Longitudinal Chilean Railway Explores Nation’s Riches
The National Geographic piece surveys Chile from Antofagasta to Punta Arenas, tracing nitrate districts, green valleys, Valparaiso’s port status, and Santiago’s Hanging Garden. It notes Coquimbo mining, Aconcagua Valley agriculture, southern German communities, and Punta Arenas as a distant commercial hub with U.S. exports reaching twelve million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
Chile
Gulf of Ancud
Pisagua
Antofagasta
Arica
Fopiapo
Vallenar
Coquimbo
Elqui
la Serena
Calera
Aconcagua Valley
Los Andes
Valparaiso
Aconcagua
South America
Pacific
Hongkong
Santiago
Rio de Janeiro
la Paz
Arequipa
Caracas
Santa Lucia
Coast Range
Andes
Concepcion
Talcahuano
Coronel
Lota
Frontera
Jupiter Pluvius
Valdivia
Puerto Montt
la Union
Osorno
Puerto Varas
Lianquihue
Ancus
Castro
Chiloe
Punta Arenas
Strait of Magellan
Tierra del Fuego
United States
Whitman Devotion Draws English Woman To His Side
Mrs. Gilchrist, English writer and widow of four, adored Walt Whitman who had given his heart to another. She followed him to America with her children, endured separation, and wrote a passionate letter describing love that bridged Atlantic distance and endured in memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mne Gilchrist
Walt Whitman
Whitman
Camden
N. J
Gilchrist
America
Philadelphia
New York
Vote on Election Day and uphold citizen duty
A political exhortation urges voters to participate on Election Day November 4. It emphasizes voting as a privilege and responsibility bestowed by the United States, invoking Lincoln and the idea of government of the people by the people for the people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States of America
Earth
Abraham Lincoln
Four Lives Span Pilgrims to Dirigibles in Rich Reflection
A Yale alumnus recounts a letter noting Peregrine White, born 1620, spoke with a man who talked with Chief Justice Lemuel Shaw, linking Mayflower origins to modern transit. The piece contrasts early colonial hardship with today’s rapid transport advances and industrial progress across four generations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Baldwin
Yale
Yale Alumni Fund
Baldwin
Lemuel Shaw
Massachusetts
Peregrine White
America
Plymouth
Winslow
New England
Peregrine
Mirshfield
Mass
Barnstable
Marshfield
Young Shaw
Worthy
Justice Shaw
Letter of General Lee to Mary Custis Reveals Tender Home Life
The excerpt presents a love letter from General Robert E. Lee to his wife Mary Park Custis. It speaks of missing family, longing for togetherness, and guidance on raising their children with prudence and gentle discipline.
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Robert E. Lee and
Mary Park Custis
General Lee
Martha Washington
Mary
Keese Baba
On the Verandah Quote by Holloway Horn
A quotation from Holloway Horn’s On the Verandah argues that men are rarely serious while women lack humor, asserting women possess only a rudimentary sense of humor.
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Holloway Horn
Molasses as Fertilizer Boosts Sugar Cane Yields on Mauritius
The Mauritius experiments show a nine ton per acre yield gain from molasses application. The soil workshop notes initial sterilization reduces normal microbes while molds flourish, suspends nitrification, and dissolves existing nitrates. As effects wear off nitrification resumes and nitrates accumulate, aiding plant uptake. ammonia and nitrates tend to revert to insoluble forms. Molasses does not raise nitrogen fixation in soil.
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Mauritius
Indian Ocean
Colonial
Department of Agriculture
Mad Montague Sailor Brings London Trip By Wheelbarge
The article recounts a 1755 English naval officer known as Mad Montague who, denied leave to go to London, had his barge mounted on wheels and pulled by horses to simulate a sea voyage from Portsmouth to the capital. The tale highlights his famed wit and knack for resourceful action in trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Montague
Portsmouth
London
Corn Recipes From The Kitchen Cabinet 1924
A compact set of corn based dishes including methods for fresh corn on the cob canned corn substitutes corn chowder corn salad and stuffed tomatoes with corn plus scalloped corn with leftover chicken. The guidance covers cooking times and seasoning tips for each dish.
Man Without a Wife and a House Without a Roost Proverb
A German proverb notes the plight of a man who lacks a wife and a house that has no roost, expressing a humorous caution about domestic stability and shelter.
Southern Cookery Recipes From Old New Orleans
Old New Orleans recipes for Calas, Creole Bouilla Baisse, and baked apples. Calas uses rice, yeast, eggs and nutmeg with overnight rising, then fried. Bouilla Baisse combines red snapper and red fish with tomatoes onion herbs saffron and fish stock, finished on toast. Finished dishes are served hot with sugar on the fritters and browned baked apples sweetened with brown sugar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
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Wheeler Syndicate, Inc
Walt Whitman and
Anne Gilchrist
Western Newspaper Union
van Dyke
Southern Cookery
Pat
Eben
Washington Star
Multiple Electric Products Co., Inc
Ogden Street
Newark
New Jersey
Aras
Bport
Rample Outfit
Straightlins Mills, Inc
Briadway
New York City
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