Agricultural tips on preventing corn weevils and salt use
The article advises farmers to keep black weevils from corn after harvest by sprinkling water on cribbed corn to dissolve salt without flooding. It notes not to overwater as it damages the corn, floor, and crib. It warns of a weevil resembling cottonseed meal weevil found in corn. The saltwater method does not fully eradicate weevils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bays & Sexns
New York Herald
H- Reynolds
New York Examiner
Kroenmleer
Dr. Kothler
Brooklyn
New York
Insect Remedies for Lamb Tick Nuisance and Hay Making Advice
The article advises treating lamb ticks with tobacco and sulfur baths, or buttermilk to kill pests, and mentions scissor methods for few ticks. It also covers hay making to avoid mustiness, proper drying, and timing, plus meadow management and fertilization.
Deep soil stirring in cultivation debated by farmers
The article argues soil disturbance harms roots and reduces plant food supply. It suggests deep stirring only when necessary, favoring shallow cultivation after thorough plowing and proper timing to control weeds. Deep tilling should be rare, with practical methods to ease labor and costs.
Humorous Sketches and Parodies from Various Sources
A collage of jokes and silly quips from New York Sun Harvard and Chicago Tribune pieces. Pokes fun at smallness from a parent and witty takes on baseball, matchmaking, and social pretenses with brisk punch lines.
Fragmented Punchline Fragment from a Dated Courier Page
Disjointed quotes and vignettes from a 19th or early 20th century montage include a boy turned shoemaker in Ohio State Prison, gossip about a beau named Mr De Lunkhead, a craftsman’s portrait, and jokes about squirrels and engagements. The snippets resemble a period humor column with varied personalities and local color.
Fruitless Appeal and Prodigal Son Dialogue
A dramatic scene opens with the Prodigal Son appealing for help to a stern father. The son pleads debt and honor while the father coldly offers only advice, telling him to seek his brothers for support and to inform them the father cannot provide.
Anxious Young Man Faces Press Fee Debate
An anxious young man asks what a newspaper would charge to publish a list of those killed by ice cream. The managing editor cites about 50 dollars, while the young man instructs to print it to counteract expensive sensationalism. The piece includes a child’s question about marriage and a mother's humorous reply, reflecting social views of women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tam
Omaha
Benevolent-Feeling Figures in City Street Chats
A dialogue snippet from Detroit life features a shabby benevolent seeker offering lodging for a night while another philosopher notes such figures form societies with boards and rent. A car ride in Woodward Avenue brings a playful exchange about bowing and friendship after a death.
Expatriated Tales and Silent Signals in 19th Century Bits
A collage of quirky exchanges from Drake's Magazine and New York papers features a seaside fish joke about ashore life, a Podsnap family quip on Angie the prodigy, police chatter about murder connections, a safes pitch with pigs in the pen, and a plan for mother in law nuptials under silent stars, plus a note on the Methodist Book Concern as a leading publisher.
A Quaker Woman’s Coolness Againsta Robber in Burlington
A Philadelphia Press tale recalls an incident in Burlington Indiana where a quiet elderly Quaker woman surprised a burglar hiding in her closet. She calmly ordered him out, escorted him downstairs, and shut the front door without alarm. Her composure under threat highlights Quaker restraint and courage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indy
Burlington
Onié
Philadelphia Press
Distress For a Doctor Aims at Motive Not Money
A London broker uses a clever ruse to intimidate a young physician by sending a distress. Disguised as a patient, a well dressed invalid is admitted to the doctor’s home and reveals he is the broker’s man. The episode illustrates a baroque approach to debt collection. Denmark’s butter export and ramie experiments near Thomasville Georgia are briefly noted.
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London
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Agricultural
Farin Journal
Bull
Qne
Tommy
Harvard
Lampoon
Wis
Siftings
Kaintuck
Neto York, Tribune
Clara
Chicago Tribune
Missouri
United States
Cincinnati
Ohio State Prison
Ait
Bobby
de Lunkhead
Drake
Jonathan Trump
Tubbs
Bill
Pa-Paw
Baseball
Johnnie
Practical
Statesman
AVENE
Flossie
Maimma
Kate
VeYes
Mamma
Binghamton
Woodward Avenue
Katie
Detroit
James
Detroit Free Press
Burdette
the Chorus OF Music
Podsnap
Bjones
Angie
Conservatory
Maria
Anid
Drake's
Western Hawkshaws
Chicago
Smith
Brown
C.P. C
Jones
Robinson
New York Graphic
George
Nellie
Heston
Courier
The
Methodist Book Concern
Little Kingdom
Denmark
New Jersey
England
Pittsburg
Thomasville
Georgia
Ths
Dobbins
Oregon Imm Igrat’ng Board
Portland
Ore
Hood
W. B. Beasisa
Spring St
New York City
Cial
Centennial Portrait Company
Centennial Portrait CO
Broadway
Ankee Mextere
Chas. C. Kraemer
Apothecary
Marion Bt
N.Y
Bryant's College
Main St
Buffalo
Tridens
Eis
Pension Bureau
John W. Morris
Ree Fuincipal
Au Tar
Washington
Eates
St. J Phila
Shinoraham
D. D
Amsterdam
Ierta
Boot Pub
Towne
St. 164
Leonard
Bud
Asker
Book Pub. CO
Leonard Street
New Yeork City
Wesson Arms
Dendt Bedeceitet
Smith & Wesson
Adart Delow
Springfeld
Mans
Resati Ve
Siam
Pai Sitelaken Ee
Holland Medical and Surgical Institute
Delaware Ave
Buffaeo
F. Sutchep
St. Alvans
B. F. Johnson & CO
Main St. Hichmond
Botves
Greece
Ater Safety Reln Holder Co
Ree
Altz Tong
Pegk & Sor
Wasas Hons Denese
Gacianeth
G. & Weshington
D. J
Mission Ibis
Jradway & Ci
Warren St
Xii
Singla
Qenamental
New
Wets Holder CO
Bridgeport
Coma
ATLAS
Jbouse
Leonard Erm
Psco
Bethlehem
W.l.douglas
ETNA
Greas Corgderoe
Chester
Sens
Dragglets
Price
Dog Doctor Book
H. Cray Grover
V.S
N.Y. City
Westminster-Kennel Club
N. J. Kennel Club
Hartford
Conn
R. Kennel Club
Syracuse
Eoaarl St. N.Y
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