Sorghum sugar and syrup prove profitable for industry
The article notes sorghum can profitably yield sugar and syrup, discusses European wheat and cheese practices, an English seed standard, potato sprout trials, corn ensilage methods, and germination depths for grasses. It covers livestock forage, seed quality, and generous manure use in garden vegetables, with farmer experiences and expert recommendations.
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Switzerland
United States
Russia
Austro- Hungary
New York
Normandy
France
Royal Agricultural Society of England
Society
O. B. Potter
Acre
Highland Agricultural Society of Scotland
Fearing Burr
New potatoes and silos in cattle feeding debate
George Geddes in the New York Tribune critiques overhyped silos yet concedes their utility. He notes fresh potatoes and one daily meal of succulent preserved green feed can aid wintering stock, while corn and well cured stocks provide the best return per acre. He suggests silos may best serve preserving green food for cattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Geddes
New York Tribune
Household recipes from Detroit Free Press column
A collection of vintage home baking directions with ingredients for corn starch cake lemon cake ginger cookies and a wedding cake variant. Includes instructions for milk custards pies and bean pot baked beans with regional notes from Mermaid Bay Buzzard Bay and Saco Puppina.
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Brive
Marian Grey
Leson
Bay Shore
Yankeedom
Mermaid
Buzzard Bay
Masa
Gold purity comparisons in California and Australia
Assays of several hundred million dollars worth of native gold from California show an average purity of 0.880, while Australian gold averages 0.960 pure metal. The figures highlight higher refining quality in Australian native gold compared with California deposits.
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California
Australia
Letters to the President How White House Mail Is Handled
The Chicago Times Washington Letter explains that hundreds of letters arrive daily, most are opened by the Private Secretary, and only briefed for the President. Applicants for office are redirected to departments, with polite notices that often misread as progress. Even a humorous misquote about elephants reflects stubborn eagerness among the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Chicago Times
Washington
The Duty of Newspapers and Dr Guysett’s Remedy
The Times editorial urges newspapers to publicize a medicine relied on by experienced physicians. It promotes Dr Guysett's Yellow Dock and Sarsanarila as nature’s health renovator, noting over a million bottles sold last year with no complaints and urging readers to ask their druggist to obtain it.
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Nature
Tr Hidney
Lydia E. Pinkham
Western Avenue
Lynn
Mass
Mra
Pinkham
Precman
Sll Draggiste
Anecdote of Burns and the sixpence tale
A Greenock anecdote recalls Burns rescuing a man who saved him from drowning at the harbor. Burns rewarded the rescuer with sixpence, sparking mockery as he quipped that the other man could value his own life. The piece also notes grim historical quips about Pope Innocent VIII and labor migration tales, ending with a New Haven Register social vignette.
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Greenock
West Indies
Burns
Innocent VIII
Fragments on health and fire rescue in a local paper
The excerpt cites Dr. Pierce remedies for female weakness and bilious symptoms, praising Golden Medical Discovery. It mentions a Western church fire scare, with the preacher urging debt clearance and people volunteering to lock doors, yet no panic ensued. The note ends with a jab about long paramps and cabinet appointments in Ohio.
Pleasant Purga tive Pellets urged for health and digestion
An old advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Purga tive Pellets as mild yet certain for biliousness and constipation. It touts cures for catarrh with Dr. Sykes' Bure Cure and notes a pier of vaccination appeal in Newfoundland near the city.
Uncle Sam’s letter-carriers and a corkscrew joke
A column notes Uncle Sam’s postmen deal with rheumatism from exposure. J H Mattern recalls Civil War ankle sprain and using St Jacobs Oil for relief. The piece also recalls a Detroit anecdote about a tramp and a corkscrew to drink beer. A veteran story mocks Morgan’s Civil War bravado toward the Thirty second Kentucky.
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Uncle Sam
J. H. Mattern
Indianapolis
St. Jacobs
Uiid
Healthful Stomach Bitters Promote Digestive Harmony
For neglect of irregularities of the stomach liver and bowels the piece warns of chronic ailments from trifling disorders. It touts Hosterter’s Stomach Bitters as renewing torpid liver action restoring digestion and regularity, implying overall health improvement and safety from future disease. The text then pivots to a playful family scene with a child confession about counting bonbons.
Import of tea astounding demand and prices plummet
In the year ending December 31, 1891 the United States imported 85,017,562 pounds of tea costing 21,571,455 dollars excluding freight. The vast import is driving spirits prices to record lows. Also notes an inquiry about scarce American coins and mentions various patent medicines and remedies sold by druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Robert Wells
New York
Cure for water rheumatism cited in Spirit of the Times
The Spirit of the Times mentions Mr. George Drake of Indianapolis being cured of a severe water rheumatism by St Jacobs Oil. A second note reflects on curiosities from nature, such as a hairless tortoise supplying tortoise-shell combs, as observed by a young lady in the Boston Courier.
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New York
Spirit of the Times
George Drake
Fifth Street
Indianapolis
Ind
Cincinnati Enquirer
Roston Courier
Perry Davis Parn KIuter and other health claims
An 1830发布 fragment notes Perry Davis Parn KIuter touted as the safest quickest stomach and bowels remedy amid seasonally troubled diets. It also includes stray quotes about Hop Bitters and a brief anecdote involving a remark about a marriage and a waiter rebuke over whipped cream.
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Perry Davis
Parn Kiuter
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Kentucky
Thirty-second
Somerset
Morgan
Thirty-second Kentucky
Maroma
Mamma
Mr. MangowFat
Wagner
Gotterdammering
Mra. Marrowfat
Brooklyn Eagle
Bnsband
Descon
Pine Street
San Francisco Post
C. R. Sykes
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MarsHaLyn
Austin Avenue
Frisby
Mars
Caswell, Hazard & Co
All Druggista
Cain
Emerson
Inquirer
Boston Post
Extants
Nele Fan
Aultman &Taylor, CO
Manffeld
Trinp
Harry
James
Miss B
Boston Star
Lhmiters
Thaye
Dr. Harter
Robert Samuels
Louis
Wash Avenue
Valentine Bros
Janesville, Wis
Drew M
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P.O
Chicago
Chicago Scale CO
South Jefferson Street
C. HB
Hines
N. Dein, Ave
Philads
Woodbury
J-L Cage Threshing Machine CO
Racine, Wits
Palmer's
Danlars
Palmen Plant & Vine Protector Co
Rockford
Johnson
JOH Ex &Cq
Boston
Bango
Frazer
Sheridan
Mal
Johnson & CO
Mauss
Manger
St Adipe
Bangor
Maine
Aimerica
Rube Wells
Bex
South
Franklin St
Crete
Roa
Tate
Rien
Piast Eae
Ron
Cctoria
Epery
Watleun Publishing Co
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