Farm Advice on Hay Cutting and Grooming for Stock
The article covers hay cut length for different grasses, noting fine grasses allow closer cuts while heavy grasses like Timothy require longer growth. It emphasizes thorough grooming of horses and cattle, explains skin health to prevent disease, and warns against neglectful care. It also offers July farming tasks, crop timing, wheat notes, and a method to halter train a colt using a loop and noise to encourage forward movement.
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Connecticut River
Europe
Levon
Why Ice Water Is Bad for Digestion
A historical note argues against iced drinks for dyspepsia, warning that ice cold beverages at meals can trigger discomfort. It links heavy iced consumption to intense thirst and impaired digestion, citing Dr. P F Othergill on indigestion and the idea that a moderate temperature aids digestion.
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United States
Pfothergill
Fragmented 19th Century Letters and News Snippets
A mixed list of quotation snippets and brief notes including satire on the Italian mosquito, critique of American and European sentiments, Belfast police actions amid riot, and a marginal editorial on oleomargarine amid warm weather. The text discusses venomous bites, formalities, and political commentary with brief attributions to newspapers like the San Francisco Chronicle and the Washington writer.
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Mississippi
Ohio
Sacramento
Mediterranean
Adriatic
San Francisco Chronicle
Shaker Hollow tales mix ribald verse with local lore
A column notes playful verses about summer nudity and fashion, then shifts to a sharp portrait of Shaker Hollow. It describes crime and sensational murders, coarse speech, and a glossary of local slang. The piece critiques rural ignorance and bigotry, citing Sole Yale’s remarks on the United States and Shaker Hollow.
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Shaker Hollow
Rey
Moses Crawford
Dad
Ty Golfrey
John Rogers
Mighty
Scott
South
New York
Yale
United States
Cor
San Francisco
Cardiff Giant Fraud Exposed by Its Owner Hull
George Hull of West Allis Wis describes how he built and buried a petrified giant in Cardiff Onondaga County New York to stage a sensational finding. He details bribing a farmer, delays, and the elaborate ruse that drew crowds and false scientific scrutiny before the secret unraveled.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
George Hull
Westler
Wis
Fort Dodge
Mr. Hull
Chicago
New York State
Cardiff
Onondaga Creek
Onondaga County
Wman
Hull
Heredity and the limits of inheritance in humans and animals
A Fortnightly Review summary discusses heredity across species noting pigeons are easier to predict than humans due to simpler heredity. It cites variability in human traits, sex, and mental features, with examples such as twins and historical cases like the Hungarian conjoined sisters and Siamese twins, highlighting discordant temperaments and disputes over separation.
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Solomon
Reform That Has Worked Wonders In Prisons
A reflective piece praises prison reforms and the officers who implement them. It argues that the key issue is maintaining high moral tone among all staff from top to bottom and urges steadfast integrity in daily duties.
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Souision
Indian Wedding Observed in a Dakota Tent
A Boston Traveller letter describes a Dakota wedding with a large open tent and a smaller entry shelter adorned with feathers and a wildcat skin. Inside a 15 year old bride sits among chiefs and guests as drums, rites, and feasting unfold before a cautious, later shy departure.
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Dakota
Boston
First Spaniards in New Mexico Reach Gulf to Mexico
The narrative recounts that in 1528 a Spanish expedition led by Narvaez sailed from Tampa Bay toward Mexico. Cabeza de Vaca’s wrecked party, after years among Native peoples reputed to be of strong order, traversed Florida and later New Mexico, returning to Culiacan in 1537. Vaca’s legends and survivorship fueled early interest in New Mexico.
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New Mexico
Narvaz
Florida
Vay
Tampa Bay
Ifis
Gulf
Mexico
Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vinca
Louisiana
Vaca
Thescame
Gulf and
Texan
Culiacan
Yao
Contagious Diseases Joke Folly in Old Paper Clip
A short humorous exchange recounts a man claiming chills from a chair and a dice game, ending with a quip about a large pocketbook proving someone was a sucker. The dialogue, attributed to a National Weekly humor piece, illustrates light gossip about illness and luck without medical detail.
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Jones
National Weekly
A Young Lawyer Seeks Law on Good Friday on Sunday
A young attorney entered the law library and asked Law Librarian Digby for the state's law on Good Friday when it occurs on Sunday. He whispered earnestly that he wants to know what the law prescribes in this situation.
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Law Library
Digby
Percy
Pittsburgh Lerder
Five-Cent Cigar Sparks A Social Exchange
A fragment depicts a polite quarrel over a cigar and tobacco. A speaker downplays tobacco if the man pulling a stake. The scene shows a polite dispute about smoke and appearance rather than a serious confrontation.
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Lowell
Hawthorne
B. Street
Jean Ingelow
Confucius
Emmons
Ruskin
Goethe
John Bright
God
Emerson
Charles Sumner
Bucon
Alua
Abo
Braxa
Patti
Andl Mann
Ech
Victors
Britis
Columbia
Iurely
Royal Baxino Pownen Co
Wall St. N. x
Goodykoontz & Porter, Attorneys At Law
Kimball
Dakota Radore
Hank
C. C. Morrow
Probate Court
Chamberlain
Byrnes Market
Henry & Orcutt’s Bank
Pioneer Market
J. M. Percy
Prop
Cary & Jefferson
St of Main
Kimball Dakota
Mark Ward
G. B Walker
U. S. Land Office
Mitchell
Atty
U.S. Land Office
Notary Public
Warners
Patrick Quirk
IAF
D. E. Wells
W. C. Morris
Jeweler & Optictan
F. E. Miller
Kusmacy
Daxora
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