Book Trust Offers Encyclopaedia Britannica Reprint Deal
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American Farmer Free Publication Move Announcement
The AMERICAN FARMER will be published from Springfield and Cleveland Ohio with an enlarged edition starting January. It remains non political and free to all subscribers who pay one year in advance. Sample copies available at the office.
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Irving SCOLMMONS A Far More Wonderful Story
Irvings name appears in a literary piece titled The Great Discoverer s First A Far More Wonderful Story Than the Most Brilliant Imagination told in the words of a master of literature.
Columbus Lands at St Mary's Azores amid HostilePortugal Clash
Columbus and crew reach St Mary's in the Azores after a tempestuous voyage. The governor Castaneda detains mariners in a hostile bid, while Columbus defends his rights as admiral. After escape to Lisbon, he parades before King John II and returns to Palos, completing a seven month voyage.
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Grim Reaper Advertising and Odd Tales from Pittsburg
A Pittsburgh Dispatch excerpt recounts quirky notes about embalmers and undertakers including claims on knee joint physics and mountain elevation myths. It also describes a Philadelphia style street talk with a wholesale dealer returning from Maryland trips and quirky ad signs urging embalming fluids shrouds and burial services.
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Pittsburg Dispatch
Talmage Shaved Whiskers For Art Not Piety
The Rev T De Witt Talmage explains to a reporter that he shaved off his whiskers purely for aesthetic reasons not religious conviction. He says he grew facial hair originally to cast a shadow when thin, then claims he now casts one without whiskers and shaves only on Sundays with razors that sharpen themselves if unused for days.
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New York
Census Progress in Northern British Columbia Regions
Dominion census figures from the northern BC districts are sent to Ottawa with Peace and Mackenzie areas awaiting June submission. Enumeration in remote Cassiar and Stickeen districts required Alaska travel and border crossing, noting natives in primitive conditions and scant Chinese settlement with minimal impact on totals.
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Mackenzie
Cassiar
Stickeen River
Alaska
Toronto Mail
Death of an English Railway King
Richard Potter, once chairman of the Great Western Railway and manager of the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada, dies leaving a vast fortune to nine daughters. He had no sons. Miss Beatrice Potter, an unmarried daughter, is noted for writings on cooperation. Another daughter is married to Mr Leonard Courtney, M P.
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Pall Mall Budget
Order for a Barrel of Cider in a Fraud Trial
In a France trial of a man selling fake decorations, details reveal vanity and meanness. The swindler used pretended orders of the Lion and Sun of Persia to fleece victims, including a tradesman who agreed to a barrel of cider for social prestige.
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Swinner
Persia
London Telegraph
Go Thou and Do Likewise and Oddities Attributed to Justice Flynn
A Pittsfield Adver note mocks Justice Flynn of Whitneyville for answering few questions. He was seen in oversized No 12 shoes with a Mayflower style inscribed adhesive patch saying Put on for comfort a large coin beneath. Also mentions plans to introduce German songbirds to Oregon and a London steamer arriving from Auckland with 40 000 sheep and 2000 cattle at low prices.
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Whitneyville
Pittsfield
Auckland
London
Modest Purchases by Rich People in Washington
Washington society notes describe Mrs Leland Stanford asking to see budget carpets priced at a dollar a yard, with rich Philadelphians and Mrs Philip Sheridan noted for ingrain carpets. The column cites Washington parlors using inexpensive carpet and selective costly rugs as status markers. Chicago set for grand ball on Oct 13 1892 with patrons named from prominent families.
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Dr Mary Walker War Claim Seeks $2000 Payment
Dr Mary Walker served as army surgeon in the late war. Paid for twelve months then unpaid after the war department ruled against female officers. She continued three years without pay and seeks $2000 from the government. Favorable congress reports exist but calendar action has not occurred.
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War Department
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Free Cooking Instruction Opens to All School Age Girls
Milwaukee argues for free public instruction in cooking at the school annex open to girls not enrolled in public schools. The proposal seeks board support, asserting that access should not be withheld from any applicants of school age and that if free instruction is beneficial it should be available to all.
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Odd Food Myths In Slogans And Sayings
A quirky clipping notes that hot bread fuels beliefs about heart disease and warns against broiling liver before breakfast. It mocks a hotel claim about wine jelly’s strength to hold an infant fly, illustrating humorous or nonsensical food lore.
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