From Tippecanoe to Lincoln in Campaign Echoes
The piece recounts American political campaigns from 1840 to 1860, highlighting the Whig and Democratic contests. It notes the Tippecanoe and Tyler too slogan, the log cabin image, the unit rule, and theatrical campaigning, plus the 1860 Wigwam cheering chaos and Lincoln’s decisive nomination on the third ballot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Henry Harrison
Tippecanoe
Thirlow Weed
Henry
Clay
van Buren
Harrison
John Hanks
Abraham Lincoln
Chicago
Lincoln
Itarrison
Jackson
Seward
The Gray haired man recalls a boy who ran away long ago
A clubroom reminiscence traces a narrator’s escape from tyranny as a youth who ran away seeking freedom. He describes his impulsive journey to a cranberry bog bivouac and surviving on raw berries while contemplating life beyond home amid cold, fear, and imagined dangers.
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Ivor
Frightful Childhood Scene Sparks Vivid Reflection
A narrator recalls cruel scenes with horrid heads on every hand and the free life growing stale. A small boy runs home crying before supper, then never runs away again, a stark moment revealing harsh consequences and resolve.
Discipline in Berlin A glimpse of strict German order
Samuel G Blythe notes in Everybody's that Berliners endure strict daily rules and a pervasive regulatory culture. He describes scheduled tasks from rug beating to piano practice, strict conduct in public spaces, and obedience rewarded with smooth routines.
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Berlin
Samuel G. Blythe
Everybody’s
The Bannock Tribe of Idaho and Montana Frontier History
The Bannock, a small but brave western tribe, lived between the Snake River and the Montana Idaho boundary. They clashed with the Blackfeet, allied with Piute and Shoshone in 1878, and surrendered after Chief Buffie Sforn was killed. Most remaining Bannock now live on Fort Hall reservation, numbering about 500.
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Snake River
Montana
Idaho
Oregon
Buffnie Sforn
Lemhi
Fort Trall
Not Pleasant. Thoughts Can Be Photographed Says Scientist
In Yonkers Statesman a German scientist argues that thoughts can be photographed. Egbert notes some thoughts could not be made to look pleasant. The dialogue sketches a debate on scientific imagery and perception.
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Bacon
Egbert
Yonkers Statesman
Quip on Tailors and Household Rules
A Baltimore American squib jokes about naming a tailor's tight fit and notes social quirks. It quips that curls and a sash signal a father losing ground at home. It adds a barb that a woman in mourning gives as little satisfaction as a widow.
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Baltimore American
The Family Melon Patch and Dairy Feeding Experiments
Readable fragments discuss growing melons like Rocky Ford and Indiana Sweetheart in rich, well-fertilized soil with moisture management, plus notes on avoiding starvation. A separate section summarizes dairy feeding trials finding no direct profit from feeding grain to cows at pasture despite slight increases in milk and condition.
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Rocky Ford
Indiana
Seed Selection and the Corn Tipper Device Described
The article explains selective seed improvement for crops, emphasizing using only the largest kernels to raise quality. It describes a corn tipper with a crank operated cone and internal tooth to remove small kernels from the ear, leaving larger seeds for planting.
Leg Weakness in Chicks From Rapid Growth and Overfeeding
The text explains leg weakness in young chicks results from rapid growth and heavy feeding. It advises switching to a light diet with vegetables and bone meal, protecting birds from damp, and avoiding crowding under brooders. If the problem persists, adjust feeding and warmth to prevent lasting damage.
Feeding Cows Profitability: Grain On Grass Study
Professors Graas Stewart and Atwood of the West Virginia Experiment Station conducted tests last year to determine if feeding milk cows grain on grass is profitable. The article notes they avoided full experimental details.
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Graas
Stewart and Atwood
West Virginia Experiment Station
Hog breed test shows Berkshire ham leanest and fat varies
Kansas hog raisers compared Berkshire Duroc Jersey and Poland China hogs to find best meat. Weights show hams and shoulders with Berkshire ham leanest while Duroc Jersey appears fattest on back and Poland China intermediate. Butchers deem fattest breed most profitable for farmer and butcher.
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Kansas Station
Berkshire
Poland
Turpentine from Pine Waste Gains Attention in Forestry
The wood chemistry section of the Forestry Bureau examines producing turpentine from yellow pine waste. Steam distillation yields a more uniform crude product and often higher grade refined turpentine than destructive distillation. Annual wastage could supply turpentine equal to current national output valued at 14 million dollars, yet long leaf yellow pine in the South faces exhaustion in about twenty years as current methods convert only half the tree into market product.
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Forestry Bureau
Milk Cooler Creates Thin Sheet Flow Over Exterior
A milk cooler is arranged so milk flows as a thin sheet over the outside surface. Cold water enters at the bottom to maintain chill.
Bacteria in Cold Milk Reported by Agriculture Bureau
M. E. Pennington of the Bureau of Chemistry notes milk kept near freezing shows a steady rise in bacteria for five to six weeks. At peak counts reach hundreds of millions per cubic centimeter, occasionally surpassing a billion. Ice crystals formed in the sample after ten days to two weeks, with no odor or taste indicating high bacterial levels and no curd formation until the end.
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M. E. Pennington
Bureau of Chemistry
Department of Agriculture
Crop plan for pig feed using sequential sweet corn plots
Farm note suggests planting sweet corn plots for piggery feed with early varieties ready by July. Use two to three plots in succession to maintain continuous green feed, then follow with millet or cow peas for dairy cattle. Advice credited to F. L. Risley.
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F. L. Risley
Odds and Ends From Far and Wide World Notes
A collage of brief items covers population in Canton, wages at New York Central, falcon dispatches in Russia, Manhattan land value, fat after marriage, Japanese vegetable milk from soja beans, alfalfa in Kansas, New Zealand weekly half holiday law, Confederate generals’ ages, European royalty business ventures, a remarkable cat, Balkan diplomatic theft tale, Mexican desertion viewed through flogging, and a desertion cautionary note from a Baltimore editor.
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Manhattan Island
Bétiveén
Carl von Noorden
Vienna
London Standard
Japan
Kansas
Harrison Parkman
Emporia
Auckland
Stephen D. Lee
A. P. Stewart
Confederacy
Bilox
Miss
Simon Bolivar Buckner
Kentucky
Stewart
Buckner
Palmer
Wurtemberg
Saxony
Meissen
Lippe Detmold
Servia
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Trppecanoe
Tyler
Van
Old Tip
Benjamin Ctarrison
Tip
Grandpaa
Darky Horse
Henry Clay
Polk
The
Lex
Canton
New York Central
Bob
Balkan States
Philadelphia Record
Mexico
Senor
Jose de Minaldez
Nueva Leon
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