Global egg trade expands with Denmark and beyond
The article surveys international egg exports, noting Denmark’s surge from 600,000 to 110,000,000 eggs over twenty years and England’s rising imports. It cites France and Italy as large exporters, Canada as a major competitor, and U S exports rising from 151,000 dozen in 1895 to 426,000 in 1896, with northern climates producing heavier eggs than southern ones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denmark
England
Scotland
Holland
France
Italy
Austria
Germany
United States
Canada
Treasury
N. Y. Sun
Beekeeping Hints on Packing and Shipping Bees
Practical directions from an exchange on packing and shipping bees. Ventilation varies with hive type and season, with more ventilation in warm weather. Provide water for bees during transit using a sponge or wet rag roll placed atop the hive. Secure loose frames by driving nails at ends of bars, not full depth, and transport frames crosswise on the wagon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jon
Compact birdsaving device for hens described
A fragment notes a labor saving device for sitting hens with a box and cover involved. The text mentions a shee ny box and pest control elements, suggesting a simple contraption for keeping hens calm or protected, but details are incomplete. The tone resembles a practical home-science or farm tool notice from a period newspaper.
Unable to Congratulate and Witty Missives
A collage of jokes and quips from periodical humor pages. A Scots lad asks distance to Kirkcaldy, while punchlines mock marriages and divorce with wit from Chicago Times Herald style and New York papers. The items include playful exchanges about congratulations at weddings and clever one liners.
Vacation Days In The Lake Regions Of The Northwest
Vacation Days extols summer homes in Wisconsin Michigan Minnesota Iowa and South Dakota along the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway corridor. It highlights lakeside resorts with varied dress and lifestyle options and promotes a pamphlet detailing principal resorts hotels boarding houses and rates. The note ends with a Ram's Horn quip on marriage math.
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Wisconsin
Michigan
Minnesota
Iowa
South Dakota
Chicago, Milwaukee
Chicago
Milwaukee
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Geo. H. Heafford
Two Remarkable Cures in a Missouri County Farm News
In Marion and Ralls counties near Monroe City, two farmers recount cures with Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. J M White credits pills with reversing years of indigestion lumbago and kidney disease and restoring strength. Henry Bigler’s wife improves after two to five boxes, aided by a long-ago servant’s recommendation. Pills sold in 50 cent boxes, six for $2.50, by Dr Williams Medicine Co.
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Monroe City
Marion County
J. M. White
Chester White
White
Henry Bigler
Little Kingdom
Ralls County
Bigler
Dinah
Mary
Missy
Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Schenectady
N. Y
Winchester repeating shotgun praised by champions
The Winchester repeating shotgun is praised for its low cost and superior performance, outperforming expensive handmade guns. Noted shooters including J A R Elliott Rolla Q Heikes Ford Van Dyke and Capt B A Bartlett are cited as users. The ad promotes Winchester factory loaded shells and a free illustrated catalogue from Winchester Repeating Arms Co New Haven CT.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
J. A. R. Elliott
America
Rolla Q. Heikes
Ford van Dyke
B. A. Bartlett
Winchester Repeating Arms Co
New Haven
Quack Remedies and Proverbs From Old Advertisements
An old column promotes tonics and cures such as Hostetter's Stomach Bitters and St Jacobs Oil for stomach upset and neuralgia. It extols No-To-Bac for tobacco desire, claims hundreds of thousands cured, and peppered with humorous quips about politics and life, typical of period advertisements.
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Hostetter
St. Jacobs Oil
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BY Express
Lynx
Tribune
Kirkcaldy
St. Paul's
Chicago Times-Herald
New Orleans
Belfast News
Col. Kaintuck
Nevah
N. Y. Tribune
New York
ST. Louis
Tevens Teveree
Atanae
Pfair
Xtra Bovis & BO
New
Kansas City
Louisville
Monroe County
aAtchison Globe
Atchison Globe
Washington Democrat
Science Ixis
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Dr. Kline
Kline
Arch St
Phila
Ram
M. P. Dieter
Throop Ave
Brooklyn
Hale
Pike
St. Jacobs
Ries
Ericut
Nerit
W. T. Douglas
Brockton
Maas
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CL E Best
Ayer
Ayér
Ad. Sterling
Tere
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Montreal
Can
Jefferson Citxk, MO
Yucatan
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