Arsenate of lead as an insecticide in 1880s practice
The article discusses arsenate of lead as a superior insecticide compared with Paris green and London purple. It notes its effectiveness against gypsy moths and other pests, its stability in water, spraying guidelines, the white coating it leaves on foliage, costs, and precautions to avoid foliage burn, along with occasional use of molasses to improve adhesion.
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Massachusetts Board of Agriculture
Paris Green
London
Englang
Ita
Exact
Conditions After Things Sloshed farming will never pay
A reflective remark from a New York Tribune editorial laments past farming ease and questions whether dirt farming ever paid, noting that simple plowing sowing and reaping were once sufficient before modern change. The piece critiques changing agricultural labor and profitability.
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New York Tribune
Boon for the Travelers A new sleeping and parlor car
The Pittsburgh Dispatch reports a practical combination sleeping and parlor car with under floor storage and a 18 inch pocket for two berths. Berths fold from the floor, head room improves, two screened windows above the berth provide controllable ventilation. A kitchen-equipped car is suitable for longer trips and excursions, offering night bedroom and daytime parlor use.
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Taig
Whith
Pittsburg Dispatch
Lima Beans Require Long Season and Care in Planting
Lima beans, native to warm countries, need a long growth period. To shorten this, plant early varieties and use sandy, well manured soil with warm exposure. Avoid coarse manure, use fast-acting fertilizer, and keep soil dry with frequent shallow tillage. Plant a week or ten days after weather settles to prevent seedling setback.
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New England
Couple Reflects Amid Sights at the Menagerie
A country couple sits on a hay bale in a quiet menagerie corner. They speak of fatigue and settling down, debating which circus role they would try, from ring master to octopus in a glass tank, and acknowledge the value of seizing present opportunities.
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Vane
Sitree
Detroit Free Press
Remembering an Old Folly in a Personal Note
A fragment from the New York Recorder recalls a wistful memory of a past courtship. The speaker notes a note about a woman described as fair, a desire to attend De Reszke’s Lohengrin performance, and the costs of seats and a carriage. The reminiscence ends with the speaker admitting he remains single while she is married.
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de Reszke
The Parson's Trial in a Far West Trail Tale
A settler blacksmith John Roberts fosters a hungry orphan and trains his son Anthony, facing rising tensions with rougher men on a 1840s westward voyage. Ernest Englehart brutalizes a slave named Polk, leading to a deadly confrontation in which Redmond dies and Englehart is executed after Roberts pleads for mercy.
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John Roberta
Lemuel Tharp
Anthony
John Roberts
Lemuel
Nashville
Monay
Horse
Leavenworth
Laramie Trail
California
Kentucky
Tennessee
Anthony Troberts
Roberts
Ernest Englehart
Mr. Roberts
Englehart
Polk
Robert
She’ Viel City
Redwond
Remy
Voice of Reason
Parson
Redmond
Pigger
Roberta
Vandetta
Redmord
Euglebare
Spo
Massa
Ernest
Fusion
Adam Gray
Engiebart
Gray
Old Adam Gray
Emglehart
Jack Redmond
Lemuel Tharp Exposed as Foster Brother in Confession
In a campfire scene from the New York Daily News, Adam Gray asks if Par won made a confession and SB discusses a mystery. Roberts rises to reveal the true name Lemuel Tharp, declaring him his foster brother and urging others to seek the truth.
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Adam Gray
Parwon
Mr. Roberts
Lemuel Tharp
New York Daily Newa
New Copy of the Gospels Discovered in Asia Minor
News from Asia Minor reports a newly found copy of the gospels in an old convent on Mount Sinai. The manuscript is complete, pristine, and richly embellished with gold and silver lettering, purple vellum, and durable binding. It is expected to join the Russian national museum next to Codex Sinaiticus, linking to the famed St Catherine’s Monastery.
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Asia Minor
Mount Sina
Salota
Lisbve
Constantinople
Tischendorf
Tiga Staaificset
St. Catherine
Mount Sinai
Cambridge
England
Kinglake’s Instrument Eother At Mme Novikoff’s Soiree
Kinglake, friend to Mme Olga de Novikoff, attended an afternoon musicale in England. Asked to name a preferred music order, he replied that as an instrument he favored the drum. The hostess moved to banish him from future entertainments.
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Eother” Kinglake
Mme
Olga de Novikoff
England
Kinglake
Why Gold Is Sed. A Dental Note On Gold Fillings
Gold can be welded cold into a solid mass and formed to fit tooth cavities. After cleaning, gold is placed to fill every space, creating a nearly perfect bond without heat. A gold filling can be built up to the required size or shape. Acid secretions from the stomach do not affect it.
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Hilla
Professor Fiske Defends Pocahontas Story Belief
Professor John Fiske reiterates belief in the truthful news of Pocahontas and John Smith. He asserts Smith’s life was saved solely by Pocahontas and that the claim is indisputable to any who investigate.
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John Fiske
John Smith
Roanoke College Commencement Oration and Address Planned
Andrew D. White will deliver the oration before the literary societies at Roanoke College in Salem Virginia on the evening of June 3. On the following day Secretary Morton will deliver the commencement address.
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Andrew D. White
Roanoke College
Salem
Morton
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