Bank buys woolen mills as era of capital shifts glares
A rattling compilation of snippets notes Salem woolen mills pass to the Bank of British Columbia, while reports range from volcano tourism and California conquests to Irish maid fads, a libel suit by a district attorney, a 1000-year frog sighting in New York, and curious flood era mouse rescues near Mohawk bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cylbopner
Salem
Bank of British Columpie
Allegheny Mountains
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Igwa
Modeteteoeboihinede
Sodys
N.Y
Oswego Times
Niagara Falla
Vicksburg
Miss
Augustayne
Reno Crescent
Jones
Stewart
Lake Tahoe
Crescent
Maria
Evarig
Rome
Treki
Mexico
Sierra Madré Republic
Vidaurre
Davis
Confédéracy
New Leon
Galvestoners
Exican
Thaterdo de Tejada
Angenulty of Bats and Dairy Cream Interference
A garbled excerpt notes A’varwpe’s wife in western Scotland observes that surface cream in milk interferes with dairy processing. The fragment mentions detecting breed pieces in sudan and a note on depth and processing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
vaRwpe
Scotland
Ingenious Rat Tricks Echoed in Hertfordshire Duckery
In Hertfordshire a family raising ducks faced riverine rats that stole ducklings by night. A tunnel was drilled beneath a coop edge, allowing rats to reach young birds unseen. Two clever rats learned to steal bait by crawling under a trap door, then signaling escape while guarding their prize of toasted cheese.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nigel Soma
Hertfordshire
Duck
Chambery Journal
Teaching Children Practical Horticulture at Home
A Victorian style piece urges patient instruction for children in soil preparation planting seed and garden work with gendered plots for boys and girls. It stresses suitable tools and strong adults to handle heavy soil tasks while children learn basics of agriculture horticulture and floriculture for lifelong benefit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. ¥. Herald
Pruning and Training Fruit Trees Forming the Tree Head
Pomologists advise five to six feet of clean stem for standard trees with a straight stake early. Remove shoots below the head, rub off tender growth, and select three to four strong leaders. Pinch ends to balance growth and prune in winter or spring to correct defects for good culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herald
Household Recipes And Cleaning Tips From Old Times
A collection of kitchen and domestic guidance includes making molasses candy, a Cort Stitch Cake, stain removal tips for grass and fruit, tinware cleaning with soda, Violet Ink preparation, Seved Apples with sugar icing, Bread and Apple Pudding method, and a method to make Citric Acid by neutralizing lemon juice with chalk and processing through various precipitates.
Notable Advising on Conduct from Scrivener's Monthly
A fragment from Scrivener's Monthly for July urges that gatherings for pleasure must be conducted to avoid banishing joy and losing friends and personal respect. The reflection emphasizes decorum in social meetings and the consequences of unseemly behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scrvener's
Dakota General Association Grows in Siena Falls
The Dakota General Association of the Congregational Church recently met at Siena Falls, once home to two religious professors. Now the area hosts ten churches and ten ministers with over 200 members, including Congregationalists, Methodists, Episcopalians, and Baptists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dakota
Episcopal Convention Declines Candidates From Guilds
Bishop Stevens at the Pennsylvania convention says he declined to receive candidates for orders from church guilds and secret associations. He accuses these groups of sowing error and fostering discord and schism within the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Stevens
Prince & Co Organ Finish Sale at Reed's Temple
Prince and Co present an organ finish advertised at Reed's Temple of Music located at 92 Van Buren Street Chicago. Price listed as 125 dollars with payment terms of 25 cash and 15 monthly. The offer includes a money refund if not satisfactory and promises six stops and a splendid finish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince & Co
Reed
Temple of Music
van Buren Street
Chicago
Wolf at Widow's Door Sparks Cruelty Claim
A New Jersey paper laments twenty years of a wolf at a poor widow's door, criticizing the creature's persistent presence as cruelty to animals and urging action to end the prolonged distress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Sour Milk Unfit for Cows Says Rural New Yorker
The Rural New Yorker advises against feeding sour milk to cows. It cites germ theory, waterborne organisms, and experiments showing how bacteria and yeasts can transfer to milk, souring flavor and accelerating decomposition. The piece favors feeding sour milk to hogs for profit and meat, while recommending sweet grass for milch cows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taz
New Yorker
Baw
Croquet Etiquette and Rule Disputes Among Players
The essay laments lack of manners at croquet grounds where disputes arise from differing rule understandings. It notes women and men react with irritation, sullen behavior, and quarrels over wickets, blaming inconsistent manuals and unaligned authorities for the conflict.
Diseases of the Blood and Dr Pierce's Cure
An 1880s promotional piece by R V Pierce extols blood purity and the Golden Medical Discovery for skin diseases, scrofula, and related ailments. It claims blood health governs strength, mental faculties, and disease resistance, condemns mercury and iodine tonics, and touts the Discovery and Pellets as universal blood cleansers except for cancer. Testimonials claim cures of skin eruptions, glands, and chronic fits, urging readers to seek the remedy from first class druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. V. Pierce
M. D
N.Y. Tetter
St. Anthony's
John A. Wilgon
Melzarile
Morgan County
Wittraiés
Claverdel
Coranthia
N.Y
J. M. Ronnison
West Grove Station
Buffalo
N. Y
Ancient patent remedies cited in 19th century ads
Advertisements tout cures for skin eruptions rheumatism and bone disease claiming success with Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Purgative Pellets. Testimonials from J M Roninson and others describe dramatic recoveries and praise Buffalo New York World’s Dispensary products and unrelated items like Western Horse-Nail Co. finishes.
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Crete
Jarm
Withert
Wilhoft
Waesock, Finnay& Co
New Orleans
Nextiwestern
Honrsn-Nail Co
Curtis & Perkins
Mupkin
Rick
Curtis & Brown
Fulton Street
New York
Lyon
Hagan
Butrénsix & Peerlesa
Ment
Hurst
SHE Bard & Co
Battle Creek
Battle Creel
Ain Barn
Burlington, Tow
Prof
Swing
Beatie Eon Simyear
Atamp
Sample
Alliance
Jy, Gimyear
Atampy
Samy
Norfeta
Liniment
Drageiata
Cs, Lane & Machine Company
SAINT
Hamilton
Ohio
ST. Louis
Ana
Popham
Lonielana
All Drugsviste
Ty Mall
T. Poviham & CO
Philabe Elruta A
Pex
C. Edwards Lester
Sumner
Obgood & CO
Clark St
United States
Rubus Beancieard
Clark Street
Montus
Nellis
Foote
de Nellis & GO
Piuusburgh
W. A. Henderson & Clo
Cleveland
Central Hotel Market St
Cor
Washington
Doane
Goodspeed
Empire Publishing House
Cavaneto
Gelling Teas
America
Lgementa
Ate Nee
Circular
Canton Tea CO
Wenn Ees Fas Chambers
Dapres
Lamb & Eco
8Th Street
Philadelphia
P. Pa
Nigols & CO
PA H Isk
Yaar Ab
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