Kincsem the undefeated Hungarian mare of great race record
The Hungarian mare Kincsem stands as the era’s unmatched racing star by January 1880, having won fifty four straight races. Descriptions cover her size about 16 hands, graceful build, temper, and unusual care by trainer Mr Hesp, with notes on lineage from Cambuscan Water Nymph and famed racing history.
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Kincsem
Cambuscan
Cotswold
Melbourne
England
Hungary
Blascovi Z
Buda Pesth
Hesp
Mr. Hesp
John Scott
Frankfort
Darling
Hog feed case becomes debate over debt value
A Detroit lawyer is handed a $240 collection bill from a debtor who admits the debt but disputes the charge. The man claims the amount reflects hog feed for four months plus mistaken items, while asserting nonmonetary losses and emotional distress as part of the claim.
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Detroit
Hostetter's Bitters Promises Health Through Digestion Power
Establish healthful cooperation between stomach, liver and bowels to banish headaches anxiety and despondency. The product is a well established remedy derived from botanic sources and Physician approved. It strengthens the constitution, aids digestion, and acts as an agreeable appetizer for convalescents and the aged.
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Hostetter
Plowing Efficiency and Field Design for Early Modern Farming
The article explains how furrow width and field shape affect plowing labor. It argues that long, narrow furrows reduce team turnings and time, while wider furrows increase work and cost. Modern plows can ease draft, but cost keeps many farmers using older equipment.
How to Catch a Fowl Technique
The guide warns against seizing a fowl by the tail or back and prescribes grasping both legs firmly to lift the bird. It notes hanging the body clear of obstacles preserves plumage, and explains broken feather webs ruin appearance, stressing care for the bird’s bodily covering as a sign of health.
Tonic For Fruit Trees And Garden Tips From The Field
Tonic for fruit trees uses iron sulfate dissolved in water to nourish pear, peach, and quince trees. Also advice on growing lace and sage care, with sage replanting technique and drying uses. Notes on plant watering and spring rains boosting seed germination and plant vitality.
Soft Shelled Eggs Indicate Inflamed Egg Organs
When soft eggs are laid by fowl they indicate usually that the egg organs are inflamed. Overfeeding or excessive fatness causes this state. Spare diet and plenty of green food, especially lettuce leaves in summer or cabbage in winter, is the best treatment for fowls in such condition.
Milk as a Feed for Ewes When Milk Is Limited
A limited test suggests that skimmed milk fed to ewes with scarce milk for their lambs yields better and quicker results than shorts or roots.
Sun loving plants and barn seclusion notes
The piece advises Abutilions tolerate low light, ivy thrives in a north window, and geraniums need as much sun as possible to bloom. It also notes cattle do not thrive in a barn with visible outdoors through cracks and emphasizes a need for seclusion to some extent.
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Coliseum
Vegetine Powder Form Offers Cheap Home Preparation
Vegetine in powder form is marketed to be prepared at home from a 50 cent kit containing barks roots and herbs. The ad claims two bottles of liquid Vegetine can be made per kit with full directions. Sold by druggists and stores, or sent by mail for fifty cents per package or one dollar for two packages from H R Stevens Boston Mass.
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H. R. Stevens
Boston
Mass
Manville and Chasuble Discuss Incompatible Furnishings
Manville asks about breaking with Sir Henry's daughter and Chasuble reveals the split was due to incompatible complexion. He notes she is charming but unsuitable for his furniture. The exchange parodies social manners with wit.
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Manville
Chasuble
Sir Henry
Puzzle of the Census Taker Arouses Curiosity
A quip about the census form presents a maiden with corkscrew curls and false teeth claiming she was born in 1860 and can be counted, suggesting the census taker will be puzzled by childhood arithmetic and the 15 inch leap from a corner.
Woman falls from gallery at crowded French theater
A woman tumbled from the gallery into the pit during a crowded Parisian theatre. Spectators rescued her. asked if she was badly hurt, she replied that she had lost the best seat in the middle of the front row, underscoring the tragedy with a wry joke.
Irish dialogue over argument and honor
Patty and Pat spar verbally in a lively regional exchange, joking about pride and wit. The dialogue captures a humorously stubborn stance as both claim to be right no matter the side, with Irish speech flavor throughout.
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Patty
Pat
Vermont Woman Mistook Book For Cookbook
A Vermont woman asked for a cook book at a store but received Jossepin lectures. After she used it to prepare dinner, four doctors were needed to help the family through the night as rival sextons roosted on the fence for two days preparing for emergencies.
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Vermont
Jossepin
Dew Drops Hear Maria Call as Arrival Looms
A man jokes that the approaching visitor will trigger a storm as Maria hums softly about an unseen guest. The exchange hints at tension and expectation around a forthcoming arrival.
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Maria
Ambition and jest in a sharp society exchange
A society man recalls his childhood dream of being a clown. The young lady counters that at least one case of gratified ambition exists, prompting a deft exchange about goals and fulfillment.
Cat glimpsed through door causes canine disturbance
A dog leapt at the sight of a cat peeking through a partly closed door, triggering a noisy commotion as the animal reacted to the sudden near encounter.
Moral of whisky trading noted in parable proverb
A quip warns that whisky priced above par value harms the buyer who drinks it. The drinker who tries to corner whisky will lose if the spirit does not go down, expressing a humor-filled caution about speculative risk.
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Waaisky
Missouri farmer’s suicide after cancer misread
A Missouri farmer believed a boil was cancer after a misadvised remark and hanged himself. The report urges caution and patience in medical judgments.
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Missouri
Quips and Quotations From Diverse Jests and Jibes
A collection of humorous quips on leap years editors insomnia posting and weddings. Anecdotes reference Irish editors Cincinnati grievances and social takeaways. The tone resembles a lighthearted satirical column with scattered puns and wordplay.
Electric Soap Promoted by Cragin and Company
An advertisement urges daily sales growth for Dubbins' Electric Soap made by Cragin & Co. Philadelphia and invites readers to try the merit of the product.
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Cragin & Co
Philadelphia
Domestic Venison Bake and Rich Gravy Recipe
A detailed method for roasting venison with a flour paste crust in a pan with stock. It instructs butter or lard rub down, baking at fifteen to twenty minutes per pound, basting every ten minutes, and removing the paste then. A separate venison gravy is simmered with spices, strained, and thickened with brown flour to serve.
Delicious Orange Pudding With Merengue Topping
Peel five oranges and slice into a pudding dish. Sprinkle with sugar. Boil milk with cornstarch sugar and salt. Add beaten egg yolks and pour over oranges. Make a meringue from egg whites with sugar and brown briefly. Serve cold.
Apple Charlotte Bake With Cream Soaked Bread
Butter a deep baking bowl line with thin cream soaked wheat bread. Layer sliced apples with beef marrow sugar and lemon peel. Cover with cream soaked bread, seal with an earthen dish and water, bake briskly one to one and a half hours depending on charlotte size.
Pork Pit Pie Dough and Filling Method
A recipe explains combining sweet milk and lard, boiling, then mixing with flour to a stiff paste. Shape dough into balls, fill with equal parts pork fat and lean, encase in crust, and bake slowly on a plain pie pan without a rimmed dish.
Practical Household Tricks From Aunt Jane
A collection of dated home tips covers testing bread purity with alum, making Harp Scarp soap from lye and grease, refreshing black lace with alcohol, a quick remedy involving alum and sugar, saving gravy from bones and scraps, and sealing shoe soles with gum copal varnish for water resistance and longevity.
Piles cured by Anakesis says Br Silsbee
Anakesis claims to cure piles quickly using simple habit and diet changes. Br Silsbee, backed by physicians, cites 20 years of relief with over 95 percent cured in users. Samples are offered free by P Neustaedter & Co New York. price is one dollar per box.
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Job
Br. Silsbee
Anakesis
P. Neustaedter & Co
New York
Voltaic Belt Co Promises Fast Cures for Afflicted
The Voltaic Belt Co of Marshall Michigan offers Electro Voltae Belts claiming speedy cures with a 380 days trial. They urge readers to write without delay to obtain treatment assurances and appear confident in their product.
Simmons Liver Regulator Ad Promises Safe Constipation Relief
An advertisement by C. C. Giiano of 114 Main St Galatin Missouri touts Simmons Liver Regulator as a safe effective remedy for constipation and liver torpor. It claims no harsh effects and suitability for children while asserting long experience and universal satisfaction with the product.
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Simmons’ Regulator
C. C. Giiiano
Main St
Galatin
Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup Praised For Years Value
A promotional note urges readers not to switch to a new cough syrup after trusting Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup for many years. It highlights the product’s proven value and lists the price at 26 cents.
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Dr. Bull
Voice of the People Hilldale Patient Praises Medical Discovery
In Hillsdale Michigan Judith Burnett writes that after a serious lung disease and extended bed rest she found no relief from a physician’s prescriptions. She began taking Medical Discovery and reports significant improvement after consuming several bottles, ending with restored health.
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Hillsdale, Mich
R. V. Pierce
M. D
Judith Burnett
Deacon Smith Endorses Carboline Hair Restorer
Deacon Smith buys Carboline, a ceodorized petroleum hair renewer and restorer, and since its improvement recommends it to friends as the perfection of all hair preparations. This marks him as a wise man who knows what is what.
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Deacon Smith
Deacon
Dr Jayne’s Expectorant Aids Coughs And Colds
An older advertorial note promotes Dr Jaynes Expectorant as a remedy for pains and all asthmatic and bronchial affections and implies quick relief from coughs and colds.
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Jayne
An Extenpep PoruLartry Troches in New Localities
Each year Brown's Bronchial Troches appear in new localities worldwide to relieve coughs colds and throat diseases. The troches have been proved reliable and widely used by sufferers seeking temporary relief.
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Brown
Free remedy for youth errors from a missionary
A self addressed letter is requested to receive a free aid for sins errors and indiscretions early decay and loss. The note claims the remedy was found by a missionary in South Africa and asks readers to mail to Reverend Seph T Inman Station D New York City.
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South Rica
Rey
Seph
Inman
New York City
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