Elephants Remember Kindness Acknowledges Turley Five Years On
The 1874 Tenbury visit left Lizzie the elephant with a blistered side but relief from pain. Five years later in 1879 she greeted Mr Turley with trunk embraces and a grateful trumpet. In 1881 she recalled him again, lifting him lightly and guiding attention to her hind leg, showing memory and gratitude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wombwells
Tenbury
Gloucestershire
Lizzie
Turley
Mr. Turley
Mr.lurley
Out-Door Festivities and Lawn Party Attire in Suburban NY
Suburban New York lawn parties feature shaded tables under trees with large awned umbrellas, natural flower decorations, and playful grounds with dogs among rhododendrons. Guests enjoy lemonade tents, light summer costumes with white fabrics for women and pale, delicate suits for men, and accessories like parasols, lace, and floral trims.
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New York
Ruby Sarah
Cattle Kings of Montana Reunite After Forty Eight Years
John Saunders, once a penniless youth, returned after forty eight years to marry his Kentucky love. He built a fortune in cattle with Helena partners and now owns about 20 000 head on the Teton. The couple, married quietly in Butte, plan to settle in Teton Valley.
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John Saunders
Montana
Young Saunders
Sanders
West
Western Territories
Sonora
Helena
Teton
Saunders
Kentucky
Butte
Teton Valley
Transplanting Vegetables Tips From Garden Practice
Agricultural guidance on starting cabbage tomato pepper and celery in hot beds or sheltered spots. Emphasizes careful removal from seed beds, soil preparation, watering, shading with an old shingle, and timing after rains for best transplant success.
How to Have a Nick Lawn
Early spring with frequent showers and rapid grass growth allows mowing up to weekly with benefit. In extreme climates fixed rules mislead. Grass type dictates timing. Timothy or herd’s grass when left tall stalls regrowth and leaves a woody stump if cut after eight to twelve inches of growth.
Horse Breeding Profit Associated With Sound Market Demand
The active demand for good horses nationwide is drawing attention to breeding for sale. Breeders should start with strong brood mares and sires that pass desirable traits to offspring, though sourcing suitable stock remains a challenge due to prior high demand and limited large horses. Smaller horses weighing around nine hundred pounds are plentiful and can yield marketable offspring when mated with larger stallions.
Hay as Horse Feed Sealed by Curing Quality and Safety
The article notes hay is nutritious for horses when well cured and dust free, but curing and preservation are challenging. It warns that a second crop can cause excessive saliva in horses, suggesting to skip hay if these issues occur while endorsing its general safety when properly prepared.
Small quantities improve plant growth when using salt as fertilizer
The article notes phosphate of lime and phosphoric acid stay in soil until needed by plants, while soda compounds tend to leach away. It advises applying only small quantities at a time when using salt as a fertilizer to avoid loss and ensure uptake.
Rotation system extended across England and Scotland
The traditional five year rotation of clover and grass, wheat, turnips or rape, barley, then back to the start, now sometimes includes oats as a fifth crop. This modification reportedly increased grain crops by about one quarter.
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England
Scotland
Lacquer from shel lac and alcohol for preservation
A durable varnish formula useful to farmers and tinkerers uses shel lac dissolved in alcohol to create a quick drying coating. When mixed with dry pigment it yields paint that dries in five minutes, and eggs coated with it stay fit for cooking for months though hatchability is lost due to airtight shell.
The neglected garden on the farm
The essay notes that oats corn and wheat get timely care while the garden is left to weeds and pests. It argues gardens suffer from delayed attention and calls for even, immediate effort to protect and improve kitchen plots and flower beds.
Ingestible Household Remedies and Meat Preserving Tips
A domestic column shares home remedies from cucumber peels to remove cockroaches and stains, plus methods for preserving meat with salt and saltpetre. It also includes recipes for custard with oranges and baked desserts, plus kitchen hacks for frying lard and soothing a child’s digestion.
Lost Thumb Brings Berry Trade Twist in Town
A strawberry peddler loses his left thumb while helping raise a plank. Reporters report rumors of death or severe injury, but the man prizes a wooden thumb and artificial replacement for 250 dollars. He smiles at the misfortune, saying berries will sell for a quarter to a dime with the new aid.
Kidney-Wort Promotes Kidney and Liver Health
A Reading Eagle notice touts Kidney-Wort as a purely vegetable remedy with specific action on the kidneys liver and bowels. It claims a prompt but mild effect and notes availability in dry and liquid forms sold by druggists everywhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading Eagle
Binghamton Republican
Richardson & Co
Burlington Vt
St Louis Man Composes New National Anthem Ameri ca
A St Louis man composes a new national anthem titled Ameri ca. The music reportedly features jolts resembling the ship of state near Mexico and thundering thumps echoing Fort Sumter bombardment, sparking talk of Americans moving to Europe and a dire warning about organ players provoking deaths among Italian counts in disguise.
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St. Louis
America
Mexico
Fort Sumter
Europe
Lavy Beautifiers and the Hop Bitters Endorsement
An ad extols Hop Bitters as a remedy for health and beauty, claiming rich blood and strength come from its use rather than cosmetics. It also recounts a short anecdote about a young girl asking her art critic father if an R. A. is hanged for a bad painting amid a child’s playful quest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
In Each and Every Instance
A physician testimonial from Watron M D of Wilmington Delaware dated August 13 1881 urges readers to try Warner Safe Kidney and Liver Cure claiming it cured kidney troubles in every case and endorses H H Warner Co with a signed physician statement.
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Wilurneton
Del
H. H. Warner & Co
Watron
M. D
A Great Town Grows From Wilderness to Jail Overwatch
A Western villager recalls the town’s transformation from a wilderness of prairie grass to a bustling settlement. He notes twenty men in the nearby jail and forty more in the poorhouse, reflecting rapid growth and social strain.
Blood purifier Vegetine praised by Boston physician
A Boston physician extols Vegetine as a superior blood purifier after testing its lab produced mix from barks roots and herbs. He claims it yields astonishing results and notes its availability from druggists. Dr Palisa reports four planetoids discovered this year bringing total known to 224.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Their Occupation Gone
A reader from Breesport New York writes praising Golden Medical Discovery for curing congested lungs liver pain and joint ache and warns that doctors would lose business if families tried the medicine. An Austin gambler recounts an outrageous petition to join the police claiming the legislature ended his thriving gambling house by adjourning.
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R. V. Pros
M. V
Buffalo
N. Y
L. BR. McMillan
M. D. Breesport
New York
Texas Sistings
Austin
Favorite Prescription Praised by Debilitated Woman
Mrs Corne lia Allison of Peosta Iowa writes to R V Pirro MD Buffalo praising Favorite Prescription. She says it cured her who could hardly stand on her feet and credits the medicine for restoring her health and strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. V. Pirro
Buffalo N. Y
Cornelia Allison
Peosta
Counterfeit Twenty-Franc Note Fools Shopkeeper in Charles X Era Claim
A customer presents a twenty-franc piece to a shopwoman claiming it is fake. The shopkeeper identifies it as counterfeit while the customer insists it dates from Charles X’s time and would have been detected long ago.
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Monsuuer
Charles X
World's Dispensary and Invalids' Hotel Rebuilt at Buffalo
The Buffalo establishment destroyed by fire a year ago has been rebuilt and is now full of patients. The Invalid's Guide Book lists treatment details and terms with two stamps for the World's Dispensary Medical Association in Buffalo New York.
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Invalids
Buffalo
N. Y
World’s Dispensary Medical Association
Buffalo, N. Y
Farner Hen Egg Quotation Sparks Diet and Testimonial Talk
A dialogue contrasts egg as food with eggs as a specimen of expression. The farmer speaker notes a hen failing to hatch after three weeks while a cautious reply frames the egg as a diet item spoiled, yet as a cultural testimonial remains aromatic and expressive.
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Farner
One Experience from Many in Hop Bitters Cure
A grateful mother describes illness, recovery, and family relief after using Hop Bitters. She notes initial skepticism from relatives then cheers the product as a blessing. The piece includes a social remark about beauty and wit, with Miss Smith praising homely people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rovapasovt
Miss Smith
Miss Brown
Why Wear Piasters and Other Remedies in Advertising
A collage of patent medicine pitches and curious anecdotes. Kidney-Wort claims to purify secretions and restore balance while Cod liver oil sold by Caswell Hazard promotes purity and superiority. A Wisconsin man ears ear lobe incident, a Minnesota girl walks long distances, and Seller's Liver Pills are touted as family essentials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caswell, Hazard & Co
N. Y
New York
Various Health Remedies and Advertisements From 19th Century Page
A collage of cure-all ads and tips including Wells Health Renewer priced at $1 with bulk offers, a Newark New Jersey home herb cure, Dr Kline’s Nerve Restorer mailed free from Philadelphia, and Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound touted for nervous prostration and bloating headaches.
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H. W. Lobb
North Fifteenth Street
Philadelphia
Wells
Jersey Cty
N. J
E'c
Boxer Heel Cure
Newark
New Jersey
Lydia
E Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Western Avenue
Lynn
Mass
Pinkham
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the Fine Arts
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R. A
Mr. H. R. Stevens
T. Balling
Green St
u_ hess
Washington, D. C
H.R. Stevens
J. A. Johnson
Cincinnati
H. R. Stevens
Walnut Hills
Court Street
Aultman & Taylor CO
Mansfield
Ohio
Harry
Tonemdown
Royal Academy
Wisconsin
Maryland
Sopuronta
Bedding Establishment
Mars
General Stores
Sternberger
Market St
Philada
E. Pinkham
Earth
Hop Birrers Mra. Co
Rochester, N
Cony
Platotn EY
Mladelphia
Ical
OL PT Lan Cvuf
Catarah
Sti
Alun AY A
Aurea
Ercurial
RE. Sellers & CO
Pittsburgh, PA
Catia Liver Piles
Rika Maes
WH. Schenck
J. H. Schenck
Arch Street
W Ziegler & CO
Chas. W. Stuart
Newark Nurseries
Newark, Wayne Co
N. S
United States
J. H. Conn
Nsect Powder Co
Goliaren
Adirese
J.B Mater
Martines
Spania
Poe
Ecey
Gadzem
L. Martin
Mage
DR. Kline
Aynsens
Lepey
Mei If
P. Bang
Zayne
Rob’t Wells
Vesey St.n
P.O
J. Stephens
Lebanon
Spare
New Bedford
Rupertus
Foreland & Wadsworth
Te. Co
GRU 8B & CO
Bend
Gratera
Boomer & Boscher? Press Co
Syracuse
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