Deaths and Discoveries Stir Nineteenth Century News
A Boston hypochondriac leaves 2 700 090 to establish an asylum for unfortunates. Congressman families gain exclusive gallery access. Reports cover a editor death, a Cambridge Maine postmasters age, a kitchen range mystery, and varied notes from Davenport Iowa to Vienna exhibitions. Professor Agassiz dies at age 102.
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Boston
Sue Earl
Rosebury
Washington
House of Representatives
Congress
Davenport
Dubuque
Burlington
Iowa
Dubuque Gb
David Battry
Cambridge
Maine
United States
Toms River
N. d
Gurreups How
Flint River
N.C
Detroit
Aidhen
Janury
Mark Lwary
Iris
Ohio
Roger Vanderberg
Wisoner
Efe
Grofifes
Helga taBlien
Invested Wealth and Worthless Care Compared to Frivolous Waste
The piece argues that investing money without proper care or usage leads to losses. It parallels weathered tools, unread books, unfed stock, and misused fruits or farms with ruined outcomes. It emphasizes nurturing assets, cultivating minds, and using wealth wisely to avoid ruin.
Treasury letter argues for increased taxation to meet deficits
The December 12 197J Treasury letter to Representative Dawes explains why higher taxation is needed if revenue lags, detailing debt growth, currency limits, and selective taxes on tea coffee spirits tobacco gas and transport receipts. It stresses maintaining public credit by aligning receipts with ordinary expenses and warns against debt expansion.
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Washincrox
Secretary of the ‘Treasury
Committee On Ways and Means
Treasury Devartment
Washington
Hon
T. Dawes
Chittenmin
Congress
United Shires
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Con
Anit
Wa. A. Aicwarpgon, Sevy
Southern Cultivator Advice and Household Hints Reprinted
The page reprints agricultural formulas and cooking tips from The Ed itor of the Southern Cultivator urging planters to combine for best wholesale rates. It includes ammonia blends for cotton and wheat, a starchlike pudding recipe, washing and ironing cautions, and advertisements for Allen's Lung Balsam and collar gifts.
Homemade winter fertilizer recipe for crops
Farmers can make a cheap fertilizer at home using mold, sulphate of ammonia, salt, pearlash, sulphate of soda, ground bone, Peruvian guano and plaster. The method includes mixing, piling for 48 hours, and caution about handling sulphuric acid and fumes. It notes success in Pennsylvania and Ohio, especially for potatoes and wheat, with use on corn.
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Pennsylvania
Ohio
Jie
Proper Poultry Feeding Habits
The passage cautions against scattering grain in large heaps as wasteful and unhealthy for fowls. It advises feeding in small amounts, keeping grain off tainted soil, and observing hens with brood to ensure birds scratch naturally and consume only what they can eat.
Progressive Agriculture and the Intelligent Farmer
The article argues farmers must adopt progressive planning and diligent management to increase fertility and production. It compares farmers to merchants and manufacturers, warning that without timely effort and liberal investment of labor and capital, progress and profits will slip away as successors reap the gains.
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T&e
Herald
Liver Disease Cure Claims From Rust Texas Letter
A 1673 letter reports chronic liver disease symptoms and a claimed cure using Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. The wife recovered after taking eight bottles, with weight increasing from 82 to 110 pounds, per testimonial from Wat Meazel advocating the medicine.
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Rust
Texas
R. V. Prince
Insurance and home security through life policies and supplies
The text promotes Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company of Philadelphia as a method to secure a family home and payments via a building association. It mentions purchasing insurance for any amount, agency access at the Philadelphia office or Cincinnati, and urges farmers to stock Sheridan’s Cavalry Condition Powders to save hay. It also advertises The Saturday Evening Post samples for subscribers.
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Fimily
Niews
Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company
Philadelphia
Sheridans Cavalry
Wanken
R. WH. McDonald &O
San Lrancisco
California
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Hoston Journal of Chemistry
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