Hog Killing and Farm Practices From Old Time Guides
Instructions on hog slaughter including scalding temps around 166 degrees, humane shooting before sticking, and proper evisceration method. Also notes on manure pile management to prevent leachate, and the beneficial role of chickadees in controlling cankerworms in Massachusetts orchards. Concludes with celery storage tips and covering to prevent winter damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Stockman
E. H. Forbach
Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture
Massachusetts
Little Folks Story and Naval Hero Young Billy
A Philadelphia dog on the Troy dock saves lines for steamers to Albany while a relative handles the hawser. A Brooklyn boy named Billy, nine, asked to buy a warship, earns prize money shares in Decatur's era. A girl visits a garden learns flowers are real, and a benevolent woman guides her. A poem honors a kind lazy man who helps children, strolling the streets and guiding them through games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
Philadelphia
Kensington
Albany
Lagoon Island
Hanover
Bors
Brooklyn
McKinley
Maine
Billy
Decatur
United States
Dore
Bill
Chicago News
Felkcie
Fleurette
Fleurette’s
Presa
New England
Marjorie
Babiea
Paris garden statue endures in evergreen
Paris Letter notes Napoleon statue in M. d Aguilleres garden. The evergreen likeness is clipped by an artist gardener with snuffbox in hand and a flower signature at the statue foot. The piece mentions careful preservation of Napoleon’s portrait through living greenery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napoleon
M. d’Aguilleres
Paris
Majestic albatross shown as master of sea and wind
A London Spectator excerpt describes the albatross with immense appetite and effortless flight, noting its pelagic feeding on offal and whale carcases, extreme gluttony balanced by abstinence, and awkward land behavior. The bird is praised for grace in flight yet clumsy on land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Spectator
How to Cure a Cold and Otto’s Cure offered
An advertisement hawks Otto's Cure as a quick fix for coughs and throat diseases. It promises surprising results for asthma bronchitis consumption and throat ailments and offers a free sample bottle with purchase details from Daugherty Bros Indiana and W I Moore Homer City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto
Daugherty Bros
Indiana
W. I. Moore
Homer City
The Tei Bladder and Kidney Disease Remedies
A clipped health note discusses common missteps in treating kidney disease and bladder issues. It mentions doctors and women seeking remedies, highlighting misdiagnosis risks and the need for proper treatment.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Farm Duurnal
Grotyn
Lazy Man
Waléron Wo
Anderson
Castoria
Signatura
John P
Elkin
Elin Building
Pitadehhbie Siaak Yani
John H. Pierce
J. M. Cunningham
Philadelphia Street
Jrancis
S J.telford
Sutton Building
E.nest Stewart
Wood Clark
Onice
Farmers’ Bank
John L, Geyty
Davad Blair
George W. Hood
Storney
Hetrick
John. Banks
Attorney-Atlaw
Pamuel Cunningham
John 8. Fisher
Cunningham & Fisher
Attorneys-Atlaw
Court Place
Farmers Bank
Langham
Watson
Vrane Kerner
Yyyattson & Keener
Harry White
W. L. Stewart
Stewart & Clark
Jjanss
Toms
Farmers' Bays
A J. Feit
Indiana, Pa
Hotels
Glen Campbell
Ele
Cuare
Indiana County
Factel Cain
J. L. Cain
Botelgy
Clate
Central Hotel
John W. Wray
Prop'r
Tates
Tadiatia
C. M. Wortman
Fifth Streets
W. H. Clawson
L. Erhard
Grant, Pa
Clark House
Cherrytree, Pa
Jans
Crossman
Justice OF the Peace
South Ninth Street
Griffith
Grisemore
J S. Amond
Penn Eun
Pas
Scrivener
L. Moorbead
Court House
H B. Buterbaugh
Tudiana
Nixon Building
Goldrox
Joax
West Virginia
Maryland
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Delaware
New Jersey
Vermont
Castorna TI
David Kennedys
Barnesboro Supply Co
Cambria County
D. D. Lewis
Esboro
Penn'a
David Kennedy
G. W. Davenport
West Troy
N. Y
Robinson
First Avenue Methodist Church
Dr. Davin Kennepy Corporation
Rondout, N
G. T. Hamilton
St. F
Lockard
Ae Log Kard
Indiana, Penn’a
INO. F. Steving & CO
Penn’a
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