Relics of Sin Eaters and Moral Reform Debates in 19th Century
The piece discusses a lingering funeral custom where a hireling bears sins for the deceased by receiving a loaf of bread beer or milk and a sixpence, known as a Sin eater, as well as a denunciation of foreclosures by church buyers. It notes clergy calling for united Christian reform, German theological debate, and a French primary schooling method using letter boxes to teach reading.
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Wales
George Zabriskie Gray
Gray
New York City
Germany
Optilar-Press
Christ Indeas
M. Ti
WN. Y. Looning Post
Vast Whiting ream of giant paper displayed at Centennial
A Whiting paper company display described a ream of the largest paper ever made. Sheets measure six by eighteen feet, weighing about ten pounds each, enough to yield 500000 notes if cut to ordinary size and stretch fifty miles when laid end to end. The entire ream is valued at 1500 dollars.
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Whiting Paper Company
Vote
Moos
Wilson
Padua
Holtz
Quarterly Journal of Science
Francis Darwin
Linnwan Society
London
Darwin
Waste and the American Economy in a Crisis
The piece argues waste as a key factor in national hardship, linking careless consumption to financial trouble. It notes Americans’ thrift flaws in homes and shops, overbuilding, easy credit, and the tendency to fly into crises every fifteen years, urging measured, productive use of resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thde
Chicago
Boston
Congress
Financial
Gradudi Arvine Effects on Soil Insertion
The text notes that substituting withdrawing with a different form results in the object being driven deeper into the soil, illustrating how the altered action modifies positional outcome. It emphasizes the mechanical impact of action choice on burial depth.
The Vernal Seed Time Encourages Steady Honest Labor
An editorial urging farmers and workers to embrace spring tasks with disciplined, contented effort. It stresses hard work, perseverance, and clinging to one occupation, warning against restless seeking and noting success comes from steady endeavor and practical self-discipline. The piece cites the New York Herald as its source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erin
N. YF. Herald
Sign of Recovery From Lung Fever Confirms Hope
A Fifth Street man recovering from lung fever showed a sign of improvement when his wife reported he was better after a tense period. She exclaimed he is better and on the mend, citing his earlier cross behavior as proof of progress, while neighbors noted the dramatic moment.
Financial totals rise nationwide in first quarter 1876
Twe failures across the United States for the first quarter of 1876 total 66,044,156 with 2,800 cases. This compares to 1,733 failures and 38,000,000 in liabilities in the same period last year, showing an increase of 1,067 cases and 28,000,000 in liabilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Tempest Demands Timber Estimate of Forest at Compiègne
Fragmented OCR notes describe a March tempest affecting 25 000 to 80 000 trees in the forest of Compiègne. It estimates an average yield of five cubic metres per tree, totaling about 150 000 sterts, worth roughly 3 090 000 francs.
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Demime
Gompiegne
Solar Apple Paste and Sunflower Notes for Poultry and Cheese
Agricultural tips discuss making a paste from solar apples, drying into cakes, and sowing sunflower seeds for malaria prevention and fowl feed. Also praised are fine close grained cheese and a kerosene wash to control lice in roasts and fowls. Packaging butter prefers new tubs and muslin lined boxes to avoid flavor and damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Artificial Stalling and Feeding Practices in Poultry
The article debates whether poultry require confinement to gain flesh, citing a pullet outwitting pigs by watching feeding troughs for barley. It discusses free foraging, the cramming of turkeys, and notes about animal feeding ethics and Moorish marriage customs as parallels to appetite and fattening practices.
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Wit
Goshen
Turkey
Morocco
Barbiry
Oer Wan
Fattening Daughters in Mo rocco Crude Marital Customs Exposed
A dated critique discusses a cruel practice where brides are force fed to gain size for marriage. It contrasts Moorish customs with a Parisian poultry device, urging reforms at home while noting the need to curb similar brutalities in market poultry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fez
Tangier
Palais de l'Industrie
Morocco
V. Y. Independent
Improving Pasture and Meadow Management for Winter Resilience
Prof. W. J. Beal notes poor pasture practice harms grass by overgrazing and winter trampling. He cites Kedzie’s experiments showing top dressing with ashes, muck, plaster, salt, and manure boosts returns 35 to 100 percent. He urges timely manure use and composting to enrich soils and sustain timothy growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R C Kedzie
Agricultural College
Maine
W. J. Beal
Michigan Board of Agricultura
Young Lochinvar in Tunis Weds Meryem Tale Surges Across Oasis
In Keriann oasis near Tunis a brave Arab sheik Ahmed Bou Merzan disputes a Cadi denial and abducts his beloved Meryem. He rides off with her as pursuers of 600 horsemen give chase, leaving thirty two dead and an astonishing escape story echoing Lochinvar.
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Lochinvar
Inorth
Africa
Keriann
Tunis
Wea Dadi
Miriam
Meryem
Ber
Ahmed-Bou-Merzan
Agalik
Fez
Cali
Bayard Taylor
Cadi
Ahmed
Bou-Merzan
Scimiter
Douar
Djebel-Mandra
Feriana
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Mechanical and Scientific
Crosa
Young Lochinvar
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