Merino Sheep Drive U.S. Wool Power and Global Trade
Dr Hayes highlights American sheep variety and merino dominance as key to wool and cloth, noting merinos numbered over 25 million in the United States. He traces global merino history from Spain to Saxony, France, Australia, and the United States, praising hardiness and fiber quality and detailing uses from combing wools to blankets and fancy fabrics.
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Hayes
National Agricultural Congress
United States
Texas
New Mexico
Colorado
California
England
Russia
France
Spain
Saxony
Australia
Geo. Humphreys
Connecticut
M. Ferneau
West
M. Fernean
Planning the 1879 Campaign for the Farm
The passage urges farmers to inventory stock and on hand, settle small debts, organize books for the year, and study past plans. It stresses not relying on memory, correcting errors, and using a few weeks to prepare better future results through careful planning and budgeting.
Bargain Terms for Seasonal Work Arrangements
A contract outlines selecting a worker early, defining months of service, specific daily hours, and weekend or holiday chores. It specifies longer hours during emergencies with compensating privileges and a fixed severance if the worker quits before term ends.
Bank Collapse Saddens Glasgow Firms Across Scotland
More than 150 failures in Glasgow and western Scotland traceable to the City of Glasgow Bank stoppage. Total liabilities of affected Scotch firms amount to 125 million dollars, revealing wide economic impact from the bank crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glasgow
West of Scotland
City of Glasgow Bank
Notable Observations on Infantile Fashion Trends
A Erie Pa. paper notes concern over American infantile minds being trained to love expensive dress and adornments, observed while touring toy store windows and dolls in elegant attire. The piece critiques early consumerism influencing children through display and fashion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie Pa
A Housewife's Kitchen Routine and Domestic Tricks
A narrator recalls a week at Cousin Jennie Gordon and her orderly farm kitchen. Jennie shows the day by day planning, scrubbing tins with a brush, washing Irish potatoes in a tub, and keeping a tidy parlor habit. She urges Mary to hang brushes in every kitchen corner for efficiency and shares practical housekeeping wisdom.
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Jannie Gordon
Dever
Cousin May
Jennie
Java
Mary
Tidal New Yorker
Household Receipts and Poultry Cooking Tips
Household guidance on steaming over boiling fowls, winter poultry prep, and digestible meats contrasts poultry with other meats. It includes methods for broiled chicken with buttered crumbs, water-based gentle cooking, and chicken croquettes with gravy, eggs, and crumbs, plus carving etiquette and knife skills.
Laughing at life and mischief in old society
A collage of witty anecdotes and misprints from a 19th century paper. Tales include Miss Stibbins on old maids loving cats, a broken engagement confessed as deceit, a child’s angel joke, and Col. Ingersoll’s parenting extremes. A Western editor outwits four visitors in a pistol showdown over a misread paragraph.
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Miss Stibbins
Johnny
Miss H
A. Child
Peck
Sun
Col
Ingersol
Col. Ingersoll
Marshall Street
Stern
Mel
Yellow Dog
Ingersoll
New York
Hit
Gro
Gorin
Shere
Gouge
Temple of Honor
Young Men’s Christian Association of New York
Chris
Boston Bulletin
Hydrophobia concerns and a giant wedding cake report
A letter to the Loudoun Zines argues hydrophobia is not climate dependent and warns against stray dogs. A Dublin confectioner unveils Ireland’s largest wedding cake for Miss Roe and Lord Granville Gordon, eight feet tall and 300 pounds. Troy New York discusses steam heating finance from franchise earnings.
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Dublin
Emerald Isle
Miss Roe
Lord Granville Gordon
Roe
Gordon
Troy N. Y
Insect Destructive Remedy Named Crepin Recommended
A substance called crepin made of water alcohol and salicine acid is earnestly recommended for destroying noxious insects. It is claimed to have no injurious effects on plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Pean Bt
Wilelameburgh
N.Y
Dr Jayne's Expectorant Promoted for Coughs and Colds
Advertises Dr Jayne's Expectorant as an effective remedy for coughs and colds. Claims it strengthens pulmonary and bronchial organs and helps with lingering strains and persistent coughs.
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Jayne
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Shiurv
Caryina
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Ghana
Partic
von D. Kuster
Fitz Wexny Warren
Arthur
Drs
Starkey & Palen
Girard &T
Philadelphia
Bee
Matomolli
Ruy
Reval Manufacturing
Broadway
Alee
Emmpmare
Indy Reuters
Igweler
NEW York Jeweley CO
Saou
Toprix
Therstine & CO
Herkimer
God
Harkert W. Morris
A.M
McCurdy & CO
Ultimatum
Ulpriatt M Blener CO
Park Place
Ne &Baker Sewing Machines
Siewna Magar
Grover & Baker Family
Thia
C.O.D
G. W. Hamersly
A. €. Bryson Bo
Chestnut Trent
Atrationa
Vandalf & Co
Wooeter St
John
Ogden
New Fork
DR. Bruge
Renee- Watiam
S. Chaas
Patou
U.B. Mutual Aid Society of Fenna
Lebanon
Pal
Hon, Inc
Kinpotte
Pres
Geo. A. Marit
Sue
Iupese
Frontte Fonstentiy
Benerte
Fysiy
Ips
UDY
Litiz Guarant Wine
Trhudy's
SAAC
Gentleen
Broad Street
Lefiz, PA
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