Heroes of War and Personal Resilience in Wartime News
A Chicago Times-Herald piece profiles Civil War veteran A Schiffeneder, his service from Wisconsin volunteers to the Army of the Potomac, capture, and later return with Sherman’s forces. It recalls his recovery using Dr Williams Pink Pills, and notes his standing in Chicago, plus a Kansas City quotation and a Buffalo doctor’s asthma cure claims with broad testimonials.
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Chicago Times-Herald
A. Schiffeneder
Sedgerwick Street
Milwaukee
Cona
Wisconsin
Army of the Potomac
Shenandoah Witn
Bat
Gettysburg
Schiffeneder
Ayun
Bell Island
Andersonville
Sherman
Georgia
City News Snippets and Advertisements Grainy Echoes
A collage of vintage clippings blends war chatter with light ads and quips. Nurses at Chickamauga read news of Cervera’s fleet as a patient asks who pitched for Brooklyn. Also features fabrics by William Simpson & Sons, marriage service jokes, and medical ads from Atlanta specialists.
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Chickamauga
Cervera
Brooklyn
Scott
San Francisco
Fly screens and the Arkansas skeeters tale
A squatters tale in old Arkansas pivots on Abe Hope and neighbors learning to fight flies and skeeters with fly screens after a camp discussion led by a political critic. The yarn mixes frontier humor with a moral about letting nature bite. A later car scene shifts to a quiet street encounter about weather talk and a sharp lawyer’s bill. In Germany there are no fewer than 1,430 barons.
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Skeeters
Gullirippers
Arkansan
Mrs. Hope
Abe
Ste Nashville
Harnel
Bill Freeman
Bill
Tanya
Abe Hope
Arkansaw
Kurnel
Mewl
Skeeter
M. Quad
Aaid
Mme
Germany
Hay Fork Rigging Promises Labor Saver for Farmers
An extolling note says farmers waste time with hay forks due to poorly arranged barns. The piece cites old timber framing as a barrier, while noting many barns lack this labor-saving rigging but could adapt to ease hay handling.
Fork and pulley plan described in old manuscript
The faded text outlines a device using a fork, rope, and pulleys to lift a load from a maw area. It mentions crosswise timbers between bents, a loaded pilley above the maw, and ropes A and B managed from land to raise or drop the forkful. The note suggests adjustments in a barn setting and references Orange Judd summers.
Live Stock Pointers From a Farmer's Column
Practical notes advise on livestock care and breeding. Corn smut harms cattle only if eaten in excess, hogs fatten on alfalfa, horses like artichokes, and new blood can improve herds. Keep mammals sheltered in bad weather, monitor panting, feed moderation with exercise, and prefer mules for hardy work. Fly control via kerosene oil helps. Guineas aid farm defense but need range. hens lay well but broodiness rises.
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Hull
Wallace on Farming Capital and Land Fertility
Henry Wallace argues that soil fertility is the farmer’s capital and must be maintained. He contends that selling grain exhausts land by piecemeal, so farming should emphasize meat production to sustain fertility and market efficiency.
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Henry Wallace
Exercise for Hrood Mares in Early Foal Rearing
Mares with cackling foals should be exercised with slow light work. After a foal reaches a month, it may be kept in a box stall from morning until noon and allowed to suckle. If the mare’s udder is very full, partly empty it at night before the colt’s evening drink, per Farmers' Review.
Shipping Live Stock and Market Readiness
A Midland Farmer note urges feeders to ship fat cattle promptly to improve remaining stock. It cites examples of smaller margins in keeping mature steers and warns against overfeeding before shipment. Overloads, shrinkage, and improper handling raise costs, while proper management reduces losses for shipper.
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Oir
Freigh
Iite
Grain Room Addition for Stable Feed Handling
An article describes adding a grain room to a stable to improve feed handling. It suggests placing the room high with access from an interior, using a crate platform to load grain, reducing steps and time, and keeping costs modest.
Douglass Mixture Poison and Skim Milk Standards
A discussion warns that Douglass mixture for fowls is a poison, with experiments showing liver damage and debilitation in birds. It also covers skim milk composition standards including water, fat, casein, and solids, and compares Massachusetts requirements. Agricultural notes emphasize tile drains over open ditches for weed control and soil drainage.
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Massachusetts
Sleep Deprivation in Indiana Man At FiveYear Mark
A man in Indiana has not slept for an hour in five years and is now skeletal. The piece notes thousands suffer insomnia driven by nervousness near dyspepsia headache and constipation. It endorses Homett er's Stomach Bitters as a remedy sold by druggists.
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Kurnel
Arkansaw
America
Karvel
Thar
Ars V
Abe Hope
Indiana Low
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Heroes OF War
John
Topeka
Kansas City
P. Harold Mayes
Buffalo
N. Y
Hayes
Simpson
William Simpson & Sons
Atchizon Globe
H. H. Green
Atlanta
Atchison A
Washington
Democrat
Pigo
Allie Douglass
Lelroy
Mich
Philadelphia
Fane
Congheike
Druggista
Atchieon Globe
Price
L. A. W. Bulletin
Baker's Chocolate
la Belle Chocolatiere
AONE
Walter Baker & CO. Ltd
Dorchester
Mass
Tay Fork
Ricca
Douglass Mixture
Alivarh
Castoria
Baars
Cuba
U. S
W. J. Dyer & Bro
ST. Paul
Minn
Iliness
al Sapolio
Buckie Printers
Dearborn ST
Chicago
Dowes & Hyman
Tiffin
Ohio
The
Mostare
Smbus
Mtv
Winchester
Winchester Ammunition
Winchester Repeating Arns CO
Winchester Ave
New Haven
Www
Storm
TOWER
Boston
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