The General's Wife Vanishes Then Reappears in Paris
A weary physician narrates a tale of the general's wife who slips from home in Paris and is presumed dead by her distraught husband. After weeks, she resurfaces in Rio de Janeiro aboard a voyage story, returning to reveal she slept in a locked room behind the study. The dramatic revival uncovers a veiled life of scandal and a startling social upheaval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lis Wilkin
Guy
Noyert Joss
Huband
Bordeaux
Paria
Seateamer
Rio Do
Tuneiro
Nodrdely
Rio de Janeiro
Jonni
Ong
Nimeell
Bane
House of the Incy
Lackeye
Tran Mistresa
Bee
Maggie
Farmers' Column on Crops and Domestic Duties
Agricultural notes advise proper currant bush care and soil texture, warning that onions demand thorough weeding and labor. It covers Brahma fowls, sitting hens, Holstein cattle origins, calf feeding recipes from Rural New Yorker, and a moral piece praising home housekeeping and self-discipline for young women. It also discusses frightening children with bedtime tales and a personal account of biliousness treated by diet changes and a doctor’s advice to rest from meat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holstein
Elbe
America
Friewland
North
Tolland
Zuyder Zee
New Yorker
Nola
Wight
German Professor Sets Meatless Ten Day Challenge
A German professor studied by Dann Weissnichtner advocates a ten day meatless diet using vegetables dairy fish and soft boiled eggs. The narrator follows the plan and reports rapid health improvement noting steadier nerves and restored energy. The cure, attributed to Dr Medicis and the German doctor, ends with a staunch defense of reduced meat consumption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weissnichtner
Satan
Fashion's Fancies and Dress Trends Across Hemispheres
Fashion notes describe satin waning for day wear in favor of gros grain with a shiny reduction, while evening wear favors black satin veiled with buckram. Hat fashions include black and cream bonnet shapes and elaborate ribbons, with new French millinery and decorative flowers. Modest pattern changes in shirts and skirts are noted, promoting a center breadth and curved side shaping for a better fit. Also included are veterinary and medical tips for sore throat in horses, detailing symptoms, home nursing, medicines, and dietary guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grange
New York Tribune
New York
Rural World urges cattle improvement and market gains
An article from the Rural World argues for cattle improvement to raise weights and prices. It contrasts old stock weighing around 1,250 pounds with improved cattle at 1,450 pounds and higher quality, noting per head values at various price points from 6 to 7 cents per pound.
A Good Floor for a Cow Stable
The floor should be hard dry and non absorbent. Earth floors can be made hard and excellent, staying dry and well drained. A cement like layer of clay ashes gravel mixed and rammed creates a durable, water shedding surface suitable for cattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darth
Floor hardening by melted gaftar coating described
A Rural New Yorker note explains using a shovel and hoe to till soil then tamping to a smooth hard surface. A hot melted coating of gaftar is applied to make the floor water proof and much harder, costing little.
Brandy Station action saves Colonel Butler leg wound
An account by Dr. T E Besivilion recounts Brandy Station Virginia where General Butler of South Carolina lost his leg after a Parrott shell struck near him. Captain Farley died from wounds as Butler was carried from the field, amid heavy Confederate artillery fire and chaos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M.C
South Carolina
Olin
United States
Brandy Station
T.E. Besivilion
Philadelpha Times
Brandy Statson
Virginia
Butler
Genoral Stuart
Shndy Station
Culpepper Court House
Buller
Canethin Farley
Stuart
Batler
Caroling Sewaltus
Lin
Colonel Butler
Captain Farrey
Watt Taylor
John Chesnutt
Moore
Captain Farley
Wetil
Southarolina
A Siege Wound and Long March Toward Culpeper Court House
The narrative follows a company as it moves toward Culpeper Court House through hostile terrain. A colonel suffers a severe leg injury in a farmhouse hospital where Dr. Taylor performs amputation after anesthesia. The narrator stays with the wounded officer while the unit regroups, then rejoins a force near Stephensburg as they hold the enemy and retreat toward the Rappahannock River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stla *Felde
Wooda
Culpepper Court Louse
Wrandy
Taylor
Sona
Culpepper
Butler
Frank Hampton
Butter
Stephensburg
Rappahannock River
Wealthy citizen drives heavy wagon through crowded street
A man valued at $200,000,000 young and strong, drives a heavy wagon at high speed through a busy road with fast cars, shocking onlookers and prompting speculation about the health and wealth of the era's richest citizens. The report also notes various oddities from inherited fortunes to peculiar wills and local incidents, including treasure myths and a dramatic pistol incident in Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent
Alabama
Alycondod
Vanderbilt
Gath
John Peck
Tedueah
Ensone
Denehters
Chile
Joaquin Miller
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Sierras
John M. Hungerford
Cornoy
Congress
Twenty-ninth
Vernon
Hamilton College
Corn
Phildelphias
Ezra Carville
Lewiston
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tad
Earth
Heaven
Boglugfeld
Punch
Cestain
Mollicus
M. C. Butler
Cedarcroft
Bayard ‘Taylor
Silas Warner
Montcomery County
Linccoll
London Télégraph
England
George Blot
Ferror
Dr. A. &. Baldwin
Marshall
St. Jerson
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