How and When to Plant Corn and Poultry Practices
Guidance on corn planting times and soil preparation with emphasis on moisture, fertilization, deep breaking, and drill versus broadcast manuring. Also covers killing and plucking poultry, cross breeding for market, a Lancaster lightning calculator, and Hamlin converting a political foe through aPass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamlin
Hlanibal Hamlin
Hampden
Fortress Monroe
Secretary of War
Jim
Squire
Mr. Stanton
Maine
Mr. Hamlin
New York Times
St Louis Not a Literary Center Says Local Critic
A St Louis man notes the city lags in literature for sale and ownership. He cites few bookstores and libraries stocked with classic sets and outdated volumes while residents often borrow from public libraries rather than buy. He laments the city’s slim reading culture and calls out pretentious library displays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Dickens
Thackeray
Motley
The
Dutch Republic
Prescott
Byron
Shakespeare
Moore
Scott
St. Louis Republic
Pneumatic Tools Reshape Calking and Stone Cutting
The use of compressed air in calking and stone cutting boosts efficiency. In Britain and the United States, pneumatic rotary tools assist ship boiler work. A calking tool uses a vibratory back and forth motion at about 15 000 strokes per minute with 40 psi air pressure driving a plunger 1 to 3 inches in diameter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
New York Journal
A Strange Orchestra at a Pennsylvania Prison
A large prison orchestra in Pennsylvania performs nightly for about 300 inmates who never see each other. The unique ensemble is among the world’s largest and the inmates are allowed to cultivate music, with concerts from 6 to 7 each evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
London
An Advantage The Carpenters Make a Fearful Racket
A Madame notes the noisy carpenters laying floors while a Monsieur counters that the racket has advantages as the clamor keeps plumbers awake, quoted from Harper's Bazar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monsieur
Harper's Bazar
CHANGED SOULS AND A KANSAS GIRL MIRROR LIFE
A northwest Kansas girl Mary Vennum of Rawlins County reportedly lived two lives after cataleptic fits, appearing as the dead Koff daughter and rejoining the Koff household with memories of the other girl. Occultists cite thought transference as a possible explanation. A Chicago Herald note accompanies the tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Northwest
Mary Vernum
Rawlins County
Vennum
Koff
Mary
Mary Vennum
Koffs
Mary Koff
Mrs. Koff
Gyp
Col
Chicago Herald
Etiquette in the Country Observed in Java Wyoming
A Buffalo Enquirer report notes country etiquette differs locally. An out of town man recalls Wyoming county youths exiting church, keeping bets until sweethearts appear, one enduring five minutes in sun before finally donning a hat for his beloved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Java
Wyoming County
Buffalo Enquirer
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Wright
W P. White
Liberty Square
Lancaster City
White
George White
Willie
Little Gazette
Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn
New York Herald
France
Texas
Mercer
Edo T
Sulpaun Birrees
Boston
Mass
Reco
A. P. Ordway & CO
Kendalls
Kendall
BeivErnon
B. J. Kexvarn
A. Curl
Gurmantown
Enesburgh Falls
Thado
Eugene Dewitt
Wm. Spinner
RIN
Oneida Valley
Pune
Emda
Mypclass
Mullen
Morris & Mullen
Ozzon
N.K Wendelboe
N. K Wendelboe’s
Liberty Street
N. K. Wendelbon
Warren
Wendelboe
Boston Shoe Store
Diamond Block
Penn’s
Everybody's Business
NEW Furniture Store
Warren, PA
the Diamond Furniture CO
N. Qreenland
Berckey & Gay Furniture
Grand Rapids
Nelson Greenland Undertaker and Embalmer
Exchange Block
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