Domestic Economy Lessons From Aunt Abby
Mrs Lorton struggles to economize as Aunt Abby shares practical, witty guidance on thrift. They discuss avoiding wasteful habits, the pitfalls of overmatching outfits, and the danger of spreading luxuries beyond a modest income. The talk blends humor with hard economy, urged by the moral: true economy means durability and harmony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Lorton
Abby
Lyons
Belle
Ah Wang
Chu Wah
Lang Fu
Mary EE
Fishing for Peacock in a Deserted Palace Garden
The narrator recalls campaign days with the Turkish army in Trans Caucasus provinces, entering Minerelia’s capital Sugdidi after a battle, finding it deserted. With Turkish sentries guarding entrances, he climbs a wall to fish a young princess pea fowl from the garden using a hook and line, aided by bread in his pocket, then dines with Omar Pasha after suggesting he try a fowl. A Maine bibliographer catalogs three thousand titles by Maine authors or printed in Maine and continues collecting.
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Trans-Caucasus
Sugdidi
Minerelia
Ingour
Dadiani
Omar Pasha
Blackwood
Magiazine
Hands That Tell a Life in Work and Love
The piece surveys how hands reveal trades, ages, and character from carpenter to musician, farmer to seamstress, noting aging stages from baby soft to worn and the enduring vitality of loving hands. It blends reflections on hands with maritime wreck anecdotes and a critique of sensational fiction versus real news stories.
Practical Poetry Advice for Agriturrists From Longfellow Hiawatha
The Des Moines Register endorses Longfellow's Hiawatha as a practical farm guide. It cites the corn allegory where Mondamin's burial and resurrection symbolize planting and cultivating for abundant crops. The piece argues poets like Whittier and Bryant blend verse with real-world agricultural knowledge for a prosperous nation.
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Whittier
Longfellow
Bryant
Goldsmith
Hiawatha
Mondamin
Lonefellow
Des Moines Register
SEA ROMANCES. Actual Catastrophes And Ocean Mysteries
A fragment from a sea oriented feature recalls mutinies disappearances and wrecks that haunt sailors. It mentions brutal captains, hidden oaths, and a waterlogged French brigantine where the captain, mate, and their young son perish after deliberate refusals to abandon ship.
Principle of Lecturers Wealth and Charity
A sketch of John B. Gough recalls his stance against lecturing for free or at cut rates for charitable causes. The piece argues lecturers are merchants of their craft and must set fair prices to sustain themselves and their families. It cites Edwin P. Whipple and George William Curtis on mercenary pressure and the dangers of accepting wrapped gifts or half-price deals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Gough
Father Mathew
Sheepskin
Gough
Lyceum
Edwin P. Whipple
George William Curtis
Harper's Magazine
Home and Farm: Grafting, Calves, and Cooking Notes
Readers receive a blend of rural guidance from various papers. Topics cover grafted trees needing sucker removal, calf feeding ethics, and quick healthful recipes. Practical gardening tips alongside agricultural advisories from Troy Times Boston Globe Chicago Journal and Louisville Courier-Journal noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy Times
Boston Globe
Chicago Journal
Boston
Louisville Courier-Journal
Surah Dresses and Silk Surahs for Summer Fashions
Silk surahs dominate summer dresses both indoors and out, paired with canvas and plaid or striped surahs for basques and skirts. Descriptions detail blue and white surahs with blue canvas sleeves, aprons, and high-plaited drapery. beaded trims, ribbons, and gilt tassels. Black surah dresses feature white silk vests, pale olive or copper hues, and garnet passementerie. Designs emphasize colorful, plaited basques, sashes, and draped second skirts with intricate trimming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah
Best Paint for Barns Says Metallic Mix Outshines Others
A columnist from the Tribune argues metallic paint combined with linseed oil is the best barn coating. The dark reddish brown finish blends with fields, chemically bonds to wood, lasts over ten years, resists soil stains, and is fireproof. It is inexpensive and easy to apply, while condemning lead paints for adulteration and cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Prolific Sweet Potato Cultivation and Varieties
A detailed horticultural note by dlenary Stewart in N. Y. Tomes explains the sweet potato Batatas edulis as a highly nutritious tuber thriving in the Northern and Southern States. It covers varieties such as long red and oval red, soil needs, ideal practices, seed bed setup, and yields including Early Nansemond’s impressive per acre output.
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Batatas
New Jersey
South
Dlenary Stewart
N. Y. Tomes
Rubber Type Process Described for Making Durable Type
A detailed method explains forming rubber type by casting plaster molds from clean type, using a rubber sheet, and curing with controlled sulfur treatments. The process covers plaster preparation, mold hardening, rubber vulcanization, and post treatment in alkaline wash to finalize the reusable type.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Chicago
Inter Ucvan
Colorings and cures echo in old ads and notices
A collage of vintage advertisements and clippings extols hair dye Buckinghams, Ayer's Pills, Athlophoros, and Dr Pierce products. Mentions include N C Picayune, V Y Telegram, Fall River Advertiser, Boston Globe, and Crow tribe death. Highlights medical claims and tongue in cheek quips about juries and substitutes.
Quack Cures and Remedies Parade in Ad Snippet
An OCR fragment lists various cures and claims from patent medicines and tonics. It promotes Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery, Dr Pierce’s Pellets, Red Clover Tonic, Price’s Toothache Drops, Glenn’s Sulphur Soap, German Corn Remover, Dr Isaac Thompson’s Eye Water, and Telegraph operators on tick life. The tone mimics 19th century patent medicine advertising with numerals and endorsements.
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Pierce
Price
Glenn
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