Home and Farm Notions From Various Hints And Tips
A collection of practical home and farm hints on cleaning soot from carpets using salt, treating rough hands with meal in water, varnish tips for woodwork, horse care remedies for colic, making turkey soup from bones, cleaning felt hats with bran and ox gall, corn plant curing for fodder, preventing sheep foot rot, and baking sweet apples with water in a slow oven for a tender table treat.
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New York
Detroit Post
The Way to Accumulate Culture and Knowledge
A Iowa State Register excerpt argues culture applies beyond farming. Faithful farmers can quadruple yields with skill, while the brain grows with sustained effort. Knowledge grows like money through diligent work, accumulation, and habit, building practical wisdom over time.
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Wesat
Iowa State Register
Sword Found in Old Florida House Sparks Duel Tale
In St Augustine Florida an old house revealed a rusted sword from a long past duel. Eighty years ago two Spanish officers quarreled over a lady at a ball, drew swords, and one was killed. A child who witnessed the fight carried the weapon inside. its bloodstains revived the forgotten crime.
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St-Angustine
Fls
Neas
Augustine
Madagascar’s Hovas and the Island’s Rich Resources
The article surveys Madagascar’s geography and climate, noting two main regions the eastern savannas and the central table land. It highlights the Hovas ruling class of Malay origin, Tananarivoo as the capital, a 90 000 strong army, and the island’s agricultural potential including coffee sugar rice and vanilla.
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Indian Ocean
Africa
Genter
Taimatave
Madagascar
Mojanga
Gorder-Land
Tsiafazavona
Malay Peninsula
Tananarivoo
Hova
Reichstag and German Diet Compared in Harper's Magazine
Herbert Tuttle surveys the German Reichstag and the Prussian Lower House, noting universal suffrage direct election and secret ballot in the Reichstag since 1871. He contrasts representativeness, diversity of faiths and classes, and the influence of wealth, with the evolving political balance as Bismarck’s regime faces a crisis.
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Prince Bismarck
Bismarck
Prussia
Reichstag
Diet
Schleswig
Posen
Empire
Center
Alsace-Lorraine
Social Democrats
Germany
Herbert Tuttle
Harper's Magazine
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Retho Ialania
Brisk
Deutsche I Review
EAM
Henbeathnne
We G. Snyder
John-Morgan
V. Becker
Vincent Brecker
Qoorneor
Monry
H. J. Grawburg
Lovrest Price
Tone
Gotfons
Pipes & Tobacco
J. Graw Burg
Eames
Conner
Dameens
Liberty
Fes
A. C. Weis
Ploto
Oratolass
Cal and
Gee Me
GO. Weis
Catareh
Ely
Ely’s Cream Balm | CO
Cowreoso
Mitty
Ture
ALL Belum
Bre Osry
Kently
Femicaary Dwight
Ill
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Pastongoyé Fropa
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Washington
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Dwight
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Prarie du Chien
LuCrouao
Paul
Simonpolis
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Ihuat
Canada
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McMullen
Ohioaga
Ctiarlton
Sage Senny Rae
Lowe Era
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N. Adame Street
Peoria
Illinois
Olean
John Linden
Speelsy
Cleveland, Ohio
Hera
Mieswkore
Rock Island & Pacific R’y
Atlantica
Vollet
Ottawa
la Goalie
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Moline
Rock Island
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Mascatine
Keokuk
Knoxville
Oskaloosa
Fairfield
Des Moines
West Liberty
Iowa City
Atlantic
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Harlan
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Cameron
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Missouri
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Kansas
Great Rock Island
Horton
LADZ
Missouri River
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Albert Lea
Seneca
Kankakee
Newport News
Richmond
Cincinnati
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la Fayette
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St. Paul
Minneapolis
United States
R.rcable
T & Gen
Cen Ftp & Pusste Agits
Pege Ses Seedsiers Vno Duvets Oats
David Landreths Sons
Adelphia
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