The Order of the Golden Fleece and Its Chivalry
The article surveys the Twofold meaning of the Golden Fleece symbolizing knightly adventure and religious salvation. It traces the order’s origins with thirty one knights, historic disputes over sovereignty, joint Austrian and Spanish grandmasters, and notable recipients including the Prince of Wales and various European rulers.
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Society of Chivalry
Knights of the Fleece
Egmont
Horn
Philip II
Spain
Charles VI
Hapsburgs
Philip of Bourbon
Low Countries
Austria
M. Thiers
Duke
Aosta
Amadeus I
Savoy
France
Prince of Wales
S. Ildefonso
St. James
Father sacrifices children to wolves to save himself
A Moscow area peasant fleeing wolves sacrificed his youngest child to save himself and later the other three, leaving his wife to plead. The court acquitted him on self preservation grounds, though his moral blame was condemned by many.
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Moscow
Never Lose or Forget: A Young Man’s Stringent Lesson
A successful businessman recalls two lessons learned at eighteen. An old lawyer warns that unless the paper with instructions is kept safe, there is no provision for loss. The insistence is clear You must not lose it and you must not happen to lose it.
Farmers Solve Woodland Pest Damage With Simple Bandages
In winter the article advises protecting young trees from mice and rabbits by bandaging trunks with cotton or wool cloth or stiff paper. Eight to ten inches high suffices for mice, two feet for rabbits, and the bandage should be secure and reusable. For gardens, protect with feedstuffs and use a dead trap baited with apple to reduce damage. Rabbits can wipe out many young trees in a single night if starving.
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Mick
Storing Vegetables in Outdoor Winter Pits
The article advises pre serving vegetables by using a cool outdoor pit or barn cellar. It describes digging a trench three to four feet wide and as long as needed, filling with roots in winter, partitioning to keep varieties separate, covering with soil, and adding two extra feet of soil in December to protect against rain and snow. Straw or boards may be added in sandy soils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinidad
White cheese overstock in London markets this season
Reports show a sizable rise in white cheese production yet demand is limited to a small buyer group. Markets like London and Manchester take more white cheese, while most buyers prefer yellow varieties and artificial coloring to fetch higher prices, leading to overall overstock.
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London
Manchester
England
Leaves and Fruit Under Sunlight Missteps in Cultivation
An advisory note explains leaves’ key role in fruit development. A vineyard owner trimmed shoots, removing two thirds of foliage and ruined grapes and vines. A Yellow Gauge plum tree shed leaves, delaying ripening, then regrew with sweeter fruit once new leaves appeared.
Views of an Old Farmer
An old farmer extols practical farming. one acre well cultivated yields more than two poorly cultivated, and a well fed animal is more profitable than two underfed. Grass in a field outvalues cotton with no pasture. A farmer who neglects reading and relies on others risks leaky roofs, broken fences, and bad seasons, while neglecting own duties leads to failure.
Onion storage in a dry cool airy loft
For storing onions there is no better place than a dry cool airy loft where they can be spread out thinly and looked over for removal of decayed ones. Warmth and moisture ruin their keeping and mud handling is nearly as bad.
Feeding Advice for Young Chicks
Feed the young chicks with bread soaked in milk as a food option. Provide water twice daily in shallow vessels to keep them hydrated.
Beet Planting and Thinning Guidelines
Plant beets in deep mellow soil in rows thirty inches apart. Cover seeds about one inch deep. When seedlings reach one inch in height, thin to eight to ten inches apart within the row.
Experiment Finds No Change In Thermo-Electric Power In Vacuum
From Prof. C. A. Young of Princeton a careful test shows iron and platinum maintain constant thermo electric power in a vacuum, challenging Exner’s view that thermo electric force arises from gas contact with metals.
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C. A. Young
Princeton
N. J
American Journal of Science
Cocoa Preparation Techniques From Nib to Beverage
Practical methods for making cocoa from nibs and shells. Directions include boiling times for brick cocoa nibs and shelled cocoa with boiler and milk, plus economical variations using shell cocoa and rib pieces and day-before preparation for quick serving.
Carpeted Floors in Bedchambers Declining
A Victorian guidance piece criticizes the trend of fully carpeted bedchambers noting carpets should cover only foot-traffic zones near beds wardrobes wash-stands and dressing tables. It advocates loose independent carpets that lie flat to prevent dust and should be easily shaken.
Sugar Saving Tip for Preserving Fruit
A late season tip explains how sugar mixed with acid briefly converts to glucose, the sweeter form in apples. One pound of sugar provides the sweetness of about 244 pounds glucose, so stirring sugar into warm fruit after cooking can achieve desired sweetness without excess sugar.
Salad with Spanish onions and creamy mustard dressing
Take two Spanish onions boil until tender. Slice and arrange in a salad bowl. Pour a sauce of thick cream vinegar and mustard. Garnish with boiled beet root cut into shapes.
Corns Oysters Fry Batter
Nine ears of corn are cut from the cob and mixed with milk salt pepper and a beaten egg. Add flour to make a stiff batter and drop by spoonfuls into boiling lard, frying until a nice brown.
Oranges and Cream Pie Base Instructions
Beat one half cup sugar with butter until smooth. Add yolks of four eggs, grated orange rind and juice from two oranges. Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites and bake with one clove.
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Onange Pix
Gingered Bread Dough From Old Receipt
A historic recipe instructs using one quart flour with one pint molasses and a dessert spoonful of soda dissolved in it. Flavor with ginger only, avoid overworking, and cut into desired shapes before baking.
Batter Pepvine Mystery Recipe Clue
Six eggs six tablespoonfuls of flour one quart of milk a little salt and soda or baking powder bake in a buttered pan twenty minutes. A terse baking note from a vintage column hints at a quick batter base with basic pantry ingredients.
Leather hand protectors for hot boot tops
Instructions describe cutting boot tops to fit, lining them, and shaping iron holders. Leather is used to insulate and keep heat away from the hand during handling.
Large bread holes point to careless kneading and cooking
The loaf shows big air pockets indicating insufficient kneading. Bakers warn that poor technique causes uneven texture and weak crumb structure, stressing importance of thorough folding and uniform dough development.
Educating the Memory in Mechanical Drawing Techniques
The article details M. Lecoq de Boisbaudran’s training method at the Paris École Nationale des Deswin, using simple figures and synchronized visual and muscular memory. It cites commissions and notable pupils like Liorace Vernet and M. Legros, and notes the value of strong mental imagery for engineers, architects, and artisans in precise plan and elevation drawings.
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M. Lecoq de Boisbaudan
Ecole Nationale de Deswin
Paris
Institute
Liorace Vernet
Slade
University College
M. Legros
M. de Loisbaudran
Wit and Humor in a Mad Married Row
A downtown wife vows not to speak to her husband yet he enjoys unchecked freedom. He smokes, dines with friends, returns late, and even stays in bed while she vents in a torrent of tears and escalating quarrel. The scene ends with her emotional outburst.
The Oil City joker and the lost half dollar
On the Atlantic train for Bradford a famed Oil City joker finds a half dollar missing from a passenger’s pocket. After confirming the bill’s date 1860 and a distinctive button, the thief is tricked into handing it over, exposing the culprit.
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Bradford
Oil City
Old City
Manoff Grapes Provokes Gross Gallery of Reactions
A man, failing to bite Malaga grapes, discards one after a tough skin balks him. He offers ten cents to a street urchin to eat the skins and pulp, the boy chewing noisily on the skins and earning the coin amid peals of laughter.
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Malaga
Simple Glasgow bench quips in petty crime tale
A Glasgow magistrate known for plain manners presides over two cases. In the first a youth is charged with stealing a handkerchief, and the judge jokes I had a handkerchief taken from my own pocket this week. In a later assault case the Bailie jokes fines of half a guinea and five shillings despite the assessor noting insufficient proof.
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Glasgow
Barrie
Empress’s Morning Routine and Private Arena Ride
A historical note describes the Empress of Austria starting with chocolate at seven, visiting stables, dining at one and six, reading papers, and riding unbroken horses in a private arena connected to her rooms. It adds she sews buttons on the Emperor’s clothes and mends the children’s stockings, a task that seems hard to reconcile with her schedule.
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Austria
Blympton resident builds tall house on posts in Oregon
A Blympton Oregon citizen claims divine alignment by dwelling forty feet above ground in a post built home to live near heaven. The note mocks such pious pretensions and compares it to a sky parlor in a top hotel.
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Blympton
Oregon
Witness Testimony Sparks Debate Over Relevance
An attorney tells a voluble old lady on the witness stand that her remarks are irrelevant, but she presses on, declaring that she has spoken and it isn’t irreverent either. The exchange captures tension in the courtroom.
Revival meeting confession in Ewlenton crowd
An elderly attendee at a revival in Ewlenton rose to speak of repentance. She described feeling heavy guilt for her sins and likened herself to a brass candlestick, expressing remorse before the congregation.
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Ewlenton
Brethren
Sistren
Frasier Seeks Dubos Opinion On Portrait
Frasier asks friend Dubos, a retired painter, for feedback on his portrait. Dubos quips that the likeness resembles Frasier but questions the value, joking that if twenty five pounds were paid for it, the buyer has been duped and that the painting seems to contain little actual paint.
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Frasier
Dubos
Dubis
Death as a definition and a political rush
The speaker contends that death is a definition or per finirion, while noting public attention was diverted by a rush of political news leaving little room for discussion.
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W. H. H. Murray
Scalding Milk Metaphor Sparks Old Maid Contrast
An exchange plays on souring milk as a metaphor. When milk sours, scalding makes it sweet again, but with an old maid the same scalding worsens acidity. The quip contrasts aging and female stereotypes in a witty social aside.
Ira Hotel Clerk Smiles at Question May Indicate New Staff
A hotel clerk named Ira smiles pleasantly when asked a question, suggesting he may be new to the role. The observation notes his friendly demeanor and potential inexperience in handling guest queries.
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Ira Hotel
Proverbs and social sneers from a bygone era
A compactspaper style note mocks old attitudes toward time, aging and gender roles with witty cuts about men wasting time, time itself aiding tasks, and women’s housework. It reflects dated humor and social judgments from a historical column.
Towanpa Girls Seek Intellectual Approach to Hair Banging
A school column notes the Towanpa girls explore a method described as an intellectual approach to styling hair. The piece presents playful commentary on grooming trends and student curiosity in a local context.
Letter Endorsees Simmons' Liver Regulator by A H Stephens
An 1870 Crawfordville Georgia letter from W G Stephens states his uncle Hon A H Stephens may benefit from Simmons' Liver Regulator and will trial it again. An 1872 extract quotes Stephens saying he occasionally uses Lowier Simmons' Liver Regulator with good effect.
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A. H. Stephens
W. G. Stephens
Crawfordville
Alexander H. Stephens
A. H. Sreruans
Ingenious drilling tool enlarges blast holes for larger charges
A novel drilling device enlarges the lower end of blast holes to admit a bigger powder charge. It uses a threaded cap, a cap arc, a movable cutter fed by a thumb nut, and a slotted guide to keep the cutter from being withdrawn. The tool is inserted after drilling and rotated to extend the cutter outward, forming a larger chamber at the hole bottom.
Women and Hop Bitters Endorsement Noted in Courant
The Courant notes women show strong interest in Hop Bitters praising it as uniquely suited to many female ailments. It claims the remedy cures chills fever indigestion liver issues periodic headaches back and kidney pain and general fatigue and despondency.
Tank to shield mineral oil from ignition by lightning
Col Roberts of Titusville Penn claims a two chamber oil tank design that uses an iron diaphragm a water filled upper chamber and an 8 inch pipe to separate oil from air to prevent ignition by lightning. The device includes overflow inlet vent and oil fill access to keep most water above the oil.
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Col. Roberts
Titusville
Penno
Vecurine Promises Quick Strengthening in Debility
The advertisement claims Vecurine nourishes and strengthens the body, purifies the blood, and regulates secretions. It asserts debility improves immediately after starting, noting the remedy acts on the blood and nervous system to restore health with no failures.
Geologist Hears of Mollusc Fossils From Great Depths
Mr J Gwyn Jeffreys examined mollusca from the Lightning and Porcupine explorations in the North Atlantic. HeComparing living shells at 9000 to 10,000 feet with fossil shells found 2000 feet in Sicily and Calabria suggests ancient ocean basins may not be permanent or ancient.
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J.gwyn Jeffreys
Lightning
North Atlantic
Sicily
Calabria
Ema
Mt. Etna
Mediterranean
Europe
Asia
North America
Dobbins Electric Soap Promises Faster Wash
An advertisement claims a wash that would take a day with ordinary soap can be finished in three hours using Dobbins Electric Soap made by Cragin & Co Philadelphia. It asserts the soap does not injure the finest fabric and invites readers to try it.
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Cragin & Co
Philadelphia
Dyeing Principles Revealed Through Experiments
Gustav Engel studied animal and vegetable substances to uncover how dyes are absorbed and retained. He found that the ease of dye uptake depends mainly on physical structure and especially capillarity, with experiments showing consistent results.
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Gustav Engel
Hair Restorer Carboline Praised As Cure
An ad-style notice touts Carboline a deodorized petroleum extract as the sole real cure for baldness claiming it is recently improved and perfected and free from objection as the best hair dressing known.
Etna Summit Drops Forty Feet After Recent Activity
Prof Silvestri reports Mt Etna summit lowered about 40 feet due to recent volcanic activity. The finding underscores ongoing geological changes and potential impacts on surrounding regions and monitoring efforts.
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Silvestri
Mt. Etna
Remarkable Cure Prompts Public Notice for Hop Bit Tera
Quote from N. E. Farmer praising Hop Bit tera for stopping six years of bed ridden sickness costing $1,200. He credits three bottles taken by his wife with a full recovery and asserts she has kept house for a year without missing a day. He urges others to learn of the remedy.
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N. E. Farmer
Louisville Courier Journal
Ain
Wilks
Hie
J. W. Lloyd
Longevity of Chestnut Oak Beech and Ash Trees
Under favorable conditions the chestnut and the oak will live a thousand years. The beech and the ash live less than half as long.
Cure for Piles Kidney-Wort Advert
A Cure for Piles claims Kidney-Wort acts gently to overcome constipation and, with its tonic and invigorating effects, restores health to debilitated parts. Evidence is presented as a Chronicle ad promoting the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freie - Wells, Richardson & CO
Burlington
Dr Bull's Cough Syrup and Consumption Relief
An advertisement touts Dr Bull's Cough Syrup as a remedy for consumption. It claims the medicine promotes gentle excretion of discoloring phlegm and offers great relief to sufferers.
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Ont
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Walters
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Bermuda
Hergarneah
T. Kingsford & Son
New York
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R & J. Beck
Elgin Ramet
Fee
Pittedergh
Kansas
L.len
Ncyclopadia
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