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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1888
Page
3
Scabby legs in fowls are caused by a tiny mite and treated with kerosene and lard ointment. caged birds need cleaning. The notes urge straw and oats for idle horses, cabbage seedling beds with hot manure, tar seed coating for corn, bean planting methods, and general farming tips including pruning, fertilizing, and keeping birds healthy. It compiles several 19th century agricultural observations and methods from multiple sources.
The article notes two or three counties in Western New York where beans are cultivated extensively, enriching farmers through sales. It questions why this crop dominates despite similar soils and climates elsewhere, asserting beans fix nitrogen from the atmosphere and suggesting vines feed to sheep.
A Wisconsin agricultural experiment station study found that cutting eyes to plant larger prepared seed yields a higher percentage of early marketable potatoes than planting whole seed. Four varieties tested showed consistent gains in favor of large prepared seed, with best results from fresh cut seed.
Dexter foaled 1858 in New York bred by Jonathan Hawkins. Bought for 400 by George Alley and trained by Hiram Woodruff, he posted mile heats in 2:44 and 2:31, then set a 2:17 record at Buffalo Pars. Owner Robert Bonner later paid 45 000 for the horse citing its endurance and prestige amid modern trotting advances.
Edward D. Hogan leaped from a balloon near Jackson Michigan with the parachute closed and the chute opened at about 200 to 300 feet. The descent slowed as the parachute finally caught air and Hogan landed safely in a distant open field after about three minutes.
Professor Bickmore spoke in New York about South American howlers. Monkeys travel in groups with a champion howler in each group who faces rivals and the chorus erupts, heard two to three miles away. They favor bananas, green corn, and breadfruit in dense forests.
An estimate places 12 million Protestants and 7 million Roman Catholics in the United States, reflecting the distribution of major faiths amid broader religious diversity. The figures appear as a statistical note rather than a full survey result, highlighting historical religious demographics.
A Bohemian clock winder Nicola Boraska works in Chicago for seventeen years tending family clocks from oil country immigrants. With skill in repair he keeps customers in Bohemian North Robey Street, where clocks and gossip mix in a steady income since the great fire. A sharp buyer also purchases discarded clothing from a Calumet avenue house, turning dresses and shoes into fresh garments for resale. A barber William Whelan earns thirty dollars monthly by visiting private homes, shaving, grooming, and caring for children, building a private clientele of notable families.
A Pittsburg Dispatch letter describes Mexican cooking implements and practices. It details earthen stoves with charcoal, drying jerky meat, fierce native pepper, and household mills for corn to make tortillas. It notes the Aztec similarity and mentions pulque and mescal stored in goatskins.
The article notes the high cost and foreign origin of seed varieties. German farms grow vast acreages of flowers and seeds such as pansies and chrysanthemums. Seeds are harvested, contracted, and shipped in bulk to Europe, then reboxed for U S sale. Some seeds fetch extraordinary prices, like $75 per name unit, with rare strains valued far above gold.
A Western Maine town hosted a literary entertainment with a bung whittling contest for women. Contestants shaped square wood pieces into bung vessels for a stone jug, prizes awarded for best and poorest replicas, and the works were sold at auction. Some pieces resembled poems, others were bloody, and one could keep molasses in a jug.
A report states that alleged orange dealers used a small syringe and colored syrup to transform ordinary fruit into a blood orange. The claim centers on illicit fruit alteration and related activities.
A compilation of oddities notes animals as mammals, long rivers lack islands, Danish girls trained in farming, a one horsepower machine powering watches, a LA officer’s lasso aid, French cuisine tastes differ, the Fred Billings ship at 2600 tons, bees and honey production facts, a British census printing bid declined, Tallahassee land sinking near a cabin, a 104 year old Paris parrot, a St Louis chiropist’s tongue trick, a Tusenlocsi kitchen fire scare, Queen Victoria’s language quirks, Bradford blind jeweler’s touch repair, a Logansport clay pipe found in 1847 building, the leather-clad Old Leather Man of New York, Alexander Moul’s curious currency with wild hog seal and Spanish milled dollars.
A New York Sun article describes ultra small scales that weigh fractions of a milligram, capable of weighing a signature or an eyelash. The device fascinates money brokers and autograph collectors, with one sale to a wealthy collector who aims to publish a pamphlet detailing famous signatures.
Bridget informs the caller the landlord is at the door with a rent receipt while a lady at home manages the interruption. The scene hints at domestic routine and tension as a landlord arrives during a private moment.
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