General Order No 1 Sets Church Seating After War
John F was a soldier in the Tenth Maine and an orderly sergeant noted for strict military habit. Returning home he becomes church sexton and issues a ceremonial seating protocol called General Order No 1 to resolve pew disputes, guiding gentlemen to yield to advancing ladies with a formal drill-like movement.
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John F
Tenth Maine
John
Jonn F. P
Sexton
New York Ledger
What Shall We Make Our Sundays
A reflective piece discusses the fate of Sundays, arguing the day should rest on reason and human needs rather than revelation. It notes support from religious Americans while urging thinkers in the church to define a Sunday that fosters happiness and education for all.
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Davin Swing
Forum
Autograph Prices From Notables and Historical Figures
A New York Telegram list catalogs autograph prices for 19th century and earlier luminaries. Items include letters by Andersen, Hawthorne, Irving, Monroe, and Sheridan, plus portraits, signed documents, and a Robespierre arrest order, with prices ranging from $1 to $87.50 and several items priced in pounds.
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Charles Francis Adame
Hans Christian Andersen
Copenhagen
John Quincey Adame
Barnum
Joseph Bonaparte
Philadelphia
Ole Bull
President Cleveland
Cleveland
J.C. Calhoun
Joaquin Miller
Marshal MacMahon
Ouida
Ellen ‘Terry
President Tyler
Victoria
Duchess of Kent
Queen Victoria
Benjamin Weat
Robespierre
Canthon
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Jonathan Swift
Theodore Thomas
New York Telegram
Humor and Seriousness in American Poets and a Cigar Gaffe
A San Francisco Argonaut excerpt reflects on Poe Hawthorne Bryant and Lowell noting humor versus seriousness. It recounts a congressman campaign tale where he reveals cigars to illustrate alleged bad habits prompting a silent crowd and a Baptist minister finally declaring I do not smoke.
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Poe
Hawthorne
Bryant
Lowell
Chantanquan
Congress
Sam
San Francisco
Argonaut
General Lee's Son Nods Duty at Antietam Amid War Tales
At Antietam General Lee rides by Roeck bridge battery and his son Bob, dirty but brave, asks if he will be sent back in. Lee answers kindly, God bless you, my son, do your duty, then rides on.
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Antietam
Roeckbridge
Val
Lae
Lee
Bob
Virginia Military Institute
Washington Post
Breeder Guides Housing for White and Brown Leghorns
John W. Caughey outlines farm building details for a prominent breeder of leghorns. He describes 12 foot wide buildings with varied flooring, straw bedding, and roosts with slanted drop boards. Pens sized for ten to twelve birds, yard layouts, fencing heights, and drainage features are covered as a versatile setup for fowls and even potato cultivation.
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John W. Caughey
Lome
Poultry Guidance From St. Louis Republic Noting Feed and Care
Practical tips on laying hens diet and management from the St. Louis Republic. It covers feeding choices for pullets and mature hens, the impact of stimulants and supplements, dusting and earth to reduce pests, roosters versus culls, and seasonal considerations for fowl health and production.
Eccentric Verses and Rural Life in Nebraska State Journal
The excerpt blends rustic whimsy with rural scenes and domestic humor. It evokes spring owls, old bints, hens, and kitchen fare, framed by a Nebraska newspaper voice. The playful, nameless speaker celebrates simple joys and seasonal changes in a region’s life.
Winter Layers and Egg Production in Cold Weather
The article discusses selecting hens for winter laying, noting winter from Thanksgiving to Easter is costly due to few laying hens. It mentions Asian and Miroyouth Rocks as good breeds, the need for pullets hatched early, and proper housing and care to ensure laying resumes as cold weather sets in.
Winter Poultry Care For Steady Egg Production
The article advises providing warmth and kind care to hens during December and January to secure winter eggs. It stresses using pellets from the prior spring hatch and keeping good houses and feeding through autumn and early winter. It notes breeding stock from the previous year and two to three year old hens coming into laying in February or March as profitable, and that winter eggs are mainly for incubation only.
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Toren
Enlarging Small Poultry Houses for Better Stock
The article describes expanding single poultry houses from about ten by fourteen feet to three times their size by adding two equal wings. It explains keeping the original wall for warmth in a central room for tender breeds like Leghorns in winter, while outer rooms house hardy breeds. Doors in side walls allow front communication between sections.
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Dalymouth
Enlarged Poultry House Design for Cold Weather
The report suggests enlarging a poultry house with side rooms from the center to create a single exterior door, improving warmth in winter. It recommends covering additions and ends of the main house with building paper and shingles, and installing a double door and double windows for comfort during cold weather.
Bees and livestock tips from old agricultural notes
The article blends beekeeping guidance with livestock feeding advice. It advises nest-strong colonies for honey, proper queen removal, and moving swarms, plus comparisons of black and Italian bees. It also discusses scraps as fowl feed, carbonaceous and nitrogenous cattle foods, and profitable sheep fattening with good pasturage.
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Colcaies
Dr Howard
Texas Tree
Stomach Bitters Promoted To Cure Digestive Ailments
A historical ad extols Stomach Bitters as a regulator of digestion improving vigor and mood. It claims to relieve weakness of the stomach, speculation, and related ailments, promising relief from sleeplessness and hypochondria and asserting complete cure through the tonic. The piece ends noting the candid man who spoke of friends faults.
Remarkable Verses and Reminiscences on Travel and Remedies
Excerpt discusses ALteoce’s Plasters and Por ove Plasters praised by George Augustus Sala for bronchitis relief during a Pacific voyage. Mentions a maritime doctor and effects of tropical heat. Also notes random product endorsements and Harvard students’ holiday plans.
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Alteoce
George Augustus Sala
Pacific
San Francisco
Tropics
Auucock
Beasvarriu
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