Dime Novels Rise and Fall in American Letters
The piece surveys the dime novel's rise from Malaeska to Beadle and Adams, noting Ann Sophia Winterbotham Stephens as an early author, Erastus Beadle as the dime novel’s father, and Beadle and Adams’ 30-year run. It highlights soldiers, travelers, and readers who carried cheap thrillers through the Civil War era and the shift to collector’s items today.
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Waccamaw
Ralph Rockwood
Reckless Ranger
Captain Cool Blade
Edmund Pearson
Little, Brown and Company of Boston
Mr. Pearson
Pearson
A. S. W. Stephens
Ann Sophia Winterbotham Stephens
Portland
New York
Ladies’ Companion
Ladies’ World
Graham’s
Petersen’s
Malaeska
Orient
Europe
Thackeray
Dickens
Humboldt
Ellis
J. P. Beadle and Company
Beadle and Company
Beadle and Adams
Beadle
Erastus Flavel Beadle
Cooper Country
Otsego County
Cooperstown
Buffalo
Home Monthly
Irwin
Erastus Beadle
Robert Adams
Seth Jones
Frontier dime novels and their famed writers in brief
A survey of dime novel figures links Col Prentiss Ingraham and Col Edward Judson to early frontier fiction. It notes Ingraham’s wartime adventures and postwar exploits, Judson’s naval service and duels, Buckskin Sam Hall, Brain Adams, and Harbaugh the “Dime Novel King.” It highlights Old Cap Collier, Old Sleuth, Nick Carter, Frank Merriwell, and the shift from frontier tales to detective fiction as Beadle’s publications declined.
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Col
Prentiss Ingraham
Beadle
Mexico
Juarez
Europe
Prussia
Crete
Africa
America
Buffalo Bill
West
Edward Zane Carroll Judson
Ned Buntline
Cody
Judson
United States Navy
Maj
Sam S. Hall
Buckskin Sam
East
Wilmington
Del
James Fenimore Cooper Adams
Brain” Adams
James Capon Adams
Colonel Ingraham
Thomas Chalmers Harbaugh
Ohio
Nick
Mr. Pearson
Cap
Collier
Nick Carter
Frank Merriwell
Pearson
Frank O'Brien
New York Public Library
Western Newspaper Union
Raising Geese A Practical Guide For Small Farms
Geese can be raised in many locales with ample green forage and require more space than ducks. They thrive on marshy or springy land with dry high spots, pasture at six to ten geese per acre, and minimal attention after two weeks. Common breeds include Toulouse African Embden Chinese Canada and Egyptian.
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Toulouse
Canada
Chicks Should Be Out of Doors in Sunlight
The article advises exposing chicks to direct sunlight by ages ten days to two weeks to prevent leg weakness and rickets. It suggests gradually expanding outdoor range, opening windows on nice days, fencing a small outdoor area, and adding a sloping runway for easy entry and exit.
Farm Poultry Keeper Advantages Over Commercial Eggers
The farm poultry keeper has advantages over commercial egg farmers by growing feed cheaply and reducing labor. Flocks from 150 to 500 hens require minimal care as feeding is incidental, with self-feeding hoppers and weekly or biweekly mash fill. The hatchery era lowers chick costs and certification by hatchery associations ensures reliable stock for good layers.
Brooder House Light Sparks Growth in Ohio Study
The Ohio experiment station reports very satisfactory results from using dim lights in brooder houses. A 16 to 25 watt lamp suffices for 300 to 500 chicks, even via kerosene lantern where electricity is unavailable. Light enables chicks to move at night with some extra feed and water use.
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Ohio
Grass and Mash Diet for Goslings
Fresh tender grass provides the first two days of feed for goslings. Afterward offer a mash of corn meal and wheat middlings or a mash of corn meal bran middlings and rolled oats with skim milk. Ensure green pasture and ample shade for healthy growth.
Castoria: trusted comfort for restless infants
Advertisement touts Castoria as a pure vegetable remedy for babies and young children. It claims quick relief from sleeplessness colic and diarrhea and urges keeping a bottle in the home for children with coated tongues or bad breath.
Pleasant Pellets Benefit Liver Bowels and Stomach
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for liver and digestive health. The copy urges daily use to stay clean and healthy as a personal benefit for readers tracking wellness.
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Dr. Pierce
Phillips Milk of Magnesia Eases Digestive Distress
A vintage ad touts Phillips Milk of Magnesia as quick relief for stomach upset and excess acid. It claims fast action, doctor endorsements, hospital use, and availability in 25c and 60c sizes at drugstores for men, women, children, and babies.
Seedbank May Host Hidden Weed Life For Decades
Soil seeds of certain weeds can survive for thirty years or more underground and resurface when conditions allow. Researchers warn persistent weed banks can trigger fresh infestations long after initial control efforts.
What Hens Eat
Cornell University researchers study the feed intake of White Leghorn pullets. About 100 birds weighing four pounds eat 18 or 19 pounds daily before laying, then 24 or 25 pounds daily at 50 percent production. Monthly totals reach 720 to 750 pounds with a half grain, half mash ration. American breeds require 8 to 12 percent more feed.
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Cornell University
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Arthur Gutterman
Elmo Scott Watson
Brooder House Light
Goslings
Chas. H. Fletcher
Hanford
Cuticura
Cuticura Laboratories
Malden
Maas
Vacation
California
Gree & Chaffey
Daim
Prim
Cohen Kansas Seed Co
Parker’s Empires Dandrat
Hiscox Chem
Wks
N.Y
Parker
Aren Orad
Hiscox Chemical Works
Smith
Sydney
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