Practical notes on farm kitchen and farming tips
A collage of home economy and farming hints from various papers. It covers feed for cows using yellow corn meal mush, proper handling of new potatoes, a broiled sardine toast dish, beans with roast meat, timber knot prevention, using sulphur to deter striped bugs on melon vines, meat ball recipe with potato and egg binding, and preserving extracted honey by wax sealing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Journal
Cincinnati Times
JV. Post
N.Y. Herald
Value of Ewe Lambs for Flock Improvement
The piece argues breeders should resist high prices for ewe lambs. Retaining superior bred lambs sustains fresh bloodlines, reduces management costs, and improves long term flock profitability. A strict culling policy favors keeping ewe lambs over older ewes to strengthen bloodlines and efficiency.
Should Women Ride Like Men In Side Saddle Debate
The Lancet in London weighs in on whether women should ride like men noting it may be best to leave the question to those most affected. It discusses seat security on side saddles, leg position effects, knee and bowing changes from long or short stirrups, and recommends alternating sides for growing girls to counter lean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancet
London
Life Guards
Blues
The Importance of Good Water For Cattle
The piece argues that pasture value rises with a reliable water source and warns against muddy surface ponds. It endorses streams and springs, notes advantages of running water for cattle and milk, and suggests wells and windmills where hills allow, to ensure constant, pure water with modest cost.
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Massachusetts
Mulching Winter Wheat From Straw Reduces Winter Losses
The Elmira Farmers' Club discussed mulching winter wheat with straw to protect plants from cold and wind. A member cited a historic choice of sparse straw mulch that saved a Mediterranean wheat crop, yielding about twenty bushels per acre where the mulch was applied, versus five bushels on exposed ground. The president noted straw mulch benefits both wheat and grass seedings, and that it can be applied before freezing or even after, once growth has begun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmira
XN. Y.Y
Grub Worms and the Crops Detriment Across Farmlands
A discussion on white grub worms causing widespread damage to corn and small grains in many regions. The pest hides underground, eluding casual observers, and defies simple cures. Hog rooting or salt applications prove harmful to crops. manure or salt worsen the issue. Western et al reported a New York eating-house with ultra cheap coffee and meals, plus two saloons selling beer at a cent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
N. FL Sun
Bretzels: soft and hard types in old world bake trade
A curious historical piece describes two kinds of bretzels, soft and hard, and contrasts soft and steam bretzel bakers. Anthony Demmerle, an early soft bretzel baker, retires as his son keeps making them beside his canary shop, with costs, methods, and prices outlined.
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Bretzel
Demmerle
Mr. Demmerle
Florida
Union
New York
Philadelphia
An Insane Woman’s Letter From Ovid Asylum
A Danish woman at Wizard Asylum for the Insane in Ovid believes herself wealthy and queen of the universe. She escapes staff control to write a brother in Denmark claiming wealth and a luxurious mansion. His family travels to Central New York only to discover her true condition in the asylum. Letters of the insane should be centralized for review. Also notes that wasps will not attack a strong swarm of bees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wizard Asylum For the
Ovid
Denmark
New York
America
Willard
Eiven
Journal of Nervous and Mental Diseases
Corn Harvest Record From 1807 Trial Between Hoboken and West Chester
The 1807 Agricultural Register reports a corn yield contest between John Stevens of Hoboken New Jersey and D Ludlow of West Chester New York. Stevens used heavy street manure and double rows. his yield reached 118 bushels per acre. Ludlow planted in a drill with lighter manure and averaged 98.25 bushels per acre, losing the stake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural Register
Boston
John Stevens
Hoboken
N. J
D. Ludlow
West Chester
N. Y
Tarantula Bite Strikes French Ranch Worker Near Calaveras
Last Saturday a Frenchman named Mitchell, employed by Mr. Sauve at a ranch five miles from town, was bitten twice on the left side by a tarantula that fell from a forkful of hay into his shirt. He collapsed within minutes but was saved by companions who applied brandy and carried him to the house. The incident, reported by Calaveras Culp Chronicle, underscores the danger of the arachnid.
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Mitchell
Sauve
Favourite Prescription credited with curing illness letters
A letter to R. V. Pierce claims a wife ill for over two years and a niece cured by the Favourite Prescription after other medicines failed. The writer, from Hatcher's Station Georgia, praises the remedy and signs as TuumMaid. The item references the Loyalist era market notes and a pewter prize at a hand organ stop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. V. Pierce
TuumMaid
Metuvin
Hatcher
Live-Stock Weekly Promises West News For Farmers
For live men stockmen farmers and business readers the eight-page weekly Live-Stock ty picator of Kansas City offers practical western coverage. It prints no love stories or cooking and is not favored by old maids yet is essential for men. Yearly subscription priced at 1.00. includes local notes and agricultural tips. News and notices tailored to western livelihood and markets.
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West
Kansas City
Hard Lumps in Breast Report Proves Cure by Doctor Pierce
Mrs. R R Clark of Irvington Michigan writes that a four month breast lump the size of a walnut disappeared after taking Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery Favorite Prescription and Pellets. The letter notes prior cancer concern and gratitude to the Buffalo physician. An editor comments on a sea wreck noting fourteen victims.
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R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
Dune
R. R. Clark
Irvington
Mich
No Trouble to Swallow Dr. Pierce's 4 Pellets
An old advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Four Pellets for quick relief from sick headaches sour stomach and bilious complaints. It promises painless intake and cleansing effects and contrasts customers with customers in a quip about love and sighs from the Boston Tablet.
Fragmented 19th century ads and notes on health and fashion
A collage of short, undated items from a newspaper page includes product pitches for Glenns Sulphur Soap and Hill's Hair and Whisker Dye, hay fever cures with Ely's Cream Basin testimonials, fashion notes on V shaped bodices, a London setter dog, and various patent medicines and household products. The text reads like reader notices and advertisements spanning health tonics, tonics, dyes, and household goods with brief endorsements and quips.
Town Clerk Forty-Two Years Norwich Official Health Testimony
Mr Oruntet Gager, longtime town clerk of Norwich Connecticut, at age s1 describes kidney and bladder disease and credits Hunt's Remedy with relief and healing. He states he still performs town clerk duties after forty two years in office, attributing his good health to the remedy.
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Oruntet Gager
Norwich
Conn
Gager
Hunt
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Iowa
Jiustun Couintmercial Bulletin
Truman
Piegyune
Wise
Kansas
Missouri
Ul Sry
Louis
Catile
Torres
Chicago
Teneetler
Glenn
Hill
Pittsburgh Telegraph
Ely
Wa. T. Cain
Elizabeth
Norristown Herald
Albert A. Perry
Smithboro
N.Y
Holyoku
Bastuon Courier
Wadley
Doyle
Brown
Turchap
Anamosa
G. McCluire
Tlight
Rochester Post- A Press
Joe
Ger Lyon
Wrise
Bostetters
Trosteller
Wt Drugeists
Rooney
Gapas Sea
Chaminguion
E.E. Mendes & CO
True & Co
Augusta
Los Johnson & CO
Henny B. Inapam
District Messenger Co
New Haven
Ingram
New York City
Centre Street
USA
Price
Ely Brothers
Oweyo
DE_ LA CLARE
Dela Clare
P.G.B
Chicaco
Ill
Perma
Queen
City
Queen City Suspender
Cincinnati,o
Ramples
Dox
Deerskill
N.Y. Military Academy
C.J. Wear
Jahnemann Medical College
Great
Homopathic School
Barney, M. D
Michigan Ave
Ad. J.D. Brown
Mgr
Sedalia
Bryant & Stratton
St. Louis
Senidfo
Collex
Millie Hershey
Hershey Music Hall
H. Clarence Eddy
Iss Dak
Th Conservatory
E. Tourjee
Franklin &Q
Mann
Hagan
Monarch
Monarch Manufacturing Co
Rendalph St
Chicago, NL
N.W Fitzgerald
Washington, D. C
Tandare Cank Co
Peart St
B.C. C. Sterhl
Wabashaw
H.hallett & Co
Portland
Aln.k.—D
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