Wheat Crop Outlook 1888 Across States Declines From Pests
The 1888 wheat supply faces reductions due to winter-kill rust and chintz bugs across Ohio Indiana Illinois Iowa Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota Dakota and Missouri with Kansas showing growth. State totals and yields are listed with 11 state plus Dakota grand totals and a national projection compared to 1887. Also included are notes on building painting costs and practice from Building News.
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Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Iowa
Michigan
Wisconsin
Missouri
Minnesota
Dakota
Kansas
Nebraska
Kentucky
Department of Agriculture
Farmer’s Review
Farmers’ Review
Paint work and estimation tips for old surfaces
Guidance on painting surfaces from wood to stucco, covering paint coverage rates, surface evaluation, and the need for preparation. It stresses inspecting porosity and condition, avoiding reliance on quantities alone, and proper methods like cleansing, stopping cracks, and pumice rubbing between coats.
How the Southern Tortoise Burrows Explained
In this Popular Science Monthly excerpt the author details how the southern tortoise digs a downward tunnel then turns horizontal, piling excavated earth as a storage cone. The animal backs out to loosen soil, deposits waste behind, and uses stored earth to advance before resurfacing and pushing material upward to form a cone, enabling several yards of burrow progress.
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Popular Science Monthly
Lighting a Harbor by Electricity
A New York harbor channel will be lit by electricity using Juniper spars as buoys each bearing a 125 pound lamp equivalent to 100 candles. Six lamps color coded red and white mark starboard and port. cables run from East Beacon, with high maintenance cost estimated at 12 to 15 dollars per night. Lieutenant commanders Mackenzie and Millis proposed and perfected the system.
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Gedney
New York Harbor
East Beacon
Sandy Hook Point
Government Wharf
Sandy Hook
M. R.S. Mackenzie
John Millis
Picayune
Test for Oleomargarine by Heating in a Tiny Frying Pan
A simple test distinguishes oleomargarine from butter. Heat in a small toy frying pan. butter browns and smells pleasant as it scorches. Oleomargarine stays pale, then turns black without browning and emits the fat factory odor. Practice lets one estimate fat content in butter substitutes.
Rights of Akona Women Spark a Tribal Rift and Pact
Pauli recounts a historic Akona uprising where women, long denied any freedom, flee with their children to neighboring territory and negotiate terms. They win concessions granting greater say over agricultural duties and daughters while protecting mothers and their freedoms, reshaping tribal power dynamics and leaving the men to adjust.
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Mr. Pauli
Cameroon
West Africa
Akona
Southern women praised by Cane River Girl in Headlight
A Louisiana newspaper excerpt praises Southern women and Creole beauty, arguing not all Creoles fit dark stereotypes. The writer from Cane River Girl lauds four blonde sisters and counters northern images of Creoles, celebrating varied beauty and intellect among Louisiana women.
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New Orleans Picayune
Louisiana
Boyce
Rapides Parish
Cane River
Ebon
Instantaneous Steam Generator Attracts Attention In New York
A leading manufacturer touts a boiler for instant steam production using a flattened wrought iron tube heated directly in a furnace. Cold water enters one end and exits as steam, with high velocity preventing scaling. A ten horsepower model exists and government experts study its potential for torpedo boats.
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New York Mail and Express
How the Invalid Looks at Things
A medley on the invalid’s heightened perception and attachment to everyday objects. It paints cold substances as foes and finds charm in the soft and familiar items at hand, from the arm chair to the teapot and pills, with playful personification of tonics and medicines.
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Nancy
Urper
Ives Tries Dinner Trap To Drag Sully Into Deal
Wall street reminiscences surface about Henry S Ives the so called Napoleon of finance a plan to lure Headlight Alfred Sully into a disastrous deal. Ives arranged a dinner asking Sully what wine he prefers Sully answers milk and vows to bring his own bottle proving he will not be drawn into wildcat schemes.
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Wall Street
Willian Travers
Napoleon
Henry S. Ives
Alfred Sully
Sully
Ives
N.Y. Suz
Women Employ Hats and Parasol Pockets for Small Items
A Herald report notes women use hats parasols and corsets as improvised pockets. Shoppers tilt hats to hide items such as collars soap stockings handkerchiefs and even letters. Husbands may notice gloves tucked into parasols serving as storage for car fare tickets and theatre stubs.
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Y Herald
Allcock Porous Plaster Warns Against Imitations
The article cautions the public to reject counterfeit plasters that imitate Allcock’s Pogurs Plasters and may be harmful. It urges buyers to insist on the genuine Allcock Porous Plaster and warns that imitators trade on the reputation of reliable brands.
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Allcock
Paris exhibition to feature forty nine dwellings history
A Paris exhibit next year will display forty nine dwelling models tracing human shelter from prehistoric caves to Aryan Roman and later civilizations. Interiors, surroundings, and costumed figures will illustrate each epoch including Chinese Japanese Eskimo African Aztec and other cultures.
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Paris
Scott's Emulsion touted for delicate children and overworked adults
A testimonial from Dr. L. P. Waudell praises Scott's Emulsion of pure cod liver oil for delicate children and overworked adults. The suggestion is it improves health and flesh, preventing bronchitis and aiding digestion. The quote claims it is the best emulsion ever used.
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Ake Scott
L. P. Waudell
M.D
Mis
Footwear Relief Powder for Hot Weather Sore Feet
A historical remedy describes a foot powder used by policemen mail carriers and workers in hot weather. The formula includes licorice related components and soapstone to keep feet dry prevent chafing and aid healing of sore spots.
Fragmented Medical Advice From A Rugged Quack Page
The readable fragment warns against fake cures and asserts a deadly disease state. It mocks quack medicines and promotes a claimed advanced therapy, implying urgency. The distorted text references disease severity and a physician’s claimed superiority.
Fragmented OCR reads like a diary of a North Pole factory
A garbled passage references a wife, Jenny, shock, years of suffering, and a street laborer with dignity. The text mentions a merchant and raven imagery, suggesting a fragmented diary style about hardship and social disparity without clear events or names.
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Saxton
Building News
Women’s Rights IN
Africa
China Papers
Keee
O.perate
Shanghai
Ea Msm
Mazistrat
Batism
Man Ghar
Eleas i
Aves
Cv Vie
Jenny
North Pole
J Ravens
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