Plant trees now to shelter and shade Muscatine Journal urges
Friday June 8 1806 the Muscatine Journal urges Mr Enston and readers to plant maple seeds after corn planting. It notes young soft maples along city streets bear seed and that seeds can grow into a grove for farms. Recommends planting trees such as cottonwood maple walnut butternut elm osage and evergreens for shelter usefulness and beauty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Enston
Suen Foaren
Muscatino Journal
Practical Household Tips From a Sawmill Ledger Page
Tips on gardening close living arrangements and preserving items. Advice covers neighborly garden sharing, carpet and fur preservation, moving tricks with rent, and a curious note on a remedy involving common soda for tooth decay.
Swine Feeding From Household Implements
A fragment notes that swine can be fattened on simple provisions including charcoal and three grains of corn per day. It claims pigs will subsist on such fare for weeks, eating voraciously and staying healthy when a steady supply is provided.
Recipe and remedies from Rural and New Yorker notices
A collection of household tips and cures including ham pickle with beer, a horn cure using copper sulfate, and a hot oak bag for rheumatic pains. Includes guidance from Rural New Yorker correspondent, with practical dairy and ploughman notes.
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Patna
Mase
Ox Gate Wagon Tire Remedy Cited For Cholera
A 19th century writer claims heating wagon felloes in hot oil makes tires waterproof and stops cholera on emigrant ships. He describes a tonic of a spoon of cayenne, a spoon of salt in a pint of hot water as a remedy once used in 1840.
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Uingg
Bayd
Ondo
Charcoat Dressings Bring Quick Pain Relief for Burns
A cure using charcoat applied to burns reduces pain instantly. Leaving the elargoal on the wound for an hour shows the remedy heals, proven in multiple instances. The piece argues the method is cheap and deserves trial amid comparisons of major newspapers.
Water finding methods and strange fossil toad discovery
An Irish laborer used hidden stones to locate groundwater, noting wet spots after nights of evaporation. A toad found in a Dyke House quarry block at twenty five feet deep showed bright eyes and a barking response upon touch, with geologist Mr. Taylor estimating the creature to be around six thousand years old.
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Patrick
Dyke House
Hartlepool
England
Taylor
Grant Praises Sherman and Sheridan in Conversation
In a Boston talk, George Hepworth quotes Cexenan Grant praising Sherman as a capable but flawed leader and praising Sheridan as pure-hearted and noble. Grant adds that others could have achieved the victory, expressing gratitude to God for his own role.
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Cexenan Grant
Kav
George Hepworth
Boston
General Sherman
Sherman
Sheridan
Remains Found Altered in Cemetery Removals
In removing the cemetery at E Hwarts grove Centre Ashtabula Ohio an opening and number of graves revealed remains that were complete in form but altered in substance resembling chalk to tallow and spermaceti. Mr Winslow present for most of the removals noted a tenth of the remains changed some entirely others partly. An old man’s body was found with woolen clothing altered with the body to the ambulance. About a century ago similar finds were made in Paria.
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Paria
Flight Against the Wind and Morning Thoughts
Prof Newman argues some birds prefer wind from the front though quails crossing the Mediterranean suffer with head winds and drownings when winds shift. The text reflects on time as a gift, each new day brings unknown futures and thoughts and hopes may endure beyond today.
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Newman Saye
Biide
Europe
Mediterranean
Earth’s distant motion slows. prophecy claims standstill
A French professor argues Earth moves slowly, predicting in 1.6 billion years it will halt. The excerpt notes arrivals of travelers from America and Ireland, describes Peru’s high altitude, and mentions Dr. Newland and Bryans with terse context.
Ancient Overland Distances From Omaha to Great Salt Lake
A list of distances from Omaha to major stops along the overland route westward, compiled for emigrants. Distances include North Bend, Fort Kearny, Julesburg, Denver, North Platte, Fort Bridger, Great Salt Lake City and Bannock City with mileage figures.
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Mountaina
G. M. Laoro
Fay
Frotmont
North Bend
Tsuchanan
Skinner's Weserseseresenss
Eree
Eagle Island
Junction Rancho
Lone Tree
Grand Toland
Wood River Farm
Fort Kearney
Black Buttes
Fort Bridger
Great Salt Lake City
Bear River
Bannock City
Virginia City
Boise City
Nebraska
Spring Weather Rants About Dust and April Weather
In a rambling note, Spring se Hanogo condemns March and April as ugly months with winds and endless dust. He laments spring fever and shifting weather that weakens nerves and triggers sniffles, calling the season unromantic and disagreeable.
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Hanogo
Early rising advised for debilitated and clockwork magnetism
Dr. Wilson Phillip argues debiltated individuals gain vigor by rising early though sleep needs differ. Early rising can extend next night’s sleep and improve daytime exercise. Then discusses a Leamington jeweler’s electro-magnetic clockwork with a pendulum coil that keeps time across multiple clocks without winding or acid batteries.
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Barry Risina
Wilson Phillip
Thorde
Serr Actina Crooks
Leamington
Segregation Laws and Reconstruction Follies Cited in Postwar Claims
Gen Howard lists harsh measures in rebel states barring blacks from property real estate arms assembly testimony and contracts while noting punishments for defiance. The record recalls President’s objections to admission of Colorado linking wartime policy to public welfare. A collage of odd quotes and stray notes closes with scattered fragments about a tract and unspecified grants.
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Gen. Howard
History and History and the Best of Water
A fragment notes water quality as sweet clear and abundant at shallow depth of ten to fourteen feet, indicating favorable conditions for extraction. The passage implies accessible supply without deep digging.
Greene County Iowa Aims and Resources in 19th Century Outlook
Greene County Iowa surveys its fertile prairies and timber, noting rich soil, ample water, and growing towns like Jefferson and Rippey. It recalls early settlers, organized government in 1864, and the county’s role in the Civil War with many men serving under Capt. Orr and Capt. Rippey. The piece highlights land prices, timber, and schools, and envisions rapid railroad expansion and population growth toward one million by 1866.
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Unis
Xorgry
Greene County
Ale
New York
Iowa
Toledo
Ohio
Jefferson
Chicago
Des Dotnes
Tvs
Thuber
Masta Haudoef
Washington
Jutterson
Kendrick
Wasiuxatoy 'Tosyssim
Tiescant
Ghaiber
Jordun Lock
Sq. Ib 3
J. Lock
Coon River
Rippey
J.C. Lovejoy
Jevrensox
C. Jefferson
Tve
Baptist Society
Cedar Rapids & Missouri River
Jofferson
Kenpillin
Cedar Creek
Short Cranch
Greene
Rip. Pey
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American Institute Farmer's Club
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Tamerick
Clare
Kerry
Peru
Colorado
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Etersburg
Messrs
Hardin
Matricks
Net
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James Ie. Philips
William Phillips
James Stanford
McFaran
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Coon
Wella
United States
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Jéc. Love
Joy
Kippey
Howar Jefferson
Anderson
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Jas. Stanford
Trenasurer
G. Stes
Tolliver
J (. Lovejoy
Jas. Thornton
Burlington
Missouri River
MA Sv Wut Lp
Des Moines
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
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Ottumwa
Ura Moines
Knoxvillle
Alusa
Mosnor
Taggace
Macy
Ottumwa ‘Licket
Thig Commany
C.E. Perkins
L,cannen
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
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Massenger Trama
Toone
Cedar Rapida
Clinton
Cepara Raving Passinari
Cedar Rapids
Chigavo
Pasenger
Boone
HOWE
Lowa
BY. Varnick
Bass
Des Moines Valley Rail Road
Central and
Town
St. Louis
Les Moines Valley
Wabash & Western
Jacksonville
Monrod
Dt Nono
Keokuk
Des Moines Valley Railroad
I. G. Pease
Jefferson and Dennison
J. H. Colclo
I Jane Death Saet Celebedk
Dennison
Council Bluffx
Onawa
Sioux City
Carrollton
Jefsterion
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Thomas Roberts
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Dey Molen
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