Florida Orange Groves and Piney Woods Reflections
A Florida travelogue from Atlanta Constitution writer Billars Litter visits West Florida orange groves. He records mixed fortunes from growers like Starr and Robinson, notes on cultivation, local labor, citrus markets, and the influence of climate on health and colonization. The piece blends weather, flora, and colorful local characters with observations on pests, guano economics, and regional land prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta Constitution
Florida
Gabriel
Starr
Robinson
Lenard
Sampson
Theas
Job
Indian River
Bob
Why is the Jew Hated and the Cherokee Nation
A long reader piece argues Christian preaching fueled Jew hatred for 1700 years, condemning clergy for promoting antisemitism while praising some modern clergy. It also surveys Cherokee Nation lands in western North Carolina, the reservation’s history, geography, people, and culture including Yellow Hill, Bryson City, and the band’s growth.
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Galilee
Nazareth
Constantine
America
Israel
Maccabee
Christison—Relti Adolph Moses
American Journal of Politics
North Carolina
Indian Territory
Swain
Cherokee
Juckson
Mississippi River
Yellow Hill
Bryson City
Ocona
New York Evening Post
Sword Swallower Cliquot Ends Harrowing Exhibition
A New York based Canadian sword swallower, Cliquot, performed a private demonstration for Metropolitan Throat Hospital doctors, stacking fourteen flexible blades and later swallowing them. He collapsed in distress during the act, with doctors suspecting esophageal or stomach puncture and possible distension. He was rushed to Union Square Hotel for care, where morphine relief and further medical attention followed.
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New York
Squot
Ttina
Metropolitan Throat Hospital
Cliquot
Union Square Hotel
Lackawanna Engineer Describes Old Engine Troubles
An engineer recalls an early job on the Lackawanna Railroad. He describes a harsh period of being asked to pull heavy loads, nearly overloads, and a meeting with the company president about selling his prized engine. The anecdote ends with a line about Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup as a general remedy.
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R. J. Redsling
Atlanta Constitution
Lackawanna Railroad
Hong Chow
Columbia
United States Treasury
Sheriden
Sheridan
Caspian Sea
Asheron
Paris
Columbus
Frap‘eois Coppee
Henrietta
Ashing
Devonshire
Aiduis
Molasses and Petroleum in Tank Ships
A Tribune report explains how Cuban molasses is shipped in the same steamship tanks used for petroleum. Ships pump 10,000 gallon hourly suction to fill tanks, leaving space for expansion, enabling rapid unloading and boosting profits for steamship lines while detailing handling and tank cleaning practices.
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Cuba
United States
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Havana
M. Tribune
Scientific Slaughtering and By-Product Utilization
The Drovers’ Journal notes modern packing plants maximize by products to reduce waste. Stomachs become pepsin, feet and horns yield glue and combs, intestines casings, bladders for putty, blood for fertilizer, bones to bone meal, and more. Quebec winter markets show frozen beef, mutton, and milk sold in solid blocks.
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Drovers’ Journal
Cross Roads
China
Quebec
Various oddities and notes from late 19th century life
A collage of trivia and anecdotes including tropical plants, ink notes on velvet binding, long outsides, women's sensitivity to pain, nocturnal growth of life, first class rail fares, and Moody and Sankey hymn circulation. It covers rain in Aden 1888, a New Zealand marriage, Salvation Oil for horses, cremation figures in 1893, a Maine lynching widow remarrying, and a string of humorous quips from Victorian society.
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Amazon
Moody and Sankey
Aden
Arabia
Orma
New Zealand
Salvation Oil
C. W. Lee
Shiasyould
Niagenal
America
Russia
Java
Japan
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Sullivan
Leo
Todd & Evans
Moi
Fred. Leo
South Main Street
Broyles New Building
Dar
Drilen
Cois
Lizzie Williams
Mita Bet Ie Timai, Amit "Dodd
Massachusetts Standard
Vale
Dutasinme
Webb & Mattison
South Carolina
Maxwell & Son
Chiquola Place
HN A. Austin
Austin 400
Palace Grocery
J. A. Austin:& CO
Billarps Litter
Willers
Thera
Cedar Keys
St. Petersborg
Gulf
Joe Anspaugh
Joe
Carteraville
Boston
Anont Fertilizers
Spartanburg Spartan
Hall
I. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
West
Trvan
Watptye
Kannan & Mangin
Druggista
Hill Bros
Jones
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