Uganda Railway Project Promises East African Trade Boom
The Uganda railway proposal from Mombasa to Lake Victoria aims to 650 miles at about £2,000,000. Curzon, Kirk, Colville and others back the line built by the government with 3 ft 6 in gauge. It targets major trade along Nile waters, lake routes, and cultivated lands, boosting British commerce and inviting settlers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Ironmonger
House of Commons
Curzon
Uganda
Department
John Kirk
Colville
Alexander Rendel
Montagu Ommaney
Percy Anderson
Mombasa
Victoria Nyanza Lake
Kikuyu
Central Africa
Nile
India
The Bunntown Bazoo Aged County Seat Notes and Notices
A spoof local column from BunTown story in which readers submit quips, tips and caricatures. It notes grain movement near Bulkley Ford and mentions Major Slocome selling swamp hay, pig iron advice, a home remedy, a city visitor from Vinchburg and light community satire about agriculture and fundraising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bulkley Ford
Slocome
Bazoo
Welker
Charles Scaddings
Vinchburg
Jayson Jones
Washington
Agricultural Bureau
Morton
Charley Hoss
Silas B
Silas Greengoods
Bunco
Handkerchief Craze Replaces Spoons Among Tourists
A traveling woman reports a new fad as handkerchief collecting becomes popular over souvenir spoons. From Josephine’s era to now the handkerchief is a key expense for a fastidious dresser. The globe trotter notes she adds fine linen squares at every stop, using them as a travel notebook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milady
Josephine
Summer Flowers Bloom In the Fall
Nature shows unusual growth in Richland Michigan as rains follow a long drought. Wild flowers blossom in fall and fruit trees bear ripe fruit and blossoms on the same branch. Late planted beans mature alongside green beans. Garden seeds that failed to sprout now grow, yielding a second early harvest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richland
Mich
Giant seven pound mushroom found along Michigan Central line
A railroad employee in St Thomas Ontario brought a seven pound mushroom to town, noting it is among the largest seen in years. He reports there are tons of mushrooms along the Michigan Central railroad line.
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St. Thomas
Ont
Michigan Central Railroad
Lost overcoat aboard New England train rush
In a New England city railway car a man wakes to find his overcoat missing. His son had quietly taken it for safekeeping. The owner searches frantically, then spots the coat on a veiled lady in crape. He lunges, apologizes as the train departs with a startled shopper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
In-Law Advice Sparks Humorous Marriage Tale
A Richmond Dispatch joke recalls a son-in-law complaining marriage life lacks excitement. The father-in-law points to his injunction to "take her and be happy" but notes the son ignored the happiness part, twists on a light domestic lesson.
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Richmond Dispatch
Death's Strict Account and the Power of Music
A physician recounts cases where music affected patients. He notes a dying boy improved after hearing music, while a dying man near a window reacted strongly and threw out a boot jack. The anecdote ends with the organ grinder dying, illustrating music as a double edged force in illness.
Can't Bloom in Their Yard
A Chicago Telephone Company order bars operators from reporting at a building in bloomers or wearing bloomers in uniform at any hour. Attire may not be assumed before leaving for home.
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Chicago Telephone Company
Extempore Pianist Plays Out of Time Defined
Grisby asks what an extempore pianist is and a professor explains that extempore means out of tempo and time, describing a pianist who plays out of time in advertisements.
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Grisby
Boston Transcript
And They Never Go There
A humorous exchange recalls heaven and apartment life with a joking twist about janitors and housing. The dialogue centers on Bessie asking about apartments in heaven and her mother’s playful explanation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie
Mamma
Single purpose barns for dairy and poultry farms
Advice on building narrow cost effective dairy cow barns and separate horse and litter storage. Recommends balloon frame 59 cow building, long narrow designs, silo use, and cutting straw for efficiency. Also discusses poultry judging difficulties and score card variability in Ohio Poultry Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester County
Philadelphia Ledger
Intensifying Western dairying shifts feed from pasture to corn fields
Western dairymen push pasture expansion to corn field conversion and silos to cut costs. A ration grown on the farm supports winter milking and boosts butter profits, aligning with intensive farming to reduce farm acreage and increase skilled labor use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Workbasket trifles spark from country visitors in New York shop
A New York Tribune note recalls three country visitors touring a jewelry store and marveling at costly trifles. They laugh at prices for a thread-winder at 39, a glove-darner at 11, and a tape-measure at 7, aghast at the extravagance and the idea of spending so much on small items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Tribune
Mary Ellen
Greater Poultry Profits Through Green Bone Feed
E H Davis cites The Poultry Monthly on how feeding green bones improves winter and spring egg output. The regimen lowers grain costs, enhances bone and shell development, and keeps fowls alert and productive even during molt.
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E. H. Davis
Poultry Monthly
Peculiar Silky Fowls or Negro Breeds and Sheep Note
Manly Miles discusses a breed called Silky or Negro fowls with plumage like wool and violet skin and bones. The flesh is white and delicate, cocks weigh about four pounds and hens two and a half. The piece also rebukes the view sheep are mere scavengers, urging proper care and shelter to prevent decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manly Miles
India
China
England
Opposed to Bloomers by Terre Haute Priest
A sermon by Rev. Father Wilson of St. Joseph's church in Terre Haute Indiana condemns the bicycle bloomer as unbecoming for young women. He warned that women who wear it would not be recognized by him on the street and friends who speak to him would be ignored. Several young women reportedly reconsidered wearing the new dress after the sermon.
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Father Wilson
St. Joseph's
Terre Haute
Ind
Her Deficiency Sharpening Pencils Like A Pro
A witty note from the Philadelphia Record on how the new woman still lacks the art of sharpening a pencil without showing teeth marks, a light social jab in period tone.
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Philadelphia Record
Texas Liftings
A compact collection of wry observations and epigrams from Texan Siftings notes. It quips about envy cheerfulness and luck, jokes about temperance saloons and wedding engagements, and closes with a quip on evolution sparked by a pretty girl missing a pug dog.
Notable Plight and Shifting Roles In Late 19th Century Figures
Digest notes report workmen in salt works avoiding vaccines for cholera small pox scarlet fever and influenza. Miss Diana Vaughan a Palladian Lucif erian sect leader reportedly converts to Roman Catholicism. Major General Simond dies at 65 after heart disease while golfing at Southall. Author Charles Leroy famed for Colonel Ramellot stories dies in Paris. Baritone Herr Gura, initial Wotan in Die Ring, dismissed from Munich Hoftheater due to aging voice. plans concerts instead.
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Diana Vaughan
Southall
Simond
Charles Leroy
Ramellot
Paris
Herr Gura
Wotan
Munich Hoftheater
Doctor Delivers Grim Diagnosis After Patient Dies
A doctor relates a patient who died after a treatment began yesterday. The grocer weighs as the scene shifts, but the narrator minimizes the death with a casual remark about its inevitability.
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Africa
America
Merchanta
THE
Dairy and Poultry
Ohio Poultry Journal
City
Sikés
Texas Liftings
Boston
ELY Brothers
Warren St
New York
Hood
R. B. Sangster
Kensett
Arkansas
C. I. Hood & Co
Apothecaries
Lowell
Mass
U.S. A
Hood’s
Mic
John Carle & Sons
Wilson Bros
Easton
Sioux City
UTS
Ienahan
W. B. Eddy & CO
Whitehall
Wen Cook Remedy CO
Masonic Temple
Chicago
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