Water cresses cultivated in pans for year round use
Royal Horticultural Society report by Mr Shirley Hibbard on growing water cresses in 15 to 20 inch pans with loamy soil and chalk. Plants are ready in 15 to 20 days and can be harvested for six more weeks, offering tender flavor and fresh appearance. The article also covers poultry breeding, charcoal use, manures, sugar corn varieties, and potato fertilization practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Stowell
Lancaster
Cleaning Tinware And Home Cures From Olde Housewife
A long compendium of household tips and remedies appears, including cleaning tinware with soda, bone broth and butter churning helpers, an apple and crumb pudding, wax polish for furniture, and oyster potato croquettes. It also covers salted fortinied beef, apple pie, beer bacon gravy, and reflections on love and air ventilation, with medical notes on the value of clean air and proper nourishment. The tone mirrors a 19th century domestic miscellany.
Scientific Notes on Blackboard Paint and Early Electric Illumination
A condensed review of home chemistry for blackboard paint using shellac pumice and rotte stone with lampulack, plus a discussion of a Frisco inventors lighting system, a proposed citywide electric illumination and the Brooklyn Bridge dimensions. Also mentions electric candle experiments in Paris, chemistry formulas, and assorted observational notes on materials and technology of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalluchkoti
Paris
Humorous Tales and Musings Stolen From a Vivid Cartoon Page
A satirical roundup from the St Louis Journal parodies house cleaning, music, and politics with jokes about a Groundhog sausage, a child’s doll name, a math lesson, and a Broadway style piano device. The piece riffs on public figures, church scenes, and a playful scare about a Melo piano altering notes, urging stern action to preserve order.
Draining Deep Grounds Sparks English Debate
An English correspondent to the German Town Telegraph recounts a farmer named Atherton who drained his land effectively. He argues deeper drains cost more and that capillarity explains why the top foot holds most water while deeper sections pay little or none, noting that the fourth foot drainage has harmed English farmers financially.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Telegraph
W.I
Atherton
Ile
England
Stop My Paper and the Role of Newspapers
A compact discourse on newspapers as daily family talk in civilized life. The piece argues readers stay connected to the world, preventing isolation, with references to Hamerton and the influence of press on national cohesion and shared thought. It contrasts European and American reader engagement and notes how telegraph and press unify distant communities.
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Philip Gilbert Hamerton
House
Europe
America
United States
France
Telegraph
Presa
The Value of Probability and a Nevada Showman Joke
The excerpt discusses probability as evidence based belief with examples from sampling a bag of beans. It notes how confidence grows with more draws while noting an incident in Winnemucca Nevada where boys formed a line to adjust show admission pricing, eventually prompting the showman to lower the price after widespread repetition.
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Prof. Peirce
Popular Science Monthly
Winnemucca
Nevada
Learning grows with small daily gains
The old Scotch adage suggests steady daily reading builds knowledge. Start with one new idea from a book, save it, then add another as you can. This approach counters the urge to wait for long leisure and accumulates wisdom through small, consistent effort.
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Kennett Square
Card deck facts tie year parts to playing cards
A pack of 385 spots equals the days in a year, with 52 cards for weeks, 12 picture cards for months, and four suits representing the four seasons. The description links calendar divisions to a standard deck's components.
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William Dean
Upper
Delaware
E. N. Bancroft
Jenny Luyp
Lome
Farm
Sunshine
Ban Francisco
Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn
New York
Puerto del Sol
Madrid
Tue
Journal de Phermacie
Vienna
Boothbay, Mc
Augusta
Amazon
P.O. de Darley
St. Louis Journal
Givath
Atu
Loy
Vinnie Raem
David Davis
Hell Gate
Hawkeye
Rona
Congress
Washington Snakers
Navy Department
Ferope
The
American Art Journal
Raphael
Paradise
Wlyssay
Albert Durer
Vandyke
Paul Veronese
Abrabapr
Isaac
Mir
Comptin
Compton
Mr. Payne
New York City
Grand Union Horsz
Grand Central Depot
BK Pat
Elaisy & Cherish
Navidad Sr
Philadelphi Bailey
Pure Ryn
Queena
Witiskey
Steven
Wwe
Jiansard
Shranes
Parmirs
Chenicir
Maiden Lane
Carriaces
William Street
Setul
Jase Tal Cotulngas
Marsh
Broadway
25Th St
Fitch
Addrens
B. Fitch & Son
East Writy
Ninth St. WY
Agus
New World
National
Philadelphia
J. W. Gorason
St. Valadelphia
WM. H. Boner & CO
Acte
Chestnut Street
Berta
Dr. H. Karr
Shoertaker
R. Shoemaker & CO
Philad A
Sian
Cireniars
Rudlea
Philadelprta
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