Sweet potatoes dried for market by Clemson experiment
The Clemson College experiment station led by Reverend J S Newman reports a new method to preserve sweet potatoes by drying and boiling prior to evaporation. The process reduces weight to a quarter, renders the product non perishable, preserves flavor, and allows long storage. Test results show viable long shelf life and potential for wide distribution and profit.
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South Carolina
Clemson College
J. S. Newman
South
J. Sam Pickett
E. F. McDowell
Franklin
N. C
Charleston Exposition
Experiment Station
Thoas
Wreck Inquiry in Worton’s NYO&W Fatal Crash
Coroners inquiry into last Sundays NYO&W wreck at Worton's, four men killed, continues. Engineer Ady Neal believed dead at scene after failing to slow at Chiloway or Horton's. conductor tried to warn. Local chatter includes unverified anecdotes and unrelated asides.
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Chiloway
Horton's
Ducoton
Blow it Way Out of Prison
Armed with dynamite a sixteen man band attempted to blow free from the Tennessee penitentiary. Fifteen escaped. Edward Carney was killed. Joseph Lous and James Work were captured. Doe the Maccentor train robber fled with the group. six escapees were Government convicts and the rest State convicts. bloodhounds pursued the fugitives.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tyatt
Tennessee Penitentiary
Edward Carney
Joseph Lous
James Work
Hyatt
Carney
Doe
Train Robbery Aims To Fortunes North Of Savanna
A midnight robbery on the Chicago Burlington and Quincy line five miles north of Savanna involved six masked men who uncoupled the engine and express car, blew the express with dynamite, and escaped after one robber was killed. Express messenger Bye claims to have fired. About $3000 reportedly seized. passengers unharmed.
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Mount Carol
Tlinois
Marcus
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Savanna
Emerson
Little Station
Engin
Rauover
Irg
Bye
Waa Securd
Antiquated Lawyer Anecdotes and Odd Remedies
A muddled column notes Judge James T. Brady and a young attorney’s humble shopfront beginning on Fulton Street. Also jokes about a cobbler, a boastful tradesman, and various patent medicines from Orr Gray & Co. with claims of cures and health tips for hot weather.
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Dea
Tony
Trady
Trishman
South Haven couple adopts 22 orphans from asylum
Mr and Mrs John Shandrow of South Haven adopt 22 children from an orphan asylum. The brood includes school age kids, some never baptized. After selecting from a Minneapolis overrun supply, the couple baptize eight children as part of the surprise adoption, and plan to raise all as their own on their 100 acre fruit farm.
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South Haven
Mich
Aug. T
John Shandrow
Shandrow
Smith Poundling
Minneapolis
Simell
Time for a Good Time on the Train Ride
Two travelers joke with a Alabama police chief aboard a train. The driver boasts he travels to Birmingham or Atlanta to buy whiskey, drinks freely, and whoops in the woods for a loud, rowdy good time.
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Alabama
Wael
Birmingham
Atlanta
Negro Baby Controversy At City Day Nursery
At a church run day nursery in a working-class area a black mother lost her check and was refused care for her baby. A later visit revealed the remaining infant was a negro child, prompting shocked exclamations from parishioners as the pastor explained the mother was also black.
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Shuroh
Tme
Hera
Courtroom farce on age claims during testimony
In a chaotic exchange the judge questions the witness about her age and occupation, while the clerk records conflicting numbers. The exchange devolves into a linguistic jumble as the witness insists the ages cited are incorrect, ending with a calm, puzzled acknowledgment from the judge.
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Shoveux
Pebenny
The Deacons Resolution Prayer for Rain
A fragment describes a deacon praying for rain over nine nights and a flood from Providence. The tale notes cows drowned and a house foundation compromised, ending with quips about Providence guiding the weather and the desire to keep quiet.
Speed of Dogs and Long-Distance Endurance
Greyhounds are the swiftest dogs and perhaps the swiftest of all four footed animals. Trained hounds reach about eighteen to twenty three yards per second, comparable to carrier pigeons. Foxhounds run nearly eighteen yards per second. M Dusolier notes stats showing long journeys by dogs under drivers or riders on bikes. Wolves can travel fifty to sixty miles in a night and repeat the next night.
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M. Dusolier
Origin of Book Muslin and Indian Textile Names
A correspondent asks why the word book is applied to muslin. The folding method likened to opening a book is clever but incorrect. The term derives from Buke, later written Book, a district in India. British muslin rose to rivalry with Indian manufacture in 1780. India muslins remain famed for their whiteness.
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India
Pins and wire craft in Britain a massive pins supply
Wire from brass drives Britain's pinmaking, with an annual output near 50 million pins and Birmingham producing about three quarters. The piece notes how such vast production and the tiny value of each pin provoke wonder at the wire industry. It also contains a series of short, witty maxims about proposals, admissions, age, and gifts.
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Great Britain
Birmingham
Chambers' Journal
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Eyaos Pharmacy
Allaman
Chamberlain
Orr Gray & Co
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Orr-Gray & Co
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Anderson
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Providy
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