Farm and Housekeeping Advances and Tips
A compilation of household and farming advice from 19th century periodicals. Topics include animal care warnings about dogs and sheep, crop recovery after frost, frying techniques for potatoes, tea sauce with figs, livestock pulse indications, suet as a frying fat, beef ball frying, and clover seed advice to maintain soil fertility and crop yields.
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N. Y. Herald
Chicago Journal
Boston Post
Chicago Inter Ocean
Post
D. T. Moore
Hot Water Treatment for Plants Endorsed by Gardeners Monthly
A correspondent reports that hot water around 144 degrees Fahrenheit may revitalize sickly potted plants by flushing soil of acids and allowing roots to regrow. The piece notes earlier German farmer practice for peach trees using boiling water to control pests, while acknowledging possible chemical effects.
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M. Willermot
Pennsylvania
Gardener’s Monthly
The Animalcule Theory Debate in Medical Science
A St Louis Globe-Democrat summary recounts controversy over Koch and animalcules theories. It notes experiments by a Buffalo doctor producing pigment particles miscalled bacteria, the claim blood hosts life in health and disease, and the public’s cautious stance on vaccination concepts. The piece criticizes overreaching conclusions and highlights the fallibility of medical experimentation.
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Koch
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
What Lands to Drain
What lands should be drained and why. Wet lands hinder crop growth, especially for corn and wheat. Underdraining lowers surface water, frees roots from standing water, increases soil warmth, reduces vapor loss, and allows earlier planting and quicker growth with less frost damage. Indiana Farmer discusses benefits to cereals and grasses.
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Indiana
Self Imposed Risks On Rail Tracks Warned Yet Ignored
The piece argues that walking on railroad tracks is a dangerous practice widely tolerated near factories and stations. It notes warnings fail to deter pedestrians, cites fatal accidents, and calls for enforceable laws to steer people to safe public highways. It cites dangers of crossing stations and boarding moving cars and criticizes risky acts like swinging onto moving trains.
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Europe
England
Union
Scientific
Mother of the Period and the moral reflex
A Western Plowman essay urges the Mother of the Period to face her reflection and the impact of everyday choices on children. It condemns costly fashion, wage pressures, and frivolous spending as shaping weak morals, urging noble, true conduct to foster better future generations.
Rufus Weston of Stafford Springs Dies at 68
Rufus Weston of Stafford Springs Connecticut, an old time singing school teacher, died at age sixty eight. He taught for about fifty years and claimed to have taught nearly five hundred schools and forty thousand pupils.
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Rufus Weston
Stafford Springs
Conn
Hag
Farmers Should Make Their Wills Says Col Country Gentleman
The piece urges farmers to prepare wills while healthy to avoid contested estates. It notes many die intestate, face disputes, and misinterpretation of their wishes. Advice favors consulting a lawyer, adding codicils, and witnessing a plain disposal of assets for widows and children. It ends with a note about Queen Victoria being hissed at Ascot as mentioned by Mr. Labouchere.
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Alfonso
Paris
Mr. Labouchere
Victoria
Ascot
Mrs. Melbourne
The Catacombs of Rome Described by a Visitor
D K Locke notes a long underground gallery forty feet down in Rome with torches and miles of dead. Describes niches and sarcophagi, Pagan origins shifted to Christian symbols, and the dull sameness after half a mile. A supplicant old lady spoils tours. sixty catacombs exist, costly yet popular, with poor pictorial decoration.
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Rome
D. K. Locke
Toledo Blade
Bannock pudding recipe and suicide note in Pittsburgh Post
A Pittsburgh Post item states bannock pudding is made from corn meal flour sour milk lard and soda and notes a Pittsburgh man committed suicide after betting on the wrong horse in a race.
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Y. Post
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Post
Belford Portraits and Cotton Fire in Dallas
One Belford story in the current issue depicts a red headed Colorado congressman Belford as a witty rough rider who taunts Teller in a Denver case. The piece blends humor with political anecdotes and distant incidents, including a Dallas cotton bale that ignited from smoldering heat. The Herald notes two theories for the fire’s origin, spontaneous combustion and a spark from a gun.
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Belford
Colorado
Congress
Denver
Teller
Mr. Belford
Washington Cor
Philadelphia Record
Dallas
Tex
N. ¥. Herald
The Fingers and Characters of Palmistry
The article outlines hand types by finger shape and tips, linking pointed, conical fingers to dreamy poets and orators, while spatulous hands suggest action and commerce. It notes mythic names for fingers, palm mounds signaling ambition, prudence, artistic genius, and invention, and warns excesses lead to vanity, envy, or sharp practice.
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Shakespeare
Schiller
Goethe
Victor Hugo
George Sand
Moliere
Poussin
Vaudban
Turenne
Vandyck
Jupiter
Saturn
Apollo
Mercury
Do Telephones Hurt the Hearing
Physicians nationwide discuss the telephone’s impact on ear health as constant use in offices may aggravate inflamed ears. Recounted cases suggest prolonged acoustic irritation can worsen hearing, with nervous exhaustion from continuous shocks and a strain analogy to eye strain.
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Sringfield
Hearing by Telephone Improves With Regular Use
The New Haven Register notes that frequent telephone use seems to sharpen hearing rather than dull it. Central office operators report improved ability to catch faint sounds, and regular practice trains attention to what is heard. Experts expect broader medical discussion on the topic.
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New Haven Register
Restored Hungarian supremacy in Agram amid Croat unrest
Paris American Register reports that Hungarian government authority has been restored in Agram with public buildings bearing Hungarian escutcheons and bilingual inscriptions removed. The piece analyzes the Croatia disturbances as socialistic and foreign-financed, notes peasant poverty, and argues true ties to Hungary are minimal beyond parliamentary representation.
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Agram
Croatia
Hungary
Russia
Austria-Hungary
Cretia
Western
Europe
Paris American Register
Davenport brothers rivaled by far Northwest Indians acts
The Chicago Times notes that the Davenport brothers and other spirits performances are clumsy beside the feats of far Northwest Indians. Conjurors are numerous who bind themselves with thongs ropes and rawhide then are tied in a net and escape instantly from a medicine ledge of skins through an opening on top without a knot disturbed. A second item reports the skeleton of William H. Lee, who murdered his wife nine years ago and vanished, found near Forestville Sonoma County California.
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Davenport Brothers
Chicago Times
William H. Lee
Forestville
Sonoms County
Cal
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