Excellent Object Lesson on the Profit of Good Roads
A Jersey City Evening Journal note recounts how improving roads near Philadelphia transformed local commerce. Poor roads forced four horse wagons carrying 55 bushels, lowering estate sales and markets. after a $40,000 bond upgrade, two horse wagons now haul 90 to 125 bushels and beyond. On oil roads two men with four horses could transport two and a half tons per trip. on good roads one man with two horses makes four market trips daily, equalizing freight and fertilizer returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Philadelphia
Jersey City Evening Journal
Uniform Game Laws Plan Endorsed by Western Field and Stream
Western Field and Stream proposes a two concession system along the 40th parallel with uniform nationwide game and fish laws under a national protection body. Close seasons run Jan 1–Sep 1 in the north and Feb 1–Sep 1 in the south with limited August quail, and inland fish seasons Oct 1–Jun 1 with April–May trout exceptions. The plan aims for universal, enforceable rules, with exemptions for emergencies if proven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Field and Stream
St. Paul, Minn
Charles Hallock
United States
Atlantic
Pacific
National Association For the Protection of Game and Fish
Hallock
Fresh Dairy Items and Breeding Advice
A brief dairy section notes separators improve butter and milk for calves. Guidance urges aerating milk with pure air, feeding cows clean water, and using pure stock bulls. It notes Holsteins favored for cheese and market milk, while temper issues in bulls are warned.
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Broducs
The Foolish Dairyman Revelation of Worry and Waste
A National Stockman reprints a parable about a fool who halts work at key points, buys a low milk cow, skimping on feed and tools, and suffers losses as a flood, poor butter, and scant rations reveal the folly of insufficient effort and misjudged thrift. The tale ends with a stern moral on stumbling profits and wasted labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Stockman
Splendid Milk House for Warm Climates Described
A 6 by 6 foot milk house suited to warm climates or summer use in cold regions is detailed. It sits under a grape arbor near a kitchen pump with a 12 by 14 inch milk tank, screen cover, and wire screened perimeter. The design includes shelves, a galvanized pipe system, and weather shutters, as described by K. E. Merry man in American Agriculturist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. E. Merryman
Tuberculosis Tests in Connecticut Dairy Herds
Connecticut authorities report progress inspecting state dairy herds. In Washington 106 cows were tested. 13 condemned and killed. Over 500 cows tested in Litchfield with 400 more applications pending. about 1,000 more in other areas. Tests reveal hidden tuberculosis in some herds. salt in butter faces distrust. The Slingis board requires daily sleeping of dairy cows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut
Washington
Litchfield
New York City
Brooklyn
Slingis Board of Health
Crowned heads of Europe reveal royal hobbies and tastes
A survey of monarchs shows Queen Victoria spends over 6000 dollars annually on books, Czar Nicholas gifts a Rakoczy sword to Budapest, Greece's king farms, William II learns telegraphy, Wilhelmina runs a charity kitchen, Belgian queen visits France for 1867 era horse training, and Naples' queen manages a racing stud at Chantilly.
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Victoria
Nicholas
Magyar National Museum
Budapest
George Rakoczy I
Transylvania
Greece
William
Wilhelmina of
Holland
France
Chantilly
Duc d'Aumale
Naples
Texarkana Gateway to Texas and the Southwest published
A handsome 324 page publication by the Iron Mountain Route with 400 half tone illustrations showcases Texas resources and future prospects. Issued to attract immigration investment and tourism, it is mailed free on request to railroad passenger representatives and H C Townsend is listed as contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texarkana
Texas
Southwest
Iron Mountain
Lone Star
St. Louis, Iron Mountain Southern Railway
Missouri Pacific Railway
H.C. Townsend
St. Louis
Candy Cathartic a Bold Housekeeping Ad
An old advertisement touts Casvarets Candy Cathartic as a pleasant medical discovery. It claims gentle cleansing of kidneys liver and bowels, dispels colds cures fever and biliousness and promises a guaranteed cure by druggists. Also quotes a Life magazine line about marriage practicality.
Rheumatic relief touted by Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters
The ad claims peace on earth reappears due to the bitters helping rheumatic trouble and other ailments. It presents testimonials praising relief from kidney issues, dyspepsia, debility, venereal complaints, and constipation, urging persistent use. A father’s payment demand framed as a joke appears in the text.
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Hostettar
Low Rate Excursions South by L N R R
Advertises reduced round trip fares to southern points on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad on the first and third Tuesdays of each month through October. Encourages readers to ask a ticket agent or write to General Passenger Agent C. P. Atmore in Louisville or D. P.A. Geo. B. Horner in St. Louis for excursion tickets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
C. P. Atmore
General Passenger Ag Nt
Louisville, Ky
Geo. B. Horner
St. Louis
Louis
Peat
Andy
Atrobesi
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Hall
Matern Ly
Rai’s
Apyier
New York
Kansas City
New Orleans
New Mess
Vogue
By Je Fy Saane
Warner’s
Warner's
Safe Cure Co
Safe Cure
Opius
Empire
Habits
Rook
Woolley
Yucatan
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