Come Back to Erin and Chimney Wind Poems
A fragmentary literary piece combines the Irish song Come Back to Erin with a Bret Harte poem about a night wind in a chimney. The text includes verses of Mavourneen and imagery of sea journeys and homesickness, followed by a chimney scene where a father, mother, and child hear wind as harmony.
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Erin
Mavourneen
Aroon
Killarney
England
Erlo
Poe
Bret Harte
Fabled Porch Tease Sparks Wife’s Suspicions
In a St. Louis Republic anecdote Blough and Neighbors recall a flirtatious mistaken encounter on a street as Blough notes a pretty passerby amusedly. His wife overhears and retreats upstairs in tears, fearing suspicion and about to demand flowers and a party dress.
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Blough
St. Louis Republiie
Long-haired musician rejects pro status says he plays for time
In a remark reported by the Kansas City Independent, the long-haired amateur declares no intent to pursue professional music, claiming he merely plays to will time. A stoner narrator adds a cryptic exchange with TJ and the musician.
Well Made Wis Mark Dr Slicer Vaccinates First Case
A humorous exchange notes Dr Slicer making his mark on his first case by vaccinating a patient. The dialogue ends with a witty quip about Great Scott and independence.
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Dr. Slicer
Scott
Cuticura relief for eczema and comfort for mothers
A faded ad style note praises Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment for skin troubles in children and soothing baths for mothers. It extols their healing effects for eczema rashes and chafings and claims immediate relief and better sleep.
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Ons Russe
Fern Ferrera
Lid
Cape Town
The Man Who Can and The Will Move Today
A reflective editorial admonishes readers to act with purpose. It contrasts the talker who misses the mark with the doer who fires with plan and nerve. It stresses that understanding and courage propel progress.
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promises Relief
A 19th century advertisement extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as uniquely effective for female troubles. It cites testimonials from women in Minneapolis and others, claims restoration of health and avoidance of surgical operations, and describes the product as made from roots and herbs with no harm.
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Lydia E. P
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Minneapolis
Minn
Lydia ‘E. Pinkham
Notable facts from a varied 19th century snippet
The item surveys Blue Knob as Pennsylvanias highest point at 3136 feet, notes Berks county farmers wives salt corn for winter, identifies Great Tom bell at Christ church Oxford, mentions a 12 percent life insurance rate, and reports Hammond Ind courts with two striking sentences: 30 days for murder and eight years for boot theft.
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Pennsylvania
Blue Knob
Berks County
Tom Gate
Christchurch
Oxford
Hammond Ind
Profit from Poultry on the Farm and Feed Costs
The article analyzes egg production costs, citing 1 cent per egg with 120 eggs per year, rising feed costs since 1902 pushing yearly hen costs up around 20 cents. It argues for selective breeding, trap nests, and better stock to improve farm poultry profitability and notes dry feeding favors cows and calves per Maine Experiment Station.
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Cornell Experiment Station
Jordan
Maine
Nitrogen rich crops and manure return on farms
A farmer notes that feeding livestock on the farm and returning manure to the soil enriches soil fertility. He highlights legumes like clover and alfalfa as nitrogen gathering crops and argues that a short crop rotation with a legume every third year, plus feeding home grown feeds, raises soil nitrogen and crop quality.
Feeding Milk Cevva
The article explains milk composition and warns that a cow lacking sufficient protein fat and carbohydrates will self compensate but decline in milk quantity and quality. It condemns poor feeding as harming both cow and farmer and urges generous, nutrient rich food for profitable dairying.
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Agricultural Experiment Stations
B. Speed
Country Life Commission Aims to Aid American Farmer
In an interview with Gif ford Pinchot a Country Life Commission member, Edward S Farrington outlines goals to illustrate a major farm problem and secure better farming materials, business, and wings while avoiding paternalism. Also notes a German patent preserving milk by removing oxygen with ferrous carbonate.
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Gifford Pinchot
Country Life Commission
Roosevelt
Edward S. Farrington
Work Hours of Farmers Show Shorter Winter Day
Professor Boss of Minnesota Agricultural College reports farmers toil nine hours daily in summer and four to five in winter. Professor Bailey of the Farm Life Commission cites a school ma’am who worked 9 to 4 until marriage then 4 to 9, implying moral about schoolma’am as wife for farmers.
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Boss
Minnesota Agricultural College
Bailey
Farm Life Commission
Pigs Benefit From Corm and Clover Pasture Mix
Gorn and clover pasture form a nearly balanced ration with little danger to hogs. Providing plenty of corm and access to good clover pasture supports healthy forage for the pigs.
Horses slaughtered in Parle show rise 5008 year over year
Last year 40,206 horses were killed for food in Parle, up 5,008 from the year before. The meat yielded totaled 26,000,000 pounds for human consumption.
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Parle
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Tease
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Tenn A. Salzer Seed Co. Seco
le Grosse, Wis
Dodds
Kidne
Guare
Gsrmany
Texas
Esor
Garen Ee
William
Carmany
Rajeve
Coresi
Hay
Grassen
Eta
Pa Be Seed CO
Spohn Medical CO
Chamlets and Bacteriologiais Goshen
Ind
R. H. Shumway
Rochford, IL
John Brows & Sen
Poxten
Masa
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