Home and Garden Chronicle Roundup of Domestic Notes
Various home and garden tips from multiple papers cover lace curtains, flower pot care with car polic acid caution, Richmond cherry cultivation, spring roll and breakfast dish recipes, cane chairs and upholstery trends, pastry mixing secret, and a century-old observation on sand enrichments for sandy loam soil.
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Chicago Herald
Troy Times
Chicago Tribune
Alvany Journal
John J. Thomas
Chicago
Eight-Pound Plaintiff at Law in Diamond Ring Case
Miss Rebecca Gray eight pounds and fifteen months sues H P Jacobs owner of Royal Unique Novelty Co for damages over a diamond ring show at Horticultural Hall Philadelphia. Foster father Archibald Fisher, abuse of the ring, Jacobs arrested Saturday and paid costs after Miss Richardson and Mrs Ermentrout pressed the matter.
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Rebecca Gray
H. P. Jacobs
Royal Unique Novelty Company
Horticultural Hall
Philadelphia
Miss Gray
Manderson
Baby Gray
Amanda Richardson
Mra Ermentrout
Archibald Fisher
Frida
Jacobs
Tre Ting
Prof
Bishop
Victor
Miss Richardson
Philadelphia Times
Particular as to Slade dies with olive green request
A consumptive man tells his wife as he nears death to avoid vulgar green and keep his grave marker a rich olive green. The wife vows to remember him and keep the prayer alive, reflecting a touching farewell from the Boston Globe item.
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Madeline
Simpson
Boston Globe
Dairy practices and cheese prices noted in 19th century reports
A compilation of dairy observations cites teat relief with oil dipped quills, salt quality for butter, cheese price dissatisfaction, cream handling for churning, cow water access and cold exposure effects on milk, and English cheese quality comparisons to American factories.
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Cairyman
Chicago Tribune
Winter Milk Care and Setting Methods for Dairying
The article explains winter butter can equal summer quality with proper milk care and warm, regulated milking rooms. It compares deep Swartz setting at 86 to 40 degrees and shallow Holstein setting at 54 to 59, noting fat yield differences after 12, 24, and 36 hours with gradual convergence.
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Germany
Mecklenburg
Swartz
Early Village Life and Its Harsh Realities
An essay contrasts old New England village life with modern times arguing that early life bred physical endurance but limited mental breadth. It notes health improvements, shifting social dynamics, and the exodus from insular rural life to broader opportunities. It cites Amherst College and urban transitions, ending with a wary glance at progress and public notices from Pittsburgh and St Louis on gas deaths and petroleum trades.
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New England
Amherst
Mass
White Hills
Journal of Education
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Slade
St Louis
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Pittsburgh Post
New York
Cholee
Cholee Dalry
East Liberty
Baltimore
Henry Republican
Geo. Burt, Jr
Marshall County
Warter
Newbusiness
Wei Ee UW
BTEAM
Pss
uRep
Hams
Magneton Appliance CO
State St
H. L Kurtz
Hansom St
Valentine Bros
Janesvilles
Liberal
Nea Garreteen & Ge
Sotah Clark St
Cues
Tte
Manuel
John Linden
Cleveland
Ohio
Superior
Cor
Bond
Rock Island & Pacific R’y
Ite
Joliet
Peoria
Ottawa
la Salle
Geneseo
Moline
Rock Island
Min
Ast
Pullman
Missouri River
Minneapolis
ST. Paul
Seneca
Kankakee
Newport Mews
Richmond
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
la Fayette
Council Bluffs
United States
Canada
R. R. Cable
ST. John
VicerPres
T & Cen
T & Pane
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