Planting Irish Potatoes Methods for a Sandy Loam
An Orange Judd Farmer essay outlines potato land prep in a sandy loam, stressing well rotted humus, fall manure, and plowing before spring. It advises selecting land a year ahead, proper furrow planting for early potatoes, and avoiding surface manure on poorly packed winter soils.
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Stile for Stone Wall with Convenient Field Crossing
Farm and Home describes a stone wall stile with a step ladder design and a hand railing. Four side planks form the frame, extending above the wall, while a center upright standard is snug to the stone and nailed to the stile. End standards secure the hand rail near the bottom for easy use.
Hog housing shifts to cement floors to curb disease
Careful hog raisers replace plank sleeping and feed floors with cement to combat urine saturation and rat and mouse breeding. Cement floors cost more upfront but last longer and improve sanitation, with builders urging adoption after examining the issue.
Queen's maid adulterates royal wardrobe to sell wares
Adele Baccarini, once Queen Margerita of Italy's maid, sold discarded dresses hats and bonnets to foreigners especially Americans for about five thousand dollars yearly. She posed behind the Grand hotel to meet buyers while preserving royal secrecy. After dismissal she confronted Mrs M- and sought redress through the American consul.
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Mondell Land Fraud Probe Sparks Special Investigation
Washington report says Wyoming congressman Mondell faces a federal probe over a 160 acre homestead claim filed under the homestead act. Questioned residence and claimed coal deposits trigger scrutiny as agents examine possible improper entries tied to railroads and other interests. Mondell’s political stance on reform and public land policy is noted.
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Wyoming
Notions of Clara and George in a Chicago Daily News drama
A shy young man in a new suit admires a stylish woman while they discuss Clara who injures George Peabody by rejecting him after years of affection. The woman argues for virtue and hints the man should marry her, sparking a proposal from the other side as Sadie accepts.
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Nightcaps Return To Vogue In Modern Dress
Fashionable women revive the nightcap as an essential part of outfits as doctors cite ventilation needs and hairdressers note elaborate hairstyles and frequent hair undulation requiring protection. Grandmothers wore them too, and detached transformations at night drive the trend.
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Suffolk publisher praises Doan’s Kidney Pills
J D Daughtrey of Suffolk Virginia claims two to three years of kidney trouble yielded gravel and sediment weighing about 2 or 3 pounds. He says Doan’s Kidney Pills stopped gravel attacks and he has not passed a gravel stone in three years. He lists 14 stones as part of the total he passed and endorses the product as a fine kidney tonic. Sold everywhere 60 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY
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Suffolk
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Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N
Old Cannons Prove Unbreakable at Mare Island Yard
A San Francisco contractor bought obsolete smooth bore cannons sold at Mare Island. Engineers tried dynamite, blasting powder, and an electric drill to break them, but the cannons resisted. They were moved to hills near Point Richmond where a new break attempt was planned. The cannons belonged to warships that sailed in 1812.
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Furious humor on child
After a seven year old granddaughter recovered from measles she suffered a severe itchy painful eruption with watery bleeding sores under the arms. Three weeks of nightly nursing yielded no relief until the Cuticura Remedies were used. within twenty four hours improvement began and after five days the child was cured and remained well. June 25 and July 20 1906 Bakersfield California.
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F. Ruefenacht
Bakersfield
Cal
Autographs in Demand Across Cities for Literary Celebrities
The piece notes high prices for English authors autographs with Keats and Shelley fetching top values abroad. It cites London Berlin and Paris as hubs for frequent autograph sales during the season and mentions a Garfield Team laxative ad inserted amid the text.
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Shelley
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Paris
Dr Williams Pink Pills Labeled Safe For Mothers
A Maine mother recalls postpartum recovery with Dr Williams Pink Pills. She reports improved strength and better health after the birth of her daughter in 1901 and again during a rheumatic episode. The pills are sold by druggists or mailed by the Dr Williams Medicine Company for 50 cents a box, six for $2.50.
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