Farm and Stock Notes on Wise Farming and Sugar Plans
Edited by John Wherey Jr a roundup of homesteading counsel touching crop rotation stock visibility beekeeping and beekeeping water needs and keeping fruit ripe and ready for market. It notes Creston Iowa ground breaking for a blue grass palace and discusses Jeffersons advice on purchases and the role of agents. It urges farmers to forethought avoid half measures promote home buttermilk and warns on waste while reporting Kansas sugar plant expansion and Iowa cane trials.
Farmers Weigh Shelters and Sheep for Better Yields
The piece argues for practical farm shelters and diversified livestock, noting June harvests in wheat across multiple states and countries. It quotes estimates from Geddes on sheep and grain, contrasts stock breeding trends, and promises household tips from the American Agriculturist, including a baby play pen and a child’s apron design.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Household Department
American Agriculturist
Grange Lectures on Farming as Business Practice
The national Grange lecturer in Washington compares farming to business, urging farmers to study markets, costs, and production. He asks how many farmers know local farm counts, crop averages, herds numbers, or costs, noting too many rely on luck and others for sale. He stresses selling crops is as vital as growing them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Geddes
National Grange Patrons of Husbandry
Washington, DC
Washington
Panini
Health and beauty in a doctor’s prescription
A poem by C Tennyson aside, a plea that the public learn how to boost women’s health and beauty. The piece touts Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as the sole medicine for women with a buyback guarantee, sold by druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C Tennyson
Farmer William Spears Confined After Assault on Dog and Neighbor
William Spears a farmer from Irving Walnut Bend Cook County Texas suddenly went mad. He attacked a large dog bit out its tongue and ate it. He then attacked no neighbor and bit him severely. He was finally overcome and confined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Spears
Irving
Walnut Bend
Cook County
Tex
Women Writers and Notable Ladies of Letters
A survey of prominent women writers and journalists including Lady Colin Campbell, Mrs. Mary J. Holmes, Mrs. Fenwick Miller, Rhoda Broughton, Miss Maria Louise Eve, Ouida, Miss Nannie Mayo Fitzhugh, Jean Ingelow, Edith M. Thomas, Mrs. Francis Hodgson Burnett, Lizzie Woodworth Reece, Madeline Vinton Dahlgren, and Emma Howard Wright. Mentions also note Mies Helen Ainslie Smith and a remark on Rhoda Broughton’s appearance. 83,000 German telephone subscribers are cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney Page
Margaret Deland
Emily Crawford
Paris
Mies
Helen Ainslie Smith
Putnam
Rhoda Broughton
Maria Louise Eve
Mobile News
Ouida
Nannie Mayo Fitzhugh
Mandy
Harper's Monthly
Kentucky
Jean Ingelow
Kensington
Francis Hodgson Burnett
Lizzie Woodworth Reece
Stedman
Col. Higginson
Madeline Vinton Dahlgren
Admiral Dahlgren
Washington
Emma Howard Wright
Baltimore
Jacob Howard Wright
That City
Latest Fashions in Jewelry Pins and Ornaments
Jewelers' Weekly surveys recent designs from moonstone scarf pins to silver match cases and hairpins. Highlights include a bracelet echoing a puzzle ring, a diamond accented gold pendant purse, pearl and diamond necklaces, and elaborate lace pins with Chinese enamel motifs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jewelers' Weekly
Fashions for Men in a Changing Style Era
A fashion overview notes slow adoption of tennis sashes and new dress details. It highlights black ball buttons on white vests, light colored doeskin trousers, four button cuffs, four-in-hand neckwear, red puff scarves, creamy pearl hats for summer, and new bath straps. Prices rise on stripe and silk warp fabrics as the season peaks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asti
Animal oddities and curiosities from across the world
The item highlights strange animal cases and feats from Duke and Cumming Georgia to Eckington England and Albany New York. It notes a one headed chicken with four legs, a man eating seventeen eggs, a pair of joined twins chicken, a prized old horse kept fed by a wife, a ship dog named Jon, and Kanaas producing one fifth of U S silk cocoons last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J F Palmer
Duke
J. F. Duffy
Cumming
Eckington
Yorkshire
England
Georgia
United States
Adams
Woodward
Jon
Hallet
Jack
Union Depot
Albany
Jooga
Kanaas
Leave Hope Behind and Dr Pierce's Discovery Cure Claim
A sensational ad warns readers to abandon hope for recovery from disease as death nears. It touts Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a cure if used promptly, with a warning that delay is dangerous. A Joliet penitentiary incident is noted where prisoners found intoxicated via a hidden still in the piggery, prompting renewed temperance efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dante
Pierce
Danerous
R. Morgan
Joliet Penitentiary
Theo Man
Ulee Golden Medical Discovery
Aimee
Electric Bitters Promise Rectify Digestive Ailments
Thousands seek a cure daily and spend much hoping to gain this boon. The ad touts Electric Bitters as a universal remedy for dyspepsia and liver, stomach, and kidney issues, claiming they will bring better digestion if used as directed. Also notes a big crop of quails and young wildlife delighting hunters this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Becaus
Powell Diuogypist
Sudden Death Cure Ad Promises Heart Health
An old paper advertises Dr Milla's New Cure for heart troubles claiming it prevents death from choking sensations and chest pain. It mentions Henry Brown of Cleveland and Obie Sold by Dr Howell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milla
Henry Brown
Cleveland
4 ‘Owell
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A. H. Kinnear, M. D
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Ilinois
Gresser
W.H. Jones
Henry, III
Regulator
City
M. Pendleton
Magnolia, Il
Fred
Potter
Henry
Ill
Secaa
T. Q. Hildebrant
Attorney AT Law
Henry, Ill
Court of Claims
Supreme Court
Government
W. A. Smith, D.V.S
Chicago Veterinary College
Sparland, Ill
Chalicothe
O. J. Lanigan
Burgess Bros
Wenona
H. A. White
Wyoming
Illinois
Bradford
Ira M. Ong
Marshall County
Lacon
Wenons
Geo. F. Worley
Marshall, Putnam
Keatdence Henry
Nome
Havenseuiel
J. E
F. A. Powell
Heury
Chicago
Expresa
Peoria
Mall
H. Moss
Enone
Benry
John Wherey JR
Ili
Creston
Toa
Samuel Miller
Montgomery County
Missouri
Montana
Thomas Jefferson
New York
Kansas
Iowa
California
Oregon
Mississippi
Alabama
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennes Gee
Virginia
Arkansas
Utah
Colorado
Turkey
Grece
Italy
Spain
Portugal
France
Colin Campbell
de Nordhopf
Eli
Mies Arnold
Humphrey Ward
Rose In
Robert Elemere
Mary J. Holmes
Fenwick Miller
London Society of Journaliste
James Whitcomb Riley
Edith M. Thomas
Germany
Snall
THE
Animal Kingdom
Hood
Tiood
C. L. Wood & Co
Lowell
Mass
Eric
WM. Ayres & Manus’ Sons, Philada
Hiorse
Baker
Moxie
Powell
America
Mail Das
Kirk Gss
U. S. Patent Office
Washington, D.C
Boutewrat
Ern Town
Tod UB
Tarrh Pres Blue Grae League
CameTet
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