Healed by Love and Loss in a Fractured House
A widow narrator recounts losing her husband and the cold tension with his mother Mrs Phillips. After moving into her husband Hugh’s home she battles loneliness and suspicion, plans a portrait project to win favor, contemplates leaving, and finds solace through a child. A nursely figure later returns as mother to their baby, ending in reconciliation and the embrace of family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen
Hugh
Mrs. Phillips
Darling
N. Y. Ledger
Economical Summer Runs for Poultry in Confinement
Rural World advises scalable poultry yards placed side by side with a poultry house at one end. Yards two rods wide and eight rods long suit 50 fowls, fenced seven feet high with bottom boards. Plant plum trees for shade and natural fertilization, or sunflower screens if trees are unavailable. Green food supports flock health and plum crops may yield annual harvests.
Water for chicks drinking fountain from oyster can
A simple water device for young chicks uses an inverted oyster can and a saucer. Melt the top, notch the rim, invert over water, then place on the floor. Water stays in the can, keeps clean, and prevents chicks from drowning by overstepping the saucer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Waters
Journal of Agriculture
Poultry Care Tips From Old Time Almanac
Practical guidance on poultry management covering feeding, housing, cleanliness, and breeding. Emphasizes balance between diet and health, proper light and lime for bones and eggshells, and the benefits of pasture and hot whitewash for fowls. Warns against overfeeding and notes seasonal feeding adjustments.
Laying Hens Use Crushed Eggshel ls In Egg Production
The article explains hens eagerly consuming crushed eggshells to obtain lime for eggshells and grit for digestion. It cautions that uncrushed shells encourage egg eating, a habit harmful to production, and recommends thorough crushing so the shell is unrecognizable as such.
Kaffir corn debate in Kansas and Arkansas experts clash
Farmers' Voice reports that Kaffir corn or Egyptian millet shows drought resistance and high yield, yet national agriculture officials deem it inferior for human eating and not a staple. It may supplement diets in dry regions, with taste and grinding issues recently addressed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Arkansas
Department of Agriculture
Prairies
Nebraska
National Department of Agriculture
New Rotation Theory for Western Farmers
The Farmers' Union advocates abandoning corn as the main crop in the west and adopting a rotation of clover, sheep and sugar beets. The plan aims to restore prosperity by enriching soil, producing nutritious mutton, and yielding profitable sugar for cattle and markets.
Hay seed saving and feed remedies in farm notes
A compilation of farm tips from Rural World and Agricultural Epitomist covers saving hay seed with a grass seed catcher, using fanned seed for spring sowing, and feeding weedy seed to poultry. It also lists scouring remedies for young pigs, corn and crop spacing guidance, and notes on bean straw as sheep feed with its manure value.
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Dakota Field
Gover
Dakota
Rheumatism cure claim from Dr Williams pills
The Democrat Message cites Rheumatism in the Mississippi Valley and details John Friday Jr of Ripley Illinois who recovered after using Dr Williams Pink Pills. Friday describes weeks of pain and bedlessness improved after six boxes. the ad promotes pills costing 50 cents a box or six for $2.50 with claims of nerve and blood benefits.
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Sterling
Mississippi
John d. Friday, Jr
Ripley
Brown County
Friday
Tor
Mt. Sterling
Rushville
George Riggles
James Stout
Dr. Williams
Illinois
Williams
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Company
Schenectady
N. Y
Brahma the Composer Dismisses Critics With Witty Rebuffs
The San Francisco Argonaut recounts episodes where the late composer Brahma responded to aspiring musicians and singers seeking his favor. He sat on the piano lid to deter intruders, claimed the instrument was out of tune, and politely misdirected a visitor asking for his residence.
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Brahma
Dr. Brahma
San Francisco
Interesting illustrated booklets on Massachusetts seashore and resorts
Public notice announces illustrated booklets about Fall River Line routes to New York, Boston, Newport, Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, Bar Harbor and more. Booklets mailed for one cent. send stamp and address to O H A Taylor, Gen Pass Agent, Fall River Line, New York.
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Massachusetts
Fall River
New York
Boston
Newport
Cape Cod
Martha’s Vineard
Nantucket
Bar Harbor
HA. Taylor
Fall River Line
Hall’s Catarrh Cure Constitutional Cure Ad Tract
An Atchison Globe notice promotes Hall’s Catarrh Cure as a constitutional cure priced at 75 cents. The ad warns readers to say nothing to avoid misquotation.
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Hall
Price
Atchison Globe
The Grown Up Daughter’s Duty To Her Mother
A vintage advice piece urges daughters to care for mothers during menopause using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It recommends visiting a drugstore, contacting Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts, and cites a testimonial from Mrs Louis Strona of Harris Hill New York.
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Lydia Ei
Pinkham
Louis Strona
Harris Hill
Eric Co. N.Y
Lydia E. Pinkham
The Cheese Came Back Tale At The Shop
A dealer stored poor cheese then ordered it left at the door for thieves. Thomas watched the scheme unfold and reported the cheese vanished. The master then had the cheese set out again and the shopman found the second theft occurred, returning with the mischief.
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Thomas
South Dakota Farm Lands Offer For Investment
Travel from Chicago to South Dakota for rich crops of wheat corn barley and vines. Prime farm lands with markets nearby priced from ten to fifteen dollars per acre and up. For details contact Geo H Newsford General Passenger Agent Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railway Old Colony Building Chicago MI.
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Hetween
South Dakota
Chicago
Renda
Geo. H. Newsford
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Old Colony Building
Stile and Horse Laugh Refrains Spark Barroom Banter
A Cincinnati Maquirer joke questions who coined the term stile for a drink while a barkeep mocks a smile as a horse laugh. The quip is paired with a New York Weekly remark to contrast wisdom with rubies, framing comic repartee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Drinkhorn
Cincinnati Maquirer
Hoosier Humorous Exchange on Train Ride
A sharp passenger questions a Hoosier about living in Indiana. The southern man with a flashy cal luloid collar explains Indiana's location with country-wide pride and a playful mispronunciation of Hall Column. The scene ends as the train continues onward.
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Indiana
Wal
United States
Hall Columby
N, Y, Journal
California in 3 Days Route Offered for C H E Convention
Chicago and North Western Railway announces special round trip rates from Chicago on the famous California in 3 Days route for the C H E Convention, June 29 to July 3, with similar rates eastbound. Ticket agents of the C N W Ry provide full information.
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Chicago
North-Western Line
Chicago & North-Western Railway
California
Fragmentary quotes mention debt and poverty in 19th century press
The National Tribune quotes imply social judgment as a man boastsly pins skirts and coattails while the Washington Democrat notes a man glad poverty prevents debt collection. The fragment hints at class tension and public morality in period newspapers.
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St. Louis Republic
Order of New Women
Washington Democrat
Mary Thomson
Ohio Ave
Allegheny
York
Western
Detroit
Dean Yatawes
Dave Sameretensio
Texas
Twitter
Folken
National Tribune
Ayer
J. A. Murray
Kilbourn, Wrs
Sterling Remedy CO
Montreal
Rte
Cleveland
Lake Shore
C.K. Wilerr
Pam
Getcaag
L. B. Mead Cycle CO
Wabash Ave
Queen City Printing Ink CO
Cincinnat
Pkellooo Newspaper CO
Aghat Ir
Wauvills
C. L. Stone
Gee Mearbera Street
Ill
Frederic Grant Gleason
St Ory
Ang
Hamony
Mall
Bidg
Caga
Chicago Musical College
Tral Music Hall
F. Ziegfeld
Telhsid
PTLT
Carr Philip
U. JL. Guern
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