Hints on Cultiva Trials and Spraying Methods for Farms
The Wyoming experiment reports show sachaline failing as a hardy forage plant across Laramie Sheridan and other sites. Seed and root trials indicate poor growth and doubtful value. Spraying with Bordeaux mix and ammoniacal copper carbonate controls grape rot and plum rot with timing. Emphasis on correct chemical use, timing, and resources from bulletin 31.
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Arly
Wyoming
A. Blanc & Co
Philadelphia
Colorado
Kansas
New Mexico
Texas
Sheridan
Department of ‘Agriculture
Samson Beribner
Rot in apples grapes and plums in Missouri bulletin notes
J C Whitten reports from the Missouri Experiment Station on rot prevention in apples grapes and plums. Experiments test spraying efficacy timing and mixtures with copper sulfate and Bordeaux mixture reducing apple scab and bitter rot. findings show one spray before bud break plus multiple applications mostly control scab and reduce rot in certain varieties. Projections include extended trials in 1896 and live stock regulation provisions.
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Columbia
Missouri
J. C. Whitten
Columbi
Brigand Tiburzi Enforces Taxed Ruthlessly in Rural Districts
A Trieste linked report describes Tiburzi as a famed brigand in Viterbo district who gained wealth by annual paid protection. Once a highway robber and murderer, he escaped in 1874 and now uses a paid safeguard system, reducing crime while controlling peasants and avoiding capture. Time will tell if he is ever arrested.
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Senate Committee On Agriculture
Bureau of Animal Industry
Secretary of Agriculture
United States
Solisterets
Maly
Ravegli
Tor Cinetsinadi Enquirer
Trieste
Tibursi
Viterbo
Tiburst
Ogree
Tibars
Tiburzi
Ronnie
Hisuive
Suspense of Office Seekers Highlights Washington Hiring
A passage from the Ladies' Home Journal cited by Mr. Harrison describes the annual influx of office seekers at the start of a new administration. Many are needy yet capable, but the president cannot place all. A Garfield-era applicant recalled the line Nothing focal yet signaling scarce progress and uncertain futures in federal service.
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Washington
States
Foreign Service
Mr. Harrison
Ladies’ Home Journal
Garfield
Tina
Focal
Fragmentary 19th Century News Snippets Highlight Oddities
A mix of items notes a razor factory near Berlin, a Paris beer barrel accident injuring four, a Paris dog breed society forming, a reading room for Brooklyn Heights employees, a London storm in minutes, a Boston map bequest, Cincinnati school playground plans, sea versus land yields, electric radiators warming English theaters, Steuben county vital stats with sixteen births deaths and marriages, an oyster dealer returning to Norwalk with unsold stock, and a general saying that a resisted temptation is overcome.
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Berlin
Rue Cateau
Paris
Brooklyn Heights
Tueday
Charles Tileton
Boston
Bostonian Society
Boston Harbor
Cincinnati
Steuben
South Norwalk
Conn
New York
Fun Facts From Popular Science on Weather and Wildlife
A survey of natural phenomena covers air pressure on a human, Everest’s height, dog respiration, electric arc temperature, camel feet, Sahara travel wear, frog eggs, bed of decomposing matter, earthworm regeneration, sunlit days in Europe, and Madrid's sunshine compared to London. Key figures include 29,000 feet, 7600 Fahrenheit, and yearly sunshine hours.
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Mount
Everest
Himalayas
Sahara
Europe
Berlin
Spain
Italy
Germany
England
Madrid
Londo
SIFTINGS. Humorous observations and quirky notes from a 19th century paper
A series of wry maxims and anecdotal quips on life longevity weather and human foibles. Jests about police painters ornithology and politics mix with a Denver theft tale of a man who stole his own trunk and the judge’s peculiar handling of the case. The items reflect light local humor and social commentary of the era.
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Denver
Col
Fragmented Prose Fragments Echo Early 20th Century Satire
A collage of quirky lines mocks theater, postal culture, and medical fads. References to Uncle Sam, a cube, and a plaster drawing card hint at cultural absurdities. The piece quips about women, money, and power, ending with a child asking if mamma is a king.
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Central Park
Plano
Sam
Hal's Catarrh Cure and Penny Prices
The ad copy repeats Hal's Catarrh Cure taken internally with a price of 75 cents. It includes stray phrases about life, words, voting on sales, and Piso's Cure, plus unrelated snippets about astronomy distances, Chicago stockyards, fashion form, and a Utah jury.
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Hal
Centauri
Chicago
Utah
Fragmentary 19th century chatter and odd quotes misfire
A garbled mix of quotations and captions references a soured bachelor debating women's intelligence, mock remedies, and social musings. It mentions a wedding ring, a syrup ad, and a dressmaker's apprentice Rosa Ronheur, all in a fractured, archaic newspaper voice with no clear narrative or outcome.
Deserved His Fate Step on the Trap Sentenced Man Refuses
A condemned murderer argues with the sheriff as the trap is set. The sheriff explains the process and notes the subject resists the execution. Elisabeth Cady Stanton comments on happiness shadowed by fear of the devil and societal limits.
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Aia Ie
Elisabeth Cady Atanton Sage
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Plymouth
Plymouth Rocks
C. H. Stahl
Meano
Harrison Tetle
Popular Science
Rock of Gibraltar
Hostett
Papa
Sathonty
Marc Fie
Chinker
California Fig Syrup Company
Ratte Wollert
Oman
Ivie
Parkturst
Rosa Ronheur
Ayer
Hall’s
Hall
Nashua
NHL
Ametus Thompson
W.N.U. D.M
Ito
ST. Jacobs Oil
Steacur
Walter Baker & Cos
Walter Baker & Co., Limited
Dorchester
Mass
Cette
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