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Newspaper
The Visitor
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1886
Page
3
The article describes easy to grow yarn and garden plants thriving in loam peat and cow manure soil with ample pot space. Water moderately to abundantly during growth and avoid complete dryness. Transplant in spring, prune straggling branches, and guard against whitish scale by frequent washing and syringing.
A Maryland farmer recounts potato cultivation with Peerless and Peachblow varieties. He notes massive vine growth, yields of 379 bushels from a three acre plot, and broader assertions on root crops as a feed and soil-building strategy. The piece contrasts a failed farm and a thriving legacy with improvements like an orchard and durable barn, ending on the value of profitable farming.
Observations indicate plaster or gypsum benefits crops by supplying sulphur and lime and aiding nutrient availability, especially on dry sandy soils with organic matter. It can hinder clear gains on soils lacking vegetation, so manure may accompany plaster, while clay lands show less pronounced effects.
The piece discusses a curious habit in India linked to cremation and fertilizer for tea plants. It notes the practice of placing the body in muddy water before cremation and the sale of ashes as fertilizer. It also mentions a former agriculture official and a contrast to the pay of a French army second lieutenant, noting a sword knot cost.
Fashion gossip covers lace dresses, hats, and gowns from Egypt and Paris trends. Notes on short waist frocks, piping and guimped bodices, India mull dresses, and cremes in Egyptian lace. Mentions Miss Heathorne Maid of Kent aged 103 and bridesmaids gifts like parasols.
The article traces the phrase blue blood to Spanish origins and argues true aristocracy shows through pale skin and blue-tinged veins. It claims admixture with African or Moorish blood dulls the blue vein visibility, cites Spanish and Mexican contexts, and notes a Danbury Connecticut house built in 1696 linked to Elmathan Osborn, with a brief wartime memory of Tryon.
London spans 687 square miles with nearly 5 million residents and a bustling port daily handling about 1,000 ships and 9,000 sailors. The piece surveys birth and death rates, crime, letters, and religious demographics, then shifts to Michigan timber interests, Canadian pine, and Louisiana Mississippi land purchases. It notes Chinese fisheries near San Francisco, wine aging myths debunked, Emperor William’s ancestry, Chang of Kansas City, and medical ads from Tuvalid’s Hotel in Buffalo.
A Boston Herald special recounts Jere Smith of Albany describing his illness with drowsiness intense pains and bloating before healing after using Hunt's Remedy. He credits a rapid improvement in four days and warns others to seek early treatment for Bright's disease, noting its deceptive symptoms and danger.
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