Chicago in 1887 A booming city from prairie village
The author traces Chicago's growth from a riverside village to a vast metropolis by 1887. It notes 750000 residents inside city limits, 150000 suburban residents, 900 miles of streets, 100 miles of streetcar lines, and a three square mile central business district with iron brick and stone buildings. It recalls Chicago's 1837 founding, Ogden as mayor, early population and infrastructure, and contrasts with older eastern cities.
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Canton
Pekin
Yeddo
Constantinople
Chicago
State G Rent
Madison Street
Pear
William B. Ogden
Judge Caton
Wilderman
John Wentworth
J. Young Scammon
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
New Orleans
Chi City
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Indiana
Cook
Chicago’s Fire and Rise to a Great Western City
The narrative recounts Chicago’s early growth through railroads and river traffic, the 1871 fire that razed three and a half miles of the downtown and the city’s rapid rebuilding. It notes Palmer’s financing victory, Chicago’s expansion in population and industry, and its ascent as a leading western metropolis with dominant rail, grain, meat, and lumber outputs.
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Mississippi
Chicago
America
Chicago and
Galena
Elgin
Great Northwestern
Pioneer
Lake Shore
Michigan
Western Energy Works
Missisnippi
Missouri
Lake Michigan
Cricago
FGC
Potter Palmer
Connecticut Insurance Company
Palmer
Chicaco
Nervelf
New York
Great West
Owl
York State
Nebraska
Pennsylvania
Minnesota
Ohio
Minneapolis
Duluth
Novel climbing flower Mina Lobata described for gardens
The February issue features a new climbing flower Mina Lobata, allied to Ipomoea, with red to yellow blooms on erect racemes. It grows rapidly, reaching over eighteen feet, tolerates sunny arbors, and starts seeds in March with seedlings ready by May.
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Mina
Don Francisco Xavier Mina
Ipomeea
Potatoes and Fertilizers Stir New Jersey Meeting
New Jersey Horticultural Society members favor chemical fertilizers for white potatoes, doubting stable manure quality. Rot concerns discussed with copperas and sulfuric acid cited as rot remedies. Deep tillage vs shallow plowing affects tuber shape. Kentucky red sweet potato praised. Also notes on an inexpensive hingeless gate design with practical construction tips.
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New Jersey Horticultural Society
Sheep Fold diet reforms for healthier flocks
In the Sheep Fold, farmers describe the ruinous effects of aes physicing on sheep and emphasize avoiding sulfur pine brush and hemlock. A diet of clover hay and moderate mixed grain including corn rye buckwheat is deemed indispensable for flock health.
Drainage talk favors tile over stone drains in Marblehead talk
J H Gregory of Marblehead argues stone drains are a waste of time and labor and tile drains have far greater water carrying capacity. He advises digging only wide enough for the tile, adding a sediment catch pool, and an arrangement to prevent drift. He says keeping the drain open and tiles clean is essential and estimates ditching upland costs equal to stone drains. meadow land can be done for about twenty five cents per rod.
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J. H. Gregory
Marblehead
Mass
Gregory
Profitable Strawberries in Ohio Soils
W W Farnsworth reports Crescent leads profit on sandy and loam soils for strawberries. He notes many varieties perform poorly or vary in value, with Windsor and Miner good for market and home use, Cumberland moderate, Queen excellent in appearance but poor in yield, and Daniel Boone showing rust issues.
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W. W. Farnsworth
Ohio Horticultural Society
Wilson
Bidwell
Downing
James Vick
Phelps
Windsor
Miner
Cumberland
Daniel Boone
SITTING BOX FOR POULTRY NESTING BOX INSTRUCTION
A New York poultry grower describes a simple nesting box made from two soap boxes. Remove the top box side to make a cid and hinge with strips of leather, provide ventilation with holes or a small air slit, join boxes with leather, fill the lower box with earth to form a broad nest, cover with straw or hay, usable indoors or outdoors.
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New York
Cultivation of Corn Warns Against Overuse and Deep Practices
Director Lazenby of the Ohio experiment station reports two years of tests show corn yield declines with too frequent or improper cultivation while proper use boosts value. Root pruning causes harm, deep cultivation should be limited and careful, especially in dry soils. Deep cultivation should occur before planting and become shallower as corn grows.
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Lazenby
Ohio
Clover Hay for Sheep and Farm Advice Notes
Farmers receive tips on feeding clover hay to sheep and its constipating effect unless balanced with roots or linseed meal. Other notes urge gravel and shells for soft eggs, warm beds with manure, oats for young stock, lice control for hens, proper soil drainage, cellar disinfection, and avoiding overcrowding in poultry houses.
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F. D. Curtis
Henry
Weaver's Store Promises Honest Advertising and premier Goods
Weaver's advertises truthful representation and a wide selection of dry goods and carpets in Lawrence. It touts silks, laces, embroideries, gloves, hosiery, parasols, and summer garments, claiming superior stock, low prices, and expert installation for carpets. It invites residents to inspect and compare products and promises exemplary service.
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Weaver's
Madras
Lawrence
Kien's Arnies Tax Bust Salve in the World
An odd phrasing notes a salve named Kien's Arnies Tax Bust for treating cuts ulcers and salt rheum. The fragment presents no clear event date or organization. Further context would be needed to determine its origin and full product claim.
Clay Pigaola Club Plans Improved Shooting Grounds
Traps on a quantity of clay pigcola have been ordered. Shooting grounds have been cared on the old Akers property south of the University. The club is now in good permanent shape and will do solid work from the beginning. One object of the organization is to protect the fish and game under the lawn passed for that purpose.
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Akers
Electric Bitters Saved His Life Say Horses Cave Man
A local anecdote recounts D. L. Wilcoxson of Horses Cave who suffered years of severe illness. After using Electric Bitters, he found relief after the first bottle and six bottles total, gaining eighteen pounds. He credits the remedy with saving his life at a price of fifty cents per bottle.
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D. L. Wilcoxson
Excitement in Paria Tex over Corley recovery revival
News from Paria Texas describes the remarkable recovery of J. E. Corley who was bedridden and thought to have consumption. A trial bottle of Dr King s New Discovery brought relief, followed by two bottles and two boxes of pills that led to weight gain. Free trial bottles offered at Barber Bros. Also advertised are cheap whips and a fine line of robes horse blankets and harness goods. Bulls for sale include a pedigreed Short horn bull and a two year old half Hereford mother.
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Paria
Tex
J. E. Corley
Dr. King
Barber Broa
Call and Pheer
Opera House
H. W. Henpenson
Lawrence
A. D. Mackey
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Department of the Interior
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Baskell Insiitate
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Henem
Galverton Haitroad Com Company
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Kansas
DouaLaa
Frederick Bartel
Doselas
Kans
Tee P
Lee Ted
Eutale Arte Agias
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David
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L. Baustow
Altornay
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