Sheep in the Orchard and Forest Advice in 1900s Column
A reader reports sheep in orchards cause bark gnawing and suggests remedies such as whitewash mixed with cow manure or chicken wire to protect trunks. Advice covers mineral-rich feed, bone meal, oats or bran, and disinfection practices. The column also includes farm notes on milk production costs, prudent forest cutting, and the importance of salt for livestock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Roup
New Jersey Experiment Station
College
Profitable duck raising tips and farm management notes
The text discusses duck care including air, water, and shelter needs, Pekin as a large breed, early laying and egg counts, and keeping ducks separate from other fowl. It also covers housing, fencing, and feeding, plus manure use, ashes around currants, diseased wood removal, and broader farm husbandry topics.
Humorous Snippets and Punchlines From Era Gossip
A collage of quips and jokes from various papers mentions playful lines about marriage commerce, shipping dreams, appendicitis misdirections, and social quips. It notes in passing that a few lines hinge on puns about domestic life, money, and class differences, reflecting light entertainment humor of the period.
The Eternal Question and Bridget’s Daring Answer
A stage dialogue features Mrs Stinsy seeking Mrs Bridget’s legacy to readers. Bridget protests and declares she has endured treatment while calling out life’s burdens in a charged interaction.
Humorous Fragments From Suburbs and English Vignette
A patchwork of quips and brief jokes spans suburban life and travel legends. Dialogue threads include a secretary bargaining over land value, a rich victim joking about prices, a witty feminist dig, and a reporter asked to wait outside.
Old Yarns Make New In Faint Quip From Lansing Paper
A light exchange in the Yongers Statesman quips about a husband hiding under a sofa to practice for an upcoming automobile, reflecting local humor on new tech and daily life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bacon
Businessman values advertisements over books and notices
A dialogue features an intellectual woman remarking on interest in literature and Mr. Comrox defending advertising. He says his aim is to see many competent writers produce first class advertisements rather than waste time on books and magazine notices.
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Tindiana
Ian Davis
Nevada
Binley
Bret Harie
Sierras
Atlantic
Pacific
Leslia
Bret Harte
Harte
Literatura
Bysey Rourewefe
Winfield
Warren, C
Donoy
Adnerreoria
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Mayo
Joke
Rage Farm
Poultry House
Philadelphia
the Golden Gate
San Francisco
Cail
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Asnes—Algey
Pandora
Judge
Hicks
Somerville Journal
Rufus Jackson
Esmeralda Tinkham
Osa
Philadelphia Bulletin
Mrs. Stinsy
Bridget
Swampvisle
B. Mary Jones
Courier-Tournal
Janet
Tates
le Journal
London
Helen
Jinige
John
Charles A&a. Keyler
Frederick Keyler
John G. Keyler’s
Bloomfield Avenue
Franklin
Bavings Bank
Park School Hall
T. 8. Brown
E. A. Connolly
Ernest Y. Cock Efain
Huen F. Reep
Martin
Martin Automatic Fish Reel CO
L. B
Ilion
Dallad
Washington
Mae
Sanitas Shewing OM 60., Ltd
Battia Greek, Mick
Manks
FEU Copynaurs &c
Anita
Bentzien Hoosta
Scientific American
Ail
Munn & Co
D.C
EGE Iborless
Ecavtin Company
I Ami
B. C. Fentzlaff
Harrison Avenue
Montclair
Telephone
Ee. E
Nutley, NJ
Pascuale Demarco
Boot and Shoemaker
Searly
Hort
Chestnut Street
Bridge
Giggone
Domenigo Confectionary
Bregh
Chestnut St
Passaic
Ava
Walsh
The
SUN Manufacturing CO
Columbus
Ohio
Entierprica
Alidlletown
Sling & Vansicxle Bury
Middletown
Idle
FiretNat Bank
P. H. Irish
Michigan
Wit. Ciemeng
Mich
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