Winter Dairying and Potato Storage Advice for Farmers
Winter dairying yields far less butter than summer, but profitable free butter production in winter is evident from statistics. Advice on potato storage notes rot increases with rainfall and shallow planting. deep planting and early harvest help. Poultry rations from Prof Gilbert emphasize balanced winter feeds at Ottawa station, with salt used by some and avoided by others. practice varies by farm.
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United States
Gilbert
Profensor Gilbert
Ottawa Experiment Station
How to Build a Superior Dairy Herd Through Culling
The article advises dairymen to name and manage cows, cull the poor ones, and keep only high quality herd stock from recognized breeds. Develop heifers to age two then three and a half, avoid dry periods, and pace introductions to build a profitable, superior dairy herd.
Padding Trees Before Setting Revealed by H.2 Vanden Deman
The article explains padding roots before transplanting to improve moisture and nutrient uptake. Dig a two foot by one foot hole, fill with water, create a sticky mud from clay and soil, and dip trimmed roots into it. Reapply mud if it dries and replant promptly. Cabbage and sweet potato plants begin new growth quickly after mud treatment.
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Evor
H. 2
van Deman
New England
Rail Fence Lines Fade Yet Persist Across the Nation
The piece notes that the Virginian zigzag rail fence era has passed, yet many such fences remain not only in Virginia but across the United States, surviving in diverse landscapes and locales amid changing agricultural and architectural fashions.
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Virginia
Progressive fences replace old weed choked boundaries
Prong H. Sweet argues in the Epitomint that old zigzag fences overgrown with weeds and poison ivy hinder farming. He urges replacing them with straight boards or wire to reduce weed seed spread, improve cultivation, and boost farm value by about 26 percent.
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H. Sweet
Selecting Good Reed for Planting in Fall Field Work
The writer W B Lansing urges farmers to select superior seed for cotton and corn in fall while in the field. He advises sampling ears and bulbs, choosing the best stalks and ears, and sorting seed to improve yield by 26 to 40 percent. He cautions against relying on others and stresses yearly seed selection and balanced fertilizer.
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W. B. Lansing
Poultry Notes Warn About Grain, Eggs and Housing
Poultry guidance covers feeding by time of day and grain type, egg storage without male birds extending freshness, caution against grease on chicks, need for dry quarters to prevent damp roosts, and dangers from wet yards and cold. Advice also covers breeding stock timing, proper dressing of fowls, crop bound birds, and salt-packed eggs for midwinter freshness.
Young Officer Hero of Harbor Rescue by George Dewey
An aging naval officer recalls a storm at Marseilles when a young midshipman named George Dewey volunteered to swim ashore with a line to secure a breakwater hawser. Against orders, he risked punishment to aid the ship, returning triumphant after completing the rescue. The tale frames Dewey’s early courage over four decades prior.
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Tls Rolenne
Marseilles
France
Alps
Switzerland
Offier
Offcer
Othcer
George Dewey
Jew's Harp Types and Trade Across Regions
The cheapest Jew's harps come from Germany and Anatria while finer grades are made in England. Two thirds of production are England, harps range 11-4 to 4 inches, with larger orders occasionally. Some are musical, some toys, and they appear in mining regions of the American south and west where Hungarian labor is common.
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Germany
Anatria
England
Ad-ineh
America
Coal Mining In China Dominates Mineral Output Yet Low
Coal takes first place among China's minerals with vast fields said to rival all global coal reserves, but production remains trifling due to difficult access and water in mines. Mining relies on shallow pits and horizontal adits with major fields in Shansi Suchwan and Kweichou.
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Hon
China
Shansi
Suchwau
Kweichou
The Panctuation Points Children's Verse
A playful verse titled The Panctuation Points lists six little marks from school and their guiding roles in reading and writing. The lines humorously describe commas periods and other marks as tiny guardians of voice and meaning, urging careful study and practice.
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Nicholas
One of America's Poets Joseph Rodman Drake
Trenton American profiles Joseph Rodman Drake, born in New York City in 1796 and died at 25 in 1821. He penned The American Flag and The Culprit Fay, rose from clerk to literary figure with early works and a life marked by family losses and friendship with Wits-Greene Halleck. Drake married Eckford, a shipbuilder's daughter, before his death in New Jersey.
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America
Joseph Rodman Drake
Chia
New York City
Sir Francis Drake
Funous
Pilgrim Fathers
Boston
New York
Drake
Washington
Witz-Greene Halleck
Strange Hotbed Misadventure Reveals Bed Erasure Tale
A New York Tribune anecdote recounts a country guest boy placed in a bed while the farmer’s wife discovers him sleeping on the floor. The scene shows the child’s confusion over rooms beds and ownership, ending with the bed being claimed as his rightful place. The farmer’s wife gently explains the bed’s purpose as she settles him in.
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Tribune Freak Air Fund
New York ‘Tribune
Fishes of the Air and Amphibious Fish Lore
A short piece contrasts a boy who dislikes fishing with a scene on a Chicago lakefront. It highlights tropical fishes and notes amphibious species with air storehouses that can survive on land, mentioning their value to Indian markets and the ease of market use.
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Illinois Central
India
Remarkable Fish Abilities Include Tree Climbing and Dryland Crawling
A naturalist described fish with astonishing traits. The climbing perch advances by shifting its fins to ascend trees when pools dry. The protopterus buries in river mud to endure drought, surfacing when water returns. Fiji air fishes crawl on land, while a Chicago Recital recounts a storm that showers travelers with falling fish.
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Dalilorf
India
Fiji Islands
Tudin
Chicago Recovil
The Turkey. Origin native to the New World debated in early text
The article argues the turkey is indigenous to the New World, with evidence from its absence in Eastern sources and later appearance in Europe after American discovery. It describes wild American turkeys as larger, hardier, and prized by natives who hunt them for food and robes.
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Turkey
Poultry Yard
Enet
America
England
France
Henry Villand Vianvis I
Europe
Canada
Maou
German crime defined by Bowery congressman Tim Campbell
A quotable line from a Bowery congressman defining a foreign crime as a person taking a house lease without the emperor's consent. The exchange involves a reader asking about a new crime in Germany called lens majesty and the reply explains the term as a foreign offense.
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Tim Campbell
The
Bowery
Onon
Germany
Mike
Hair Vigor Promises Quick Hair Restoration and Praise
Advertises Hair Vigor as a solution for short thin or split hair that falls out. Claims users are highly pleased and tell friends, and suggests it restores dark color to gray hair, recalling past vitality.
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Ayer
Dream Reveals Tragic Find At Almond Water
A Renharimber named McPar lane vanished years ago and no trace was found until a brother in law dreamed of the missing man near Almond Water. Investigators followed footprints in the snow to the frozen river where they found the man standing upright in the ice. The dream sparked a local sensation.
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McParlane
St. Louis Star
Transmission of no military secrets regret
Fragmentary notice records a censor addressing telegraph transmission limits for military secrets. It mentions Pocahontas Totacco Worke Lo Bedford City Nawapaney and a general in command, with an implied restriction on sharing sensitive information. The text reads like a wartime censorship directive with unclear details and multiple misread names.
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Pocahontas ‘Totacco Worke Lo
Bedford City
Nawapaney
Beauty Is Blood Deep and the Cure Featured
An 1900s style advertisement touts Discorets a beauty treatment to purify blood and improve complexion. Claims promise clear skin by liver stimulation and elimination of pimples blotches and brickheads as druggists offer the product with satisfaction guaranteed. Also notes a domestic dispute involving Close and his wife in Indianapolis Journal gossip.
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Fanny
Close
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