Farming by Electricity in Boston Lab Sparks Electric Farming Era
A Boston lab article outlines how electricity could power farms, from central power plants to windmill dynamos and river currents. It describes electric ploughs, trolley-powered machinery, hay lifts, fence makers, shepherd devices, and experiments with arc and incandescent lighting to boost plant growth, with Ithaca and West Virginia studies cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
West
New York State
New Jersey
New York City
Ithaca
Wailey Tae
F. W. Rane
West Virginia
Bailey
C.D. Warren
Amherst
Questions and Answers column stirs Civil War print clash
Judge Reagan cites Galveston News clipping to defend President Davis from accusations of prisoner exchanges. The piece argues the North bore blame for prisoner suffering, cites Stanton and Grant policy, and notes Davis offered exchanges and aid which were rejected.
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Austin
Texas
Reagan
Post
Galveston News Today
Andergonville
Libby
Srppent
Confederacy
Wertz
United States
Davis
Washington
Stanton
Gen. Grant Ag
South
Mr. Davis
Thrvis
North
Shody
Washington Senerael
Shady
Cleveland
Order of Deeds of the
District of Columbia
Touston
A Hero of the War and a Confederate Hero’s Sacrifice
An old Confederate veteran narrates a Gettysburg moment of selfless courage. A wounded man in gray, despite crippling injuries, refuses aid, vows for his family, and dies amid a battlefield chorus praising heroes. The tale culminates with a doctor and comrades honoring the man whose final act secured his family’s future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gettysburg
Oman
Ice
Sal
Hils
Gay
Memorial marks first English settlement at Roanoke site
First English settlers at Roanoke are commemorated with a memorial at Fort Raleigh Dare County. The base uses North Carolina granite and Virginia granite tablet, bearing an inscription about the 1580 voyage from Logland under Sir Walter Raleigh and the fort called the New Fort in Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rapeieu
America
England
Sir Prancis Drake
Virginia Dare
Ananias Dare
Eleanor White
Sir Walter Raleigh
Mantoo
Hatteras Island
Starting a Bulky Horse in Hartwick News
A bulky horse blocks a street and resists leading. A well-dressed man in a silk hat uses twine and a stick to coax it forward, recalling Mexican methods. the crowd observes. Also note: Mrs. Robinson of Hartwick suffers rheumatism. Chamberlain's Pain Balm praised by Mr Twybinson and sold at Willmay Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. S. Picton
Denison
Teday
Chamberlain
Pieston
Hill-Orr Brug Cu
Veryone
Mexico
Kiniens
Linn
Robinson
Hartwick
N. Vo
Carnival at Laramie Plains Showed Bucking Bulls and Rope Work
The Laramie Plains carnival near Laramie City Wyoming drew about 200 cow camp punchera and 1000 visitors as crews rode and roped in a packed arena. Johnny Harding and Lou Bath faced wild horses Tom Mead and Hunter Boy causing crashes and crowd upheaval before calmer rides by Will Simpson and Bert Schenck. The event ended with a town parade and cowboy ball underscoring a lively day of frontier showmanship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cowboys
Laramie Plains
Laramie City
Wyoming
Johnny Harding
Tom Mead
Harding
Bardi
Lou Bath
Hunter Boy
Bath
Texas
Bert Schenck
Buffalo Bill
Schenck
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
The Sabbath Day and Keeping It Holy
The passage defines Sabbath rest as cessation of work with shops closed and factories idle. It adds works of mercy and necessity may proceed, but mere avoidance of labor is insufficient without worship and study of God. The day is set apart for Him, after six days of labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salta
Baxter Street Bargain Tales In Broken English Trade
A pickpocketish huckster bargains on a pair of trousers in Baxter Street. A customer complains the pants are too short and dark, while the dealer stretches excuses and promises they will fit with wear. The exchange ends with the buyer accepting the altered deal amid comic mispronunciations and a grease stain remark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hucketer
Baxter Street
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B. C. Evans & CO
Thos,a. Archer
Clarence Osborne
Archer & Osborne
the Patio
Sullivan Hardware CO
D.P Sloan
THE
Yates Shoe Company
Boston Lab
Patent Office
Davis Standerad
Billy Blivens
Trover
Call
Ken Petty
New York Sun
Major McKinley
McKinley
Professor Hicks
Ry Hicks
Earth
Venna
Mercury
Afars
Gayere
North Atlantic
Atlantic
Vulcan
Mars
Venus
Great Lakes
Gulf
Obrimas
St. Louis
St. Louis Republic
Prairie Schooner
Ind
Vencn
Will Simpson
Simpson
Black Star
Jarod Fritainger
Hamilton Street
Germany
Fritsinger
Liberty
Tioga County
John Con‘rad Yeager
Allentown
Friedenville
Sheeversville
Dryland
Joshua Yeager
Pennsylvania
Charles H. Tiaesler
Pottaville
New York
J. Kf. Schenck
Caddo
Ind. Ter. Banner
Hill-Orr Ding Co
Bookum
Silas Tatman
A. Smooth
Tatman
Bui Buokua
Silng
Anidie
Bunkum
Bunkam
Usman
Cunningham
Bee
Cola
Asib
Silas
Treat
Stone
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