Be Content with Such Things as We Have in Life
Reverend Talmage urges contentment with ordinary life rather than restless travel or status. He extols health as the greatest luxury, cites biblical examples of happiness in hardship, and stresses God’s providence and the gospel of Jesus Christ as paths to cheerfulness and contentment despite fortune or circumstance. He warns against envy and pretension, reminding listeners that true gain comes from godliness with contentment.
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Farmers Discuss Timing Of Wheat Harvest In Varying Localities
The piece notes grain maturity varies by location and advises farmers to harvest wheat at different dough stages. It suggests starting earlier in broad harvest areas to avoid finishing too late and mentions hay buyers prefer later cuttings when selling off farm.
Remedy for Wire Worms in Seed Corn
The New York Sun notes wireworms resist caustics and salt solutions and lime moistened with water. To prevent feeding, seeds can be treated with offensive substances like coal tar or tar-coated seed corn. A cup of soft tar coats a bushel, with dry soil or ashes preventing sticking. crows avoid tarred corn and most insects deterred.
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New York Sun
Lily-Of-The-Valley
H. Muller
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Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station
Turning Bones Into Fertilizer by Lye Process
A Michigan college professor notes strong lye quickly disorganizes bones especially when boiled. Bones can be processed into fertilizer by breaking, boiling with sal soda caustic lime and water, then mixing with dry muck to create valuable manure. wood ash potash may outperform soda.
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Michigan
Farmers’ Friends Among Insects and Birds Urged for Preservation
Rev George D Hurst Entomologist at the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station urges protection of toads moles field mice and most birds including robins wrens thrushes orioles cuckoos bluebirds woodpeckers swallows and catbirds while labeling the English sparrow a nuisance He notes beneficial insects like lady bugs hoverflies and dragonflies help control pests and should not be destroyed.
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New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station
George D. Hurst
New Tree Transplanting Method Praised by Prairie Farmer
Prairie Farmer endorses a new method for transplanting ornamentals like magnolias holly and oaks. On Mr Bielbys Illinois estate two miles north of De Land he demonstrates moving four to six inch trees by crown cutting to ease transport. Stumps are replanted and shoots are guided to form a thrifty shape.
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de Land
Preserving Eggs A Practical Guide From the Era
A reader’s guide outlines several methods to keep eggs fresh for months. Tips include using fresh eggs only, avoiding eggs from hens with cocks, storing near 40 degrees and preventing freezing, turning eggs thrice weekly, and using racks or dry oats without packing material.
Egg preservation and handling rules from Farm and Fireside
The article warns against relying on external sources for eggs. It urges washing eggs before storage and stresses only using eggs from one’s own hens. It cautions against stale nest eggs and keeping hens with layers, advising careful handling and cool storage.
Practical farm hints from a 19th century column
A wide range of home farm tips covers livestock care and garden planning. Topics include feeding and watering pigs and bees, pruning vines, handling plum trees in poultry yards, milking churn hygiene, storing vitamins for horses, and practical tool procurement for farming tasks.
Half Masting Flags A Longstanding Naval Custom
The article notes the ancient origin of flag halfflag signaling dating to Punic wars, recounting Roman capture of Carthaginian ships and the lowering of banners over sterns. It suggests half-staff practice likely began in the navy and is a long standing tradition.
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Wondrous Flower Exhibited by Medfield Man
William B. Grover of Medfield Massachusetts displays at his home a remarkable flower that resembles a white rose. It grew on a crab apple tree among apples and was cut from the stem. The bloom is about one and a half inches across with pure white petals and a yellow center.
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Medfield
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Chicago Herald
Dangers of the Deep in the North Atlantic Derelicts
Lieutenant Underwood of the U S Navy explains derelict vessels as abandoned ships adrift in ocean waters. He notes monthly sightings in 1851 and highlights famous derelicts like Twenty-one Friends, plus fires aboard vessels and the peril to passing ships from logs and buoys, including a giant lighted buoy drift from Cape Hatteras to Persaud.
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Give Him Jessy Phrase Linked to Falconry History
The Journal of American Folklore traces the origin of the cry Give Him Jessy to falconry terminology. In boyhood, spectators urged a contestant by shouting this line, linking the jess thong used on birds to crowd behavior and disputes among youths.
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New Journal of American Folklare
Jessy
A Scientific Description of Drowning Findings
A Health Board doctor explains to a New York Telegram reporter how drowning occurs. He describes immersion phases including water entering the lungs, extended inspiration, respiratory arrest, and eventual death with changing heart pressures. The doctor notes the respiratory resistance comes from respiratory muscles, not glottis spasms.
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Health Board
New York Telegram
Jamaica Fruits Described With Uses and Varieties
A Jamaica Observer report notes the lime as a common domestic staple used in cooking, drinks, and even cosmetics. It also describes the granadilla grapelike fruit weighing about eight pounds, its glutinous pulp, and culinary uses, plus a wild forest variety named Sweet Calabash for pig feed.
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Jamaica
Tea Consumption Advice From London Exchange
A London exchange argues against daily tea for most people noting one dose per day is enough and many suffer headaches or nervous disorders from tea. It warns against high tea and says tea and meat should not be the main meal due to tannin hindering meat digestion.
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They Never Fall and Brandreth Pills Ad
An 1554 advertisement page notes Brandreth’s Pills as blood purifiers and liver regulators curing rheumatism and leg trouble. A fisherman testimonial credits two pills nightly for ten days and forty days to full recovery. It also references Pleasant Pellets by Dr. Pierce and a sailors joke for light content.
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J. N. Harris
Pierce
The Great Remedy Ads Urge Women and Men to Trust Potent Medicines
A period voice promotes Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as the ideal for women’s health and matrimony, promising a money back guarantee. It also extols Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery for consumption and cites dramatic cures, urging readers to act early.
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de. Pierce
Dr. Pierce
Fechter’s New Haven Baldness Cure Promising
H A Fechter of New Haven Conn reports a near infallible baldness remedy. The discovery is generating physician interest as it performs remarkable cures. A free circular detailing the history of the discovery is available by writing to the discoverer.
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H. A Fechter
New Haven
Conn
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