Home Farm and Garden Notes and Timely Observations
A collage of practical tips and curiosities for rural readers. Rubber blankets prevent storms on horses, Dominiques breed admirably, ostrich plucking yields up to ninety dollars, rye paths in fall aid spring soil, quinces thrive with winter mulch and summer manuring, and a cold apple roly poly recipe. Also advice on rescuing a mired cow, calendar reform history, and a note on Washington time for banking and business deadlines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Poultry Monthly
Olor
San Francisco
Ohio
Cleveland
N. Y
Lemons Aid Health Through Daily Lemon Juice Regimen
A medical article promotes lemon juice as a digestive aid using morning and night doses in water with ice. It advises diluting the juice to avoid stomach irritation and warns against consuming clear, undiluted lemon juice.
Indian Captives and Sioux Wedding Ordeal Revealed
An 1875 escape tale from an American survivor describes a Chicago group led by Colonel Carpenter that mined near Deadwood and Custer City. After a Sioux raid, Beck recounts torture tests, forced marriages, and the brutal gauntlet as he joins the tribe then returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Chicago
Colonel Carpenter
Sedalia
Black Hills
Hills
Deadwood
Custer City
Beck
Jove
Iron Bull
Turtle hunting by fisher fishes described in ancient text
The piece recounts how Greeks despised turtle meat, Spaniards in the South Seas disliked it, and Chinese trained "fisher fishes" to hunt sea turtles. A long fish with a barbed head and a ring and cord captures the turtle, dragging it to the boat where the prey separates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Seas
Londenlobe
The Little People on Brainard Street
A Detroit Free Press piece notes a child on Brainard Street asks if a dead baby is "all together now" after a funeral. The girl wonders if the baby's spirit returns, while a mother gently explains the mystery of Heaven and life to a child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brainard Street
Eias
Detroit Free Press
Steam Printing Ad Promises Fast, Quality Work
An old style advertisement touts steam printing services with fast execution and best quality. It promises superior workmanship and material, offers large job handling, and solicits orders from abroad with first-rate work at low rates guaranteed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Rock Island & Pacific
Tte
Joliet
Peoria
Ottawa
la Salle
Geneseo
Moline
Rock Island
Illinois
Davenport
Muscatine
Washington
Keokuk
Knoxville
Oskaloosa
Fairfield
Des Moines
West Liberty
Iowa City
Atlantic
Avoca
Audubon
Harlan
Guthrie Center
Council Bluffs
Pullman
Presse
Chicaco
Missouri River
Minneapolis
ST. Paul
Albert Sea
Seneca
Kankakee
Newport News
Richmond
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
la Fayette
United States
Canada
R. R. Cable
ST. John
Pras
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Julius Cesar
Gregory XIII
Cesar
Italy
Spain
Portugal
France
Germany
Denmark
Sweden
England
Hogarth
Cor
Utica Herald
New York
Page
Henry Republican
Steam Printing Office
Geo. Burt, Jr
Wee Tee
John Linden
Superior Bt
Cormand
rTs
Yale
Bentley
Troyens
State St
Edn
L Kurtz
Valentine Bros
Janesville
Wise
Wm. Garretson & Co
Sotuli Clark
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