Moving fence brace and garden seat devices in period ad style
An illustrated advertisement-like text describes a brace for wire fences with movable garden seats and other garden hardware. It discusses a durable, transportable seat with hinged back, easy wheeling on lawns, and long-lasting construction with two coats of paint. The piece also covers Millet sowing timing, soil needs, and cautions about competing grasses, followed by notes on the spinach leaf Margot pest and its impact on crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Market Garden
Long Island
pest control and cabinet official changes reported in fragmented note
Fragmented OCR item describes pest control efforts affecting crops and fields, mentions weather impact and feeding lines, and notes a cabinet appointment in New York. The writing is garbled with several proper nouns like Cobleskill and Charles Augustus Writing.
Notable cap trial and crimson clover notes
The text details three varieties of caps and their fastening methods, noting the paper cap allows faster donning and better wrist fit, with durability and weight as considerations. It also mentions crimson clover as a catch crop in New York, sown before corn harvests to improve nitrogen, soil digester, and winter hardiness, aiding soil fertility for spring crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fiata
Che Dbatelsy
Mass
Akbsais Ulead
New York
Use of Bowlders on Farm and Fertilizer Tests
Practical notes describe using large bowlders as stable foundations for outbuildings and tile drains, with medium and small stones for walkways and drives. It also covers fertilizer trials from the Massachusetts station noting best results with sulphate of potash plus nitrate of soda, and strong emphasis on shade and cooling for cows, milk quality, and proper aeration.
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Massachusetts
Amherst
Milk jars and dairy methods of the era
A historical dairy piece discusses milk jar adoption, its glass and metal stoppers, and the rapid spread of jars for family use. It notes a New York Sun report on production growth and the dominance of jarmed milk, plus a Rural New Yorker snippet on ensilage alternatives and farm setup for cleanliness and calf feeding practices. It mentions improved trough design, fodder, and grain mixes for calves, plus a brief note on farm infrastructure and efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Litchfield
Othr
New York Sun
The Wheel and England Take Thy Great North Road
An essay style passage contrasts the decline of the Great North Road with the rise of bicycle travel. It notes towns dependent on the road fading after railways redirected traffic, while Saturday cyclists boost local economies, pay for drinks, meals, and sightseeing, and spur national trade through renewed interest in castles, abbeys, and scenic spots. It discusses weather superstition, forecasts, and a London observed job seeker’s ragged state, highlighting social contrast.
No Diet Soadeentt and the York Archbishop Tale
A fragmented 19th century column recounts Dr. Thomson archbishop of York while bishop of Gloucester suffering toothache and using narcotics. A comic misadventure follows with an envelope of appointment to York, a mistaken brain fog from a paracotic, and a wife’s quip about his condition. The piece then shifts to social commentary on manners law and press culture, ending with a London Telegraph style aside on fans, venues, and political tension.
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Thomson
York
Gloucester
Sea of York
Zoe
To Wash Linen and Denim
Advice on laundering linen and denim avoiding starch and hot water. Iron when damp for stiffness, wash in lukewarm water, rinse carefully, and dry promptly away from heat. Do not use hot water on colored silks or linens. Bay you saw it in The News.
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Bay
Thirteen In w Minister's Life
The Rev. B. F. Chapman an aged Baptist minister of Andover Connecticut was one of 13 children. He was born on the tenth of the month. His wife and three children were born on the eleventh. He moved from Preston to North Stonington at thirteen and lived near families each with nineteen children. During the war he invested 1300 in six percent gold bonds and later bought 1300 more of the same bonds. He claims to have paid 13 percent prime on his bonds. In Andover he occupied post office box number 13 and was seated in pew 13 at his first Baptist church service remaining there though numbers were removed. He notes he lives in one of the original thirteen states in a county of Tol land with exactly thirteen towns. He is 85 and in good health.
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B. F. Chapman
Andover
Conn
Preston
North Stonington
Widlhnantic
Postiffice
Baptist Church
Tolland
Chapman
Boston Herald
Forrrien Gee
Qhiek
Fock
Japan
Margake
Jaysnesa
Balitor Sac
Hiraoka
Yajitral
Karikuwas
Yasimin
Barisawa
Vojimai
Karikawa
Yajimai
Pacific Commercial Advertiser
Story of Senator Stewart and the silver debate
An anecdote from the Washington Times about Senator Stewart of Nevada. A story about a colorred butler and a caller seeking silver details. A young hostess recalls Miss Stewart’s remark that the butler should have spoken with her father to discuss silver policy.
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Senator Stewart
Nevada
Washington Times
Miss Stewart
Papa
Oldest Physician in America Still Practicing At 64
A medical journal cites De C F A Wilgohs of Desires town Ohio as possibly America’s oldest active physician. He appears 64, reads without glasses, eats three meals daily, and smokes habitually though never used tobacco before age three. He credits longevity to heredity and disciplined habits. 90 relatives have lived to natural deaths aged 60 or more. His grandfather farmed wheat two days in a row at 106 and died from overheating.
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Wilgohs
America
Desires Town
Two Strong Men of Jafoe Attract Local Notice
Simeon Roderick of Biddeford demonstrates remarkable strength at Saco freight depot by lifting an eight hundred weight pork barrel on his shoulder. He easily repeats the feat. Roderick is hailed as one of York county’s strongest workers. Kid Boulinger, also of Biddeford, age twenty, set a local lifting record by moving a water filled barrel with his teeth and handling a 100 pound dumbbell as if it weighed ten pounds.
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Maen
Jafoe
Simeon Roderick
Biddeford
Thuoreday
Saco Fraight
Roderick
York Corporation
Kid Boulinger
York County
Leriston Journal
Advantage What advantage do spiritualine have over other men
The Chicago Record notes a quip about spiritual men whose first wives urge remarriage, reflecting a humorous take on marital advice and social norms of the era.
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Chicago
The Good Time Coming on the Platform
In this fragment from a New Orleans newspaper voice, readers hear a rambling question of who pays the preachers and the cost of change as local politics and race mix with public street cleaning and mayoral ambitions. The piece mocks political rhetoric and the push for reform as crowds debate purity versus votes.
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Bane
Ami
Danglivers
Uae
Ben de Moyer
Bedroor Lady Stanhope Devotion And Restless Household
A fragment from Temple Bar describes Lady Hester Stanhope’s demanding morning routine in her Bedchamber. Her commands extend to steward secretary cook groom gardener and doctor, while her benevolent aims include secret letters journeys and aid to the poor. Her bed is a fur couch with Turkish pillows and her attendants endure a long creas examination.
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Stanhope
Hester
Faw
Dr. Merson
Creas
Temple Bar
Causes of Death in Historical Figures Noted
A Journal of the American Medical Association item discusses Washington's death attributed to laryngitis with edema following exposure and repeated bleeding. It also mentions deaths of Franklin from lung abscess, Napoleon from stomach cancer, and Burns Shakespeare Pow from alcohol, with other cited causes for Ban Fon Sheller Keats Wolf and related figures.
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Journal of the American Medical Association
Washington
Guinca
Ben Jorem
Benjamin Franklin
Napoleon
Burns
Shakespeare
Edgar A. Pow
John Ban- Fon
Sheller
Keats
Charles Wolf
Spectacle of criminals’ hangings taught to schoolboys
A fragment discusses historical views on exposing children to executions in Scotland and England. It cites Sir Walter Scott’s Heart of Midlothian and notes from Notes and Queries about witnessing hangings, plus a New York Times remark on a child requesting whisky after lessons in alcoholic physiology. The passage reflects on education, morality, and public punishment in old newspapers.
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Walter Scott
Thorpe
Scotland
Heart of Midlothian
Mr. Saddletree
Walk Wrold
New York
Nemesis Grips Vic Tim in Vivid Eliot Line
A George Eliot excerpt depicts Nemesis looming with colossal stature as her unseen hand seizes the victim, causing Lot to totter under the dire clutch in a dramatic classical frame.
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Nemesis
Lot
George Eliot
Japanese Fencing Exhibition in a Tokyo Style Duel
A detailed account describes a Japanese fencing exhibition featuring Yajimai and Karikawa. Competitors wear padded bamboo armor and helmets, trading rapid sticks in a disciplined exchange. The bout ends in a draw with signs of fatigue, noting wrist targets and the chopper strike, and compares Japanese singlestick to Western styles.
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Saturn
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Mir
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Cobleskill
Gemiessioner
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Mr. Svhraub
Wade
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Patrot
Cale FN
Saulteas
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Ferhape
Lawlace
Visyie
England
Northern Railway
Wheeling
Ametropolis
Chambers’ Journal
Salessielpas
Richard Inwards
The
Meteorological Society
St Swithin’s
Mr. Innards
Meteorological Office
London Newa
New London Telegraph
Nate
Lia Yaad
Lana
Deland
Owen
Dhaai
Almady
Fronesi Inncte
Hig
Sudho
London Telegraph
Dinah Pau
Deveney
Beely Bioglestick
Bosussia
SKU UN
Deleoding
Mr. Boardiong
Nr. B
Cleveland
Cleve
McMillan
White House
St Albans
Gee
Martha Washington
Albany
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