Judge Wetmore's Virginia Farms Tour and Legacy
The Cornucopia editor visits Judge L. D. Wetmore’s Pembroke dairy farms in Virginia, touring stables, silos, wells, and canals. The narrative notes 2,500 acres, multiple silos, a 54 by 18 by 32 foot silo, and enhanced facilities on three farms, including Bay View and Donation Tract. It cites Wetmore’s health purpose, climate praise, and plans for continued improvements and future visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornucopia
Norfolk
Pembroke Station
Judge Wetmore
Gyanhaven Waters
Warren
Virginia
Pembroke
Munro
England
Lyonhaven
Somerville
Bay View
Chesapeake Bay
Lynnhaven Bay
United States
Maine
Florida
Bulding
Mic
Jersey
Halstein
Wilk
Gudge
Mtr
Washington
Musre
Jack the Varmint Hunter of Shiloh and His Feuds
A narrator recalls Jack a famed varmint hunter in Shiloh, a neighborhood near a family farm. Jack avoided Methodist and Whig cabins, scorned a local Whig, yet attended the Shiloh meeting house and visited the narrator’s family. The piece notes local tensions and doubtful morals within the Presbyterian figure and his selective associations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Shiloh
Presbyterian
William Young
William
Duck
What the Farmers See on the McKinley Tariff Effects
The Chicago Tribune Rep argues Western farmers cannot find gains in the McKinley tariff plan. They see no market expansion for wheat or pork and note only favored firms benefit. Wool prices fall as duties rise, and farmers perceive no relief in buying costs.
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McKinley
Blaine
Chicago Tribune
Dr Pierce and Sage Cure Claims for Health and Breath
An early 20th century advertorial urges fair women to use Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery to cleanse the liver and purify the blood, promising rosy complexion and cheerful temper. It then promotes Dr Sage's catarrh remedy to end offensive breath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
Hawk
Dr. Sage
Warning to American Bismarks on Johnson Poem Satire
A long critique notes how Oswald Ottendorfer describes Bismarck's falling star and urges U S leaders like Speaker Reed and prominent Pennsylvania and New York figures to heed the German chancellor's decline. It jokes about public opinion, newspapers, and political futures while invoking Quay and Platt and ends with a quip about luck and leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Johnson
Charles
Bismarck
Oswald Ottendorfer
Johnson
Juvenal
Bistiarek
Reed
Oftendorfer
Portland
Maine
United States
Pennsylvania
New York
Messrs. Quay
Platt
Friedrichsruhes
Lochiel House
Susquehannah
New York Express
John Oukhhurst
Buffalo Corner
Medical ad promises radical cures with thirty years' experience
An advertisement claims expertise in diagnosing kidney, liver, bladder and heart diseases as well as female weakness and chronic conditions. It offers a candid prognosis for a radical cure at no cost with no examinations required, asking patients to provide age and illness duration and to address the ad at a specified location.
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Hug
Root
M.C
Pram Sr
Doctors mistaken heart disease claim and old remedy note
A Rockport Mississippi reader recalls overcharges and mistaken diagnoses. Jennie Poor recounts a 200 bill for heart disease that doctors said would kill her, while a grandmother attributed it to liver complaint and claimed 2.00 worth of sulphur bitters cured her.
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Jennie Poor
Rockport
Also Mentioned on This Page
L. D. Wetmore
Virginia Farms
G. W. Retumiter
Delamater
Quay
Pattison
Henry Co Ey
Aepublican
Penola
Natios
Lea
Harper’s Weekly
Luan
J. K. Ronne
Ory Street
A. Farqumar Co. Biswas
Peninsylvania Agriclys
Tawal Works
York
Omars
C.&e.bartsch
Water Street
Diamond Block
Humphrey & Nemoyer
Episcopal Church
W. W. Freeman
Hazeltine
Sten
Feems Gardens
Water &T
Pittsburgh
F. & Fowler
Moodus, Conn
Merck Drug Store
Morris & Mullen
Morek Drug Store
Scofield Block
H. B. Rickards & CO
Franklin, Pa
Sa - Ofasood
Sapoli
Sapolio
Greenland
Berckey & Gay Furniture
Grand Rapids
Nelson Greenland Undertaker
Exchange Block
Warren, Pa
Boston
Warren Co
Water St
Anon D
Oxford
Centaur Company
Murray Street
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