Large Guthrie hog tops the farm show weighing 1329 pounds
Dr Greenfield of Guthrie Kentucky recently sold a hog weighing 1329.5 pounds and exhibited it. The piece notes U S imports of butter totaling 170069 pounds valued at 25932 dollars and discusses farm topics from livestock coughs to corn and chicken care. It also covers lice remedies for chicks and old fowls using carbolic soap and other agents.
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Dr. Greenfield
Guthrie
United States
A. J. Wilkinson
Whitewater Register
Farming fruit crops for family use and space-saving plantings
The article argues farmers should grow strawberries and raspberries for home use and suggests Cumberland as a Hardy variety and blackcaps for early planting. It notes grapes can be trained along outbuildings for space efficiency and cites a Brighton grape yielding well beside a carriage house. It appeals to aiding wives with healthful, palatable year round food.
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Cumberland
Nce
Brighton
Earth Floors Favored for Horses by Mr J W Warwick
Mr J W Warwick advocates earth floors for horses over plank floors citing Western Agriculturist notes. He argues earth floors prevent disease causing secretions and injuries seen on stock exchanges and livery stables and require similar upkeep to plank floors.
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J. W. Warwick
Stock Exchange
Earth Beds for Hogs From The Farmers Journal
An old swine care note emphasizes feeding hogs grass and limited corn for health and economy. It advocates a sunlit dirt floor bed, space to enlarge as hogs fatten, and year round bedding stored for winter use, claiming natural dust bedding stays comfortable and healthy.
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Farmers’ Journal
Farming a Noble Occupation in The Rural New Yorker
The piece argues farming is more than manual labor. It defines farming as brains in action, healthful surroundings, and the peak of manufacturing and commerce shaping world markets and policy. It links farmer success to market awareness, supply and demand, and civic influence through healthy population.
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New-Yorker
Tming
Lack of System and Its Time Saving Power
A reflective piece urges daily discipline and steady work to avoid wasted time. It warns that disorganization lets minutes slip away, delaying tasks like sewing a counterpane. It notes how households slip into disorder when routines fail and days become barren.
Love and Duty in Marital Service Says Boston Wives
A Boston Globe essay argues true wifely love cannot be bought with pay and salary. It urges wives to forsake mercenary motives, to devote themselves as partners who endure toil, resist disillusion, and elevate domestic virtue above money.
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Boston Globe
Tennyson
Locksley
Discourse on Woman's Work in Standard Magazine
The piece argues that a woman should not be overburdened by household labor, urging moderation and system to avoid a life as a perpetual treadmill. It stresses health, youth, and the role of a rested, intelligent partner as wife and mother.
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Standard Magazine
Cure For Nose-Bleed Practical Remedy From 19th Century Journal
A medical note by Prof John Chiene suggests stopping nasal bleeding by firmly pinching the nose with finger and thumb to block air flow through the nasal cavity. If applied persistently this simple method can arrest hemorrhage before more invasive measures are used.
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John Chiene
Penne Medical Journal
Air blockage halts nasal hemorrhage by stabilizing clot
The text explains a nasal bleed persists as a clot is displaced by air drawn through the nasal cavity. If air is prevented from passing through the cavity the clot consolidates and the hemorrhage stops.
Picturesque and Artistic Fabrics Adorn New York Post Display
The piece extols chine and grace silks as picturesque and artistic, with soft delicate colors and floral patterns. It praises dove gray and wallflower grounds, brocaded weaves, and brocade details, suggesting tea parties and garden gatherings as stylish occasions.
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New York Post
Dolly Varden
How to Keep Eggs From Spoiling
A New York Tribune note outlines two preservation methods. First mix three gallons water one pint lime and half a pint salt and store fresh eggs in sound shells. correct ratios prevent shell damage or yolk hardening, keeping eggs a year or more. Second boil eggs briefly and pack in oats, end down, in a barrel with oats layered to fully cover, shaking gently to settle. this method preserves eggs for about a year.
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New York Tribune
Parisian Women as Artful Beauties of Will and Style
A London World writer lauds Parisian beauty as born of intellect and effort, praising Rachel and Sarah Bernhardt as icons. The piece argues Parisiennes blend classical influence with modern refinement, creating living art through deliberate personal reform and cultural inspiration.
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London
Rachel
Corinth
Syracuse
Coyseaax
Gavar
Louvre Museum
Aspasias
Phrynes
Girton College
Sarah Bernhardt
Phedre
Sarah
Esine Eemiptons
Turkish Minister Tevfik Pasha Shares Oriental Humor
The Turkish Minister in Washington Tevfik Pasha dispenses a wary, humorous view of Greece and the harem. He explains polygamy limits, lawful remarriage rules, and how rural life shapes practice in Asiatic Turkey. A parable about early prayers at St. Sophia ends with a comic lesson.
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New York Mail and Express
Tevfik Pasha
Washington
The
Mail and Express
Turkey
Greece
Cosshactinaei
Constantinople
St. Sophia
Vanderbilts Greatest Trouble Revealed In Sea Captain Talk
William H. Vanderbilt shares a comic yet telling confession with Capt. Thompson aboard the steamship Germanic. He laments that people mistake his riches and constantly offer to form partnerships to make him even wealthier, finding it tiresome.
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New York Times
William H. Vanderbilt
Thompson
Germanac
Mr. Vanderbilt
Doctors treasure income across European capitals and Ohio prize note
The text contrasts medical densities and fees in London, Vienna, and Paris noting London one per 3 000, Vienna one per 1 500 with smaller fees, cites Six Spencer Wells earning up to 50 000 or 40 000 for single operations, mentions Dr Pean with 140 000 Drahemenes and J Roberle earning 100 000 for aiding a Spanish princess, and states Ohio offers a prize for the best centennial celebration plan in 1238.
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London
Vienna
Spencer Wells
Paris
Dr. Pean
J. Roberle
Strasburg
Ohio
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P. D. Penhallow
Vanderbilt
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