Notable Dangers Reported In Several States And Cities
A long list of deadly accidents and violent incidents is noted including drownings in Indiana and Wisconsin, fatal scaldings in Illinois and Michigan, a rattlesnake bite death in Staunton, and a fatal boiler accident in Plymouth. Other items include a fatal sunstroke in Iowa, a locomotive fright killing a man in Ypsilanti, and a case where a mother struck a boy in Dubuque.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Klingerman
Center
Ind
Dubuque
Derwent
Milwaukee
Notable Miscellany of 19th Century Facts and Inventions
A varied collection notes eighty Turin women over age one hundred, timber consumption in California, Mohican political rights in Connecticut, tea expansion in Japan, a San Antonio street scene with a beggar organ grinder, aurora theories by M. Duponchel, nail growth observations by M. Dufour, pawnbroker licensing trends in Britain, and a London Exposition exhibit of parchment paper made by oil of vitriol treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mercer County
Penn
Turin
Italy
Holmes
Providence
Washington
California
Connecticut
Japan
San Antonio
Texas
M. Duponchel
M. Dufour
Angers
Neaf Beerewik
Great Britain
England
Scotland
London
Europs
Planting Trees Along The Farm For Beauty And Use
A New York Sun reprint urges farmers to plant deciduous roadside trees and shade along pastures to improve climate, health, and farm value. It stresses avoiding close planting near dwellings, selecting useful species like white oak and ash, and outlines simple transplanting methods from forests or nurseries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Agricultural report shows broad county gains and losses
The July agricultural report notes ninety eight counties generate seven hundred million bushels. Gains appear in New Jersey Pennsylvania South Carolina Georgia Alabama Mississippi Louisiana Texas Arkansas West Virginia Kentucky Ohio Michigan Indiana Illinois Iowa Missouri Kansas Nebraska California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasaincron
Agricultural Department
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Mississipp
Louisiana
Texas
Arkansas
West Virginia
Kentucky
Ohio
Michigan
Indiana
Mlinois
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
California
Maine
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
North Carolina
Tennessee
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Illinois
Mississippi
New Hampshire
Maryland
Virginia
Florida
Oregon
Delaware
United States
Middle States
Ohio Valley
Remedies and recipes from Rural America notes
A compilation of kitchen and farm home tips from Rural New Yorker and Western Rural includes tar and sulphur for sheep noses eyebrowed bread soaked in porter for fowls, corn fritters, plum marmalade, various potato puddings, and a salt rheum cure. It also records advice from Mr. Charles L. Flint on grass seed timing and seeding practices for mowing lots and hay, stressing fall planting and seed variety synchronization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gorley
Mechanicstown
Hig
New Yorker
Charles L. Flint
Small-Pox Incident Sparks Caution at Provision Store
A gentleman recounts how a customer asked about a bill at a provision store and learned the clerk’s son had caught small pox. The exchange led to alarm and the buyer’s retreat toward the country. The note adds a Boston Bulletin remark on staying in established trades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suett
Walt
Boston Bulletin
Also Mentioned on This Page
Plymouth
Til
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Brory”County
Bridgehampton
Mich
Adam Nelson
Kohoe
Galesburg
Evansburg
Lewis Scott
James “Mayo
South
Haven
Wilton
Clark
Chamberlin
Edward Yeamans
Sheboygan Falls
S —A
J. O. Sperry
New London
Minn
Dr. McLaughlin
Woodhull
Martin
Joh
Ypsilanti
Danter
Denn
Alba
Hermann
Peter Stockman
Jefferson City
New York City
Fond du Lac
Henry Armers
Bellévue
GR. Morse
Waterloo
Andrew Oleson
Estherville
Tive
Vonneaut
Olio
Harper
Comfort
Fire Island
White Lake
Oakland County
Worth Ballard
Mr. B
Is. B
Columbus
Charles Marion
Frank—Dolen
Tie
Dampnix
Monthly Agricultural Report
Cooxrine Wirnout Finn
Smoky Valley
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