Destruction to weeds cited amid varied ploys and quirks
A miscellany of short items recounts a madcap tale of an attempted arson on a Nebraska asylum, quirky tips from buttermilk cures for hog scurvy to home honey recipes, and curious notes on weather, curios, and social scenes across towns with names like Warren and Summit Hill.
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Nebraska State Insane Asylum
England
Tennessee
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Warren
Mass
Nebraska
Lincoln
Commonwealth
United States
Maine
Summit Hill
Maneh Chunk
Cascapella River
Canada
Atbeny
Hanover Street
Boston
Cin Rati
Milwaukee
Shoe standarding berries leads to comic theft tale
A humorous anecdote from the Cincinnati Times recounts a scheming shopper who replaces standard measures with her shoe. The dealer, deceived and shorted by berry boxes, watches half his stock vanish as the joke ends with a rueful parting.
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Box
Clock Fiasco Ends in Nighttime Jail Outburst
A Christmas time clock miscue at the Chubb household causes a panic when the clock strikes five at dawn. Chubb fires at intruders thinking burglars are at work. police arrest him before confirming the scene. The hired girl is wounded and the clock ends up smashed after the arrest and later explanation.
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Curies
Chubb
Causes of Yellows in Peach Trees and Fungus Link
The New York Herald notes that yellowing in peach trees may stem from root-parasite fungi. Digging around yields mushroom odor and mycelia on roots, starving the plant. Remedies include lime, ashes, and potash, with hot water or salt solutions tried. pruning tools might spread disease.
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Thomas Meehan
Thomas Taylor
Department of Agriculture
New York Herald
Reducing Bones for Gardens and Missionary Salaries Noted
A New York World note outlines bone reduction for garden manure using two simple methods and describes a home boil process with ashes lime and heat over days. It also cites a pamphlet on foreign missionary salaries showing varied pay scales across India China Bulgaria and Western Asia by several boards.
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N.Y. World
United Presbyterian Church
India
American Board
Presbyterian
Reformed
Methodist
China
Presbyterian Board
Canton
Baptist
House
Episcopal
Bulgaria
Asia
English Farmery and Greens Fixings for Home Cooking
A Victorian style column gives practical recipes for soaking and cooking wheat with milk and currants, and a chicken pie method avoiding bones with a rich crust. It also describes a greens boiling method, butter finishing, and serving hot. A brief note recalls Jacobson, a Jew, elected Justice of the Peace at Nebastopol, and later thanked for his duties.
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Jacobson
Nebastopol
Russia
St. Petersburg
Opportunity to Try an Organ Before Purchasing
The Mason Hamlin Organ Co offers Cabinet Organs on rental with purchase option. Rent while trying, and if buying within a year, rent paid is deducted from the price. A separate note argues that muzzling dogs harms respiration, not perspiration, with glands in the tongue being a myth.
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Mason & Hamlin Organ Co
Popular Science Monthly
Paris
Vienna
America
Boston
New York
Chicago
H. B. Bryant
Chicago Isueiners College
Coats
Hu. Bryant
Hua Withdrawn Ag
Cicago
Reed's Temple of Music Advertisement for Organs
Five octaves, two full sets of reeds. Solid walnut cases with bronze finish. Price 8125, eight stops, BL80. Address Reed's Temple of Music, Chicago. Batne often, but at proper times, never after a meal or after violent exercise.
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Reed
Temple of Music
Chicago
Batne
The Pierce World’s Dispensary and Dr. Pierce Medicines
A Chicago Things feature extols Dr. R V Pierce and his World’s Dispensary. It notes a large staff, frequent physician consultations, and wide distribution of his works in German and Spanish. For March 31 1874 postage alone reached 2080 70, and the piece promotes Golden Medical Discovery Favorite Prescription and Sage’s Catarrh Remedy as leading products.
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Chicago
R. V. Pierce
Timex
Pierce
Tle Hax
Buthilo
No More Heroics and Patent Medicines in One Column
A collage of sensational claims warns against mineral poisons and praises Walker’s herbal remedies as miraculous cures for bilious disease malaria and rheumatism. The piece promotes Winnaar Bitters by Whreenocon Finnay Co as safe speedy and effective with cheap doctor savings. Also touts Elmwood Collars Dior goods and beauty products including Haynns Magnolia Balm and Lyon's Esthalion for hair and complexion with warnings about toe boots and fashion.
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Walker
California
Haynn
Lyon
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Isaac BM
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Newton
TY. Yori Art & CO
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Texas Bureau of Immigration
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Atlanta
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High Bridge
P.O
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Chas. Sumner
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Vesey St
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Minde
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Lake St
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Journal of Popular Literature
Austorica
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Henry Warp Beecher
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