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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1886
Page
4
An extended extract contrasts Montenegrin women's hard labor, virtues, and embroidery skills with a British observer's view of social after-dinner dullness. It notes sexism, paternal control, and limited education, alongside evolving female literacy and hospitality duties, ending with a craft lesson for decorative fabric painting.
The article explains a costume decoration method for various fabrics priced for fashion. It notes velvet offers a handsome void effect while satin and Henrietta present a finer look suitable for trims on dresses. It begins with material preparation and steps for execution.
A Baltimore social roundup lists Elizabeth Garrett and numerous prominent women with fortunes from one to thirty million dollars. It details Drexel and Hitchcock heiresses, Mrs. Stewart, Mrs. Reid, Mrs. Hopkins, Mrs. Minturn, John Hay’s wife, and others, noting real estate, mines, and investments underpinning their wealth.
French poultry breeder M. E. Leroy criticizes fancy foreign breeds for profit farming. He argues local breeds like Houdans and Dorkings deteriorate outside their native climates, urging renewals by fresh imports and favoring incubators over hens for hatching. He downplays Brahmas Cochins and Japanese fowls, praises Lingshan, Spanish, and Hamburg varieties for specific traits, and recommends hardy baradoor fowls for broad suitability.
The article praises barn door fowls for morning activity and field readiness. It advises selecting top specimens for breeding and occasional crossbreeding with Bankiva, Indian game, or large English game cocks to boost vitality. The keeper notes these birds suit omelettes and roast, claiming only the barn door hen excels for farm needs.
Exhaustive reports from seven hundred correspondents show New England and New York potato yields about one third below average, with some regions worse due to rot. Vermont, New York shipping counties, and parts of Connecticut report significant losses while Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island see better crops. Prices vary by region and plans to ship via a St Johns river bridge and heated cars are discussed. Farmers may hold good stock amid rot and potential February price shifts.
An English florist prescribes rose bed depth of two to three feet and details a method of trenching a shallow soil, layering old pasture soil, and letting grass and clay integrate. He notes clay at the bottom helps moisture storage, and explains topdressing with pulverized clay in winter. He also advises manure types by soil, and burying and mixing clay with loam before planting before Christmas.
A Western Rural correspondent outlines a calf raising plan to avoid selling to butchers. Start with three days of cow suckling, then transition to a milk and hay tea mix, gradually replacing milk with hay tea. Add small amounts of mill stuff if needed. keep calves growing for future value.
In 1882 Richburg and Bolivar in New York's Alleghency oil district flourished like Leadville but vanished, leaving dusty rails, empty hotels with owls for guests, stray bears near deserted streets, and rivers that once raged now only foam on rocks.
The largest likely world’s oldest fig tree in the Cuapucin Monastery garden at Boscoff, planted in 1621, covers 484 square meters and could shelter 200 people.
A broad sale list highlights Walter A Wood Enclosed-gear Mowing Machine at $65 with optional Reaper attachment, W Anson Woods mower at $63, Meadow King at $60, and Chase Taylor Co spring-tooth harrow at $20. Also featuring Oliver and Wiard plows, cultivators, rakes, wagons, fencing, cement, paints, stoves, ranges, a Hartford sewing machine, hardware for various trades, and cash-friendly low prices.
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