Agricultural notes on farming practices and fruit breeding
A collection of rural items discusses dry housing for dairy cattle and hogs, cloth care with lemon juice and sun, and the debate over coloring oleomargarine. It praises Kentucky's new agricultural college led by Dr M A Scoville, warns about buying purebreds without disease guarantees, notes a midwestern cartoon on frost effects, introduces Coulard Hybrid apples by Parten of Hikes City Indiana, and compares average farm sizes from Vermont to California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Agricultural College
M. A. Scoville
C. Ga. Parten
Hikes City
National
Man Seeks Bride From Childhood Crush At Crosby's Crossroads
Joel Constable, a forty-two year old farmer, declares his lifelong wish to wed Hester Blake now that she is nineteen. He recounts a past act of saving her father during a mob attack and confesses a murder he prevented by helping her father escape. Hester responds with a mingled mix of emotion and consent as she embraces him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joel Constable
Crosby's Crossroads
Joel
Joe
Jess
Hester Blake
Hester
Constable
Jared
Miu
Piester
Bin
A Cat In the Air and Odd Riddles From The Sea
A three masted schooner William P. Hood sails off Massachusetts coast when a great American eagle snatches the ship’s cat from the deck. The crew, and captain mourn, note the eagle’s wingspan likely over six feet and the cat’s capture as a dramatic end to a peaceful voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William P. Hood
Somerset
Massachusetts
When the Hen Cackled
A fragmentary humorous tale centers on a five year old Blanche visiting grandma who claims she heard a hen giggle though no egg appeared. The snippet includes stray dialogue about invisible hair play and a puzzled wife asking what is sought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche
The Great Man and Other Fragments from a Turbulent Era
A collage of 19th century notices and ads recounts health cures from Dr. Kings New Discovery to electric bitters for women, matchsticks production, Bucklen’s Arnica Salve for wounds, and the tolling custom of St Pauls great bell for royal and civic deaths. The note ranges from medical claims to industrial methods and ceremonial practice.
Keeps the King at Home and a Bold Marriage Hint
A Boston Transcript excerpt presents a humorous note about Dr. King’s Life Pills as a home remedy, plus a comic domestic interview between Harry and his fiancée about paternal approval. The fragment also includes a Buffalo reader endorsement and a lighthearted line about marriage and family involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Paul Mathurka
Buffalo
N. Y
K. H. Gorrell
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rowe River Valley
Oregon
Seatonoryce
Midle West
Jack Frost
Vermont
Califoc
Roy
Tutt
Mitchel
Bank of England
Laguppe
Atlius Cruuy
Justanthy
Jnes M. Black
Asheville
N.C
Ty B. HM
Gorell
Clopton
Stratford-on-Avon
Jaskell
Chadwick
Charlotte Clapton
J. H. Torrell's
Harper's Weekly
Gorrell
St. Paul's
London
Harry
Boston
Doni
Meade
En Co
Strain & Patton
Lexington
Virginia
James E Heck
Opp
Baptist Church
Lexington, VA
Standard Oil Co
Valley Heating,Plumbing & Tinning v.Inc P
Virginia-Carolina
A Chemical Co. Fonahe Va
Tla
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