Railway through a Desert Opens Transcaspian Route
The first section of the Transcaspian railway from Krasnovodsk to Kizil Arvat opens linking Turkmen territories with the Caucasus and inner Russia. Deserts, scarce water, and wells at Mollah Karl Tasgeer Kayandjik mark the route while naptha from the Caspian fuels engines. Russia may extend to Ashkabad and Meshed, Herat prospects loom as traffic grows between new territory and main lines.
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Krasnovodsk
Kazil Arvat
Caucasus
Russia
Kizil Arvat
Caspian
Balkan Ranges
Mollah Karl
Tasgeer
Kayandjik
Kizu Arvat
Persia
Ashkabad
Tauscaspian
Asia
Tashkena
Moscow
London
Siberty
Work of a Farmer's Wife Reveals Frugal Home Revenue
A farmer's daughter describes long hours of farm labor and thrifty gains from poultry and eggs over three seasons. She details income from eggs and birds, household duties, and practical tips on feeding and coop care, urging other home workers to rise early to help.
Turtle tale with mossy back hints Paradise inscription
Old Mossy recounts a hunting yarn about a giant moss-coated turtle found in Paradise. He discovers letters B C 567 on its back and, like a town name on a dog collar, the word Paradise appears printed near its hind leg, marking the strange find.
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B. C
Adam
Paradise
Barley as Feed and Market Stability for Farmers
The piece argues barley’s value as stock feed, especially for horses, outperforming oats per acre. It notes barley’s resilience for work teams when ground and soaked, and cites historical use in military campaigns to support its superior feeding quality and potential price steadiness. It urges mixed barley and oats plantings for better farm economics.
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Europe
Jalapa
St Jacobs Well Laments Bestselling Liniment Cited
Moore and Humphrey report St Jacob's Well liniment as the top seller with high customer satisfaction. They claim it has effected many good cures.
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Jackson
Mich
Daily Patriot
Messrs. Moore & Humphrey
St. Jacob's Wil
Shelter for Farms and the Value of Tree Belts
The article argues for farm shelter to protect crops from winter winds and frost. It notes evergreens and woods provide protection, describes wind damage to young grass and crops, and recommends planting a four rod wide wood belt on the north and west of barns, with fencing to protect young trees and allow eventual timber for fuel and fencing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Tudor
Nabant
Saved by Oil in Baltimore Woman Recovers from Long Illness
Mrs Susanna Asmus of 11 Bartlett Street Baltimore Maryland suffered for twenty two years from sores and limb pains. After trying many remedies she used St Jacob's Oil and reports the sore healed and pains vanished. she is now well.
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Susanna Asmus
Bartlett Street
Baltimore
Aliens Losine Fratuers
It is not disease when hens molt early. Warm weather aids recovery. Offer cooling medicine to melting fowls. Dissolve a drain of sgalm eter in a pint of water for daily drinking for twelve fowls. Limit corn, use barley or wheat, add chopped vegetables and grass runs. Provide fresh water while fowls are weakened.
Baby Saved By Bitters Cure Reported In Rochester
The parents from Rochester New York declare their baby was permanently cured of a dangerous bowel irregularity by Ap Bitters used by the mother. They say the remedy also restored the mother to perfect health and strength.
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Rochester, N. Y
Treatment of windgalls in horses by alum compresses
If wind galls are new, apply a strong alum solution with a cloth bound on the swelling. Use pads and bandages to apply pressure for two hours daily, gradually increasing time. If swelling is secure under pressure, remove pads periodically to rest.
Canadian farmer seeds thirty acres by drill spacing
A Canadian farmer plants thirty acres of beans using a seed drill with tubes left out to run thirty inches apart. This spacing suits cultivation with a scuffler and yields as much as any other grain planting method, a great advantage over hand planting.
Kidney-Wort Promoted as Nature’s Great Assistant
An advertisement urges readers to take Kidney-Wort at the first signs of illness such as biliousness head heaviness foul mouth yellow eyes and kidney discomfort. The copy positions it as a preventive remedy rather than waiting to fall ill.
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Nature
Odious comparison of vows at ceremony and after
The speaker notes how comparing the initial I will vows at a ceremony with the I will after the event reveals a troubling inconsistency and discomfort in social expectations.
Pink Fashion and Shelling in Germany Editor Anecdotes
A remark links Shell pink as a fashion and notes the husband of a pink wearing woman shells. A Wir statement claims German editors are not killed for wit, noting no editor killed there in two centuries, implying guarded commentary.
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Germany
Quinine and Whiskey Paper Planned for Arkansas Trip
A note proposes starting a newspaper titled Quinine and Whiskey during a journey to Arkansas. The plan mentions everyone involved will join in.
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Journauietie
Arkansas
Vegetine Receives Praise from Alabama Patient
Dear St. Vegetine helped a daughter in Calli ersville Chilton County Alabama after doctors failed. She suffered nasal catarrh bladder and kidney issues and scrofulous diathesis. After using Vegetine she recovered, writes Dr T E B Callier in May 187s noting the improvement.
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Selma
T. EB. Callier
M. D
Worked like a Charm Cured Salt Rheum and Erysipelas
Horatio Gridley of Court St Rome writes that after his son suffered a severe bout of Erysipelas and Salt Rheum a year ago he bought Vegetine from H R Stevens and used two bottles, claiming a complete cure and praising the remedy. He notes he has been a city watchman and offers the testimonial gratuitously.
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H. R. Stevens
Rome
Horratio Gridley
Testament to Vegetins for a child's scalp sores
Mrs. Packher of Westminster Connecticut reports her son suffered a severe scalp infection described as a large mass of sores spanning from ear to neck. After using two bottles of Vegetins she states the condition fully cured and sends thanks to H. R. Stevens for the medicine.
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Westminster
Conn
H. R. Stevens
G KR. Phatcher
Tragic Jealousy Ends In Window Sash Theft
A tale of love and despair ends with a dramatic act as a jealous girl crushes a flower pot in a window. The father discovers the incident, questions the pew window cost, and the next day the girl’s life moves on. Two years later Violet McAnerny marries a man with carts and mules, yet her heart remains desolate.
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Adelbert
Mr. McAnerny
Violet McAnerny
Kidney-Wort Remedy Praised By Patient
A Hartford Courant reader recounts avoiding a blue pill after mercury poisoning. The druggist recommended Kidney-Wort, which cured biliousness and constipation and restored health, praising Kidney-Wort for torpid kidneys and liver.
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Jartford Courant
Absent minded host invites dinner on Thursday
A confused narrator recalls asking a friend to dine and promising to attend on Thursday while forgetting his own plans. The scene includes a misdated promise and a street meeting with a companion amid a tangential remark about a cleanser named Vice Tine and a fleeting debate between Brown and Fogg on death and old age.
St Jacobs Oil Praised by Philadelphia Stable Proprietor
Mr J A Walton a leading Philadelphia horseman at 1245 N Twelfth st endorses St Jacobs Oil as a remarkably good liniment for horses. He cites decades of experience and says it helps with sprains bruises and leg afflictions.
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J. A. Walton
Philadelphia
Twelfth Street
St. Jacobs
Mr. Walton
Jim
Sr. Jacobs
Quips and cures in a bustling era of jokes and ads
A miscellany of quips and anecdotes fills the page. It notes Hop Bitters as a top purveyor of health, ponders vegetarian lifestyles, and lampoons travel, gas, and social foibles. Familiar brand pitches and light humor thread through the items, with classic ads and brief laughs.
Rough on Rats and a Diamond Stock Ad
An old notice markets Rough on Rats for pest control at 15c and promotes a diamond stock from Messrs Morgan and Madly Mutual Life Suitding, selling high quality diamonds at low prices on Chestnut Street.
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Messrs. Morgan & Dfadly
Mutual Life Suitding
Tentu and
Chestnut Street
Anakesis Offered for Piles by Mulford Rich Jr
Mulford Rich Jr of Wellfleet Massachusetts sends one dollar for a box of Anakesis and proposes to sell or distribute the remedy by peddling in Barnstable County. He recalls personal relief and claims many seafaring locals suffer piles and could be persuaded to buy if given sole county rights.
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WelFleet
Mass
Messrs. Newstarprer & Co
Anakesis
Mulford Rich, Jr
Wellfleet, Barnstable Co
Boston
Provincetown
Barnstable County
Mulford Rich
P. News Aedter & Co
New York
Chas. G. Blatchley
Market St
Philadelphia
Radway
A Dourbot Son-In-Law Seeks Stable Life After Wild Oats
A young French man declares to his mother-in-law that his upcoming marriage ends his follies for good. The joke contrasts promises of reform with a humorous vow that this will be the last misstep. Also notes a boastful claim for Carbdoline as a genuine petroleum hair renewer.
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Garfield
Elberon
Arfield
Guiteau
Sumgeons
Agenta
Outfit Soc
Speak Quick
Ad Hubbard Bros
Cheetnut St
Philadelphia
Peculiarities of Journalism and Public Perception
A fragment discusses how newspapers are viewed as business entities rather than complainants in storefront disputes. It notes people visiting editors with grievances and satirically mentions a farm fair prize and a butter remark by Seth, illustrating cynical attitudes toward media and commerce.
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Spicer
Seth
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