Preparing corn for calves and farm education ideas
The note promotes corn cutting at home for calves and argues education improves farming interest. It warns against tree bark scrapes sold by scale millers, praises millet as a mixed dairy poultry crop, and discusses oleomargarine coloring in meat trades.
Wheat after potatoes and farm notes on crops
The article discusses wheat after potatoes, soil and fertilization, and field prep. It includes guidance on plowing less, drilling 300 pounds of fertilizer with 40 percent phosphoric acid, and spring application of 150 pounds nitrate of soda per acre. It also covers packing farm produce, curing cow pea hay, caponizing, and cover crops for light soils with crimson clover or vetch. It mentions Chester White and Tamworth swine as profitable breeds and cautions on weighing costs in hog farming.
The Last Journey by Octave Mirbeau
A weary traveler recalls a trip in which an ailing old mother is cruelly treated by her son in law on a crowded train. The journey ends with the mother’s murder blamed on family neglect and chilling death aboard the carriage.
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Goodby
Versailles
Rennes
Gold-headed cane presented to Rev Dr Hopkins
A Bay City paper recounts a humorous incident where friends visit Rev Dr Woplins and present a gold headed butcher. The hog is seized and slaughtered into sausage pieces sold at 15 cents a pound, described as a joyous and lighthearted event among his supporters.
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Clyde Fitch
Bay City
John Hopkins
D. D
Woplins
Blue Jeans premieres at Fourteenth Street theater in 1890
The 1890 production Blue Jeans opened at the Fourteenth Street theater on October 6. Cast included Perry Bascom Robert Hillard Colonel Henry Clay Risener George Chaip lin Ben Boone George Wawcett Jacob Tutewiler J. J. Wallace Jim ae wiler Jacques Kruger Isaac Hankin W. J. Wheeler Seth Igoe Bennena June Jennie Yeamans Sue Kudaiy Judith Berolde Cindy Tutewiler Alice Leigh Samantha Hawkins Marion Strickland Nell Tutewiler Neleena Shicker Laura Burt. Supplementary cast featured the Columbia quartet and names such as F. B. Berrian Albert E. Coldwell Jr S. Winthrop George Leeds J Walker J J Marey Anna Williams Ada Chester Pertha Dowling Edith Raymond Ida Wagner Ade Francis.
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Blue Jeans
Fourteenth Street Theater
Perry Bascom
Robert Hillard
Henry Clay Risener
George D. Chaiplin
Ben Boone
George Wawcett
Jacob Tutewiler
J. J. Wallace
Jim Aewiler
Jacques Kruger
Isaac Hankin
W. J. Wheeler
Seth Igoe
Bennena June
Jennie Yeamans
Sue Kudaiy
Judith Berolde
Cindy Tutewiler
Our Heathen, Native and Imported by Rev Alfred Taylor
A New York clergyman discusses preaching to perceived heathen at home and abroad. He criticizes public sentiment and wealthy indifference, urging Christians to help the poor and depraved nearby, and to live their creed while promoting moral reform.
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Alfred Taylor
New York
Tur
Wiji Islands
John Chinaman
Belleville
North Adams
N. A. Bobb
Spreadfungus
Cherry
Pigs
Gripiuss
Pigg
Mrs. Pigg
Little Piggs
Gripicuss
Patagonia
God
Christ
Too Big a Field. A Seminary Salesman Texts a Broker
Trom Harper reports a theological student named Shandidloupe selling fire extinguishers during a vacation. He faces rebuffs until he is presented with a surly broker in an office who yells a harsh expletive. The student seeks calm, explains the extinguisher’s power did not merit such praise.
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Trom Harper's Weekly
Shandidloupe
Shandalope
The Tyranny of Love and a Wardens’ Quiet Turn
A married couple reconsiders control in love as Kate recalls a past tyrannical stance and a wife seeks to mend with George. He reaffirms devotion while she recognizes her own grip and the risk of making him appear foolish. A stray ladybird becomes a small, ironic symbol of tenderness and distance.
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Kate
Isaae
Min
Toings
George
Ile
Warden
Sgaoree
Refuse
Ginner
Lie
Garele
Dan
Watmin
Georga
the Paneer
Fleet Street
Tielborn
Strange Work for Women in Wisconsin Factories
Milwaukee Sentinel reports deputy State factory inspector August Knems noting women now fill roles once done by men. Women work in varnish rooms of chair factories, enameling foundries, and bottle departments in breweries. He also recalls women in tanneries chrome departments and even saw mills in northern Wisconsin, highlighting shifting labor patterns and acceptance despite heat and change.
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Milwaukee Sentinel
August Jr. Knems
Sheboygan
Wis
Wisconsin
Not His Fault Though Splisg Perry Quotes
The piece quotes Splisg Perry praising bravery and nobility while noting people may act noble against their will. It sketches a tale of a young husband facing a dramatic interruption from a millionaire father-in-law who proclaims ruin, met with the son-in-law’s retort about loving marriage.
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Chicago
Splisg Perry
Harvard
Blur of trees and a near collision sighting
A Newark News fragment describes trees waving in a breeze and a sudden scare on the road. The blur and a possible horse sighting prompt quick evasion warning as bystanders react to a close call.
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