Studies On Surface Soil Mulch Reducing Evaporation
The report by Dr. Sturtevant at Geneva mirrors earlier Stockbridge findings that surface cultivation forms a mulch and conserves soil moisture. Using oak boxes planted in a corn field, cultivated soil evaporation fell by 151 to 263 gallons per acre daily across July 26 to August 10, totaling 212 gallons per acre daily saved over fifteen days, suggesting cultivation helps drought resilience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockbridge
Ambherst
Sturtevant
Geneva
Best seed potato methods vary by farmer opinion
Farmers differ on how to prepare seed potatoes for planting. Some plant whole potatoes, others cut with one eye, and some cut deep with a pointed knife to nourish the eye. In sandy soil with organic matter, manure, ashes, and proper cultivation, yields rise regardless of cut or whole seed in a good season.
Muck Fertilizer Rules From Farm Practice
The text explains how different muck types affect crops and how to prepare them. Fresh dry muck can be spread in autumn to benefit from winter frosts, while other muck requires composting with manure or ashes. Mixing muck with stable manure greatly increases fertilizer value, potentially tripling output. decomposition releases nitrogen for plant use. Scows can aid muck bed handling when beds are flooded.
Harvest Confidence Rises as English Farmers Return to Prosperity
English farmers hail the end of lean years with generally good crops. Harvest is underway in northern England and southern Scotland, while the southern islands report wheat nearly all gathered. The wheat crop is said to be below the old average but truly above it, challenging the notion of a standard benchmark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Islands
England
Scotland
Winter Potting Tips for Violas and Pansies
The piece notes violoets or violas and pansies as valued winter plants. It suggests potting some for indoor flowering toward spring or planting in a frame protected by a mat to shield from frost, highlighting their frost sensitivity and protective measures.
German mill owner uses engine waste water on meadow profits rise
A German paper maker has diverted engine waste water via ditches onto surrounding meadows for years. He claims the grass crop profits have tripled as a result, supporting his method with observed yield gains.
Tomato Sour Soup Preparation Guide
The text explains making tomato soup with beef stock and canned tomatoes. It covers skimming during simmering, cautious salting, and a butter flour paste for thickening, specifying ratios such as one gallon stock to three quarts fresh tomatoes and a twenty minute boil.
Durability of health virtues over wealth in old ad copy
A vintage advertisement extols Kidney-Wort as a co laborer for health, promising relief from torpid bowels piles and back pain with a package of Kidney-Wort. It also highlights Diamond Dyes as brilliant and durable fabric colors priced at 10 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vanderbilt
Humorous Tales Of Father Stimson The Charge
A humorous sketch recalls Father Stimson, unpaid salary in kind, hay stacks on a two horse hayrick, and a gospel tent with a circus taunt. It also notes his role as Chaplain of the Ninth New York Cavalry and a muddy water drill anecdote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father Stimson
Ninth New York Cavalry
Stimson
Stuffed Tomatoes With Mushrooms And Ham
Minced mushrooms parsley lean ham and herbs are folded with butter and eggs yolks. Fill hollowed tomatoes with the stuffing, top with bread crumbs and melted butter, bake until rich and serve with calf's head or cold veal.
Safe Kidney and Liver Care Claims Cure
An advertisement from New Brunswick New Jersey dated Sept 5 1881 reports HB Warner Co promoting Safe Kidney and Liver Care. A customer Joan B Inside credits a severe kidney issue's disappearance after using the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover Street
New Brunswick
N. J
HB. H. Warner & Co
Joan B
Testimonial for Hop Bitters Boosts Elderly Reader Health
In Deevan Wisconsin on Sept 24 1878 D Boyce reports taking Hop Bitters once bottle left him feeble at 78 today he feels as active as at 30 and believes many others could benefit from the medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deevan
Wis
Gernts
D. Boyce
The Elevator Tease at the Hotel Lifter
A frightened man questions an elevator operator about safety and destination options. The operator quips that the elevator goes both ways and hints at fate or belief influencing where one would end up. The door closes as the car slides away exposing only its bottom.
Spiced Apples and Pears Preserve Flavor
A household recipe describes spicing apples with four pounds of apples two pounds of sugar half an ounce of cinnamon one quarter ounce of cloves and one pint of vinegar. Boil vinegar and spices then add whole apples and simmer until tender. Pears may be spiced the same way for dinners or tea and jars kept with a cloth cover.
Dancer Fanny Ellsler’s Child In Care Of Mrs Grote
A London dancer Fanny Ellsler traveled to America leaving a six year old daughter in the care of Mrs. Grote. Mrs. Grote, in a dramatic pledge, offered to “make the honest woman” and to raise the child regardless of parentage.
Free remedy for lung and nervous ailments offered
An elderly physician in Rochester, NY, claims a simple vegetable cure for consumption, bronchitis, catarrh, asthma, throat and lung issues, plus nervous debility. He offers to mail the formula in German, French, or English with instructions to all who request it, free of charge, upon sending a stamped reply to W. A. Noyes at 149 Power’s Block.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East India
W. A. Noyes
Rochester
N. Y
Carboline Promises Hair Care Solution for All
Advertises Carboline, a deodorized petroleum extract, as improved and perfected. Claims it cures hair loss and serves as the choicest of all toilet preparations, urging buyers to emulate thousands using it nationwide.
Marmalade From Siberian Crabapple A Winter Treat
Marmalade made from the common Siberian crabapple is a frugal luxury for children’s lunches or tea with bread and butter. Stew the apples skins and all until soft, mash, sweeten lightly, and can or jar for winter. A rice peach marmalade variation is possible, though not usually recommended.
Ferrying in a Stormy Night
Pat Maronry keeps a ferry on a Western stream. A crank pleads poverty as he nears shore. Pat replies he earns his living from the boat and turns to the other bank, joking that money or sabers do not matter for passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Maronry
Pat
Letter from Dr Mayer patient reports recovery and work progress
In Newtown Pennsylvania on September 29 1882 a letter states patient G L Schwartz is well since ceasing support on July 8 and has worked on a farm with no pain. Also a humorous railway car scene features a fat faced man and an Irish porter Pat whose tobacco smoke lightens the mood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newtown
J. B. Mayer
G L. Schwartz
Pat
PRESERVED GRAPES AND OTHER FRUITS AND DISHES
Instructions for preserving grapes in syrup and freezing peaches. Also directions for peach pie filling, prune whip, corn mush, and a bread herb stuffing for steak served with brown gravy. Includes steps, ingredients, and cooking times.
Quack Ads and Humorous Snippets in an Old Ledger
A collage of patent medicine pitches and comic remarks. An Allen's Pharmacy notice touts cures for nervous debility at one dollar, with stray quips about boots, apples, abstinence, and a Lydia Pinkham extract. A sly aside mocks a public speaker and ends with a prompt to read a sewing machine ad and request a circular.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Wood & Co
Bronze powder coating revives rusty iron brackets
Onanpevrers and iron wall brackets that have become rusty and worn may be made to look equal to new by applying a coat of bronze powder mixed with copal varnish.
Man SeeksAdvice On Suicide Methods In Crude Jest
A reader writes that a mistaken delivery caused distress and asks about the best way to end his life. Authorities note such requests are alarming and advise seeking professional help immediately.
Goat trouble remedy with almond milk and rose water
A traditional home remedy instructs beating two ounces of almonds with a teaspoon of rose water then adding one quart of milk and water and sweetening to taste. The mix is poured and consumed as a soothing treatment.
Vegetine Promises Kidney Disease Relief and Cure
The advertisement lists symptoms of acute and chronic kidney inflammation including back pain fever vomiting and urinary changes. It claims Vegetine provides immediate relief and can cure many cases when used regularly, often requiring several bottles for long standing cases. Testimonials assert cures after trying other remedies.
Kidney Complaints Letter from Cincinnati Reader
A Cincinnati reader endorses VEGETINE for kidney-related ailments, stating it has been a great benefit to him and others. The letter is dated March 19, 1971, and bears signatures of O. H. Smith and K. B. Ashfield, Cor. Eighth and Central Avenue.
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Hi. R. Stevens
O. H. Smith
K. B. Ashfield
Eighth and Central Avenue
Vegetine Aids Cincinnati Merchant in Kidney Complaint
A letter from J. McMillan, book-keeper for Newhall Gale & Co., Cincinnati, endorses Vegetine as a valuable remedy for kidney complaints after years of suffering and multiple bottles taken. The notice claims Vegetine has restored thousands to health and urges others with similar ailments to try it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
H. R. Stevens
McCmillen
Newhall, Gale & Co
West Front St
Vegetine
Golden Medical Discovery Promoted for Liver Complaints
An article touts Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a remedy for torpid liver biliousness and related symptoms. It claims radical cures and notes availability at all drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
Unorthodox Wedding Promise and Odd Health Ads
A Newport clergyman faces a silent bride in a wedding vow and only half yields to say I will after her partner nudges her. The column advertises Part VII of Dime Series pamphlets for nervous debility and includes lighter anecdotes about slippers and bad temper linked to female disorders. It closes with a tale of a dog trained to sniff sausage then bow, causing embarrassment in a butcher shop.
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Newport
Worwp
Buffalo, N. Y
Health as foundation of success cited by a diabetic worker
A road engineer in the employ of the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul system claims six years of diabetes cured after taking four boxes of Kidney-Wort. He now writes he is entirely cured and works regularly. The ad promotes Diamond Dyes at 10 cents per color.
Mask Shop Confrontation Sparks Legal Threats
A terse exchange delivers a legal taunt as a lawyer vows to seek justice while a deceitful party contemplates leaving the scene. The dialogue hints at a dispute over mask purchases and implied consequences.
Local Bitters Aid Elderly Woman At Corneoton
W B Hathaway reports Hop Bitters helped a seven term patient from Corneoton Station who had suffered years of illness and near paralysis. After one bottle she could dress and move about the house, after the second she tended her own room and could visit neighbors, with ongoing improvement observed by family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corneoton Station
N. Y
Herold
W. B. Hathaway
Norarine Disrupts Rail Road Eatery With War Ship Sandwich Joke
Norarine irritates a railroad restaurant keeper as a customer shouts in a loud tone about plating war ships with such sandwiches, highlighting a comic dispute in a transit dining venue.
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Norarine
Rescued from Death and Health Advertisements Collide
A Somerville man recalls severe illness in 1876 and 1877 with a hole in the lung after which Dr William Hall's Balsam for the Lungs purportedly restored health. The item also promotes Baker's Pain Panacea and Caswell Hazard cod liver oil and skin products, with testimonials about rupture treatment from Phoenixville in 1883.
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William J. Coughlin
Somerville
Mass
William Hall
Phoenixville
J. B. Mayer
Arch Street
Philadelphia
F. B. Rossrrur
Brrr Tza Rough on Rats and Worm Medicine Ad
An old advertisement fragment touts Rough on Rats a beef infusion for vermin control and Mother Swan’s Worm medicine for feverishness and worms. The text lists prices and uses a cooking method style for preparation.
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Allen
Allen’s Pharmacy
Haun
Lyon
Lydia E. Pinkham
Dr. Bull
Boston, Mass
H. B
DR. Schenck
Mandrake
DR. J. H. Schenck & Son
Philadelphia, Pa
Charles A. Wood & Costa
Gent Bt
Philadelphis
Mme
K. V. Pierce
Baker
Caswell, Hazard & Co
New York
Cnet
Emi'l
Lydia F. Pinkwam
Iowston
Western Avenue
Lynn
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pink
Miser
Fae
Lehaz Ea
R.e.sellers & CO
Pittsburgh, PA
Ae Paa Ay
Aie Rae Ee Lees
Noti
W.H. Thompson Pub
Arch
St. Phila
Agen Money
Tswa Selimgy
Ccm
Sunlight
Douglass Bros
N. Seventh St
N.Y
Ask G. Payne & Co
Thirday
Chicago
Natrona Pus. Co
Philada
Martines
Cain
Ead Si
Rees Hawmepeny
Timber
Ederick
E 3di
Ecver
Es Dedrick
Dederick
Lwaysa
A. Dederick
P.K. Dederick &Co
Albany
N. Ysanted
Renner M'fe Co
Pitteburg
Iri
Proms
Nelson
Gen’ Ncy
Hudson’ Street
Genvasee
Cor
New York City
Babcock
Pasa
Stan One
A. Benton
LF Biswell & Co
Cleveland
Land Senate
W. Baker
Atty
St. Vites
Somme
Fms
GES & Ie
Ss. A. R'Chmond Aoa Co
Rictors
St. Jace
Binien Preumontia
Infienza
Brovichial Unities
Renee — Page
Perehand & Wedsworth
Roved Gost
Ameri Toakea
Mae Orsport Helements Roe Arte
Nous B & CO
Market St
Parsons
Oligeneures
Mekaroe ST. Phila
Ayne
Wil Furntah
Pines
Ler WA
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