Plowing and Pruning for Orchard Health
W D Philbrick advocates light plowing to protect roots and pruning for better fruit. He warns codling moths ruin crops unless destroyed, suggesting picking up fallen apples to burn or feed, night light-traps, fires, or smudge heaps. He favors free ground for scratching fowls and condemns fertilizing lani as senseless. effective chemicals noted are blue vitriol for smut, strychnine for crows and blackbirds, and tar on corn seed for bird protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. Philbrick
Canadian Agriculturist Experiments With Eye-In-Eye Potatoes
A Canadian agriculturist at the Toronto industrial exhibition described a method of crossing potatoes by inserting an eye from a different variety into the flesh of another tuber. The first year produce was small but showed mixed characteristics from both varieties, with the potential to reproduce or revert still undetermined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada Exchange
Toronto
Garden Culture for Mangel Wurzel Crops
Guidance from American Cultivator on sowing mangel wurzel with corn timing, row spacing two and a half feet, four to five pounds seed per acre, thinning to nine to twelve inches, and frequent cultivation. It notes yields vary from 600 to 1500 bushels per acre with rich soil, up to 3000 in extreme cases, requiring soil as rich as a hot-bed.
Oats Best For Horses Says Agricultural Note
The article argues oats exceed corn or hay for equine nutrition. It notes corn lacking in essential elements and causing languor and fatigue, while oats provide superior nutrition, cost less risk, and with proper regimen horses fed on oats and timely hay can reach high physical condition and sustain more work with less fatigue.
Seed Soaking for Sowing Hurts or Helps
Advice on seed soaking notes mixed outcomes for different crops. Soaking peas beans and corn may hasten germination but risks damage in cold wet weather. Dry hot conditions benefit slow germinators celery parsnips carrots, with careful fermentation avoidance and thorough drying before drilling.
Homemaking Tips From Old Time Household Hints
Practical advice on food preservation and cleaning uses for salt fish soak in sour milk and cold water and soap to remove grease from fabrics. Cooking test for doneness of fowl with a skewer. Hair care remedy with salt and water and sage tea. Craft idea to convert rough seaside straw hats into decorative wall baskets with muslin lining and ribbon trim.
Curiosities From The Past Insects Birds And Odd Facts
A column of oddities recalling prairie famines ostrich eggs six and a half pounds canaries used as food in Canary Islands and a bold calc about Langley on sun heated ice. The items mix curiosities on animals plants and historical quirks with dates and places across regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canary
Canary Islands
Curious flying colugo links lemur and bat in Indian islands
The colugo or flying fox of the Indonesian archipelago resembles a flying monkey more than a bat. It sleeps head downward like a bat, but evenings it flies vast distances tearing fruit from plantations. It leaps from tree to tree, can sail 150 feet or more, and carries young on its back or in flight. It feeds mainly on fruit, especially plantains and cocoa leaves, and is gentle and tameable with bright, intelligent eyes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indian Archipelago
Java
St. Nicholas
Veils of Mystery in Romance and Divine Revelation
The statement contrasts the romance of human love with the mysteries of God, noting that divine revelation comes through many veils that are not falsehoods but signs of deeper truth awaiting discernment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Man
God
Record of frightful natural disasters through history
The article surveys historic eruptions and earthquakes from Iceland 1783 to Lisbon 1775, noting vast loss of life and land changes, then considers the fragility of human affairs and the unlikely horizon of enduring catastrophe. It ends with a reflection on the impermanence of worldly grandeur.
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Cleveland
Iceland
Java
Tandio
Lancerota
Canary Islands
Sindree
Indus
Tomboro
Sumatra
Sumbawa
Lisbon
Tumboldt
Europe
Atlantic Ocean
Mankind
Apostle John Urges Reticence on Divorce in Chrysippa Case
The aged apostle John refused to permit Chrysippa, wife of Patmos' governor, to divorce her unbelieving husband. He said his commission was to unite her with Christ, not separate her from her husband, and he ordered her to return home.
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John
Chrysippa
Patmos
Prochorus
Christ
Be as a little child
Phrase from a religious or moral reflection about trusting guidance. The fragment hints at a childlike trust and protection under a father figure, possibly in a devotional or catechetical context. No clear event or full article context is present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scato
Violence and riots ripple through towns and courts nationwide
A collage of 19th century news items spans violence in Collinsville with editor J N Peers being horsewhipped by Mrs Henry Marshall, a New York telegraph line delivering Home Sweet Home across 1240 miles, Virginia manufacturing pledges, a Greenfield manslaughter verdict for Conductor Hosley, grave desecration sentences in Philadelphia, a Conkling manslaughter indictment in New York, Seymour vault murder suspicions, postal bank and telegraph company consolidations, stolen gold certificates, the Howe burial, and a Windsor hanging for an adopted daughter murder.
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J. N. Peers
Collinsville
Ill
Henry Marshall
Peers
Postal Telegraph Company
New York
Chicago
Lynchburg
Richmond
Petersburg
Danville
Norfolk
Portsmouth
Alexandria
Virginia
E. L.hosley
New Haven and
Northampton Railroad
Greenfield
Mass
Philadelphia
Fell
Lebanon
Robert Chew
Levi Chew
McNamee
Pillett
George W. Conkling, Jr
Wilbur H. Haverstick
Conkling
Seymour
Ind
Michael Burkhardt
American Postal
American Rapid Telegraph
sub-Treasury
Howe
Green Bay
Wis
Meeker
Windsor
Replevin Sought Over Rail Stock in Harrisonburg Suit
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company sues John E. Hamilton in federal court at Harrisonburg to replevy rolling stock seized at Staunton Winchester and Harrisonburg. The writ orders the marshal to return the property after bond is posted.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
John E. Hamilton
United States
Harrisonburg
Staunton
Winchester
United States Marshal
Tennessee
Memphis
Montpelier
Madi 60
Orange County
Louis F. Deitrick
Baltimore
Virginia
Algebra class sail prompts rebuke from teacher
A Burlington Free Press item notes a classroom moment where a student quips about setting a bad example as the teacher writes a hard equation on the board. The brief highlights school life and student cautionary humor.
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Burlington Free P. Es
Toothache cured by St Jacobs Oil and humorous job claim
A Madison Democ rat item notes a man in a ballroom who found relief from toothache after using St Jacobs Oil. It also mentions a woman applying for a car-driver job who quips she has managed two husbands when asked about handling mules.
Sand and sugar adulteration fuels public concern
The statement highlights pervasive deception in consumer goods, noting how even sand sold locally may be contaminated or adulterated with sugar. The remark reflects distrust in markets and calls for stricter quality controls.
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California
London
Jansen
Holland
Fontana
Italy
Drebbel
Jasper Spring
Savannah
Olympia
Washington Territory
Land Office
Corea
Boston
Samuel P. Langley
Colugo
the News
Middle and Southern News
Jonathan Monroe
Warren
Monroe
Brookneal
Campbell County
Mason
Cincinnati Southern Railroad
Court of Appeals
Circuit Court
Washington County
Joseph H. Farrow
Peter and
Charles Negley
Hagerstown Herald
Torch Light
Salisbury
Sharp's Point
Chesapeake
City Mills
Fultz
Maryland
West Virginia
New York State
Pennsylvania
N. Y
Pepeepevenenee Ui
Madison
Democrat
India
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo, N. Y
Amanda K. Ennis
Fulton, Mich
World's Dispensary Medical Association
Buffalo
Tne Vouratc Ber Co
Marshall, Mich
Lyon
W. D. Wright
Cincinnati
Wm. Hall
George Lee Edwards
Isle of Wight County
New Life
F. W. RussMan & Co
Augusta
Maine
IL Lang
Charles A. Vogeler
A. Vogller
UN W
England
New York City
Byeer
Toston Ram
J.S. Bracu &Co
Dey St
N.Y
Munray Hill
Sila
Tris &Co
Argusta, Ma
CBC Uoleman
Oes
Newark
N. J
Union S. R. Depot
Exchange Place
Providence
R.I
Hunt
Isaac W
Dion
Philip
Ballou M
Monkton, Vt
Rev
A. B. Coleman
Fayetteville, Tenn
Alaria
E. Wort
Ino. D. Nevins
Springfield
Ohio
Chapman & Co
F. Keppey
Rideport
Dures Stinson & Co
Portland
The
Boston Globe
Lydia BE. Pinkham
Lynn
Ies
AMD
Bnut
Welles, Richardson 4 .O
Burlington, Vt
Rit
Iama and
Wells, Richardson & CO
Burlington
St. Vitus
S.achmond
TEI Medical Hi
Brose
Bolfenthal
Adorees Jones
Frazer Axle
Gines
Pamphredt
Anitman & Taylor Co
Mansfield
Anilla
Aianant
W.h.fay
Sar Roma Town, Co
Practical Farmer
Practical Farme
Paschall Morris
Dane
States
Missouri
AMER
PRAC
Farr
Union Trust Company
Philaadelphia
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