Farm machinery and stock notes from rural seasons
The article discusses farm equipment costs and durability, iron posts and fence options, and portable barrel carriers. It notes improvements in plows and gas pipes, the value of corn stover as feed, and the economics of feeding grain with manure. It highlights Daisy 4th as an exceptional Shorthorn heifer and remarks on growing farm work hours and machinery maintenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U S
Bae
Riese
Ing
Crop rotation and stock raising advice for farmers
The article argues for rotating crops to prevent soil exhaustion, urging farmers to also raise livestock and use pasturage. It suggests sowing clover with oats on thin soils, using charcoal from corncobs for hens, and keeping a small charcoal supply in the poultry house. It also notes old well purification ideas and mentions eels in cisterns as water-purifying agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sobrero
Turin
Portable Hogpen and Angora Goats in Farm Life News
Portable hogpen design shown from the American Agriculturist offers a movable shelter for shoats with two horses, costing little to make. The article also discusses oleo market trends, dairy economics, Angora goats including value of fleece, meat, adaptability, and their ability to clear brush across regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southdown
Waitoun
Texas
Manitoba
New England
Odd quotations and anecdotes from public life
A collection of humorous and curious anecdotes features figures such as Deacon Smith, Marcel Prevost, Maurice Barrymore, Lieutenant Governor Woodruff, and General Otis. The piece recalls witty exchanges, publishing notes, and a tale of the Dane’s in the hall at Trinity College, plus a note on charity stamps sustaining a Swiss orphanage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Om Corwin
Deacon Smith
Corwin
New York Herald
Dreyfus
Rennes
Marcel Prevost
Vance Thompson
Saturday Evening Post
Prevost
Thompson
Prevvost
Tola
Otis
Kansas
General Otis
Bang
Maurice Barrymore
Augustus Thomas
Barrymore
Barry
Gus
Alabama
Thomas
Timothy L. Woodruff
New York
Mr. Woodruff
Charing Cross Bazar
London
Bazar
Cape
Dundee
Tom
Tam
Dr. Todd
Dublin
Trinity College
Cartloads of Abuse and Barnato’s London Visit
Barney Barnato met a seedy journalist in London who offered to cut out favorable press about him. Barnato hired him for £15 a month at the Johannesburg water works opening and paid six months. The journalist returned with a huge bundle of clippings from newspapers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barney
London Westmister
Barney Barnnie
Johannesburg
London
Barnato
Mr. Barnato
Executions in England Through the Reigns
The article surveys execution numbers in England and Wales, noting a decline in the present reign versus Elizabethan times. It cites 242 sentences and 103 carried out in 1785, Bow Street runner Townsend's tallies of multiple hangings, and totals of 736 executions from 1837 to 1894 with one year reaching 23 and another only 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Coke
London
Townsend
Bow Street
Wales
Chambers’ Journal
Foreigner on Jury Sparks Laugh in Court
Judge J J Du Bose recounts a juror who claimed to be a foreigner yet said he was native to Arkansas. The juror admitted no naturalization, prompting amused disbelief as the judge excused him from jury duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. du Bose
Arkansas
Memphis Scimitar
Chicago Times-Herald
Missing teeth misadventure at city post office
A Philadelphia post office employe’s wife loses four stores teeth after her husband pockets them thinking to return them at breakfast. She pleads grief as the teeth are found later. clerks recall the humorous scene that followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Columbus’ Marriage Beatus Possible After Certificate Found
The article explains Columbus blocked from sainthood due to alleged concubinage from an undisclosed marriage and a son. A missing marriage certificate has been found by the Congregation of Rites, removing obstacles to beatification and possibly leading to Christopher Columbus being named beatus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Christopher Columbus
Diego
Congregation of Rites
Alaskan Babies Traditions Described In Social Note
A passage notes Alaskan babies are rubbed with oil and tightly wrapped in grass and deer skin bindings, with daily unbinding for grass refreshing. It mentions briefly that if the child cries, he is held under water until still, concluding with a metaphor about happiness facing a leak.
Humor Of The Week Cartoonish Quips From Various Papers
A collage of lighthearted jokes and brief comic exchanges from multiple 19th and early 20th century outlets. Vignettes range from witty miscommunications to playful banter about dancing, listening, elopements, and everyday quirks. Notable snippets include misheard phrases, a bellboy mix up, and flirtatious one liners.
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LIS
Uate Fe
Daisy
Prince
Pb. Heaton
Lostock Junction
Kayneham
Atlanta Market Reporter
Wlo
Maine
Mexico
Iwalle Uogpen
Loele
Switzerland
Europe
Collier’s Weekly
Hayrix
Jerry
Maude
Lara
Clara
the Peabody
Trent
Koit
Colliers Weekly
New York Journal
Miss Swelltop
Oper
Miss Blugore
Philadelphia Press
Willie
Philadelphia Record
Paris
New York Weekly
Gertrude
Tommy
Wytte
Wycke
Henpeck
Joax
New York World
Chicago
Jones
Uil LT
Bradstreet’s
South Africa
New York Press
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