Bees And Household Tips From The Era
A collection of home advice on beekeeping cellar storage buckwheat weather, tree wound coatings with gum shellac and alcohol, foaming sauce with eggs and wine, pest control for crops, alternatives to rag carpet, early sweet corn harvesting, horse training tone recognition, whitewashing trees health concerns, bottling fruit with olive bottles and beeswax dip for corks.
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Chicago Journal
Boston Transcript
Toledo Blade
The
Massachusetts Ploughman
Overfeeding and the dangers of show animals
The Western Rural urges breeders to avoid overfeeding show stock. Overfeeding harms digestion and causes permanent wear on animal machinery, while full feeding from the start builds development rather than fat. Fat at fairs signals misguided feeding. proper full feeding develops a strong frame and future breeding value.
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Berkshire
Poland-China
Man From Bristol Drinks Water And Beans
A Black man near Bristol Tennessee returned from harvest and drank ice water and ate a gallon of beans. He was noted for his strength and remained robust after the meal.
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Bristol
Tenn
Rearing Calves for Dairies A Summary of Care
The article details calf rearing as essential to dairy success. It advocates warm skimmed milk feeding, gradual diet increases, regularity and cleanliness, and proper housing. It warns against overfeeding, notes key ages for feeding changes, and prescribes cautious use of medicines, emphasizing prevention through good management.
Decline of the Square Piano in favor of Uprights
A Chicago Journal note reports that the epiare pianoforte faces doom as Europe favors uprights and pianinos. A leading New York piano firm announces it will drop all square pianos from its catalogue and produce only uprights and grands.
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Germany
America
New York
Chicago Journal
Wonders of Vegetation and Palms in Nature’s Design
A reflective survey extols plants as medicinal agents and showcases palm diversity. It notes nicotine and caffeine origins, plant vitality reactions to toxins, leaf movements, and the compass weed. It details palm ubiquity in tropics, vast species count, uses from food to timber, palm wine, sago, oil, fibers, and rattan's strength and breadth of products.
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Venus
Humboldt
America
Martins
Notable Trade Descriptions From Troy Times
Fragment describes canes of commerce, rumors of their length and shipment. Mentions canes imported in bundles of one hundred, each twenty feet long, with nondescript remarks about support and falling. The item reflects a historical commerce snippet quoted by the Troy Times.
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N. Y
Bunko Confidence Game Exposed by New York Visitor
A New York correspondent recounts Dan Farley, an actor, posing as an honest man about town and running a bunko. He lures a Chicago visitor into a lottery scam, ensnares him in a high risk gambling setup, then destroys a forged check while the real one remains safe, illustrating a crafty street confidence scheme.
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New York
Dan Farley
Fifth Avenue
Chicago
Broadway
Twenty-sixth Street
No. 122
Dan's Lottery
Dan
Black
Autak
Cologna Cor
San Francisco Chronicle
Ton of brook trout floods Carson flume yard
Yesterday morning about ten oclock a flood of trout and suckers tumbled down the Lake Bigler wood flume at the Carson lumber yard. A nearly ton of fish, about six inches long, were swept under the flume and gathered in baskets by workmen. Most were brook trout, driven from the supply pond by a storm into the flume.
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Lake Bigler
Carson
Nevada
Dolls across ages and lands show lasting play value
The article traces dolls from ancient puppet theater to modern factory era, noting origins of the name, early Dutch wooden dolls, and global spread. It describes varied materials like wood, gutta percha, wax, and rubber, prices at different levels, and the evolution of doll eyes and movement. It also recounts a London 1851 exhibit praising dolls with lifelike detail and family groupings.
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Dorothy
Dolly
Todd
Esquimaux
France
England
Spain
Bavaria
Henry IV
Marie de Medicis
Netherlands
Paris
United States
Germany
Switzerland
Tyrol
New York
London
St. Petersburg
Madame Montanini
Troy Daily Times
The Cologne Smell and Street Names in Jest
A narrator complains of Cologne odors and the town’s changing name. He notes the smells linger in gutters and sewers, assault travelers in every nook, and reflects on the city’s history of renaming. The piece blends humor with a critique of urban scent.
Otter Assisted Fishing On The Yangtze Opposite Tehang
A Chinese fishing method uses otters chained to bamboo rods over water to dive for fish under a weighted net. The otters are lowered beneath and then hauled up with baskets of catch retrieved, while unused otters swim and tussle along the riverbank.
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Yangtsze River
Tehang
Fifteen Year Old Killed by Lightning Near Arnoldsburg
Misa Sallie Parsons of Arnoldsburg Calhoun County Va was fatally struck by lightning during a storm while carrying wedding attire home to meet her brother. She was fifteen and to be married in three days. The tragedy occurred as the storm approached leaving a distraught scene and a death at the family home.
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Misa Sallie Parsons
Arnoldsburg
Calhoun County
Rosse girl dies after needle punctures heart
Sallie Palmer a ten year old girl from Rosse Texas was climbing into a crib door when a needle fixed in her dress pierced her chest and reached the heart. Medical help was immediate but she died within an hour of the accident.
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Sallie Palmer
Rosse
Tex
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