The Lives Of Five Rich Men
A reflective essay argues wealth does not guarantee happiness and warns against money worship. It offers five vignettes of rich men: a failed heir seeker. a Scottish castle retiree who drowns himself. a frugal professional who dies sick before enjoying wealth. a rival who loses a large fortune and mental health. and a millionaire who pretends poverty to find real happiness in honest work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goven
Scotland
They Earfy
Gloor Horen
Ana Ga
Anwye DE Rugse
Thos
Chenoweth
Bethany College
Gunjs
Hewitt
Thia
W, Hewitt
Box
Alliance, Stark Co
Ohio
Leprosy Colony Details Highlight Grim Island Settlement
A San Francisco Bulletin correspondent reports on the leper colony on Molokai Island. The hospital houses 84 lepers, ages six to eighty, with families often living together. Despite hopeless prognosis, the patients remain cheerful as leprosy dulls senses and self-loathing, while a grand ball is described as a ghastly mockery of pleasure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Burlington Vt
Staten Island
Jacob Ultrich
Clifton
Glymont
Wishington
Potomac
Paris
Warsaw
Poland
Moscow
Boston Post
San Francisco Bulletin
Molokai
Various Farm and Household Tips and Experiments
A compilation of domestic hints and agricultural notes on window putty removal with acids, a nowork cake recipe, milk yields from cows fed corn, asparagus beetle control with lime, ice storage methods, summer grape pruning, corn packing for market, and a simple electricity experiment using a glass and rubber comb. Practical guidance from horticulture and farming journals covers dairy management, crop protection, and household science.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scientific American
Johnny Cant
Canada
Drill
Oyster ‘Bay
Journal of Horticulture
Europe
Farrow Cows Fattening Without Milking Guide
Fattening farrow cows requires stopping milk to boost fat and flesh gain. Milk production suppresses fat deposition. drying off before turning to grass increases beef quality. Winter milking is possible with good feed, but summer milking yields leaner, tougher beef and less fat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Stock Journal
Ohaig
Autumon
Mixed stock in pasture says sheep best with cattle
John Johnson argues for mixed stock in pasture noting sheep thrive among cattle while cattle avoid forage sheep skip. He claims sheep clear remaining fodder after cattle and horses can share pasture, with horses and cattle or horses and sheep coexisting when managed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Johnson
How to Avoid a Wet Cellar and Drainage Fixes
A historical guide explains wet cellars from surface water or spring veins. It advises laying a tile drain around the outside of the excavation before walls, or, after construction, sinking a channel around the cellar and laying drain tiles to divert water into the tiles. Additional items describe magazine notices and ads from Atlantic Monthly and Godey.
Conclusive Evidence in favor of Hostetter's Bitters
A Monficello druggist W W Bugsy in a June 6 1808 letter extols Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as the best digestive aid. He cites high demand during 1866 0 season and notes physicians rarely stock enough to meet customer needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.W. Bugsy
Monficello
Hostetter
Bitters praised for health in 1868 newspaper letters
Contemporary letters from Clarion Pennsylvania and Brush Creek Alabama extol the stomach Bitters for curing dyspepsia and restoring strength. The testimonials credit improved digestion, appetite, and general vigor after use, noting its phosphorus calisaya and iron content as key ingredients.
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J. K
Aiah
Ifo
Lever
Sandner
Clarion
G. M. Stencen
Brush Creek
Perry Co
Ala
Ponta
Tron
Calisaya
Caswert, Hi ¥Arp & Ub
Caswell, Mick & Co
New York
Allen's Botanic Balm for Cough Relief Ad
Adamsan claims Allen's Sun Balm cures consumption symptoms like cough chest oppression and lung pains by thinning phlegm and soothing irritated throat. Sold by all druggists with claims of restoring health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
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Bill Devine
Ben
Lawrence
Janvis Henri Browne
Major Traverse
Edward Everett Hale
Freups, Oscoon & Co
Boston
Mass
Tag Atlantic Monthly
Taillefer
J. W. DeForest
N.S. Shaler
James Freeman Clarke
Caroline Cheesebrae
Among the Isles
Shoalse
Mia
Celia Thaxter
Abby Sage
Agatha
George Eliot
Gabriel
Washington Lobby
James Parton
Gabrielle de Bergerac
Henry James, Jr
Mr. Fechter
Charles Dickena
W. D. Howells
Freups, Oscoop & Co
Tremont Street
Maes
Gongy
S. Lapy
Boox
Horsee
Godey
L. A. Goney
Philadelphia
Een Qionis
Janie
iNreteclass
Piusraten Bell Jour
D. Aer
Lai Tebot Howton
Ee Lowe
Oupe Althns
Rosnertt
J.N. Harris & Co
Cincinnati
Galvante Plaster Co
Peon
Pittsburgh
Lady Clerks
Roperties
Ring Chemists
New Yorks
Northwestern
Evanston
Chicago
Uoots
Dinates
Rman
Kyangton
DR. Ransom
Addi
EMAAR
Pns
Guartins
Beagtige
Rae
Ty Dea
Trasks
Neal
Iain Brateed
W &Ea
Poe de
Prof
H. Anderson
Anderson
Watson & Coopal
Waverly
J. R. Millers
D. Ransom & CO
Prop’s
Buffalo
Nis
Chicago City
Lorton
Lou
Waltham Watches
Fuller & CO
Cate M. C. Chapman
John St
Waltham
Express
United States
Aecaere
Pilla
Splantinig Amer Heh Leddins
Stacl
Fleet St
Brooklyn
Setee
Ate
Feros
Emily
A. Rice
DRI
Weico
Wentboyo
Mase
Masa
Iene
Avery Rene Leitachine
Syeara
Aaress
Rt FT
Tors & Datents
Nuun A Co. Bator
Hope Tan
Rae Ag
Jenle
Paladid
Ur Feodileapen
Paulo
Ane
K Reet
Verado
Jand
Pe Han Mairy
Mr Owl
Ise
Pan Oan
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