Roadmaking and convict labor in nineteenth century reform
The piece argues for using convict labor to build roads, praising North Carolina's program as fiscally efficient and morally improving. It compares costs across countries, discusses macadam and Telford road systems, and notes safety issues with planked roads and water access. The narrative includes an anecdote about sanitation and clothing in distant locales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Sing Sing
Abe
Kentucky
Corps of Engineers
Blue Grass
England
France
Italy
China
Mixed historic notes and literary news smudged in OCR
Fragmented column summaries writers and works from Charles Reade to Zola. Notes on Grant memoirs excerpts, Barrie, Zola’s Rouget Macquart, and labor figures in France. Anecdotes of the April siege and London theater thefts wrap a long, garbled page.
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Charles Reade Ontee
oMuake Cou
Crys
Mika Sen Watt
Aoqaper
McChive
Uhwaitin Garkodl
On “Grants
Grant
Sacketts Pbarbor
Detroit
Wick
Purdue
Anile Zola
M. Laporte
Suis
Rouget Macquart
M. Zola
France
Paris
Ti Educationale
Muagines
Gs Laratieries
TOPICS FOR FARMERS and Best Fruit Trees for Shade
An essay on improving farm productivity through better methods and soil management with emphasis on drainage subsoiling and closer planting. It cites Emerson and practical farming gains, plus notes on shade trees such as pears apples cherries walnuts and the value of Shorthorn cattle for milking and fattening. The piece also argues the farm as a good place for young men and social capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelland
Emerson
Concord
Ladies’ Home Journal
Durham
England
Welland
Gu Andineliat
Whitewash for Scale Insects Longstanding Tennessee Note
A Tennessee correspondent cites Mr Saunders with a method to combat San Jose scale using lime whitewash. He claims it worked well half a century ago and notes Gere Nan settlers in Pennsylvania used it for centuries. Whitewash protects trees from scale and other insects, a practice Meehan's Monthly praises for forefather ingenuity.
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Tennessee
Saunders
Pennsylvania
San Jose
Mr. Saunders
Feeding with flaxseed and other notes on farming
The article discusses flaxseed as a cheap, nutrient dense feed, noting its high nitrogen content and value when fed with other seeds. It also covers grape ring pruning, hereditary tastes in diet, risks to trees from electric wires, keeping wells clean from surface water, and cabbage cultivation tips.
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A.B. Elis
Vseon Rigg Island
Mr. Ellis
Tauopier
Carlyle and
Scott
Seo
Carlyle
Ryle
Sea of Trembles
Iis
Our
Massachusetts
Pia Pevere
Worcester
Hollis
Osriutler
Caplan
London
Sor
S. S. Repperd
Cus. Pires
Jesse Lint
Jay W. Stroh
Angola
John G. Yeagley
Fremont
Indiana
Emory G. Melendy
Bank of Fremont
Fremont, Ind
D. H. Patchen
A.D. Caswell
Stephen A. Powers
Lawago Notary Positic
Depocedents Estates
Reeves’ Jewelry Store
B. F. Wolfe
Fremont, Indiana
Suean Bat
New. d. Bay, Caubier
Doone General Banking Business
Civee
Parmiaat
America
A& Washington
Munn & Co
Scientific American
wWeekly
Hama Vok
Broadway, New York
Snc
Ma Leiba Eae Oesin
Sohn WabbeNsyae x CO
Washington, D. C
Bryan, O
Cincinnati & Jackeson Mail
Cincinnati & Jackson Express
Ceeeeneeee
Laval
Jackson & Cincinnati Mail
Jackson & Cincinnati Express
Jackson
Cincinnati
Jackson and
van Wert
P.m
Mich
Allegan
Tieketa
United States
FL B. Dnaxe
T. C. M. Schlydlee
G. P
Gledo
Ohio
L. 8
M.S. Hy
AIR Line
Waterloo
Strane
Cess
Fort Wayne
Ing Houth
Gorge North
Hilledale
G.lé
Pleasant Lake
Waterloo Eee
Auburn Junction
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