Mercury and Potash Worse Than Contagious Blood Poison
Bowling Green Kentucky resident D M Sanders recounts four years of worsening symptoms from Contagious Blood Poison treated with Mercury in Hot Springs and by physicians. He cites four months costly treatment with no relief before using 8.8.8 which allegedly cured him in six months with no relapse for two years.
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Bowling Green
Mitchell House
Hot Springs
D. M. Sanders
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
Grass and forage report from Fort Hays branch tests
The Kansas experiment station details Fort Hays trials on Bromus inermis noting late spring growth and longer pasture. seed quality and testing are crucial. Millets show little advantage over Kaffir corn in drought, rape needs rain, and Kansas stock melon yields are large and hardy with a dense rind to store over winter.
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Kansas Experiment Station
Fort Hays
Kansas
Local Pride and Rural Prosperity Report
A National Stockman correspondent notes strong local pride in western towns and rising eastern interest as lands turn cheap and promising. An Belleville New York farmer earned 1400 dollars from a small farm with 1000 hens last year, suggesting shifting economics and optimism in New York.
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Belleville
N. Y
New York
How to ward off swarms of pests in summer homes
A reader notes that a barrel of stagnant water or a half open cistern near barns breeds mosquitoes and a heap of manure near stables sends forth flies. The commentary warns these pests invade indoors if not kept under control.
Roots and tubers as winter calf feed advised
Farm Journal urges using roots and tubers to boost calf and sheep diets in winter. Turnips artichokes and beets are cheap supplements and can allow half grain rations. Animals tire of dry feed in cold months and respond to succulent options.
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Cor
Farm Journal
Discovery claims long term vegetable preservation by hot air
A recent report describes sterilizing vegetables with hot air to preserve them indefinitely. Corn peas string beans and lima beans are said to take on a withered form like cured hay but when placed in cold water will regain their shape and retain their previous brittleness and garden flavor.
Garden hints for Jersey farmers and crop care
Jersey farmers face die off in eggplants after planting. Early pea interplanting between crops helps protection and potential yield. Celery can still be set and managed as plants grow large. Professor Green notes onions weaken at neck near maturity and fall. bulbs dry and pull easily.
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Jersey
Professor Green
Minnesota
Law of finding and its limits in property ownership
The law states a finder holds title against all except the true owner. Found items on premises of a shop or carrier do not bind the public, and receivers are trustees for owner or finder. A finder must seek the owner. knowing the owner or capable of discovery makes retention a larceny risk. The rule dates to the king's bench over a century ago.
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King's Bench
Supreme Court of Common Law
England
The Old Sailing Ships Versus Iron Hulls in Speed
Joseph Conrad recalls how wooden sailing ships once combined build, seaworthiness, and handling to near perfection. He notes iron ships never matched the speed of wooden predecessors, due to hull coatings, bottom fouling, and the subtleties of trim and loading, as described in Harper's Weekly.
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Joseph Conrad
Harper's Weekly
Sheep Floated Ashore at St Ives Bay After Tide Carries Flock
A flock that wandered from Cornwall uplands onto Gwithian sands was driven by the tide into St Ives bay during the night. Local fishing boats spotted the floating sheep and, astonished, netted and hauled them home as an extraordinary catch far surpassing pilchards in value.
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Cornwall
England
Gwithian Sands
St. Ives Bay
St. Ives
Weasel Attacks Hawk Lifted by Flight in Rescue Flight
A New Zealand settler saw a hawk acting oddly and crying out in distress. He shot the bird, and the investigation showed a weasel perched on the hawk’s back with teeth in its neck. The hawk had pounced on the ground and was carried aloft by the weasel’s grip.
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New Zealand
Fashionable Crowd in Dance Crush Turns Sour
A London crowd at a dance is described as fashionable yet quarrelsome and unfriendly. People jostle with vindictive energy, keeping icy stares, while a man pressing for a partner pushes past women, shocking even imagined ancestral standards.
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London
Tranquil firmness braves dangers without rashness quote
A compact quotation from Stanislaus highlights a calm, steady courage that faces risks without haste. It emphasizes disciplined resolve over impulsive action.
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Stanislaus
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