Practical farm hints from Country Gentleman and Rural New Yorker
Digest of household and farm tips including wafer recipes, soil additives like coal ashes and lime, cottage cheese method, smut prevention in wheat with brine, wheat crossing directions, and feed consumption guidelines for horses cows hens and hogs from Country Gentleman Rural New Yorker and Hor neys Press through New England Farmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. ‘Y. Worlds
New Yorker
Patrick Shirreff
Horney's
New England
Health Rules From a Colonial Letter Writer
A compact health guidance essay from a period manual advises on daily habits for well being. It stresses regular sleep, proper dress, warm feet, clean linens, brisk morning wash, and breathing exercises. It warns against heavy meals, urges dry foods and ripe fruit, steady eating times, and moderate exercise. It links mental state to health, urging hope and joy.
Do Your Duty and Trust in God in Daily Life
The text urges practical guidance for life amid worry and nuance. It emphasizes living within income, attending church, staying active in social and healthy ways, and acting with conscience. It counsels doing as nearly right as one knows and trusting God to handle the rest.
Back Yards and Front Image in New England Homes
Remarks in the Congre gatonalist apply beyond New England homes, urging tidy rear yards and hoardings free of junk. It contrasts neat front approaches with backyards cluttered by discarded farm tools, broken furniture, and litter, warning travelers view disordered quarters.
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New England
Stain Removal Tips From Old Household Guide
Practical stain removal advice for fruit, berries and rust on fabrics. Use clear water and moisture to vanish fruit stains, boil water through fabric, rub rust with Epsom salts solution, apply heat or lemon juice and salt, then wash promptly. Includes tips on using smoke to lift berry stains and ironing with salt for rust marks.
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Mihwaukee Magazine
Best Organ Plans Time Payments to Curb Peddlers
A pamphlet urges buyers to prefer Mason & Hamlin organs over discounted peddler models. It notes cheap copies misstate value, while Mason & Hamlin touts top quality and new factory expansion. Time-payment options include rent with purchase privilege, capped at 10 percent over cash if bought within a year. Contact Boston New York or Chicago for circulars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason & Hamlin Organ Co
Vienna
Paris
Mason & Hamlin Co
Boston
New York
Chicago
Mason & Hamlin
America
Fall Seeding of Meadows
Fall seeding of meadows is now favored by some farmers as a better method. Seeded grasses thrive when sown alone rather than with rye or wheat, which can smother delicate grasses. In spring sowing on rich soils weeds may harm yields, but fall sowing early enough reduces weed nuisance before cold weather.
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J. Walker
California
Sierra Nevada
Almos
United States
Mississippi
Missouri
Illinois
Tennessee
Cumberland
Arkansas
Red
Colorado
Brazos
Rio Grande
Pearl
Alabama
Mobile
Savannah
Roanoke
James
Watkin
R. H. McDonald & CO
Druggist
San Fra California
Noisoo
Cor
Dealicra
Seeding Grass Seed in Fall for Best Hay Crop
Advice from N Y Sun favors fall seeding of grass seed for hay, suggesting stubble138 sowing after harvest then sow grass seeds, with cross plowing if grain residues remain. It notes later August showers and September timing aid drought resistance and full growth, and recommends sowing clover with timely spring seeding as needed.
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N. Y
Prince & Co Organs Offer Five Octaves and Reed Sets
Prince and Co present organs with five octaves and two full sets of reeds in solid walnut cases with bronze finish. Prices are 125 dollars for six stops and 180 dollars for eight stops at Reed's Temple of Music in Chicapro. FA bonnets feature large flaring fronts, not coronets, with the front turned upward and outward.
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Reed
Temple of Music
Chicapro
Interesting to Invalid Ladies Haremyvintue Health Improvement Letter
In Columbia County New York on July 9 1873 Mrs M Nettie Snypen thanks R V Pierce M D Buffalo New York for Favorite Preservative’s apparent health benefits. She describes severe neuralgic pains fading after less than a bottle and notes regained strength, ease in stairs, and past distress fading with continued use, though she feared temporary relief.
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Columbia Co
N.Y
R.V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Sirx
Leon
M. Nettie
Medical Maniacs and Miracle Cures of 19th Century Ads
A collage of sensational cure claims targets traditional physicians and promotes Vineoant Bitters, Vixecan Birriers, Willwort’s Tonic, and assorted beauty products. The piece touts botanical tonics, promises painless cures, and urges readers to buy through merchants, with several brand-name endorsements and promotional lines.
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Prince & Co.’s Organs
Willwort
Sefe Sud
Wuertrock, Finvay & Co
Proprietors
New Orleans
Duveyists
Thia
Boston Herald
Nam Co
Hagan
Lyon
Kathalion
G. W. Westbrook
Wm. E. Everson
iBristol
Reece Ertae van Kere
Olkoto Cowen
Eig Nwattort
Oper Ee Lees Bat Rer
Tsu
Mao
Utei Halls Safes Lock CO
Business Education
H. B. Bryant
Chicago Business College
Collees
Carcer
Philadelphia
Thorne
Elaine
Akyatem
Thorpean Institut No
Chestnut Street
Waee Ita
Bendatunrup
Avallister
Chestnut St
Phila
Empire City Paper Company
Adress
MOG
Tonga
Addivas H.W. Hitt & Co
Decator
PXEW
Indiana
Isso Ohio
Micitoan
E. C. Bridgman
Barclay Street
J. E. Kern
Lake Dr
Husker
Selle
Hime
City Novelty CO
Stamp
Adams & CO
Pearl Street
Buffalo Telegraph College
Er L. Bryant
A . Sup't
Colt
Pophan
Resa
Thetmnrnda
Spectfic
Towkinson
Westfold
Ind
Origuists
Addivan
Powham & CQ
Pew
Livingstone
Oneazent
Fey
Blackacrn
Griswold Street
Detroit
Mich
Weex
Che
Johnson, Clark & CC
York York City
Chigago, Ill
Mil Waukeh
Brinnon & Co
Portland
Maine
Imarony
Dane
Meriden Cutlery Company
Meriden Cutlery CO
Chambers Street
Flan
Anate
WM. Wheeler & CO
Bank St
Cleveland
W. W. Hallock
Jackson Street
Ohio
Hodge
Bayliss
Dwin B
Prop
Masall Massillon
Abday
Iowa
Bard Dakota
Louis
Nake
Pateng
Clegg & CO
Newspaper Union
P. Sanborn
Monroe Street
Robert Wells
Vesey
Blackie & Co
Broadway
W.H. Nichols & CO
P. O
Mexican Sea
Fontan
BOW &Co
Market St
Kot
Piuun & Co
South Sth
Phila. Pa
Mottegar
Marion
ScRove Saws
Rockford
T. Z
Dearborn
A.N. BevLoas
Jackson
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