Dainty Velvet and Lace Gowns Highlight Early Winter Fashions
The article extols high fashion focusing on velvet and silk gowns with black lace trim, detailing a specific dress that blends black velvet, silk, and lace with a velvet bodice, high collar, and elaborate drapery. It notes accessories, hats, and a hummingbird motif, plus broader trends in gloves, boots, and millinery led by Princess of Wales influence.
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Philadelphia News
Paris
Princess of Welles
Royal
Ireland
London
Fashion Notes on Paris Bonnet Caps and Winter Hats
The article surveys Paris bonnet caps with velvet folds, plumage poufs, and beaded trims, plus bronze brown velvets and bronzed trims. It notes broader winter hats with wide irregular brims, velvet coverings, ostrich tips, plumes, and new garb like mink shoulder capes, Persian lamb coats, and red plush bodices.
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Paris
Domestic Economy Notes on Roads and Farm Practice
A compilation of practical agricultural advice and notes. It covers tree root interference with drains, nail sizes and weights, and a long section on road quality and wheel tread effects. Experiments by Prof. Sanborn at Missouri illustrate broad versus narrow tires on varied road surfaces and the impact on draft, costs, and road preservation.
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Elie ED Tribune
Missouri
Columbia
Sanborn
College Farm
Prof. Sanborn
Europe
Horticulture tips on repotting and soil preparation
Garden hints recommend clean washed pots with inside cleanliness, use rubble drainage, rough soil or leaves to prevent clogging, and soil mixtures of tuffy loam and well rotted manure. Wood soil plus loam or leaf mold are good. avoid swamp muck and fresh manure. Propagate by cuttings of geraniums fuchsias carnations verbenas, inserting on shady pot sides.
Garden propagation and pruning guidance for February
February offers ideal pruning conditions and graft care for grapevines fruit trees and roses. Advice covers cutting wounded areas sealing with wax or paints storing seeds testing vitality and potting rooted cuttings in moist warm shade with sand or soil. Rose geranium prefers fibrous loam manure and sand with drainage and annual rest.
Protecting Trees From Insects With Metal Collar Device
A 19th century method proposes a German metal collar for trees to deter climbing insects. The device features a two‑part collar with a tar soaked gap and a corked top opening for a glycerine tar mineral oil mixture, claimed to prevent insect ascent for the season without maintenance.
Forestry Notes on birch poplar willow and Arbor Day planting
The article surveys birch wood especially black acres for cabinet use, notes Europe’s preference, and criticizes faulty Kansas planting practices. It discusses poplar as a light durable wood for packing and other cheap uses, plus willows’ underwater longevity and gunpowder crucible value. It mentions an Emerson like idea of planting woods at a child’s birth to grow as a future present and the West’s growing Arbors Day preparatory effort.
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United States
Europe
Kansas
Emerson
Killing Drones in Bee Culture Message
In bee culture notes, drones are killed when honey is scarce, described as a harsh act of regulation. The piece recounts bees driving out dead heads, gathering bee bread, and storing honey while preparing for winter. Messages from Mrs. L. Harrison and American Bee Journal appear, discussing timing for moving bees and peculiar bee behavior in different regions.
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Floral Kingdom
American Bee Journal
Tunis
An Examination of North African Bee Races and Traits
The article compares Tunisian, Cyprian, and Syrian bees noting smaller bodies and strong comb adherence. Tunisian bees are energetic workers, sometimes stingy when the apiary is approached. Queens appear bronze and highly prolific, while overall Tunisian bees are not preferred despite African color.
Stock Breeding Advice on Horse Health and Teeth Fraud
The article discusses Thrush in young horses with treatments using honey and bayberry bark paste and herbal tonics. It explains teething pain in colts, suggests laxatives and diet, notes signs of aging in horses, and condemns bishoping as a fraud. Also covers horse saliva, water quality for stock, and weed control in pastures.
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Philadelphia Record
St. John's
Smecta and Shelter Bring Seasonal Mood Relief
The passage notes changing seasons from spring to winter and the effects on mood. It suggests improving a gloomy room by removing dull curtains, opening windows, and adding plants like flower pots with ivy to invite warm air and cheer.
Treating Cold and Perspiring Feet in Proper Foot Care
The piece explains causes of cold feet from poor circulation and ill fitting shoes, and prescribes remedies including roomy shoes, open air exercise, heel raises, hot foot soaks, and foot rubbing. It discusses foot odor from tight ankle footwear, alum baths, carbolic acid solutions, glycerine mixes, and daily foot bathing with soap and ammonia, plus insoles and ventilated cloth tops for summer.
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Peng
Poultry notes offer tips on care and feeding practices
The column covers disinfecting perches with kerosene and grease, egg handling for hatch delays, feeding meat scraps in moderation, bone meal use, grass clippings and sunflowers as poultry foods, and spring cleaning with whitewash. It also advises on flock ratios, cholera prevention with carbolic acid and smoke treatments, and ground rotation for chicks to avoid gapes.
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Shanklekanw FY Tether & Co
Fragmentary OCR Note Likely From A Local Story
A jagged OCR line hints at a travel or weather snippet with unclear phrasing. Readable terms suggest location oriented content and a time cue, but key names and events are missing.
Cook and dessert ideas from a 19th century kitchen
A pantry note describes making a melon with white sugar and sweet cream, likening it to peaches. It also gives a method for baked sour apples with sugar, lemon extract or nutmeg, and water, baked in a moderate oven and served cold.
Cookies From A Simple Bake Rich In Flavor
A basic recipe lists ingredients and steps for making cookies: coffee cup of butter one sour cream two sugar three eggs a small soda teaspoon nutmeg and lemon extract. Do not roll too thin bake quickly then dust with sugar and cool separately for a forgiving treat.
Sweet Apples Boiled
One dozen sweet apples boiled with sugar and water until tender. Drain, plate, then boil the juice to a thick syrup and pour over the apples. Best served cold.
Remedies For Lice In Cattle And Hens From The Veterinarian
The article details multiple anti lice methods for cattle and hens including tobacco smoke fumigation, yellow snuff rubbed into hair, a Maryland wash for lice on cattle and ticks on sheep, and cedar shavings around bedding. For hens, powders and hot water solutions with carbolic acid are discussed, plus a mix of sulphur and salt for stock troughs. It notes caution on safety and effectiveness, with various household and agricultural remedies.
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Maryland
Liverpool
Deviliby
Oshkosh Lumber Co Sells Coal At Unmatched Prices
The Oshkosh Lumber Company advertises hard coal at low prices through January 13, promising better value than any rival. Local buyers urged to act quickly for top grades.
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Oshkosh Lumber Company
Reform of Our Public Land Policy in Harper's Magazine
The piece argues public land auctions are manipulated by insiders and calls for reform. It outlines how bidders and land-examiners influence sales, urges tighter controls, and recommends withdrawing lands from market while revamping homestead and timber laws. It also proposes detailed appraisal of timber and mineral lands and a two year residency pathway to patent with a token $1 per acre.
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California
United States Treasury
New York
Michigan
Department of the Interior
R —Veeder Blaine
Harper's Magazine
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