Farmers' Cabinet, The; Milford Advance and Wilton Journal, Milford, NH June 30, 1898
by Rotch, W.B. Editor and Publisher
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Milford, NH: The Farmers' Cabinet, 1898. 38 x 56 cm. This issue of this famous old weekly southern New Hampshire paper concentrates on local news, with a drawing of Colonel J.A. Greene, the Fourth of July orator for Milford's celebration. Also there are plans for an elaborate electrical display will be used to imitate the destruction of a battleship in the Souhegan River (after the destruction of USS Maine in Havana Harbor). There will also be a tug of war, a wheelbarrow race, and more. News of the War with Spain is on page 4, speculating on raids on the Spanish homeland by the U.S. Navy after the victory in the Philippine Islands by Admiral Dewey. News from Cuba includes report of U.S. troops surrounding Santiago. Report of Strawberry Day for New Hampshire Horticultural Society, visiting George F. Beede's farm of acres of the finest berries. ""California Letter"" details the extensive lines of the Union Pacific in California, description of San Jose (San Hozay, it explains) Pacific Grove, Monterey and Santa Cruz. Distances are given from ""Frisco"". Ad for cure for constipated bowels and biliousness: Ayer's Pills and Ayer's Sarsaparilla. Article ""An Army Officer's Life"" starts with description of 63-year-old former army officer and ends with testimonial to Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. Newspaper, good. . Catalogs: Newspapers/History.
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- Title
- Farmers' Cabinet, The; Milford Advance and Wilton Journal, Milford, NH June 30, 1898
- Author
- Rotch, W.B. Editor and Publisher
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- The Farmers' Cabinet
- Place of Publication
- Milford, NH
- Date Published
- 1898
- Pages
- 8 pp
- Size
- 38 x 56 cm
- Bookseller catalogs
- Newspapers/History;
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