Farmer Ways Boost Dairy and Crops Across Seasons
A rural column covers dairy care with emphasis on good breeding, proper feeding, and clean coördination of milk quality. It explains cow udder structure, corn yield improvement through better land management, windbreaks in winter, and the value of using good tools and one confident seed planting advice from experts. It closes with tree planting benefits and cautions about seed fakery.
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Brea Grundy
New Yorker
New England
Miller
The
Agricultural College
T. B. Terry
Professor Brown
Ontario Agricultural College
Washing Out the Stomach Symptom Practice
The article explains stomach irrigation to cleanse and refresh the organ. It notes repeated filling with water until clear, sometimes with medical solutions, and mentions chronic gastric catarrh with mucus and fermentation. It references routine practice and patient adaptation with a physician’s guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. E
Seed buyers warned against imitation and spurious varieties
The article warns readers about seed sellers exaggerating claims of freshness and true to name stock. It recounts trouble with imitations of a variety sold at high prices and urges caution against fraudulent seeds and novelty names.
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W. Vos
Beekman
I . Ob
A Good Suggestion on Marriage Duty and Abuse
The text argues husbands must secure a stable livelihood for wife and child and not sacrifice present welfare for a possible future. It condemns neglect that harms daily life and condemns wife beating as part of brutal conduct, though it emphasizes subtler forms of moral deprivation as worse.
Depopulated by Disease in New England Towns
An essayist cites a Boston business man and farmer critic by example how poor health habits and crowded living conditions spread consumption. He notes dry healthful Massachusetts towns suffer rapid deaths, blaming airing neglect, greasy meals, and quack medicines as driving factors in decline and death.
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New England
Boston
Massachusetts
Importance of Changes of Clothing from a 19th Century Letter
A reader argues clothing care is vital for health, stressing that washed garments avoided wind and sun exposure may harbor impurities. A long anecdote follows about a Tennessee evangelist and a lazy thief, ending with a slave narrator recounting a moral tale of Satan and money temptations.
Chilidran'as Costumes Promote Warm Light Clothing
The article extols light warm children's wear using flannel or wool next to the skin to ward off chills. It praises current fashion with high dresses and long sleeves, bans low necks and bare arms, and stresses warmth and dryness for children’s feet.
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Chilidran
Muffy
Boas
Feeding Wild Birds Custom Attracts Birds And Squirrels
An English family feeds wild birds after breakfast by ringing a bell from the dining room window. Birds arrive immediately and, at times, as many as seven squirrels appear at the feeding place. The New York Graphic notes the scene as a curious social outcome.
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New York Graphic
A Complete Nove After Ame lie Rives
Miss Barbarity Pompadour returns to her Virginia home on a stormy night. She confronts memories of Valentine and encounters his cousin Dock Jeering, whose resemblance and charm rekind her passion. Amid tempest and guilt she drifts between past and new longing, culminating in a dramatic reunion.
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Valentine
Val
Dock
New York
Barbarity
Virginia
Etelenne
Renbney
Saas Bo
What a Whang Really Is In a Suburban Tale
In Lewis ton a suburb housewife hosts an afternoon party called a whang. Women, curious and eager in their best dress, debate its meaning. The event begins around 1 p m with speculation that it might be a quilting bee or a simple cleaning gathering.
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Lewiston
Itu
Ian
Lost Locomotive and Quicksand Dangers in Rail Crossing
Railroad contractor H L Carter recounts crossing quicksands on the Kangay Pacific and Atchison Topeka routes from Western Kansas to the mountains. He notes failed piles and earth fills, the only crossing being costly short truss bridges, and recalls a freight engine sinking near River Bend, Denver, never recovered. He praises mules for cautious footing and quick instinct against unsound ground.
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Kangay Pacific
Atchison, Topeka
Uta Fe
H. L. Carter
St. Joseph
Union
Kansas
Rocky Mountains
River Bend
Denver
Séroue
The Vampire of Roumania in Blackwood's Magazine
In nosferatu lore a Roumanian peasant fears undead danger and a plague like smallpox. The article describes vampire habits, contagion, and traditional remedies such as staking, decapitation, heart removal, and cremation to halt the undead threat.
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Roumania
Blackwood’s Magazine
In the Dark. Von Mohl Refuses Title for Democratic Convictions
The recently deceased Von Mohl of Stuttgart, over eighty, renounced his title in defiance of royal authority. A New York Tribune anecdote recalls his absent mindedness and quick recollection, showing a dramatic shift from Prussian hostility to a bold, democratic stance. He was a bitter foe of Prussia and lifelong opponent of the Hohenzollerns.
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von Mohl
Stuttgart
Prussia
Hohenzollerns
New York Tribune
Roverage
Raven Leslie
Nubia Tree Insects Create Whistling Acacia Fistula
In Nubia groves of acacia stretch over vast plains. The acacia fistula, called soffar in Arabic, is noted as the most conspicuous species. Insect activity causes white shoots to swell into globular bladders about an inch in diameter, the hole allowing the insect to emerge, giving a musical hum.
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Nubia
Schweinfurth
Fragmentary verse fragment hints at love and speech
A scrambled, partial text hints at themes of love, life, and speaking to others. Names and clear facts are unreadable, leaving a fragmentary reflection that evokes personal connection and restraint in expression.
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Edward Burnett
Biagio
Abe Wesennetal
Inarth
Hersel
Satan
Tennessee
Hiv
Tam
Ole Satan
Mr. Satan
Las
F. Marster
Britches
Iis
Gov. Lalla
Montana
Texas
Buizzakipa
Brazzaroro
Copei
Frona W
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