable locals listed include Judge Rain dall s, A Thomas, Geo Pratt, M P Merrill, Benj Smart, John Shearer, F W Monteith, and J Gibbs Jacobson. Allis of the city supports the project and plans to manufacture the machine at Reliance Works.
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Waukesha
A. Raindalls
A. Thomas
John
Jay
Gibbs
Geo. Qo, Pratt
Sunshine for the sick and aged in winter rooms
A call for southern exposure and maximum winter sunshine in homes for babies, invalids, and the elderly. The piece argues that people need sun as surely as plants and urges adjusting rooms to admit every ray of sun, even at sacrifice, to ease suffering.
The Three Sieves and Foot Binding Customs
A fragmentary tale recalls the Three Sieves test about Edith and gossip among Mrs. Philpot’s family. It then shifts to a historic note on Chinese foot binding, describing corseted small feet as a beauty standard and tracing origins to ancient resistance and government policy.
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Blanche Philpot
Edith
Howardd
Mrs. _ Philpot
Rous
Mamma
Blanche
Odds waa phe d idn't car because he didn't cate home
A garbled fragment suggests a sentence about someone not caring to go home. The readable text references an event or quote but lacks clear names, dates, places, or outcomes to identify a fuller news item.
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Phe
Cate
Ove
Quips and Quirks from a bygone town’s chatter
A collage of odd anecdotes and wry witticisms from Fond du Lac and nearby towns. Episodes range from a steam yacht plan to rename Alaska, to a stolen kiss saving a life, to ministers and judges with humorous retorts. Local sayings, mishaps, and theatrical quips color a mosaic of 19th century life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fond du Lac
Self-Adjusting Curtain Fixture Patented in Illinois
A Freeport Illinois notice from March 8 1871 reports Tambling of Eleroy Stephenson Co Illinois patenting a self adjusting curtain fixture. Merchants certify the design as simple durable economical and superior to existing devices. The mechanism uses multiple rings and a weighted tassel to raise and hold the curtain without direct handling. These endorsements claim the device cannot easily go out of order and detail the string routing through the rings to adjust curtain position.
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Ely
Tambling
Eleroy
Stephenson Co
Thinois
Freeport
Illinois
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Second National ‘Bank
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Michael Law
John R. Lemon
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Stadnmoliver
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Farmers Insurance Company
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Et. Lemon
R. M. Buckman
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G. J. Bliss
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Wilcoxon Opera Building
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