Farming Pays: Long Run Profit in 50 Years of NY Farm
A farm of 200 acres in New York shows stable profits over fifty years. Net annual income rose from about 1,150 dollars per year in 1831 41 to about 2,260 dollars in 1871 81, with not more than 25 percent variation. The farm’s capital around 11 132 dollars grew to about 22 000 23 000 with land and stock improvements. The record argues farming as a prudent, enduring investment and questions the advantage of very large farms.
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Averee
York
Jon
Diseases of the Horse's Eye Treatment Gains
The Prairie Farmer notes some horse eye diseases may be completely removed with proper timely care. It cites conditions like periodic ophthalmia also called moon blindness as examples, stressing the value of early intervention to protect sight.
General Poultry Management Advice for Cleanliness and Care
Poultry keeping requires care food and shelter to stay healthy and profitable. Cleanliness is essential with regular house cleaning, lime treatments, weekly droppings removal, dry sand on floors, and monthly nest renewals. Separate quarters for laying and sitting hens, a dark quiet room for hens, feeding once daily, and whole wheat as best for laying hens are advised.
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Lena
Parlor Car For Cattle Arrives At New York Yard
A parlor cattle car from Cincinnati arrives at the New York Central Stock Yards Monday night. It carries twenty cattle in two angled stalls with an aisle between. Cattle lie down, are fed and watered via a pipe system to galvanized troughs, and the car drains toward a center iron plate. The design claims maximum capacity with minimal weight and can be used for return freight.
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New York Central Stock Yards
Cincinnati
Italian Women Work on Railroad in Ulster County
A group of Italian women are employed on a railroad project in Ulster County, aiding construction and maintenance work amid local industrial activity.
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Arailroad
Ulster County
Mystery Mary Burt Howe Revealed After Fifty Years
The Asheville Citizen recounts how Mary Burt Howe, once thought dead after a shipwreck off North Carolina, was discovered living in isolation in the North Carolina mountains. Robert Fletcher, a Vermont millionaire, traced her history, and she returned with him to Vermont to wed, gifting her mountain memory to the editor who once chronicled her tale.
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Asheville
N. C
Robert M. Furman
Mary Bart
Mary Burt
Vermont
Citizen
Burt
Attanger
Mary
Mary Burt Howe
Robert Fletcher
the Citizen
Maine
Boston
Liverpool
North Carolina
Shepherd's Point
Beaufort Harbor
West Indies
Little Mountain
Mr. Fletcher
Mr. Furman
Bovyg
Miks Burt
Howe
Camden man uses dog to deliver letters to daughter
James Finch of Camden New Jersey trains a dog to ferry a message to his daughter Emma over a mile away. A note tied to the collar is delivered and the reply is returned faithfully, showcasing a curious system of long distance communication.
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James Finch
Camden
N. J
Emma
Nutmeg in Rice Pudding Sparks Tiny Box Debate
In a curious kitchen moment, Bridget selects the smallest nutmeg from the box and adds it to the rice pudding, prompting reflections on measurement and taste. The small spice moment stands out as a quaint domestic anecdote.
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Bridget
Oddities and Notices From Various Localities
A medley of humorous and curious items from newspapers: mosquitoes as bait for bass, a Syracuse brocet’s silk stockings, a New Haven charitable wife, a 100-year-old Arizona placer digger, a Washington mourning ring, Lafayette descendants unable to visit due to French elections, Florence New Jersey church excavation by ladies, a Chinese labor leader’s income and life policy, a Rochester family with names palindromic, Berlin Berlin death-by-self-action rates, a canary recaptured with a water hose, toads used to control vermin, and a Tolland Spiritualist will contest ending a long legal dispute.
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Losdan
England
Syracuse
New Haven
Tucson Star
Santa Rita Mountain
Arizona
Lynchburg
Washington
Lawrence
Edmond Lafayette
Marquis Lafayette
America
Yorktown
New Methodist
Florence
N. J
Ah Say
Union Pacific Railway
Evanston
W.T
Tiyo Ulaye
Rochester
Aga
Aziza
Anna
Atta
Alla
Axa
Emme
Hannah
Harrah
Numun
Zerez
Berlin
Vienna
Leipsic
London
Paris
W. S. Balch
Saratoga
N. Y
Town Hall
Mingay
Dr. Paterson
Bridge of Allan
Scotland
Hall
Martin
Rich former boarder revisits No. 64 in San Francisco
An elderly guest returns to a Mission Street boarding house to the room he once rented, recalling hard days and vowing to reclaim belongings. The landlady humors him, but the next day the occupant demands three suits, cufflinks, a diamond stud, cigars, or legal action for three years’ board.
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Mission Street
Boardin House
No. 64
San Francisco Post
Weather Bureau Report From Limekiln Club
The Limekiln Club Weather Bureau reports a week ahead with chances of rain on dry areas, clearing skies, no snowfall expected, and wind on the lakes. Slight warming and later cold snaps not anticipated, with harvests and vines noted. a quaint forecast for janitorial guidance.
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Russell
Committee On Harmony
Samuel Shinn
Shenandoah White
Gulf States
Delrots
A Boston misogynist’s 1000 overheard remarks
The New York Tribune notes a Boston man records snippets from women he overhears on streets. Fragments show 780 starting with phrases about him or others, 120 about hats and dresses, and the rest split among remarks on other girls, novels, studies, and Harvard Greek plays.
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Boston
Harvard
N. Y. Tribune
There’s muss in the heir amid a late night quarrel
A distressed father laments over his crying son on a midnight floor, drawing on a harsh, archaic phrasing. The scene portrays family strain and the intensity of a tense domestic moment.
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Arkus
Five Tarenese establish factory in Newton Connecticut
Five Tarenese have established a factory at Newton Connecticut where they manufacture Japanese articles.
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Newton, Conn
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