A Summer Outing to Colorado on the Denver Rio Grande
A Pittsburgh reader extols a summer trip to Colorado via the Denver & Rio Grande Great Scenic Route. The piece highlights Royal Gorge, canyon walls, and mountain scenery from Pueblo or Denver to Alamosa, with May sights, trout in the valley, and resorts at Colorado Springs. It urges planning, notes railway comfort, and promotes Cripple Creek information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Kansas
Rocky Mountains
Great Divide
Denver & Rio Grande
Pueblo
Denver
Royal Gorge
Moun
Sall
San Luis Valley
Alamos
Sangre de Cristo
Colorado Springs
Man- Mau
Denver & Rio Grande Company
F. P. Baker
Up-to-Date Guidelines for Strawberry Cultivation in 1895
Practical notes urge careful mulching with marsh hay in the south or pine straw where labor is cheap, rotate beds every two years, and select varieties such as Tennessee Prolific No Name Rix and Lady Thompson. Highlights include Edih Pistilate as a top shipper, Fendrick and Farliest trials, and the need to avoid weeds. Green manuring expands soil humus and nitrogen, with leguminous crops like clover cowpeas lupines best for fertility and feed value. Planting peach pits is advised for amateurs, using winter freezing to crack seeds before spring planting.
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New Jersey
Ohio
Virgini
Tennessee
Rix
Lady ‘Thompson
United States
New York
Geneva
Gandy
Fendrick
Michael
Clarence
Edith Pistilate
Samuel Miller
Bluffton
Haverland
Bubach No
Warfeld No. 2
Carle
Imbrell
Luella
Jessie
Hatfield
Accomac
Bidwell
Bonita
Bowman
Burt
Capt
Jack
Daisy
Fulton
Glendale
Lady Rusk
Leader
Lydia
Manchester
M. T. ‘Thompson, Sr
Farmers’ Review
Agricultural Department
Washington
Country Gentleman
Grooming Differences Between City and Farm Horses
Farm horses lack the sleek coat of city horses due to nutrition, with hay as main feed, and less frequent grooming. Regular curry combing and brushing stimulate oil secretion, improve shine, and reflect better overall condition. neglect leads to poorer appearance and health.
The Public Notices and Advertisements of 1890s Era Press
A scanned page fragment presents a mix of 19th century advertisements and notices. It includes claims for medical tonics such as Hostetter's Stomach Bitters and Hall's Catarrh Cure, testimonials, insurance-like statements, and seeds promotions from John A. Salter Seed Co. A Bowling Green divorce action, land opening in Oklahoma, and agricultural yields are mentioned, with emphasis on seed catalogs and farm prospects across Pennsylvania and Oklahoma. The material blends health elixirs, mail-order service notes, and sensational market items typical of late 1800s newspapers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Nottee Drs Green & Sons Greatest Dropsy Specialists
An Atlantic Georgia medical boast crowding ad copy touts Drs Il N1 Green and Sons as the world’s greatest dropsy specialists. It claims unrivaled cures, a vegetable preparation, and mailed treatment for rapid relief, with mixed promotional lines about other products and local trivia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green & Sons
Atlantic
Pittsburg
Salter seeds claim earliest vegetables ahead by 20 days
An advertisement touts Salter's Wisconsin grown seeds as the earliest in the world, claiming peas radishes lettuce cabbage and more are 20 days ahead of rivals. It urges sending 10 cents postage for a sample pack and the real catalogue from John A Salter Seed Co La Crosse Wisconsin.
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Pennsylvania
M. M. Luther
Troy
Luther
John A. Salter Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
Salter
Wisconsin
Brunswick
Jamies
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Sony Sebastian
Chicago
Aia
St. Sncons
Rkt
Smaaso Cure CO. It
Deaton, Chlao
Aermoton CO
Temuskee
Paty Griniers
Bisiver
Hostetter
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Toleto
Mall
Mall's Family Pills
Lacrosse
Bowling Green
Albany
Boston
Mr. Jones
World Mfg. Co
Columbus
Secord
Phillips
Crugaiate
Great Britain
Nigat
Galveston
Key West
D. W. Nicoles Investment & Mining Co
Cripple Creek
Sitka, Alaska
Charleston
McClellan
Chexa
Oresto
Scott
Pate
Baron von Liebig
Walter Baker & Co
Walter Baker & Co., Ltd
Dorchester, Mass
Thorpson
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