Breeds and Markets in 19th Century Agricultural Notes
A mixed digest covers Cheviot sheep bred for English pastures, fattening on moderate grain, and clothing quality. It then reviews American apples in Europe amid fears of San Jose scale, German interest in U S fruit shipments, and the rising U S fruit export value. Also features a double barn plan with lofts, winter grain rolling, plowing frozen ground, private butter markets, a Hackney filly Goldflash, and guidance on making farm sausages with balanced fat and flavoring.
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Europe
United States
Chemnitz
Germiany
Germany
San Jose
Amer
Baltimore American
Choice Bacon Taste Test From Two Hog Diets
The article explains a home pork experiment comparing corn fed hog meat with barley and potato fed meat. It claims corn fed pork is fatter oilier and shows more streaks of fat, while barley and milk based feed yields leaner meat. It describes killing drying salting and cooking to compare texture and flavor.
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Berkshire
Chester-White
Duroc
Jersey
Cats as barnworkers not indoor mouser pets
The article argues cats should work at barns to control mice and rats, warning that close human handling ruins hunting instinct. It claims cats stay warm outdoors with exercise, and that they often rest on a chair or bed indoors when available.
Onions as Food and Health Benefits
Onions are presented as the healthiest vegetable group despite their strong breath effects. Milk can absorb onion odor, and farmers who eat many onions report better health. In southern Europe Tan onions are eaten daily with bread, and Spaniards favor a mild variety eaten similarly.
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Europe
The Demand for Quinces
The article notes a poor apple crop reduces quince demand. It explains quinces are rich and hard even when cooked, making them hard to digest. A few thin quince slices in apple pie, however, enhance flavor beyond what apple sauce provides.
Variety in stock feed aids nutrition and self selection
The article stresses that feeding stock a variety of foods is essential for proper nutrition. It notes animals on pasture often select their own rations, and this self selection signals the high importance of diverse diets beyond flavor.
War and supply push for new Spanish cedar sources
The Cuban war disrupts weekly cedar imports used for cigar boxes forcing a shift to Panama’s Barane River sources. Panama red cedar offers strong odor and color, replacing Cuba’s Spanish cedar, with Mexico and Florida woods proving inferior for fine cigars. Cedar depletion across U S. regions, from Florida keys to Tennessee slopes, prompts broader concern over supply.
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Cuba
New York
Barane River
Panama
Keys
Florida
Bes
Spain
Mexico
United States
South
Central America
Tennessee
St. Louis
America
Cordova
Lebanon
Foolish Wager On Water Ends in Tragic Death
A London newspaper recounts a Paris incident where a man drank 24 pints of water as a dare. He lay on the floor with a funnel in his mouth, was poured dry, and died before the atrocity could be stopped.
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Paris
London
A Girl Queen and Wilhelmina's Lonely Childhood
In St. Nicholas Jeannette May Fisher recounts a tale of Queen Wilhelmina as a child. The piece notes the ceremonial weight on royal life and a governess overhearing a doll lament about becoming a queen with no playmates. Doctors in Sweden reportedly do not bill patients, relying on charity. Brains are described as a lawyer’s stock in trade sold by the case.
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Jeannette May Fisher
St. Nicholas
Wilhelmina
Brains
Lessons of 1861 how volunteers learned on the fly
Eyewitness reminiscences recount how 1861 volunteers rushed to battle with improvised arms and little drill. Leaders salvaged discipline through patriotism and blunt instruction, turning raw troops into effective shooters after early misfires and rough campaigns from Kentucky to Indiana.
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United States
Lincoln
Sharp
Rosecrans
Mustact
Tramp boasts of daily sun bath amid social norms
A humorous exchange recalls a tramp defending personal cleanliness with a sun bath claim. The piece also notes Vienna’s mixed views on married women smoking versus unmarried women, reflecting social judgments of the era.
Smallest Things Noted In Curious World List
A miscellany lists tiny wonders and places. It notes Perrault’s Thumb book miniature two inches long and four engravings, and micro items such as a pinhead shears, one inch republics in the Pyrenees, Tavolara with fifty three people, Tristan da Cunha’s annual mail, Berlin’s fines on noise, and the world’s smallest animals and toys.
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Perrault
Aia
Gaust
Pyrenees
Tavolara
Sardinia
Tristan d’Acunha
South Atlantic
Berlin
Malietoa
China
Marquis Carcano
Persia
Samoan Islands
Revival of Mediaeval Superstitions Across the World
The Century notes a decade long revival of mediaeval superstitions in major cities like Boston New York Paris Chicago. Palmistry astrology sympathetic magic and signatures doctrine flourish as pseudo sciences presented as science upside down. The piece argues superstition stems from human desire and ignorance and parasites on untrained minds.
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Boston
New York
Paris
Chicago
Ambition and memory tips from a Cornhill talk
Maude Valerie White notes some believe singing can be learned quickly and profitably, a fortysomething widow seeking stardom despite little voice. She discusses the idea of memorable faces by distinguishing features and contrasts, with a lightened view of social life and memory tricks.
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Maude Valerie White
Cornhill
Puzza
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New Songland Home
Wien
Hackney
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Gowanbank
Darvel
Scotland
London Hackney Show
Cheviot Eam
Sweden
Chicago Inter Ocean
Valley Forge
Perryville
McMinnville
Crab Orchard
Glasgow
Nashville
Kanawha
Ohio
Charleston
Kentucky
Joe Holt
Indiana
Cincinnati
Yonkers Statesman
Vienna
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