Cheviot Sheep Prospects and Market Notes
A Farmers' Review piece highlights Cheviot sheep as hardy and self-sufficient, noting their strong fleeces and prolific lambing, with A. E. Burleigh of Knox County, Missouri, cited on breed excellence. It also covers market trends in fat stock and pig production, urging breeders to fit animals for top bacon prices and stressing quality feeding from birth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Review
Cheviot Hills
Scotland
Dr. Stuart
England
Scothand
A. E. Burleigh
Knox County
Missouri
Ayrshire Bacon
Kilmarnock
Kilmernock
Farmers Revelw on Colored Muscovy Duck Suitability
Jas W Bell of Cook County Illinois reports the Colored Muscovy Duck as ideal for villagers and suburbanites with limited space. He notes rapid growth in confinement, silent behavior, early and continuous laying, and ornamental appeal while warning against breeding hens with crop-hound tendencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jas. W. Bell
Cook County
Aicots
Waves of Reform and Epicures in Indifferent Tide
A brisk meditation on reform after waves of effort failing to change hearts. The piece notes epicures ignore duties and the things they ought to eat as ideals clash with appetite and habit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epicures
The Permewted Poet And The Mirthful Interview
An interviewer probes poet Demetrious Demetrieue about daily output and earnings. He notes two lines can take half a day and that poems have earned up to 25 dollars, prompting the journalist to estimate a 5000 dollar yearly income and igniting reader interest in fame and pay for verse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Demetrieue
Yames
Demetrious
Prodigiously Prolific Millet Encouraged for Planting
An advisory piece promotes planting a highly productive millet variety with promises of strong yields per acre. Mentions seed suppliers and pricing cues, urging farmers to consider the crop to maximize profit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Salves
French maids rise in New York mansions as servants shift
The article notes a shift in upper society from traditional butlers and footmen to French maids in fashionable homes on South Avenue and the upper West Side. French maids greet visitors with charm, take calling cards, and appear in place of male servants in many houses, signaling a social change among the wealthy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sth Avenue
Upper West Side
Upper
Tendom
Mr. Brown
Man Vervant
Sat
Hall's Cough Remedy Ad Claims Universal Cure
An old advertisement extols Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Celery Pills as internal remedies. It asserts catarrh is a blood defect cured by internal medicines and claims testimonials, physicians' endorsements, and tested formulas from CHENEY & CO of Toledo. It emphasizes internal ingredients acting on mucous surfaces.
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Hall
Esips
Otis
Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
Price
California Fig Syrup Co
Wales
California Pig Syrup Co
Hindoo Weller and Sarath Kimar Ghosh Featured Writers
Hindoo Weller of Fiction and Sarath Kimar Ghosh, the sole Hindoo English fiction writer, are noted as fellows of the Royal Astronomical Society. Ghosh showed striking aptitude for legal work, with the late Lord Chief Justice urging him to practice at the English bar.
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Hindoo Weller
Sarath Kimar Ghosh
Royal Astronomical Society
Engiish Dar
Putnam Faceless Dyes Sell by Druggists
Faceless dyes marketed by Putnam claim easy use with no muss or failures per package and are sold through druggists.
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Putnam
Inventor Seeks Substitution for Printed Glides in Brain Voice
A speculative inventor proposes replacing printed glides with brain voice signals in moving trains. The concept aims to denounce etadona use on locomotives and improve communication safety aboard rail systems.
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Av Tihness
Brainuman
Etadona
Mra Winstow's Soothing Syrup and Teething Remedies
Fragmentary notes describe a soothing syrup for teething and infant discomfort. Mentions Mra Winstow, possible remedies for colic, and Paliceiree wind issues with reference to Semmalionjnlings. Details are unclear but imply early 19th century patent medicine language and parental care.
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Winstow
Ehl Laren
Sonia
Feducee Ie Semmalionjnlings
Paliceiree Wind Colic Soca Boule
Mosquitoes Danced by Music Says Naval Surgeon
Dr Joly, a naval surgeon at Midagasscar, reports mosquitoes swarm and dance when a musical instrument is played. In rooms hidden insects begin to move. open windows draw many more. Outdoor playing crowds insects so a performer cannot give proper attention to the instrument.
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Muste
Joly
Midagsscar
Absentminded Beggar and Professor share a coin exchange
A beggar on Park Row near the bridge asks a Columbia professor for coffee money. The professor offers a quarter and accepts the beggar's two dimes and a nickel, returning the nickel as thanks. Both move on in their separate ways.
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Besgar
Park Row
Columbia
Catie Alming
Arentmedes
Horseshoes in the Orient Describe common plate shoes for the hoof
The article defines the Orient horseshoe as a plate covering the entire bottom of the hoof with a central perforation. It notes the average weight at about three quarters of a pound and that native smiths typically cut these plates from wrought iron sheets and fashion them crudely for use.
Frere of Reyped Sel Fertility Figure Reported
The fragment notes that Werpt’s land could support 928 persons per square mile, far exceeding densely populated Delgium at 6380 per square mile. It frames Werpt as highly fertile compared to Delgium with a dense settlement metric.
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Frere
Reyped
Werpt
Delgium
Nilia
Senator Tillman Becomes Target in Senate Debate
Senator Tillman called Senator Beveridge a grazsuepper during a recent Senate debate. The remark prompted immediate reactions as lawmakers condemned the exchange and cautioned against personal insults in official proceedings.
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Ceckeny
Tillmian
Beveridge
Grazsuepper
Senate
Preparatory tobacco cure advertised in street notices
A misread advert promises a wonderful tobacco cure in Bos Midaek involving Mrs A Haymond. The imperfect text mentions sending a cent stamp for postage and urges readers to write for the cure, with several garbled names and places.
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A It. Haymond
Charios Street
Bos Midaek
Weite
Hussy Season for Patents in December to April
The busy patent office season runs December through April with the commissioner overseeing increased applications. Most would expect steady flows month to month, yet actual numbers shift as the year progresses and work piles up during this period.
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Se4son
Patent Office
Howe
Ool
Rose from KR: William C Brown Elevated to NY Central Roles
William C Brown, formerly with KR and rising from a Milwaukee and St. Paul section hand, has been elected third vice president of the New York Central railroad and placed in full charge of operating and mechanical departments. He is also vice president and general manager of the Lake Shore railroad, a position he will retain.
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William C. Brown
Thirdice
New York Central Railroad
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Lake Shore Railroad
Lytton's Grandson Engaged in London Announcement
The engagement of the Earl of Lytton and Miss Pamela Plowden is announced from London. The Earl is son of the second Earl of Lytton, known as Owen Meredith, and grandson of Bulwer Lytton the novelist. It notes he inherits much of his father and grandfather’s prominent social role.
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Lytton
Earl of Lytton
Pamela Plowden
London
Earl
Clam First Atlantic Crossing Fueled by Petroleum
A British tanker named Clam accomplished a historic Atlantic crossing powered by petroleum. The voyage featured a steam-generated furnace that atomizes oil to feed a fire-brick wall, enhancing combustion for the journey.
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Kacley
Len Off Iitairs
St. Jacobs Oil
Han
Prtew
Tie Mrad Mks
Fpetroleum
Kiel
BO Ysu Vor
TATE
Matsover CO
Boston
Mass
Assaver
E. Burton Gini
Fourth Street
Tiddville
Cole
Ieee Chis
Gna
Ther God
Silvor
Deel de Dali
Vali
Bray Erie
Labeorliirg
Mason Fenwick
Washington, D.C
Eatahliabed
COOD
Salt Lake
Itv
Pension Bick Ean
Washington
DB C
Seotrhee
Jurnlapa Co
Lowi, Mo
Willd Hiss
James W
Louis
Finswering
Cnurmec
Alibastine Co
Grand Rapids, Mich
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