Ruanda and Belgian Congo Promise Vast Central African Wealth
The National Geographic bulletin notes Belgium’s Congo occupation and provisional rule over Ruanda as a likely permanent gain. It highlights Ruanda’s high altitude, fertile grasslands, cattle wealth, and favorable climate free of malaria and sleeping sickness, with contrasts between Watussi and Batwa peoples.
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Ruanda
German East Africa
Congo
Belgium
Central Africa
National Geographic Society
Ruanda Les
Lake Kivu
Upper Congo
British East Africa
Kagera
Alexandra Nile
Lake Victoria Nyanza
Europe
Kwidschwel
Bugoie
Belgian Congo
Shungugu
Lake Tanganyika
Russian Empire
Congo Basin
Shangugu Les
Rhode Island
Ujiji
Richard Burton
J. H. Speke
Lake Tanganyiki
Hereditary Fear of Man in 19th Century Women
A Colier’s essay fragment notes a New York paper claim of a hereditary fear guiding women's conduct since past ages. The author recalls a 1800s classroom moment where a teacher reacted with a ruler, illustrating social fear and cultural training, framed with irony and retrospective self‑awareness.
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New York
Hon Tamera
United States
Collier's
Fragment from a curious dialogue on illness
A terse exchange between children touches on illness with Little Fred admitting brain fever and noting it in his head as the worst spot, while Little Harry asks about the trouble.
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Fred
Harry
Ivory white fabrics dominate winter fashion from Redfern
Paris correspondent Idalia de Villiers notes Redfern's ivory white Jersey cloth coats with white silk embroidery shaping the figure and lined with white linen collars. Plaited skirts gain favor while white costumes, including Jersey cloth and ivory white crepe de chine, lead among Parisiennes. black hats of taffeta replace velvet for summer wear and furs remain prominent in fashionable silhouettes.
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Redfern
Idalia de Villiers
Paris
Boston Globe
Maison Redfern
Frances
Crochet Rugs are Pretty and Practical Home Craft
A home craft piece describes making oval braided rugs from odds and ends of rags or fabrics. It explains color balance, material needs for a 30 by 40 inch rug, and step by step crocheting with a chain start and alternating color strips. It notes durability varies by material and cost.
Almost all women glad hats are in fashion
The piece notes the broad appeal of large hats with a mysterious allure. It describes styles from close fitting to brimless Cossack frames, Watteau, Dolly Varden, bell shapes, and the dramatic cart wheel, highlighting dark colors and soft tinted linings.
Dictates of Fashion Note Subtleties in Summer Attire
The article surveys current fashion details including cutaway coats in limited use, rounded handkerchief corners, sheer silk weaves, unbleached rep for boys, short fisherwife sleeves with turned cuffs, puffed and cape-like evening dress sleeves, blazer stripes with plain colors for summer suits, and color notes like coffee brown russet cinnamon and African. It also comments on simple prim dress bodices and childlike style elements.
Preparedness Gloves Reflect Patriotism in Fashion
A period piece notes a new fashion trend, preparedness gloves made of white kid leather feature decorations in Old Glory colors. The writer suggests only venturesome wearers would don them, linking style to the era's patriotic fervor.
Construction of Permanent Hay Shed Details
The USDA outlines a modular hay shed design 28 feet by 48 feet with seven feet side cover, expandable in 16 foot sections to fit farms. Each section holds about 20 tons of hay, up to 25 tons for alfalfa, with options for lean-tos, concrete supports, and lightning rods for protection. Cost estimates place a three-section shed just over $300 in materials and around $450 including labor and equipment.
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Ruanda
Count von Gotzen
German East Africa
Lake
Kivu
Central Africa
Rufuji
Tanganyika
Ruands
Adolphus Freder
Duke of
United States Department of Agriculture
Office of Public Roads and Rural Engineering
Department
Make Hay While Sun Shines Advice for Farmers
The article urges timely haymaking and proper storage. It warns against delaying for cheaper implements, stresses covering stacks to prevent rain damage, warns that damp hay molds and loses value, and recommends shelters and moderate load sizes to avoid accidents and extra work.
Canker Worm Threat Hit Apple Trees Says Kansas Station
The Kansas experiment station states the spring canker worm has killed more apple trees in a single season than the San Jose scale since its introduction. The worm is leaf eating and easily killed by spraying, making its damage avoidable.
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Kansas
San Jose
Kansas Experiment Station
Spray for Sucking Insects Recipe
A historical note describes a kerosene emulsion spray to destroy sucking insects. It instructs dissolving half a pound of hard soap in a gallon of boiling water, adding two gallons of oil, and churning until mixed. When ready to use, mix ten gallons of water with one of the preparation.
Food nutrition declines with freezing across crops
Freezing greatly reduces the nutritive value of food, including fruit and vegetables and corn fodder. Frozen corn meant for ensilage shows less loss than corn cut for dry feed, but overall freezing diminishes quality.
Average hauls and road fatigue in farm transport
The article notes the USDA estimate that farm products travel about 6.5 miles to market and argues good roads lower costs. It cites mudbound routes where a four mule team struggles near a city edge and claims transport costs can exceed cross continental shipping for bread production.
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Federal Department of Agriculture
Chicago Journal
Why Pedigrees Are Useful
An animal resembles a river formed by many streams. The animal inherits blood from ancestors, so one muddy line can weaken the whole. Pedigrees help keep the breed pure by selecting strong contributors and eliminating weaker ones to preserve quality.
Weighing Milk From A Cow Concept Prompts Farms To Track Output
The article argues that weighing a cow’s milk requires less than two hours annually and urges owners to monitor yield. It compares milk weighing to business practice, stating a farmer cannot hire without knowing pay and work quality.
Saving All Liquid Manure From Feed Waste
The article notes over half the feed’s value exits as urine and stresses ample bedding and absorbents in gutters. It compares methods including a catch-clatter and liquid sprinkler, but favors a simpler plan allowing manure to ferment or leach before soil application.
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Henry M. Stanley
David Livingstone
MT. Kilmanjaro
Riviera
Large Hat
Karnatz Farm
Forest Gien
Department of Agriculture
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