New Arrangement of the Stars of the American Flag
Description of J Br Stahlnecker of Silverton Colorado plan for flag stars. The design centers thirteen stars for the original states, circling twenty three for those admitted through the Civil War, and outer stars for later additions. Future additions place stars in corners and sides to form a symbolic, symmetrical total.
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J. BR. Stahlnecker
Silverton
Colo
Congress
Stahlnecker
United States
Union of States
New Mexico
Arizona
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Hawaii
Alaska
Grace Reformed Church Built For President Roosevelts Den
The new Grace Reformed Church near Cleveland will finish about December 1 with Rev J M Schick as pastor. The Gothic edifice seats 600, built of Cleveland Lower Canon gray stone, and Roosevelts attends Sunday suppers at the White House with the pastor who clarifies the churchs German republican nature.
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Grace Reformed Church
Roosevelt
Washington
J. M. Schick
Cleveland
John M. Schick
Grace Reformed
Dr. Sehick
White House
Invention of Matitsch Lace Machine Spurs Debate
An Austrian inventor Matitsch develops a machine to reproduce torchon lace, allowing quick pattern changes by swapping jacquards. He has invested nearly $100,000 and seeks partners, while Nottingham and Vienna observers debate impact on French lace makers and future industry.
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Matitsch
Herr Matitsch
Vienna
Nottingham
England
New York Tribune
Filipino Captives Sign Fake Well Treated Paper
In the Philippines a group of captives forced to sign a Spanish document declaring they were well treated. Lieutenant Gilmore approved by writing “nit” after each name, leading captors to believe the signatures were official. Later, the trick was revealed when the paper returned to civilization.
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Rilmore
Earl Fitzwilliam Landslide of Generous Settlement
A London paper recounts Earl Fitzwilliam’s fair dealing with a farmer who blamed fox hunters for ruined corn. The Earl paid fifty pounds for damage, later repaid after harvest. He then issued a one hundred pound check for the tenant to pass to his eldest son with a lesson in just dealings.
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Earl Fitzwilliam
London
He Served Two Masters in Joke From Chicago News
A light hearted quip notes a husband on a week’s vacation from work letting his wife handle chores at home. It contrasts a wife’s praise with the idea of balancing duties and medical wisdom’s plainness.
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Chicago News
Stamping Out Corn Smut and Farm Waste Practices
Discusses preventing corn smut by early removal and burning of pus tules, warns against spore spread, notes Bordeaux spraying limited by timing, and urges coordinated field efforts. Also covers fattening older cows with pasture and grain, irrigation, and reducing farm waste through better handling of manure and weeds.
Ideal Dairy Cow Described By Agricultural Dept Bulletin
The bulletin presents an illustration of an ideal dairy cow with medium head and neck, deep digestive region, long well developed hindquarter, and a well shaped udder. It notes the animal’s strength in milk capacity, balance, and sturdy constitution, while admitting no single type fits every contingency.
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Agricultural Department
Watch Growing Chicks for Profitable Poultry Business
For serious poultry growers the article stresses careful chick rearing to ensure healthy stock and identify future layers. It advises marking standout chicks with superior ancestry or growth to distinguish them for selective breeding and future work.
Irrigating the Garden
A discussion on watering plants by surface methods during normal seasons. The usual approach aims to moisten soil and roots, though practical considerations and limitations of surface watering are noted for garden upkeep.
Feeding Bran and Grain For Healthy Stock
A Rural New Yorker cor respondent reports that adding bran to grain improves stock conditioning. A fattening mare failed on corn alone, but thrice daily feeding of six ears plus one quart bran yielded quick gains and good condition. Emphasizes fresh feed and balanced rations with bran as one third. Warns against overfeeding and inadequate water.
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New Yorker
To Stretch Barbed Wire With A Post Fitting Device
The article describes a simple method to stretch barbed wire using a device shown in an illustration. It emphasizes the discomfort of barbed wire and suggests a practical tool to ease placement on posts.
Unclear Description of Wire Framing and Tension System
The text describes a rapid wire stretching frame used to uncoil barbed wire as a man walks, with a companion stapling the wire to stakes and a pin locking the frame to tighten the wire. It references England Homestead.
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England
Swindling the Farmer in Indiana Scheme
Rural New Yorker reports Chicago swindlers posing as hunters earned $5 permits from farmers, then converted receipts into $500 promissory notes. The scheme yielded about $5,000 in one county, with small initial payments lowering farmer suspicion.
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Indiana
Chicago
New Yorker
Cover Crops in Orchards Use Summer Cultivation
Farmers switch from traditional cover crops to summer cultivation to kill weeds and improve soil moisture and aeration. They seed clover in late summer after drought danger passes, with scarlet or crimson varieties preferred. Leaving land in sod allegedly diverts moisture and nutrients from trees.
Preventing Wheat Rust by Seed Treatment and Fresh Seed
Advice suggests destroying rust spores in seed by soaking in a copper sulfate solution for 24 hours, then drying with land plaster before sowing. Avoid last year’s rusty wheat and use new seed on a different field to prevent recurrence.
Beet Pulp Feeds Lambs Show Promising Results
Feeding lambs beet pulp in Lansing Michigan fed about 3000 animals this season. Initial reluctance and some deaths occurred, but later the pulp was well accepted. Fermenting the pulp slightly appears to improve satisfaction and performance.
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Lansing
Mich
Ram's Horn Blasts Sermon Fragments or Wisdom Sayings
A collection of paraphrased maxims and sermon snippets on faith virtue discipline and piety. The phrases urge personal responsibility prayer refined character and trust in God with references to spiritual growth and moral aim. The tone mirrors a devotional compendium of church instruction.
Oregon country dispute and the 1845 boundary compromise
A historical overview of the 1818 46 dispute with Britain over the Oregon country from Alaska to Washington and Idaho. It traces US claims from Gray 1792 to Astoria 1811 and the 1824 Russia treaty, and Britain's base on Drake Cook and Vancouver. It notes Polk 1844 and the 1845 forty ninth parallel compromise shaping Washington's northern border.
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England
Oregon Country
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Pacific
Alaska
United States
Columbia River
Gray
Columbia
Astor
Astoria
Russia
Drake
Canada
Cook
Vancouver
Fur Trading Corporation
Hudson’s Bay Company
Polk
Leslie
California
Arctic
Wose
Unknown friends rise to aid man in changed fate
A man facing hardship finds help from friends who previously stayed hidden as fortunes shift and tides turn, revealing new allies eager to assist.
Gun Bewitched Uncle Wash Flee After Fatal Gun Joke
A tale from the New York Tribune recounts Uncle Washington Harris, a freedman known as a local preacher, who carried a long shotgun. Buck Allen rigs the gun with phosphorus and powder. three explosions scare Wash into flight, leaving him to abandon the weapon as believing it bewitched.
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Washington Harris
Wash
Buck” Allen
Buck
Sperrers
Ole Turkee
New York Tribune
Buried American History in Williamsburg Virginia
A concise meditation on Williamsburg as a historic colonial town. The piece recalls mid 17th century planning, Duke of Gloucester Street, the old capitol foundations, William and Mary College gates, the Brafferton building, and the early Indian education effort under Governor Spotswood with hostages from tribal chiefs used to ensure attendance.
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Williamsburg
Virginia
Middle Plantation
Duke of Gloucester
Capitol
William and Mary College
College
William and Mary
Brafferton
Spotswood
America
Normal Gray Hair Signals Nervous System Defect
A medical note argues that gray hair reflects nervous system problems. It defines normal grayness by five criteria: onset after age 35, symmetry, starting at temples, gradual blanching, and scalp blanching not ahead of facial changes.
Induction Coil Aims To Send Wireless Sparks Coast To Coast
A new massive induction coil for wireless telegraphy reportedly creates a forty five inch lightning like spark between Japan and Korea. Weighing about two thousand pounds it emits thunder like noise when operated and could kill anyone in its path. The piece notes how yesterday s heroes remain earthbound.
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Japan
Korea
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Grace Memorial Church
Torchon
Harper's Weekly
Gilmore
Luzon
BAR Myers
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Arctic Sea
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