Practical kitchen tips and farming notes from a historic period
A scattered page offers a mix of domestic advice and agricultural observations. It includes methods for jelly making, preserves, and tidewater pickles, plus notes on crabbing, oyster dishes, bark removal from trees, linen and satin embroidery, and pigweed as fodder and potential green manure. It also gives a coffee brewing method and tips for storing winter squash for over a year to market at higher prices.
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Detroit
San Francisco
New York Experiment Station
St. Louis
Chicago
Examiner
Gorvien Darvien
Nuriey
Alot
Purac
Ani Ee Ele
Ite
Ato Tsac Ainess
Bi Revenenca
Ita
Berial Btorica
Harry Castlemon
Frank B. Stockton
Noashins
Frank Hi. Converse
Elsie Leigh Whittlesey
Chiristine Stepilens
Fannie Williame
James Otie
Oliver Optic
Bookkeeping for Farmers Sparks A Modern Practice
The article argues for simple farm bookkeeping to reveal costs and profits per field and crop. It notes past farmers kept poor records, while today success hinges on businesslike methods, even with cheap memorandum books and pencils. It urges tracking expenditures, returns, and marketing costs to identify and fix losses.
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Sally S
John
Cheese Making A Complicated Process
A historical note explains cheese making as more complex than buttering. It stresses precise mechanical steps and the rennet curdling stage, warns against guesswork, and advocates thermometer use for accurate milk temperature, contrasting factory practice with domestic dairies. Dr Reynolds cites the New York Sun on thermometer reliance.
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Dr. Reynolds
N. Y. Sun
Delirium Tremens Scare Stuns Philadelphia Woman
Mary Cooper, age 80, fell mute after a drunkard with delirium tremens frightened her in Philadelphia. For two weeks she could not speak as her vocal organs were paralyzed, then she suddenly recovered speech. A separate incident involved a conductor tearing a ticket on a Connecticut line, prompting a passenger to discard the remnant believing it useless.
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Mary Cooper
Philadelphia
Butter Making and Milk Feeding in New York Dairies
An 1870s style digest discusses butter production capacity in New York dairy factories and the shift from traditional butter coloring and packing to modern methods. It notes the effect of feed choices on milk value, with bran and cotton seed meal as influencing factors and the farmer must adapt to retain fair prices. It explains why the last milk drawn is richest, due to udder dynamics and milk separation.
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Sleo Margarinetictories
New York
Dor
Henry
Thattova
New Haven
Flavorful Butter Through Diet Blends for Better Taste
Dairy advice urges varied cow feed to fix butter flavor. Green alfalfa, corn, wheat, or oats impart distinct notes. mixing two or three foods yields superior butter. Practical feeding plans include chopped straw with barley or corn, or day pasture with night hay, to improve nutty, high quality butter.
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California
Fragmented 19th century ads and anecdotes collage
A garbled OCR collage features testimonial notes about Jacobs Oil for rheumatism and other ailments, a Wall Street veteran’s marriage quip, and misc health statements. It mentions Dr Guysett's Yellow Dock and Barsaparilla and assorted remarks on longevity and vanity in a chaotic newspaper column.
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Quysett
Nid
Nearly a Miracle Cure Advertisements and testimonials
A collage of medical patent claims and testimonials touts Kidney-Wort and Dr. Benson’s Celery and Chamomile Pills, with mentions of Hop Bitters, Thomas’ Eclectic Electric, Lydia E Pinkham’s herb compound, and various tonics. It includes patient anecdotes from Asenith Hall of Binghamton to H. W. of Detroit, praising cures for lung pain, deafness, headaches, digestion, and vitality, framed as a bustling midwestern to eastern newspaper page.
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Syra
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Newman
America
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James Brothers
Missouri
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Owen
Cores & Cook Publishing CO
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Eures
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TCO
RAD
Paris
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Calfornia
Senbeaas
Arthur Fishers
Jacobs Ol Forthol
Toronto
Canada
Globe
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B&t Jacobs Oil
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Wall Street
RM. Buxtos
Columbus
Ind
Asenith Hall
Binghamton
N. Y
Tar Snob
J. O. Picayune
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Mich
Bay Line
Norristowns Herald
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Dr. Benson
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Thei ‘Union
Detroit Tea Press
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Repoprxo
Russia
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Anhaine
Brecker Bridge
Yale
Tare Vourate Bert Co
Marshall, Mich
Dye
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Lyon
Wise
National Yeast
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Bardock
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Seho I-Aftenes
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Eee
BBC
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Viele
Isinet
Accordeen
Winweale
Gounod
Novello
Mendrjasuho
Evian
Ewenson
Lxon & Sealy
Oliver Dithon & OG
Wester
Bookagents
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Kavaz
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Owens’ Co
Farang
E. Owens
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Minka
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LN & Pease
United States
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Merpentergoeare
Halon
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Dox
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