City Clerk Managan marks fifty years service Kingston
IOWA OnB Michael Managan has entered the fiftieth year of his service as City Clerk of Kingston Ontario, and he knows what she is there for. A summer girl wears suspenders, a New York preacher proposes moral saloons to blend church and state, and Western farmers eye corn with diving-bell seadreams for planting claims. Bangor News notes crop harvests may require oyster-tongs this season.
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Michael Managan
Kingston, Ont
Bangor News
New York execution sparks moral fears and curious fashions
The piece rails at another New York electrocution with a physician claiming no horror and notes public fascination with occult opal danger. It critiques a Boston library facade acrostic, blame shifting to office staff, and reports Dr. Bacey's term idiosyncrasy in chloroform deaths, highlighting medical care as blamed for earlier incidents.
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New York
New
Boston Public Library
Ofice
Massachusetts Teachers and Women’s Vocational Shifts
A fragmented excerpt discusses Massachusetts with 10 123 teachers and only 90 new hires, implying overpopulation on the female side and urging care in shifting women from teaching. It notes intellectual state advantages and contrasts newer states where women increasingly pursue independent vocations, hinting at rising competition among women.
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Massachusetts
Finpulee
Dewind
Fashionable society and a costly theft in early Milwaukee
A reception in Milwaukee leads to a theft charge after a guest is accused of stealing spoons. Mrs. Chandler drops the case against Miss Laurence, who settles for three-fifths of 85,000. The piece lampoons fashion, marriage scandals, and gun use in high society with worldly commentary.
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Chandler
Miss Laurence
Laurence
Accident in Citicaya Cab Highlights dangers of hansom
An accident befalls a Citicaya cabman when harness parts fail and shafts tilt upward. The rider is thrown to the pavement, prompting critique of hansom cabs as unsafe, uncomfortable, and unreliable, likened to a dangerous invention balancing horse and driver.
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Citicaya
Canadian capitalists back ship railway to link Georgian Bay and Lake Ontario
Montreal reports serious pursuit of a ship railway from Collingwood to near Toronto to connect the Great Lakes. A 66 mile route would support a 50 foot roadway with six tracks at an estimated cost under 17.4 million dollars, enabling vessels up to 6000 tons to move from Chicago to seaports without leaving water. A Turuntario Ship Railway Company has been formed to push the project, potentially transforming transcontinental travel before the century ends. The Tehuantepec scheme and Nicaragua canal are also referenced as competing plans to boost regional commerce.
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Montreal
Georgian Bay
Lake Ontario
Ends
EB. L. Cortbell
Chicago
Collingwood
Loronto
Turuntario Ship Railway Company
St. Lawrence
Chen
Tehuantepec Ship Railway
Nicaragua Canal
Amoa
Rhode Island school shows efficient horse stall design
An Kingston Rhode Island Agricultural School feature describes a compact horse stall crib built 2 feet wide at the top and 6 feet 6 inches long with angled ends resting on a floor edge. The crib uses double boards, a movable feed hatch, and a concrete stair base with slate flooring and a drainage gutter. It details stable layout, water passage, and maintenance considerations for horse health and sanitation.
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Rhode Island Agricultural School
Kingston
G. M. Tucker
Salt as a remedy for cutworms on farms
The author argues against relying on salt to eradicate cutworms, citing experiments that show mixed results. He notes that small applications around cabbage and peas often fail, with cutworms surviving and remaining active, while extensive sodden brine seems impractical and unlikely to suffice, urging readers to test ideas before large scale use.
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Lut
Cr. le Wis
Minnesota
Nathanal Stockman
Farmers Weigh Sugar Beet Cultivation Shift
Farmers increasingly consider cultivating sugar beets and other crops as part of a changing agricultural mix. The discussion notes soil fertility and sustainability, highlighting the need for careful soil management to ensure future crop success.
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Rome
Albany Professor Declares Oleo Unhealthy After Study
Professor Clark of Albany assessed oleo for the New York State Dairy Commissioner. He found four health concerns: poor digestibility, insolubility with animal fats, potential to carry germs into the body, and manufacturers choosing cheap ingredients that harm consumers.
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Clark
Albany
N. Y
New York
Bees and Fowls Share Yard Across Four Acres
The writer notes bees and fowls can cohabit the same yard without conflict. In one case eighteen bee colonies and twenty four in another, with over two hundred chicks and fowls roaming near hives without issue. A four acre range supported both, suggesting bees should be kept in a hen coop area when fowls wander nearby.
Rural Vignette on Labor and Simple Provisions
A rustic voice describes a side-patel and tiller in a cooperative scene. They plant berries, raise chicks, gather honey and fruit for home use and market. The piece envisions bread, butter, rainment, health, and a quiet conscience as the basic comforts of rural life.
How to prepare fowls in a eggcup drawing
Illustration from Farra and Fireside shows a handy method for eating fowls in an egg cup. A false end on a sliding side slit is drawn back and forth by an apple tied to it, with a perch carved on the polo carved as a perch.
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Fara
Ube
False end partition for crowding poultry and catching them
The object described is a false end or hig h partition used to divide and crowd either lot of fowls toward the end of a course, enabling easier catching. This device serves to separate two lots of fowls for management and handling.
Simple home hacks and dusty kitchen lore from an old period guide
The article presents a garbled mix of survival hacks including a trap description, lemonade for hot weather, kettle cleaning, hinge lubrication, and stove crack repairs. It also covers child safety cautions, fresh vegetables, lunch ideas, and rope fringe method for curtains, reflecting a broad household advice page with many faded details.
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Chinon
Cookbagy Meekpes Foo Saw Recipe Steps
A recipe fragment describes heating chicken broth with butter and parsley, then mixing with eggs and flour to form a batter. It notes lifting, pouring, and cooking until the batter tightens, then folding in sugar and serving hot with careful handling and buttered preparation.
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Foo
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