Various Inventions and Scientific Advances Noted
The article surveys multiple curios including Mrs lecopel s taxi doctor of a sali ne telescope receiving $10 for her invention. Berlin inventor Herr Piyifer creates an alarm clock that lights a lamp at a set hour. Ph D Helene Druscovich lectures on Leopards as pessimists in Vienna. Paget s discovery of trichinosis is cited with new steel cementation theory by R S Marsden. Berlin and Konigsberg swine controls are described. A Bonnaud method colors china cheaply. Gold extraction from pyrites shows promising returns and patents are granted.
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James Paget
R. S. Marsden
Berlin
Konigsberg
M. Bonnaud
Numa Lage In
Faris
Editors and the old flag palladium of liberty in politics
A humorous section from Tales for the Little Folks describes editors and their power to shape newspaper content. It portrays editors answering to patrons, writing alarmist pieces about constitutions, and the daily grind of managing editors and reporters in bustling urban offices.
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Constable
Boston
Ben Butler
Congress
Matana
Butler
Cultor
Ben
Paris
London
da Kokomo
Fencanlians
Chicago
Kokomo
Tritune
Domestic life and progress in American housekeeping
The article muses on pioneer comforts and the shift from rough furnishings to better domestic goods. It highlights the role of women, especially housekeepers, in sustaining families, improving household routines, and shaping moral and intellectual life, from the White House to everyday homes.
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England
Manhattan Island
Virginia
Skene
Rtande
Christiar
Early Spring Jacket Styles Describe Attic Fashions
Siting jackets reveal changes for spring with masculine English influences. New wraps feature single or double breasted fronts, belt finishes, and conspicuous buttons. Fabrics in light-weight cheviots include tan, coachman’s drab, and grays with subtle multi color flecks and plaids.
Fashionable jackets and wraps from Harper's Bazaar notes
The article describes tailored jacket details such as passementerie cords, Byron or notched collars, striped satin facings, and machine-stitched belts. It notes bone buttons matching cloth, costs from six to twelve dollars, and mentions jersey cloth jackets with sailor collars in black or navy trimmed with gilt braid.
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Byron
Harper's Bazar
Spring and the Animals on Farm Work
The article warns against starting spring plowing too hard. It notes animals and humans need gradual conditioning after winter, with a focus on health, digestion of winter buildup, and avoiding overwork. It urges patient, judicious force and steady routines to prevent premature fatigue and harm.
Culture of Cucumbers For Pickles The Ground Work
The article outlines cucumber culture for pickles with soil prep in spring or fall, mid June furrows four to five feet apart, hills with manure, seed sowing late June to early July, and pest control using bone meal sulphur and tobacco solutions. It notes a grower earning 125 to 150 dollars per acre at 1.75 per thousand and mentions the White House and President Gilmore in a separate updated line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Yorker
Practical Homemaking Tips From a 19th Century Page
A collage of home and farm notes on strawberry planting density, glassware repair with lime and egg, cabbage boiling odors, and several desserts. It also covers plant diseases like black knot on plums and cherries, a loaf cake recipe, a coffee cake, and a pudding method, plus horse catching using castor oils and cummin, and a veterinary note on lampas and its treatment.
Getting Potatoes Early Advices on sprouting and planting
A Philadelphia Tribune and Farmer cornet advises sprouting potato sets four to six weeks before planting or two weeks in a hot bed to gain sturdy shoots. Plant in early spring in hills or rows three feet apart with one foot row spacing, four inches deep in warm soil. Hilling is praised for root growth and easier cultivation though some favor level culture.
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Philadelphia Tribune and Farmer
Dr Foote's Health Monthly Advocates Oil for Egg Preservation
April issue notes oil as best substance to coat eggs to preserve trem and prevent evaporation of watery elements.
Little girl cured by St Jacob's Oil says Detroit man
Henry Dole of Detroit reports a girl troubled by severe leg lameness due to erysipelas or rheumatism improved after applying St Jacob's Oil. He claims one bottle cured her and she can attend school again. A separate note mentions a land agent four hours seeking emigration to Dakota, portraying a professional grave-digger.
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Detroit
Dakota
Boston
Attleboro Jewelers Claim Jacobs Oil Cured Arm Pain
A North Attleboro manufacturing jeweler reports severe arm pains and says Jacobs Oil cured him completely as if by magic. The note appears in the Attleboro Chronicle as a testimonial, with a strange aside about a New York mail saying marriage aids a short woman.
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Attleboro’ Chronicle
John Etaensperger
North Attleboro
Mass
Jacobs Oil
No Geez Preaching in Miserable Workday Opinion
A murky editorial note asserts that writing or preaching suffers when the mind and nerves are dull. It suggests relief can come from a small tonic like Hop Bitters and comments on worn groves and people unable to replace them.
Durang's Rheumatic Remedy Endorsed by Officials
Mrs General Sherman and General Logan praise Durang's Rheumatic Remedy for rapid relief. Hon John Cessna notes three doses cured his rheumatism within twelve hours. A Bedford brother reportedly found similar success. Free pamphlet available from RK Helphenstine in Washington DC.
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Shermaan
Durang
Logan
United
Hiene
John Cessna
Conareas
Pennsylvania
Bedford
Helphenstine
Washington
D. C
Rescued from disease: case of William J. Coughlan
William J. Coughlan of Bomerville Massachusetts recounts a lung ailment in 1876 that nearly killed him. After hospital care revealed a large hole in his lung a friend recommended a remedy marketed as Hat’s BALSAM FOR THE Lungs. He reports swift improvement and urges others with diseased lungs to try the product noting it cured consumption.
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Droggista
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