Poultry Mites and Farm Tips From The Calendar
Farm Calendar offers practical advice on poultry leg mites control with kerosene and linseed oil mix, corn silage timing for best feed, guarding tomatoes peppers and eggplants from early frosts, grading apples for cider, hogs in cornfield timing, National Dairy Show travel rates from Pennsylvania to Syracuse, and preserving manure value by proper bedding and direct field applications.
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Jack Frost
Pennsylvania
Syracuse
Americas Marvels Natural and Otherwise
In 1823 Congress set aside Hot Springs Arkansas and adjacent land for future disposal by the United States, creating the first ink in the national parks chain. The Not Springs National park spans about 90 acres in Hot Springs city with 46 hot springs and several cold springs. Water temperatures range 102 to 147 degrees, containing about twenty minerals and radioactivity. 17 bathhouses operate under national park service oversight with year round access.
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Congress
Arkansas
United States
Not Springs National Park
Hot Springs
National Park Service
Washington
Western Newspaper Union
Hall's Catarrh Medicine advertisement claim
An old advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine, claiming quick relief from catarrh through a local ointment and an internal tonic that acts through the blood on mucous surfaces. It notes the product sold by druggists for over 40 years by J. Cheney & Co., Toledo.
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Hall
J Chensy & Co
Toledo
95th Birthday Of John R Slabach In Reading Home
John R Slabach celebrated his 95th birthday at his daughter Mrs Caroline Fry’s Reading home joining his close family. A native of Lancaster County he worked as a cooper basketmaker and carpenter and has lived with his daughters since his wife died 11 years ago.
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John R. Slabach
Caroline Fry
Reading
Mr. Slabach
Lancaster County
Renewed drive to smother 65 year coal mine fire near Mauch Chunk
Efforts continue at the Summit Hill coal seam where a fire since 1859 has resisted floods culm fills and trenches. Drilling holes to flood and smother the blaze, with flames appearing as jets gas or smoke from ground fissures, remain ongoing despite past failures. The York fair opens October 2 offering 19 exhibit departments, 10 free circus acts, 4 midway attractions, 10,090 feet of frontage, $10,250 in purses, and $30,900 in department premiums along with parachute feats by Miss Lucilla Belmont and rail excursion rates.
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Mauch Chunk
Summit Hill Mountain
York
Lucilla Belmont
Government Moves On Naga Hills Slavery And Sacrifice
A government report summarized by Henry Rickard notes a decline in slave numbers in Ekamptu from 373 to 27 as releases reduced slavery in the Naga hills. It details kidnapping for blacksmith work, occasional releases of captured Indians, and that human sacrifice was more common than expected, urging direct government administration of the affected tracts to curb the practice.
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Naga Hills
Clayton
Burwa
Ekamptu
Henry Rickard
Cincinnati Quirer
Nagus
Hrkeng
Cirie
Assam
Mystery suitcase found near Ephrata sparks questions
A suitcase found along Cocalico Creek near Ephrata by Monroe Bin geman contained ether, letters to Mr. Lee of Baltimore, and two checks to a man named Farmer. A nearby pair of clothes bore North Carolina State Hospital markings, leaving open whether the case involves tragedy or theft.
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Cocalico
Ephrata
Monroe Bingeman
Mr. Lee
Baltimore
Lee
Farmer
N.C. State Hospital
North Carolina State Hospital
Brubaker Heads to National Publicity Conference
J. Brubaker, president of the Lancaster County Farm Bureau and head of the State Federation of Farm Bureaus, left for Chicago to attend the National Conference on Publicity set for September 21 and 28, 1892. He represents the state federation to help craft a national publicity program using motion pictures to promote organized farm efforts and the superior quality of farm products.
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J. ©. Brubaker
Lancaster County Farm Bureau
State Federation of Farm Bureaus
Chicago
National Arm Federation
Brubaker
State Federation
Farm Bureaus
Lititz Citizen Praises Doan’s Kidney Pills Relief
W. M. Mathers, barber of Lititz, reports severe back and kidney pain, sleeplessness, and dizziness. After using Doan’s Kidney Pills from Moyer’s Drug Store, he was cured after three boxes. Dean’s Kidney Pills are the same proven remedy from FosterMilburn Inc., Buffalo NY.
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Lititz
M. Mathers
Main St
Orange St
Doan
Moyer
Dean
Mr. Mathers
Foster-Milburn Inc
Mfrs
Buffalo
N.Y
Law not Stevenson’s for Forte
Robert Louis Stevenson, famed Scottish writer, balked at legal practice. At Edinburgh bar, Lord Shaw recalls Stevenson’s nerves as he stood to utter three words for petition service, then begged a friend to argue. The anecdote notes he earned little as an advocate and soon abandoned law for literature.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Edinburgh
Lord Shaw
Dunfermline
Thomas Shaw
Stevenson
Caste Prejudice in India
Four main castes are named Brahmans Keharriyas Valsyas and Sadras linked to priest warrior feeder and artisan roles. Caste boundaries persist with priestly privilege. a Brahman may cook but not share meals or allow marriage with a Rajah. Mixed marriages occur only between neighboring castes and involve clear social penalties.
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India
Indian music and song styles in tribal traditions
The Washington Star notes that American Indian songs lack borrowed instruments and artificial staging, with many tunes sung without words and no fixed pitch. Each singer adapts the melody to voice, mood, and time, using syllables and variable pitch rather than uniform musical structure.
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Washington Star
Doctor Hall a Skeptic Who Embraced Virtue and Kindness
Philadelphia dated January 12 1885 recounts Doctor Hall as a skeptic who believed in the soul’s immortality and moral life. He valued virtue over dogma, respected others religious views, and remained a devoted husband and father. A cited anecdote recalls his gratitude for a rural act of kindness during a sick stagecoach ride in the Shenandoah Valley.
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Iie
Ile
Hall
Golden Medical Discovery Promises Vitality and Strength
An old advertisement extols Din Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a seasonal tonic for fatigue and colds. It claims the plant based formula clears "good blood" and tones nerves to restore vigor, urging readers to try the product despite likely dubious druggists' endorsements.
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Din Pierce
Golden Medical
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Kutztown
State Bureau of Vital Statistics
Keystone Exchanges
George S. Howard
Reamstown
Ithaca Conservatory of Music
Conway Band
New York City
Marietta Water Co
Manheim Milling
Cols
Herman Shenk
Mastersonville
Manheim
al. Shenk
Gettysburg
Oliver McFadden
Marietta
John Hart
New Providence
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Mr. McFadden
Twenty-third
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Noymber
Lancaster-Ephrata
Talmage
Brownstown
Akron
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Law Not Stevenson
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Philadelphia
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