Waldenses in Burke County Valdese Colony North Carolina
An 1893 profile describes a Waldensian farming settlement near Morganton in Burke County North Carolina. About 200 descendants, many from Italy, work a few thousand acres on 50 to 60 acre plots. They built a church and schoolhouse and are starting a hosiery mill while adapting from simple farming to more modern crop rotation. The community includes young families, with women and children helping in fields as men clear land and raise crops.
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Thom
Burke County
N.C
Italy
North Carolina
America
Piedmont
N. C
Morgantown
Valdese
GOOD BUTTER Cow. What She Should Look Like and How She Should Act
A guide to dairy cattle preference describes a dairy cow with a large aruzable slim neck yellow skin long face alert eyes and strong lungs. It praises a wedge shaped body strong back and abdomen and a well formed udder with matching teats as signs of good dairy quality while warning against beefy looks. The milk pail and churn are the best tests of dairy ability.
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St. Louis Republic
Pasture Use Best for Pigs in Four-Year Tests
A four year Utah study by A A Mills shows pigs allowed to graze on 18 acres plus grain fed full rations grew fastest and used less grain per pound. Pigs in movable pens or with limited grain performed worse, while grass alone often failed to pay for feed. Pasturing with full or partial grain rations emerged as the cheapest, most effective pork production method.
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A. A. Mills
Utah
Lucerne
Hoge House
Safe Fodder Rack for Each Animal Keeps Them In Place
The article describes a pasture feed rack designed to separate animals and prevent stronger stock from pushing weaker ones. Built against a fence, the rack ensures each animal has its own space, reducing conflicts when forage is scarce, as explained by Orduge Judd, a farmer.
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Judd
Facts for Farmers
A farmer can conserve effort by using mind as well as muscle and avoiding waste. Keep accurate farm accounts to know yields and profits. Follow agricultural bulletins from experiment stations and stay in touch with research. Do not waste straw, as it has nutritional and fertilizing value worth saving.
Seventy-seven year old Mrs Cox shaves sheep in pens
A Richmond news brief notes Rhoda Cox, a 77 year old Black woman from Panda, sheared 15 sheep herself after failing to find a man for the task. The event highlights women taking roles in farming tasks as the nation shifts expectations.
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Rhoda Cox
Fragmented Vintage Jokes And Gossip Inquiries
A collection of snippets from early papers includes quips about Jimmie Watson, a new bicycle repair shop, a mocked divorce ground of incompatibility, and light social banter. Comedic exchanges reference a million versus two million claim, a baby garment remark, and a sermon in which sleep signals a clear conscience.
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Jimmie Watson
Jimmie
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Constance
Young de -Riche
Detroit Free Press
Gobang
English songs in Paris and notable theater plans
A. Serdou writing a Henry Irving play on a subject chosen by the actor. Coppee and Widor's La Kor tigano reaches its 100th performance at the Paris grand opera. An expurgated Tom Jones edition is prepared by Mrs. J. M. Fielding. Huxley Life and Letters to appear in about two years. Loretto lignies traced to pilgrims, not origin at shrine per Father Lauren.
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Paris
A. Serdou
Henry Irving
Coppee and Widor
Paris Grand Opera
Tom Jones
J. M. Fielding
Prof. Huxley
Leonard
Cycling and ad blurbs fill a late era page
A chessboard of items runs from cycling feats claimed by officials to patent medicines and quack cures. A London motor bicycle claim, children’s laxatives, and various humorous or promotional quotes clutter the page.
Appeal for Assistance Through Stomach Bitters Crank Ad
A fragment advertises Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a cure for dyspepsia and stomach troubles. It mocks self interest and urges use for heartburn wind and jaundiced skin, with stray misread lines and garbled foreign phrases. The odd text includes a dinner joke fragment and incomplete dialogue about dining together.
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Hostetter
Low Rate Excursions South For Rail Travelers
A historic notice announces low rate excursions to southern points by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. Available on the first and third Tuesdays each month through October, offering about half-price round trips. Passengers should ask agents or contact G P Atmore in Louisville or Geo B Horner in St Louis for tickets.
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Louisville & Nashville Railroad
G. P. Atmore
Louisville, Ky
Geo. B. Horner
D. PB. A
St. Louis
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