Fertile Texas lands offer year round crops and free fare
Ad promotes CHES TERVILLE TEXAS land parcels with 40 mile reach, two railroads, and towns nearby. Prospective buyers are promised rents up to 2000 yearly, easy gardens in December, and a mild climate with scarce frosts. It also touts cheap excursions and free travel via Rock Island and Santa Fe to TexasDiscusses Christmas money gifts and suggests planning with gold or bank notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chesterville
Texas
Rock Island
Ruth Ashmore
Ladies Home Journal
Cotton coloring method for cotton fibers described
The notice outlines a new process by Panton and Davenport to animalize cotton. A thin wool coating is applied after a wool-precursor bath using barium hydroxide and formaldehyde, enabling dyeing with wool-type dyes. Drying and steaming follow, with color fastness lower than on wool.
Dull Boys Prove Brains Grow After Youth
The article notes that early dullness does not predict later achievement citing Isaac Barrow, Douglas Jerrold, Napoleon, Sir Walter Scott and others. It argues parents should not despair when children lag peers, as many famous figures showed later brilliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaage Barrow
Isaac
Church of England
Douglas Jerrould
Napoleon
Europe
Walter Scott
Chatterton
Purifying Cistern Water with Charcoal and Potassa
Advice from Washington Evening Star describes suspending a muslin bag with three to four pounds of charcoal in a cistern to purify foul water within days. Charcoal can be baked for reuse and permanganate of potassa keeps debris from floating while clarifying and deodorizing the water. Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup advertises teething relief at 25 cents. An average coconut yields a pint of milk. The Bon Marché in Paris claims the largest kitchen in the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Evening Star
Transmission of Qualities in Morgan Horses
Col Humphrey discusses heredity in horse breeding from a Morgan lineage. He cites a matrilineal line tracing to Sherman Morgan and notes enduring traits like spavin and ringbone in descendants. He recalls a vicious but handsome New York stallion whose progeny were hard to handle, and argues for breeding from a sound, perfect horse, praising the Morgan breed while noting dilution of original blood.
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Old Sherman Morgan
Sherman Morgan
Spavin
New York
Morgan
Col
Humphrey
Potatoes for Stud Sheep and Farm Poultry Practices
Agricultural commentary urges testing cooked potatoes as a sheep feed to boost wool growth, noting potash content and soil factors. It references Streleski on potash percentages, laments ranges where poultry deprives fields of green food, and warns against overconcentrated grain diets for hens. It also notes Belgium’s extensive use of draught dogs and cautions about exhausting soil resources with constant cropping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural Gazette of
Tasmania
Streleski
Brickenden
Scone
Farm Journal
Belgium
Honeybees Stricken by Paralyzing Disease in California
The article discusses bee paralysis and related illnesses in California during the current season. It notes dead bees piling before hives, weakened colonies with little honey, and partial recoveries after superseding the queen. It suggests starvation and queen weakness as factors and advises abundant food and requeening as remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Witter
Aimedean Bee Journal
Honey Trade Expands Across Nation Says New York Tribune
The New York Tribune notes honey has become ubiquitous from grocers to bakers and patent medicine makers. New York Boston and Chicago are trade centers with London guiding the world market. California and northern states supply most honey while the South lags in output and quality varies by region, Florida being valued as a cheaper grade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Tribune
New York
Boston
Chicago
London
United States
California
Florida
Onion seed sowing and milk for poultry tips in Texas farm note
The article explains fall sowing of onion seed for winter protection and early spring bulbs with moisture and fertilization, warns against crowding young plants, and favors milk as a valuable poultry feed when combined with other foods. It notes milk’s high water content and quantifies seven pounds of skimmed milk as equivalent to one pound of lean meat for flesh-forming qualities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Farm and Ranch
Old Dame Nature
London Population Growth Slows as Overgrowth Cools
The St James Gazette reports London’s population growth has slowed, with 1891 to 1900 gains about 150 million below earlier estimates. Birth rates fall from 352 to 309 per four-year spans, death rate rises from 22.7 to 199, and marriage rates drop from 19.6 to 17.3, signaling a natural limit approaching for the metropolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. James
London
Sir William Petty
England
Wedded Bliss Feudal Fees and Funny Weddings
A New York Recorder note recalls clergymen paid in odd ways for weddings from a 3 cent envelope to a barrel of beans. Tales span Vermont Kansas New Hampshire and Boston with toll tickets two cent pieces gloves and cash. A Budapest show features peasant wedding art and a farmer paying in potatoes ends with a quip about the bride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
New York Recorder
Kansas
Boston
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Hymen
Budapest
Sleep as Key to Longevity and Energy
The text argues that more sleep extends life and daily efficiency. It cites examples like Tesla and Gladstone to claim long sleep periods protect faculties and vitality, suggesting a 17 hour daily rest for Gladstone and a general rule to sleep whenever awareness is unnecessary.
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Amante
Tesla
Glandstone
Green and Brass Bedstead Styles in Parlor Decor
The write up notes green and brass bed furnishings in rooms with white or pink accents, including a brass bedstead, green wicker chairs, and a cream crossing table. A chintz wallpaper with green leaves and pink roses completes the scene with cretonne cushions matching oil paper.
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New York Post
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promoted as Catarrh Cure
The ad claims nasal catarrh stems from impure blood and touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as the one true blood purifier and cure after other medicines fail. It includes testimonials from Mrs. Joan Lruman of Goshen Indiana and references to a separate anecdote about a rejected suitor and a hanging incident. The piece ends noting the first year of a president’s administration brings many appointments and disappointments.
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Hood
Joan Lruman
Wilkinson St
Goshen
Indiana
Selected Pleasantries and Comic Bits
A collection of quips and jokes from various papers. One liner exchanges about marriage money and divorce, humorous asides from wheelmen about debt and riding, a jab at a boastful horse by a pig enclosure, and a recipe for a comic opera with a village setting and social satire.
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Detroit Free Press
Elwell
Mrs. Elwell
Philadelphia Inquirer
Wheelman
Boston Transcript
Dennis
Chicago Tribune
Harry
Scranton
Child pleads as mother thrashes and father warned
A frightened child begs a father not to enter the house claiming the mother has just beaten the child and threatens the father with similar violence. The fragment conveys a family abuse scene with immediate danger.
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Paris
Fanner
Tvery
Nays
Drib Kay Medical Co
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Neb
Luneberg
Wanover
Hotel de Ville
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Ayer
Wille
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Winslow Stevenson
Mai
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Denver
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San Francisco
Los Angeles
Lincoln
Burlington
tullman_ porter
Pacific Coast
J. Francis
Gen
Missouri
John A Purdy
Missouri Land and Live Stock Company
Neosho, Newton Co
Omarastove Repair
J. L. Stephens
Leban
Shimer
Omaha Neb
King Cole Anti Wonopoly Oyster Youse Omaha
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Mapawe Lirtian Nonpica
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Tru Companion
Ubole
Tur Companion
Namie
Columbus Ave
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