Household Remedies and Farm Advice From 19th Century Page
The article provides household tips and farming notes about pest control, cleaning, and preserving household items. It includes recipes for warding off pests with alcohol solutions, cleaning woodenware with specific soaps, and preserving baskets and fabrics. It also gives advice on plant care, salt use on asparagus beds, vine worm control, and practical farming tools like harrows. It references authors and publications and includes varied topics such as dress styles and agricultural practices.
Moving Evergreens Instructs On Transplanting Evergreen Trees
A guide from The American Garden advises spring planting is preferred for evergreens but stresses the how over the when. It outlines careful digging with the tree centered, minimal disturbance, wrapping in coarse material, loading with straw, watering and staking after planting, and special care for shipping including moss and wrapping. It warns against manure near roots and recommends thin staking to prevent wind damage.
Emarsculation and Docking Practices in Lambs
A dubious excerpt discusses early lamb castration and docking, describing two week old procedures with sharpened tools to minimize pain. It argues opening at the scrotum and separation of cords to prevent bleeding and infection, warning of later complications if performed poorly.
A Word to Mothers on Independence and Fashion
A column argues mothers should seek independence and common sense over overworking for fashion. It contrasts a smart wife with a laborer’s view, warns against slave drives to dress children, and urges a balanced, frugal approach to clothing and home care for healthier outcomes.
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Snaia
Pleavle
Susie
Cincinnati
Anecdote of Charles O Conor and a Favor Repaid
A New York Evening Post correspondent recalls Charles O Conor who never forgot a kindness. He overhears a man planning legal action and offers to drop the case to spare the son and grandson of the original giver, citing a past dinner kindness and a desire not to injure the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles O'Conor
Gorror Spondent
New York Evening Post
Antorfera
Tani
Meney
An English Girl's Greatest Ambition and Tragic Crimes
An English girl’s greatest ambition is described with social judgment and mockery about marriages and status. The text then reports a Porting Green Ohio murder where George Anderson, twenty, was beaten to death in a early morning incident and Mrs Anderson faces case details. another old murder case involving a woman named Jeanse nylon and Charlow is noted with brief reference to Justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porting Groon
Ohio
George Anderson
Fartour
Winwito
Anderson
Charlow
Tasaoe
From the Chicago Tithing Kiss at a Grave Calm Moment
A fragment from the Chicago Tithing depicts Rihyl Sartoria and Herbert Holdfast in a measured kiss. Sartoria assesses suitors with cool intellect while Holdfast savors a cautious, deeply respectful love. a social portrait framed by odd, ornate language and stagey dialogue.
Rise and Fall of Sam Walker in Chicago Real Estate
The article recounts Sawnel T. Walker once a major Chicago landowner controlling over 1600 acres and a fortune estimated between 15 and 20 million dollars. After the panic he lost nearly everything, clung to grand schemes, and became a figure of local jokes as his holdings collapsed and creditors closed in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sawnel T. Walker
Chicago
Chengo
Taddin Xand
Sam
Walker
Sam Walker
Curious Quotations on Women and Society From a Fragment
A jumbled OCR fragment presents a sequence of quotation snippets about women and society. It includes misread attributions and garbled phrases from classic authors like Victor Hugo and Beaumarchais, with lines discussing governance, loyalty, love, and social norms, all presented in a damaged, incomplete form.
Witty Waifs and Funny Local Quips From Texas Siftings
A collage of humorous vignettes from Texas Siftings includes classroom wordplay on pronunciation and meaning, a countryman quip about sowing hemp, a bachelor’s view on love and wealth, and a pastor’s horse sale joke. The items showcase local humor and social quirks through brief anecdotes and light banter.
Mormon polygamy views aired by Hyacinthe in Madison
Pore Hyacintheon Morm an spoke in Madison Wisconsin on polygamy saying Mormons could not be tolerated in Europe. Madame Hyacinthe visited Salt Lake City to study the issue meeting Mormon women who voiced distaste for polygamy but felt trapped by religious zeal. They spoke of converts coming from Europe and facing hardship, while elders defended the practice. He urged education and moral reform to address individual wrongs and uplift women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balane
Beaumanoir
Madison
Win
Hyacinthe
Europe
Madam Hyacinthe
Salt Lake City
Madame Hyacinthe
Purgatory
Earth
Tabernacle
Joseph Smith
Time on Shipboard and the Watch System Explained
The article explains how shipboard time is divided into 24 hours across four hour segments called watches. Bells mark each half hour, starting at midnight with eight bells for the end of the watch, and adjustments occur as the day progresses through the first and second dog watches.
Triumph of Surgery Rebuilds Face With Skin Graft
Bertha Kistler, twenty, underwent a pioneering facial reconstruction using a skin flap graft from her arm and hand, guided by Dr George F Shrady at Presbyterian Hospital New York. Over a year and twenty operations the team reshaped her cheek nose and mouth, with the flap finally anchoring to form a new face and the patient showing remarkable resilience and gratitude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boen
Mmrgeany
George F. Shrady
Presbyterian Hospital
New York Bay
Bertha Kistler
Thore
Bahrady
Bhrady
Ale
Macaulay on his own work and critical limits
The Chambers Journal excerpt cites Macaulay reflecting on his historical and artistic writings. He claims to burn any page of poetry or fine arts criticism, while admitting deep enjoyment of imagination. He notes self-criticism of history and doubts when comparing with esteemed works, then contrasts his style with contemporaries and asserts his manner is imitated yet often copies weakly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macaulay
Macroy Napier
Haslitt
William
Luce
Moonshine Tales and Glassy Illusions From Old Times
A quirky miscellany recounts Dr Willits of Lomsville Ky describing moonshine as a way to spice talk while anecdotes and parables mix with stories of moonshine’s illusions. A preacher mocks modern sensibilities and a tale of a rider on steam cars ends in a knotted tunnel and a blind cry. An owl in a window and a boy’s fear of car darkness finish the fragment.
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Willits
Lomsville
Normondon Jonah
Gary
Jongha Nm
Willis
Reesan
John
Winter Time Misery and a Bent Water Bucket
A fragmented 19th century scene recalls harsh winter travel and a strained train arrival. The imagery centers on cold, blunted emotions, a thirsty crowd, and a feverish ache described as not an injury but an ice fever, with observers lamenting the lack of relief and water.
New Orleans Opinion Opposes Wholesale Rationing Policy
The Times-Democrat argues against distributing provisions broadly during river floods. It says reliance on government aid demoralizes laboring classes, encourages dependence, and reduces effort to prevent future overflows. It calls for feeding those in need while requiring work to build levees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Two Jersey City farmers freed after intoxication charge
Hiram Bauman and Christopher Kaufman, farmers from Jersey City, faced charges of intoxication at the Tombs. They pleaded hardship and claimed wives waited anxiously at home. The judge pressed and dismissed them, noting their marriages and firm friendships as they left free.
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Jersey City
Hiram Bauman
Christopher Kaufman
Hiram
Christopher
New York
Living With a Bullet in His Brain Case Report
From the New-York Medical Record Dr W P Hartford Beetown Wisconsin recounts a 30 year old man shot in the face by a shotgun at 150 yards. One bullet penetrated the frontal bone above the right eye and nearly through the brain. Another bullet lodged under the right eye. The patient was unconscious for days, then slowly recovered with numbness in the right hand and leg.
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New-York
W.P. Hartford
Beetown
Win
Finliridus
The Bayard Newes
The Bayard Newes reports local visitors including Mrs J B Brosh in Highland's southern area and mentions readers from multiple towns. A mother from Stewart, Iowa quits work today and a language-book incident is described involving a girl and a boy five to eight years old reading about speech concepts.
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Apnt
J. B. Brosh
Highland
Lerch
Ochiltree
Garnish
Rutledge
Kukpp
Blakuhles
Arrowaiill
Mt Stewart
Towa
Toda
Nore Pany
Roniling
Dade
Oman
Burial of Heroes Bones in Rome Ceremony
A formal ceremony in Rome collected the fallen French defenders from 1889. Coffins were carried from the Garabinsery parrocks to Monte Gunna via Piazza del Popolo with relics and vows. The event honored Hietoianelli and Bignay, whose remains rest under the care of Garibaldians and local elders.
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Tome
London
Beinhard
Boninsgaliet
Ville Borghese
Garahinsery
Piazza del Popolo
Bierane Monte Gunna
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R. Goodman, Jr
Txi- Inne
Kansas
Thananal
Sorghun
Poland
Angar
A. O. Huron
Buffield, Coun
Tam
Hartford Courant
Aingin
Fifteon
Germantown
Telegraph
Tégard
Ty Iitay
Fionso
Greathouses
O'Conor
Charl
New York Sun
Mervic
Rihyl Sartoria
Herbert Holdfast
Boston
Emergon
Concord School of Philosophy
Eich
Herbert
Sibyl
Sestacy
Medford
Mra
Frank Leslie
Tavopa
Liv
Hough
aTady
Marquis
Bulzic
Louis Xty
Victor Hugo
Mena
Mickey
Newport News
Can
Gian
America
Jess
Aynv
Tim
Texas Siftings
Hyacintheon
Bota
His
Stambo
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