Global strikes ripple through ports and mines across nations
The report details ongoing strikes in Liverpool and other English ports extending to carpenters and laborers, plus mining strikes in Pennsylvania Ohio Kentucky and California. It notes stalled shipping, debated wheat costs in Britain, a Chicago rail pass agreement, and a dramatic horseback mail case in Montana with a frostbitten driver saved after ten days.
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Kentucky
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William Rowe
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Mr. Rowe
Bob Casey
Tobsecco
Atart
Worm remedy recipe from old notice
A historical note describes a worm treatment using bark powder, sulphur, and salt mixed and divided into twelve portions. It advises feeding one portion nightly to remove worms and strengthen digestion. A second, similar wartime style remedy mentions pads of washes and salt dissolved in food as an effective daily dose.
Berkshire Pony Marked by White Hair and Tail
A claim describes a full blood black Berkshire with a few white hairs at the hooves, a white star on the forehead, and a white tip on the tail as distinguishing features.
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Berkshire
Work Not A Rod Of Land More Than You Can Work Well
A terse proverb-like line states that labor should match ability, urging prudent effort rather than overreach. The quote emphasizes practical limits and steady progress in work.
The Art of Going Away in Social Encounters
A London Saturday Review essay argues leaving a room gracefully is harder yet more valuable than entering. It links ending conversations to literary skill and sermon cadence, noting the difficulty for hosts and editors to wind down well and with measure.
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London Saturday Review
Sam Weller
Saturday Review
Be Ye Lake Foolish Confined Wife Hopes for Cure
Fragments describe a husband reflecting on his wife’s decade of illness bed bound with unclear causes and failed medical attempts. He hints at belief in wisdom and a past advisory to act boldly amid uncertainty. The text preserves a distressed, archaic voice.
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Sommerville
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Russians Ordered to Ready Move in Bulgaria
In Bulgaria the Russians have been ordered to hold themselves in readiness to leave at the time appointed by the Berlin Congress.
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Miners’ Journal
Gowen
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad
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Schuykill County
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McNulty
Bulgaria
Congress Debates Immigration and Indian Affairs in Feb Sessions
Washington notes reveal Senate and House actions on Chinese immigration bills, Indian affairs inquiries into the Cheyenne massacre, and a plan to fund deficit needs. Kantor report and various amendments shape the tax and capital projects amid adjournments.
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Franklin Dean Stanley Sees American Confidence in Birmingham Speech
Speaking in Birmingham on the 16th ultime, Dean Stanley praised Americans for buoyancy and elasticity in national and individual life. He attributed this vitality to climate, vast horizons, and youth, urging Britons to match their confidence in politics religion and society.
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Birmingham
Dean Stanley
America
United States
Increase Pasture Lands With Clover and Grasses
Advice to expand pasture by adding ten to fifty acres. Prepare soil well, harrow fine, sow clover Timothy red top and orchard grass. Keep stock off first summer to establish pasture. For permanent pasture sow orchard grass and blue grass seed.
Heliotrope in Geodetic Survey Described By Professor
The Heliotrope device reflects sun rays to distant points to aid reading angles over long lines. Simple construction uses two screens a mirror and a base to sight objects up to fifty miles away, with signals possible by shading the ray.
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L. M. Hisupt
Journal of the Franklin Institute
Lake Sun
Forcing Children and the Value of Rest in Youth
A critic argues against perpetual exams and early rising in schools, warning that relentless competition stunts youth. He contends intellectual rest preserves freshness and vigor, noting overwork degrades faculties and moralizes children before real life begins.
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Hook
Jesson
India to tea export boom spans archipelago regions
In 1840 India exported four pounds of tea. That country now exports 40 000 000 pounds annually, and cultivation is extending there and in all the islands of the Indian archipelago.
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India
Indian Archipelago
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