Unburying a Rich Ancient City and Other Items
The piece surveys plans to excavate Herculaneum in Italy with Cambridge support, promising insights into first century Roman life including manuscripts and grand houses. It also reports China's sweeping opium crackdown over ten years, plus a Leavenworth effort to curb secondhand uniforms theft from soldiers. Further notes include Emperor Franz Josef collecting menu cards and various editorial quips about moral and social topics.
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Herculaneum
Pompeii
Stablae
Vesuvius
Waldstein
Cambridge University
Hallans
Herenlanowm
Heretaneum
Tn Whart
Frang Josef
Russia
Cear
Faure
Good Cooking as Panarea for the Divorce Evil
A humorous essay argues that better cooking in marriages could curb divorces and reduce domestic strife. The narrator muses that well prepared meals and considerate service would keep husbands content, suggesting the divorce courts might “go out of business.” An old farmer’s institute anecdote ends with a plenary, blunt tip to feed the husband well.
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Dliverce
Farmers’ Institute
New Honey Cutter Produces Ready to Sell Blocks
The article describes a wooden box cutter with wires fed around a candied 60 pound honey block to slice it into 1.8 by 1.8 inch squares. Blocks are then wrapped in two papers with the producer's address. Inventor James Allan of Wyndham Otago New Zealand leads the invention.
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James Allan
Wyndham
Otago
New Zealand
Dangers of Excessive Motoring on Mental Health
Sensible drivers need not fear insanity from cars, but excessive automobiling dulls memory and impairs judgment. Speed and alcohol strain nerves, with acute neurasthenia and alcoholism likely to follow. The piece warns that constant high speed twists thoughts and heightens accident risk, leaving motorists with a frenzied, kaleidoscopic mind.
The Need of Prison Reforms in America
An article urging prison reforms to restore hope and humane treatment. It praises New York state progress such as ending lock steps and striped clothing, and notes prison wall glass windows reduced death and tuberculosis rates, calling for continued action by women to support reforms.
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America
New York State
Dovoly
A Good Poultry House Provides Best Winter Care
A Farmers' Review advises a well lighted dry poultry house with windows on three sides and east and west ends. Ensure drainage or raise the building with coal ashes if needed. Inside, movable fixtures aid cleaning and sterilization of roosts and waste for healthier poultry.
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Farmers’ Review
Poultry Notes on Feeding and Egg Laying
Variety of food favors poultry health and production. Do not feed turkeys 24 hours before market killing. Dry quarters for ducks at night. When cockerels court pullets, separate them. New corn can sour and inflame fowls. Stock up grit before freezing. It’s easier to keep eggs clean than to wash dirty eggs. Immature pullets should be sold now. Eggs for eating only need the male bird not present. Hens lay as many eggs without him. eggs store longer.
Food of Hens and Feeding Advice
The note states hens require more feed than pullets and warns that old hens fed cane cause fattening pullets. It advises keeping the birds separated to avoid cross-feeding and fattening dynamics among the flock.
Lyre Elm Spared From Clearing Near Cambridgeport
Vermont notes its beauty with elms along fields and river banks. An elm near Fred A. Smiths seven acre corn field on Atcherson Hollow road in Cambridgeport drew locals admiration for its lyre shaped form, spared while surplus trees were cleared.
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Vermont
Fred A. Smith
Atcherson Hollow
Cambridgeport
Mr. Smith
Curious Case of Spontaneous Combustion in Rose Cars
A Cassier Magazine note details a 1906 incident in Hannibal Missouri where two refrigerator cars carrying California rose bushes vented steam and heated up during a ten day transit. No actual fire occurred due to rapid cooling after arrival but upper box layers showed heat damage and plant stems blackened. Wet sawdust can self warm in cold weather.
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Cassier
Hannibal
California
King's Arms Tavern on Broadway Was Once a Landmark
New York Herald notes the King's Arms Tavern stood at 9 and 11 Broadway facing Bowling Green with a river view. Mrs. Steele kept it in 1763, bringing the tavern sign from Broad Street, giving the house its name. George Burns is also linked. historians differ on tenancy amid colonial and revolutionary era significance.
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Bowling Green
No. 9
Broadway
King’s Arms Tavern
New York Herald
North River
Steele
Broad Street
George Burns
Coffee House Fame
Burns
Strole
Conkeasion
Ox Warble Parasite Harms Cattle and Beef Value
The Ox Warble parasite infests cattle causing skin lesions and pus, with larvae maturing into flies. It reduces meat quality, costing U.S. cattle markets millions annually, and control methods include lancing lesions and smearing repellents on legs and flanks.
Breaking a Horse by Prolonged Wakefulness in 18th Century France
An eighteenth century French method for taming horses involved restraining the animal to prevent tying down and keeping him awake constantly. The horse would be watched day and night and disturbed whenever he showed signs of sleep until meekness was induced. Many horses tamed quickly, though some resisted a week or more.
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France
Save Best of Ewe Lambs for Mock Replacement Stock
Save the best ewe lambs for your own Mock stock. Choose from middle aged thrifty mothers whose offspring show strong productivity. Prioritize quality over immediate sale value to ensure future flock performance.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Silver Messenger
Challis
United States Army
Navy
Leavenworth
Kan
Army
New York
Nashville
Tenn
Brooklyn Eagle
Kentucky
Henry N. Wiley
The
United States Department of Agriculture
Arcady
Heaver
L. Pierce Clark
Farmer's Property
Chicago
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