Farm notes on livestock and crops from 1881 era evidence
Farm notes cover diet and care for sheep and cattle, with observations on drill of shade trees in schoolyards, cane syrups, dairy practices in Orkney, and the effect of feeding regimens on milk yield. Also discussed are crooked breastbone causes, breeding stories, and prominent notes on squash varieties and yields in various regions.
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Driep Brewer
Iowa
California
Orkney Islands
Orkney
Household Recipes and Test Kitchen Experiments
Readable OCR compiles many cake and dessert formulas with flour milk sugar butter eggs and spices. Includes frostings pies puddings and a few savory dishes with notes on technique and substitutions. Contains quotes and editorial asides about cooking progress and broader thoughts on progress.
Italian Cattle and Goats as Honest Milk Sources
The Boston Cultivator notes Italians legally drive cattle or goats to residences for milking each morning, a sight of long white goats patrolling streets and milking into homes. Goats and sheep graze on mountain heights beyond olive or grape zones, tended by shepherds in distinctive dress with red knit caps, knee breeches, lambskin vests, and white woolen stockings, creating a picturesque scene of rural life.
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Italy
Boston
Praise of St Jacobs Oil from Kansas statesman
A Oswego Democrat report quotes Hon. Arthur Edgington recounting a winter ordeal in Topeka with rheumatism and a bad cold. He credits 50 cents for St Jacobs Oil, claiming rapid relief after applying it on his shoulder. The glimpse comes from the La Gonda House porch in Columbus.
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Topeka
Arthur Edgington
St. Jacobs
Mr. Edgington
la Gonda
Columbus
Edgington
Kansas
Bradstreet Commercial Agency
Oswego
Kan
Democrat
A Bit of Pathos and Oddities From a Broad Collection
A Syracuse Journal correspondent relays a tender tale of a charity boy who hides his mother’s dress in his coat for comfort as he is bound to a New Jersey farm. The piece also notes a lecture on stored power and a Ky miserliness anecdote, plus a rustic memory from Hart County.
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New York
Syracuse Journal
New Jersey
Hart County
Denver Tribune
Lungs Liver and Kidneys Cure Tied to Yellow Dock Drink
A column extols the health benefits of a tonic combining Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla with juniper and other herbs to strengthen lungs liver and kidneys. A testimonial from Lawrence J. Avery credits the remedy with curing rheumatism dyspepsia and associated organ issues after prior failed treatments. A social note mentions a postal card quip about Folger and a mock finance remark.
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Lawrence J. Avery
Liberty, Ind
Greed and truth mingle in odd frontier tale
The St Paul Globe recalls a curious scene where a sick man longs for relief from pain as a household hunts for St Jacobs Oil. A Virginia man recounts a large red hound swallowing a field rabbit, leading to disaster. The piece closes noting that greed often leads to disaster and some truths are stranger than fiction.
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Maz
Henry Epsmps
Charlotte
Rose
What shall we do to be saved
Bob Ingersoll asks what shall be done to be saved and inquires what is the matter. The writer suggests a severe cold may be the cause and cites Dr Bull's Cough Syrup praised by N B Grubb of Schwenksville Pa for its relief in coughs and croup and savings on doctor bills.
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Bob Ingersoll
N. B. Grubb
Schwenksville
Dr. Bull
Parazon and Fogg clash over meaning in Suffolk chat
In a fragmentary exchange from the Boston Transcript a parazon asks about a prior discourse and Fogg concedes some displeasure with the premises but praises the conclusion. The parson seeks clarification on Fogg's hidden intent.
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Parazon
Fogg
Boston Transcript
Humble Hint of Hop Bitters Cures Wife in Two Months
A reader from St. Paul praises Hop Bitters claiming his wife recovered from years of illness in under two months of use and has stayed well for eighteen months. The letter reveals enthusiastic belief in humbugged cures and cites Pioneer Press as the source. The piece also includes a light Punch joke about a telephone opening a new era.
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H. T
St. Paul
Pioneer Presa
Elward
PITTS
Woodbury
Abyve
Favorite Prescription Promises Cure for Friend
Dr BR V Prence reports a friend recovered after using Favorite Prescription. J Barney of Burdets claims Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Pellets purify blood and cure constipation. A Brown exchange shows a broken man with a bag prompting a joke about breaking something.
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RV. Prence
Buffalo, N
Pavx R. Baxter
Iowa City
Revolutionary Music Teaching System Promises Speed
Prof G S Rice of Chicago promotes a new music system claiming learning speeds thirty times faster than rival methods. Readers can send their address for a sample, subscribe to the Musical Reform Journal, and receive one year for 50 cents. Includes testimonials and advertisements for German Hop Bitters and Liver Pills.
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G. S. Rice
G.S. Rice
State St
Chicago
Rice
Great Musical Reform Journal
Prevention of a Terrible Disaster Warns of Kidney Disease
An early warning about kidney related disorders notes how chronic kidney issues wreck health. It promotes Hostetter's Bitters to cleanse blood, improve urination, and support liver stomach and bowels. It suggests diuretic action reduces impurities linked to rheumatism gout and dropsy. A quip mocks late nights and lodge attendance, referencing Shakespeare reading clubs.
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Hostetter
Spring and Summer Diet Warns of Stomach Troubles
An 19th century health note warns green fruit and vegetables disrupt digestion causing cramps diarrhea and dysentery. It advises Perry Davis Pam Kite as the safest fastest remedy, sold by all druggists. A separate joke notes a literary man recently published a book and laments being blown up by a magazine.
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Perry Davis
Pam Kite
Quack Remedies and Gossip in a Turbulent Column
A disjointed sample from a late 19th century column mixes sensational lines about a sleeping husband and a boastful ride last month with advertisements for German Hop Bitters and Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The fragment mentions Hazard & Co. of New York, and various local color hints from Bodie and Garner, with a scattered focus on tonics and popular remedies.
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Atock
Manly Miles
James J. H. Gregory
Uash
Nebraska
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Tuat
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Garfleid
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Faure
Nature
Guysett
Cincinnati
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Folger
Norristown Herald
Minn
Globe
Arry
Brown
Brupenr
All Drugzis
All Druggiate
Uncle Sam
Shakepeare
Philadelphia News
Haster
Robert Samuels
Louis, MO
Wash Avenue
THE
Cruel Taly
Paas
Cara A
Boston Globe
Lydia BE. Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Philadelphia
Bodie
San Francisco
Mernsmtan
Hazard & Co
Garner
Pinkham
Chicago Scale CO
South Jeperson Street
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E. Tourjee
Bostos
Johnson
Ives
Johnson & CO
Bangon
Fraser's
Ane Peet
Rive
Aultman S& Taylor
Garth
Dymall
J. G. Bosvon
Bangor
Waeere
Stillwater
Minnesota
Seymour, Sabin & CO
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Temperance
South
Franklin St
Payne
Zeware Machine Company
Newark
Dhigg
Tha
A.wonderful & Ereeman Bese Pas
Seeohas Malar
Arha Monbac
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