Honest Abe Town of New Salem 1831 87 Rediscovered
A historical piece recounts Abraham Lincoln’s six transformative years in New Salem from 1831 to 1837, detailing his roles as clerk, storekeeper, postmaster, surveyor, and law student. It highlights Ann Rutledge romance, early political ambitions, and the town’s rise and decline, leading to a restoration effort in 1881 87.
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Poets Explore Free Verse and American Language Trends
In a Chicago port discussion on Carl Sandburg and the ultra modern school of poets, the claim is that free verse marks a shift toward homely modern themes and American language. Critics from Columbia call such verse prose translations of unwritten poems, while others view it as a new form responding to authentic art. A New York pickpocket once stole a clergyman sermon but later returned the manuscript.
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Placing of Furniture And Public Life Postmaster Experience
An assembled cautionary piece on safe room layout warns furniture placement can prevent injuries and maintain comfort at home. The second item cites a Tomi Rock Arkansas postmaster describing nuisances of public office life and a few humorous, if troubling, anecdotes about subscribers, defacers, and prank letters in a rambling, old style.
Surest way to hatch turkeys from ground nests
United States Department of Agriculture poultry specialists outline a method to hatch turkey eggs using ground nests hollowed and covered with straw. Hens are encouraged to brood, with nests spaced and protected to prevent disturbance. When a hen sits earnestly, move eggs to the correct nest and manage a brood carefully.
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Managing a Turkey Hen During Incubation and Rearing
Advice on housing a sitting turkey hen, confinement, daily access to feed and water, and exercise to prevent broodiness. Instructions cover nest maintenance, dust baths, vermin control, and handling if the hen leaves the nest. Incubation period given as 28 days with staged hatching details and fertility checks on days 20 and 21.
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Colds and roup dangers and farm advice mixed
Distorted poultry tip sheet warns colds and roup are dangerous while advocating hatchet humane for diseased fowls. It discusses building up Clover Stand for better pasture, seed weights for alfalfa and other crops, and windbreak placement for hog protection amid confusing rural guidance.
Wart Disease Hits Roots of Tomatoes
Wart disease attacks potato and tomato roots, spreading year after year without potatoes. US Department of Agriculture investigations show wart symptoms in 1920 in eastern Pennsylvania, with 26 of 35 tested plots susceptible, indicating serious potential losses to crops and recurring US-wide impact.
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Tomatoes Susceptible to Wart Disease Warns Seeds Found in States
A report notes that tomato plants in several mining villages across Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Maryland show wartlike lesions caused by a potato wart disease. The fungus attacks stems and roots, with potential to spread via infested soil and infected seedlings. Not all tomato varieties are confirmed susceptible, but that possibility is feared. Further tests on related potato family plants are planned.
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Good Incubation Hints Do Not Add Fresh Eyes During Incubation
Follow the manufacturer's directions in setting up and operating an incubator. Ensure steady temperature before filling with eggs. Turn the eggs twice daily after day two until day nineteen. Cool them daily according to weather and attend to machine care regularly. Keep the buoy and wick clean and test the eggs on days seven and fourteen. Do not open the machine after day eighteen until hatch.
Tools Needed for Gardens
It is surprising how few tools are needed to care for a small home garden. Expensive equipment is unnecessary. Essential tools include a spade or sparing fork a hoe and a steel rake. Add two wooden stakes and strong string for straight rows. Watering can and trowel are desirable but not essential. When the entryline works to be carted it is extensive. It is a good plan to have a wheel hoe or a combination dirt and wheel hoe.
Best Time to Cut Cowpeas for Hay and Field Notes
Guidance on timing cowpea hay cutting. When pods turn yellow, vines stop quickly dropping leaves and reach full growth. Frost tolerant alfalfa ranks third after timothy and red clover as a hay crop. Currycombs should work during this period. heavy horses should be stabled as weather shifts begin.
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Toll Erie
Odd Hotel Exchange and Wit in Jetinge Morning
In a hotel at Jetinge a man quips on forgiveness and fate while another notes a porter’s boot-black incident from the night past. A running joke about war tolls and table linen commerce hints at everyday thrift as Red Cross blue adds wear. Little Mary asks for cheese as she mishears plural forms. Aunt Nell’s medicines prompt a pill vs tablet lesson ending with a humorous write-on pill request.
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Mary
Nell
Bayer Aspirin Ad Warns On Genuine Package Name
The ad warns that only Aspirin bearing the Bayer name is genuine and safe as prescribed for colds, headaches, neuralgia, rheumatism, earache, toothache, tumbago, and general pain. It notes 12 tablet Handy tin boxes cost a few cents and larger packages are sold by druggists.
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Better Business
Nine year old John observes his labor leader father and forms views on division of labor. He attends church weekly with his mother and, for the first time, a neighbor takes him to a prayer meeting. He notes speakers and jokes that testimony meetings let people divide up the salary.
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Mortgaged Tomcat Brightens Stockton Chattel Note
An unusual chattel mortgage on file at Stockton Missouri covers a black tomcat with white feet named Tom as a valued security. The note hints the cat may be a family heirloom and the most valuable asset. The fragment mentions a color scheme from bay mule to gray mare and old white cow as a novelty.
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