Thinning by Severe Pruning Boosts Pear Quality in Ohio
A Toledo pear grower explains aggressive late winter pruning to stimulate vigorous growth and finer fruit, noting higher market value. He cites Winter Nellis and other practice details from a western New York horticultural meeting, and discusses related pruning and cropping effects on raspberries, blackberries, and clover seed crops.
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Toledo
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New York
Barry
Nellis
Turkeys and How to Raise Them Warns on Thieves and Pests
In this guide by Mr. Myrock the chief obstacles to turkey raising are human thieves, lice, and disease. Theft thrives in urban centers, with thieves operating at night from distant routes. keep dogs on roosts and use guns traps and poison carefully. Lice can be controlled by cleaning and treatments, and poultry health hinges on early inspection and proper remedies.
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New England
Will peach tree plantings ruin the business?
Experts say continued peach planting will not ruin the business. Natural limits include extreme winters and frosts, yellows, poor cultivation, overproduction of poor fruit, and a seven year window of profitability. After seven crops, replace trees to maximize returns. younger trees yield the best profits.
How to Make Cider Vinegar at Home
Instructions emphasize using an iron-hooped barrel and good apple cider kept in a warm garret to speed fermentation. Avoid sealing bungs long term, cover vents with netting, and occasionally transfer between barrels or add strong vinegar or mother. Beech chips may speed things, but patience yields higher value.
Seeded Spring Variety Used as Seasonal Forage
The passage advises sowing the variety in spring and treating it like medium clover when young. It notes profitable use when hay is not desired and mentions soil quality, warning that on good soil it may be unfit for hay.
Fresh manure outperforms rotted manure in farm trials
Seven year Central Experimental Farm tests show fresh manure yields more oats barley corn and tubers, while rotted manure loses weight—over half its mass—by decay. An 8 000 pound mix of horse and cow manure dropped from 8 000 to 5 530 pounds in one month and fell further monthly.
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Cominion
Canada
Notable Figures in 19th Century Society and Politics
The piece lists prominent individuals and changes: Princess of Wales favors the tricycle. John Russel Young eyed for Librarian of Congress at $6000 a year with Spofford as assistant. Major S H Byers credited for Iowa wild rose act. Baron Krupp trades cards of iron. Major Ginter resigns from American Tobacco Co. with $8 million in hand. John Wanamaker buys Cape May Point cottage once gifted to Mrs Harrison. Gen Judson Kilpatrick’s West Point grave remains unmarked. Lieut Col E B Beaumont calls for memorial contributions.
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Wilkesbarre
Peerage Quotations Looked For In London Papers
Market quotations for peers may be looked for soon in the London newspapers after the Queen's Bench court ruled that £500 is a fair price for procuring a peer as a director in a stock company. The Earl of Westmoreland was the peer involved. Mr Justice Day stated that he did not understand the buying and selling of peers but acknowledged it as a practice and that the plaintiff is entitled to judgment after completing his part of the bargain.
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London
Court of Queen’s Bench
Earl of Westmoreland
Justice Day
Literary Earmarks Quote from Chicago Record
A Chicago Record quip contrasts gendered fiction tropes. It notes women authors feature deadly sentimental men and men authors present gentle obedient women, offering a sly take on the era’s literary stereotypes.
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Chicago Record
Belts Highlight Placed Styles in English Dress
Belts of plaid silk with metal buckles are popular among English women and belts of all kinds feature in fashion. Leather in various tones forms a backdrop for metal work and jeweled designs, with a green belt dotted with turquoise noted as especially stylish.
No-title censorship quip in Cleveland daily cartoon
A fragment from the Cleveland Plain Dealer depicts a comical accusation about Americans sending fifty thousand dollars to Cuban stars. The exchange features a Spanish accent persona claiming a shift from Spaniard to hungry American.
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Carramba
Amerikanos
Americanos Cubanos
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Methodical New England Couple Ends Day Quietly
A New England man Josiah and his wife Marthy live by routine. At 9 PM he confirms the sink is dry before preparing for bed. A New York Tribune joke illustrates their orderly habits. Also noted: Japan published 792 newspapers and periodicals last year. A Venetian firm crafts bonnets from spun glass, soft and pliable like silk.
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New England
Marthy
Josiah
New York Tribune
Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Promises Relief
A letter reveals how Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound helped Mrs F S Bennett of Westphalia Kansas after two years of uterine trouble. The advertisement urges sick women to seek Pinkham’s aid and notes prompt free advice from Mrs Pinkham of Lynn Massachusetts.
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Mars
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Kans
Grain-O Promise Promotes Health and Cheap Coffee Substitute
An Atchison Globe excerpt argues tea and coffee harm health and nerves while presenting Grain-O as a pure grain beverage. It claims Grain-O is harmless, nutritious, palatable, cheaper than coffee, and will improve rest and health with 15c or 25c packages. Also advertises Mo Pac rail through sleepers and reclining chairs to multiple Midwest and Southwest destinations.
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England
Was Seon Cured Experience of a Batavia Woman and Her Daughter
In Batavia Illinois a mother recounts treating her daughter’s severe eczema with Hood's Sarsaparilla after other medicines failed. She reports the child improved and adds she herself used the remedy for rheumatism and stomach trouble with relief.
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Batavia, Il
Batavia
III
Hood
Mary E. Nertry
Senator's Salary Seen As Margin In Sugar deals
A Washington Star cartoonish dialogue contrasts a senator's salary with wealth made in sugar deals. The broad minded man says a senator's pay is a beggarly pittance, while Sorghum notes it secures a margin in lucrative sugar ventures.
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United States
Senator Sorghum
Washington Star
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