Nation Remembers Civil War Dead Across North and South
The piece recalls the Civil War start at Sumter, Lincoln’s calls for troops, and major battles. It cites vast Union and Confederate casualties, and details national cemetery sites across the North and South. It notes Memorial Day origins in Philadelphia led by General Logan and the Grand Army of the Republic.
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Pier
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Lincoln
Bull Run
Virja
Atlantic Coast Line
Missisi
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Tennessee
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Southlandry
General Logan Endorses Observance Day Order
General Logan approved the suggestion and issued the general order to the Grand Army of the Republic calling for proper observance of the day. The writer’s name was not remembered, but the endorsement secured the commemorative emphasis.
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Logan
Grand Army of the Republic
Quotations on Loyalty Liberty and Death in 19th Century Verse
A compact collection of famous quotes on duty freedom and sacrifice includes lines from Vaughan Nathan Hale Longfellow Phillips and Talleyrand plus a remark attributed to Bismarck about Napoleon’s rise. The passages reflect themes of courage patriotism and political power across historical figures.
In Memory of Fallen Braves Moners and Flowers Tribute
Poetic memorial urging readers to lay flowers and garlands on the graves of soldiers. Invites maidens, sisters, sons, and children to honor the dead with tribute and tears. Emphasizes sacred ground and the noble sacrifice of soldiers who fought in the blue.
The Dead Heroes Speech in Indianapolis
Robert G Ingersoll reflects on the Civil War and slavery in a dramatic address delivered in Indianapolis. He recalls the living and dead, the sacrifices of soldiers, and the four million enslaved souls, urging cheers for the living and tears for the dead as the nation honors freedom.
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Robert G. Ingersoll
Indianapolis
Freedom
Wand of Progress
Ten Thousand Tramps in Jamaica Town Hall Scheme
Queens County New York allows thirty cents nightly for each tramp lodged and fed at Jamaica town hall. Ten cents funds lodging five cents to the overseer for recording names and fifteen cents to the janitor for meals. In ten months about 10 000 tramps have been housed an average over thirty per night, a sharp windfall for the tramps and a curious municipal program.
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Queens County
New York
Jamaica
New Appliances For The Farmer In A Vast Louisiana Farm
In extreme southwest Louisiana lies the world’s largest producing farm spanning 1160 miles north to south and 25 miles east to west. A Northern capitalist syndicate owns it, with 1,500,000 acres purchased from Louisiana and the U.S. government. The tract, once grazing land for 30,000 head of horses and cattle, is now divided into pasture stations every six miles. Fencing cost $50,000. The land favors rice, sugar corn, and cotton, with steam-driven cultivation on each half mile strip. No draft horses remain. 16,000 cattle are recorded dead. The Southern Pacific Railway crosses 36 miles. three steam boats navigate 300 miles of water on the estates. The complex includes an ice-house, a bank, a shipyard, and a rice mill. A note on a cheap wheelbarrow from P. Brugger of South Dakota is included.
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Louisiana
U.S
Southern Pacific Railway
Cheap Wheelbarrow and Wheat Culture Notes
A farmer’s simple wheelbarrow design with six foot planks and pine boards is described, no legs needed. The wheat culture guidance covers seed bed preparation, one plowing, harrow and roller use, seed selection, sowing depth, and prioritizing seed germination and soil contact. Rainfall is praised as natural fertilizer, with data from Lincoln New Zealand and Rothamsted England noting nutrient delivery by weather and the superiority of nature over irrigation.
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Earth
Lincoln
New Zealand
George Gray
J. B. Lawes
Rothamsted
England
Farmyard Manure and Soil Effects
A discussion on how farmyard manure impacts soil texture and fertility. It explains applying fresh dung to heavy soils to improve pliability, and rotted dung to light soils to avoid nutrient loss. Long or green manure opens stiff soils, while fresh straw aids aeration, and coarse dung on sandy soils promotes consolidation and reduces rapid permeability.
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English Exchange
The Stock Ranch and Sheep Notes for Farmers
The article discusses calf rearing methods highlighting natural suckling with warm, slow milk to avoid scours and maintain cow milk quality. It covers sheep care, docking, castration, worm control with wood ashes, and emphasizes good fodder over medicine. Wyoming’s 1,000,000 sheep, growing flocks, and spring prices for breeding stock are noted.
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Wyoming
Grafting Grapes and Practical Vineyard Tips
Samuel Miller details grape grafting methods from February through growth, advising graft placement, soil preparation, and tying. notes Empire State vines bore fruit after 1886 planting and argues against uprooting and replanting. He recommends two eyed grafts, shading, dust mulch, staking, and keeping suckers off to hasten fruiting.
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Samuel Miller
Empire State
Fat hens and double yelld eggs in poultry husbands
The article explains that double yelled eggs signal hens are out of condition and fat. A well kept laying hen produces normal eggs only. Fat hens may be full of obstructions making them unfit for laying, sometimes better dead than alive for profit. It also notes ducks eat more but gain weight proportionally, and to feed ducklings heavily for rapid growth.
Preventing Swelled Teads in Fowls at Night
A reader warns that allowing a night breeze to flow through a poultry house can cause swollen heads and eyes in chickens by morning. Stop the ventilator crack to remove the cause and apply a remedy of turpentine spirit mixed with sweet oil to the head and eyes.
Household Rules for Cooking and Home Care
Practical kitchen tips and home care advice from a 19th or early 20th century page. Topics include preventing cake sticking, egg and cream techniques, making doughnuts light, gravy preparation, keeping bread and cake boxes sweet, a salve for cuts, keeping sewer pipes clean, cleaning silver, and a china repair cement recipe. Includes specific measurements and process steps.
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Coop
CHOCOLATE CARAMELS AND VELVET SPONGE CAKE RECIPES
A 19th century cooking note provides recipes for chocolate caramels velvet sponge cake almond taffy and apple puppine. Ingredients include brown sugar milk molasses Baker's chocolate butter and vanilla for caramels. sugar eggs flour baking powder lemon extract and frosting for cake. almonds in syrup for taffy and a bread crumb currant apple mold dish for the apple puppine.
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Terry
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