Flax Fibre Cloth May Supplant Cotton Says Boston Letter
A Boston letter discusses a new flax fibre material called fibrilla or nx, produced into cloth at seven to eight cents per pound, with colors and quality surpassing cotton. It notes vast flax supply in Canada and northern states, potential patent holders marketing the process, and Napoleon I offering one million francs for spinning flax into cloth.
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Boston
Canada
Napoleon I
N. ¥. Post
Wisconsin Orchards Inspire New Tree Planting Plans
A Wisconsin correspondent reports during a three week tour better orchards than expected, noting crowd enthusiasm after the State Fair. He predicts more spring tree plantings than since 1858, driven by demand for young two to three year old trees and a shift away from seven to eight year stock, stressing careful selection, proper planting, and early-season cultivation to ensure rapid growth and fruiting.
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Wiscoxary
Wisconsin
Tom
How to Make Rorrex
McLean county resident Barnard explains a cheap efficient roller project using two four-foot oak or maple logs turned to fourteen inches diameter. He details mounting on benches with gudgeons and a crank, shaping a top board eight inches longer, and securing with bolts braces and a double tree to load and quit your team.
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O. Barnard
Lean County
Prairie Farmer reader discusses corn stalk cutter design
In a Hing Prairie exchange, Fannie Stalk gcusting roller explains replying to Elijah Bond about a corn stalk cutter. She notes asking the Prairie Farmer three years earlier, receiving help, and building a cutter that she considers her best farm implement. A log sixteen inches in diameter and four feet long is prepared and mounted in a frame with four holes five inches deep spaced evenly along the log.
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Prairie Fannie
Elijah Bond
Flax culture and flax breaks reach Iowa farms
An Iowa correspondent reports at Fairfield and Mt Pleasant that Randall's Breaks and a Rhode Island Seatcher are used to prepare flax straw for the industry. Flax is mowed before ripe, cured like hay, and threshed without rotting. One ton yields 60 to 1000 pounds of linters. About 200 tons are engaged locally at a price per ton, with plans to expand next season. Prairie Farmer notes Yankee ingenuity and Western perseverance boost success.
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Iowa
Fairfield
Rhode Island
Mt. Pleasant
Henry County
Remarkable Scottish men enter varied trades then learn
A fragment notes editors bakers masons tailors ministers and other tradesmen from Aberdeen to Moray who became notable writers editors and missionaries, all sharing a habit of pursuing knowledge in leisure hours despite their primary crafts.
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Westminister Review
Aberdeen Cooper
London Daily Journal
Elgin
Lauda Times
Edinburgh
Witness
London
Dundee
Banff
Joseph Btume
Montsose
Zicchunge
Poet’s Punchline Echoes at Bunyan Grave
A fragmentary reminiscence recalls Maginn standing in silence by the grave of John Bunyan and turning away with the quip “Sizer on Thou Prince of Dreamers,” capturing a moment of witty defiance linked to Bunyan’s legacy.
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Maginn
John Bunyan
Prairie Farmer Knife Roller Idea For Cultivation
J. P. describes a home built knife roller using seven rows of seven-eighth inch pins, with slits for knife backs bolted four inches from the log. Spacing logs for seven knives, using cast or spring steel three inches wide and three sixths thick, drawn to an edge and bolted in, enables cutting stalks for any crop. knives kept sharp by filing.
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J. P
Prairie Farmer
History of the American flag and its early designs
From the Rural Newcomer recounts how the American flag evolved from the 13 red and white stripes to the blue field of stars. It notes the 1777 shift from the British Union to thirteen white stars, one for each state, and mentions privateering and the “Appeal to Heaven” pine flag as contemporary symbols during the Revolution.
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Alesy
Tames
Boston
Cambridge
St. George
Scotland
Hown
England
Congress
Admiraltty Ofive
London
London Chronicle
Paris
Short, plain wording wins readers in tight articles
The Wisconsin Journal of Education advises sharp focus in brief pieces. It urges dropping prefaces and using plain idiomatic language to maximize impact and readership.
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Wisconsin Journal of Education
Spider web as model for city layout, London Builder says
The London Builder argues a spider's web offers a superior city plan. A complete unbroken web reveals regularity and efficient routes between points. Concentric rings form polygons with precise, straight lines guiding passages.
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Orrits
London
Consistran Union Quote on Unity and Fences
Dr Tyng reflects on sectarian divides and urges unity through shared Christian truth. He warns that building fences among neighbors leads to winter starvation, advocating focus on common salvation and virtuous living.
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Consistran Union
Dr. Tyng
Curious Carpenters Bill Attributed To Farmer Work
A craftsman charging a farmer for seven hours with two barn doors hung and himself at one dollar and a half appears a curious item. The brief charge reflects a simple barter-like ledger entry between tradesman and farmer.
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Tur
Frontoa Charged With Swindling After Government Loss
Chief accuses Frontoa of wholesale swindling after a government cost of 50 million dollars, claiming the figure proves deceit and misappropriation as she packs her belongings. The remark frames the case as a major fraud targeting public funds.
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Frontoa
Reading Newspapers Benefits Children and Parents
A Wisconsin Journal of Education editorial extols newspapers as a tool for child literacy and family learning. It argues reading fosters progress, steadies minds against life’s ills, and warns parents to invest in books and papers to guide youth away from temptation.
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Wisconsin Journal of Education
Pay Your School Tax, The Cheapest Insurance On Property
Moral from Geo Sumner urges residents to pay school taxes without grumbling. Education shapes lawmakers and judges, and building more schools prevents jail growth. He warns that education without freedom yields barren results and liberty without moral vigilance risks anarchy.
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Geo
Sumner
Eight Die in Alexandria Mill Boiler Explosion near St Louis
A boiler blast at Wrights Steam Flour and Grist Mill in Alexandria, within this county, killed eight people including engineers and the miller along with several noted citizens.
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St. Louis
Wright
Alexandria
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