Hay Door and water needs for horses on roads
The article discusses barn hay doors for efficient unloading and hay protection, plus the need for proper watering places for horses along roads. It notes old paths where horses could drink and the shift to bridged roads, urging pumps and troughs where water is scarce. It also covers Clover Hay curing methods and greenhouse sanitation practices, including pest control and soil handling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvah Agee
Swekiman
N. Ralston
Furniers' Institute
Armstrong County
Tennsylvania
Agricultural notes and remedies from Rural New Yorker excerpts
A collage of tips and observations on animal care, farming pests, poultry strategies, grain rust losses, oleo law conflicts, wool marketing, and general dairy practices. Remarks include a hog treatment anecdote by A. J. Legg, dairy handling advice, pest import impacts, poultry integration, rust and smut control, and wool clip quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Superior Court of
New Yorker
Curing Chickens of Cholera Advice
A reader shares a home remedy for poultry cholera. Mix a thin wheat flour and water solution and feed each morning, or pour down the throat if birds cannot eat. Include plenty of puttermilk to prevent cholera and claim no losses since using the method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Frank
Radical road reform proposed to replace taxes with cash payment
W P Long argues for a cash road tax and seasonal road work to improve efficiency. He says overseer mismanagement wastes funds and a road crew under a master could accomplish more in a day than current efforts. He cites Maryland and New Jersey contrasts to show the value of good roads for agriculture and economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. P. Long
Farmer’s Advocate
New Jersey
Maryland
Maryland Farms
Magician Trick Exposed Cane Hypnosis Revealed
The widow of Hermann, famed sleight of hand artist, explains in Women’s Home Companion how the cane trick works. A yard of black thread hidden between chair legs powers the upright cane, while a backdrop screen misleads the audience.
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Hermann
Amateur magician’s guide to simple misdirection prop tricks
The passage describes placing a stick upright six inches from a chair to appear accidental. It explains the stick stands by a hidden supporting thread, concealed by a dark background. It promises that amateurs can perform this and similar feats with practice.
Regular Expense of National Campaign Speakers
Ainslee's Magazine notes speakers for national committees are now routinely paid. It recalls 1872 when Carl Schurz faced a graft taint over a $200 speech claim and contrasts a 1896 high of $300 per address. The piece argues volunteer service largely ended as paid staff became standard.
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Carl Schurz
Missouri
Horace Greeley
Schurz
Roscoe Conkling
Senate
Conkling
Republican Nationals Committee
Ainslee
Legal Precedents on Habeas Corpus and Discriminatory Statutes
Survey of cases interpreting habeas corpus limits on review of constitutionality rulings and select state and federal decisions. Includes Campbell on appellate jurisdiction, Denver on Sunday clothing bans as unconstitutional class legislation, Sattler on bailment not title transfer, Waters-Pierce on corporate forfeiture powers, and Hoffman on liability for negligent fire starting spreading to adjacent lands.
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Campbell
District Court
Denver
Bach
Col
Sattler
Hallock
N. Y
Supreme Court of the United States
Waters-Piierce Oil Company
Texas
U.S
Hoffman Vs. Kink
Queen Visits Scotland Basketwork Gift Sparks Provost Exchange
A London Outlook quotation notes a gracious speech by a Scottish official. During a Tay bridge visit, the queen received a basket of flowers with a smile, while the Dundee provost bowingly insisted she need not return the gift.
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London
Scotland
Tay Bridge
Dundee
Pathetic Bravery in Modder River Letter
An English private recalls the Modder River battle with stoic humor. A found looking glass sparks a grim joke as soldiers urge farewell before the advance. The men laugh briefly then resume the fight.
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Modder River
Lemonade Baths in the West Indies
A note on lemonade baths says baths in lemonade with the sugar omitted are proper and refreshing. Lemons are cut in slices and used with rind included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Indies
West Point 100th anniversary noted at academy
The West Point military academy marks its 100th year since opening on May 1, 1800. It began with two cadets and grew with cadet Wal ter Armistead, who later became a famed engineer officer.
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Indiana
New York
Her Majesty’s Navy
Warrior
Antwerp
Capt
Dubureau
French Academy of Sciences
Afric
Paul Coke Works
Connellsville
Washington
Japan
Russia
Tle Ir
West Point Military Academy
United States
Joseph G. Swift
Massachusetts
Simon M. Levy
South Carolina
West Point
Walter Keith Armistead
Upperville
Swift
Worth Bagley
Hey Rube Cry Diminishes as Circus Crowds Arrive
An elderly circus hand notes the decline of the belittling cry hey rube at shows. He recalls past hiring fights and rough-tent clashes, and describes circus arrival at dawn with townsfolk eager for sideshows, concerts, and revelry, hinting at broader social change.
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Rube
Tramp anecdote on English bluffing in Glasgow
Josiah Flynt recalls an instance from Tramping with Tramps where a fellow vagabond defends a Yank by threatening a fight. In Glasgow three tramps mock a hat. an Englishman proclaims he can knock out any Scotchman and bluffing the world for years. The exchange ends with a mutual pardon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josiah Flynt
Glasgow
United States
Yank
The Secret of Success Reminiscences by Sir Irving Hamfat
In reminiscences translated into seven languages, Sir Irving Hamfat recalls meeting Bill Nye after a performance with A Mustard Plaster. Nye asks about past parts, noting Hamfat played Nick O. Leene in The Duke's Pipe and that this season’s tour with Mustard Plaster is financially better.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lionel Effingham
Bill Nye
Mr. Hamfat
Nick O. Leene
Irving Hamfat
Indianapleis Sun
Optician's Latin Translation Tale
Hiram, a college language student, tries to parse a sign reading CONSULTUS ABOUT YOUREYES outside an optician. He declares it poor Latin with foreign barbarisms. His sister Keturah, nearby, translates it as Consult us about your eyes, and Hiram collapses in reaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Optician
Hiram
Keturah
Cleansing of School Slates in England Noted
Report notes daily washing of slates in one English school with disinfectant. Emphasizes careful inspection of children slates and thorough cleaning of sponges used by students.
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England
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