Agricultural College Bill Sparks Vermont Debate
A draft bill introduced by Senator Morris of Vermont aimed to set aside government land for agricultural instruction and to fund a system of endowments from land sales. The proposal faced opposition over its scope and potential use, with discussions touching on bribery, educational aims, and the fate of related appropriations.
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Agricultural Colleques Agricultural Colleges General
Morris
Vermont
Tharper
Buttes
Farswell
Ding
Industriaysiv Theal
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Sai Bei Taves
Tamiaie
Tait
Mintay
Perrson
Rossiah
Electrified Field Experiments Boost Wheat Yields
Reports describe daytime electric plots kept active for hours with night shutdown. While wheat yields rose by 20 to 40 percent, market prices did not improve. Other crops also showed benefits from the electrified treatment.
Humane slaughter reforms spread in German meat trade
The article notes German butchers adopting humane methods to replace brutal practices with laws in Saxony leading the shift. It describes methods to render animals unconscious before killing, including blunt center blows and new devices, and mentions municipal oversight of slaughterhouses and shops in various Swiss and German cities.
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Germany
Saxony
Christmas Posadas At Don Juan Nepomuceno's Home In Mexico
The scene centers on a grand posada at Don Juan Nepomuceno's house for the nine days of Posadas. Guests discuss Elenita's marriage to a American civil engineer, while a tired child seeks shelter, wanders in, and asks for hospitality, echoing the nativity ritual and highlighting social tensions.
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Don Juan Nepomuceno Mata
San Juan
Mexico
den Jian
Tina Nepemieena
Groetta
Virgin Mary
Tosepht
Vet de Nine
Yisinic
Don Nepmuuceno
Nacimientos
Senor Mata
Pablo Melendez
Jose Quintana
Hombre
Senor Quintana
Melendez
Durango
Juan Nepomuceno
Juan Nepomncceno
Gurele
Mvs
Chapultepec
Tunan
Cheno
Meestui Leeneone
Elenita
Fionita
Ilyers
Wade
Soa
Tuan Nepomucone
Quintana
Jefe Politheo
Juan ‘Cheno
Armenicmn
Dethlehem
Judea
Cura
Don Juan Nepomuceno
Portero
Sala
Senor
Mamacita
Papacito
Moly
Old Mothers of Faith and Time In verse
A nostalgic poem from The Century praising old mothers with white hair and calm eyes. It dwells on their quiet grace, Sabbath calm, and the fading yet enduring memory of youth, gardens, roses, and old loves as time weaves a silver shawl of age.
Juana Nepomucena Lincoln y Mata Reunites with Father
In a dramatic scene at a court, Don Juan Nepomuceno recognizes a girl, Juana Nepomucena Lincoln y Mata, as his daughter after a mix up with Carlos Lincoln. The pair are to reunite as the child returns to her rightful lodging.
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Caballero
Juana Nepomucena Lincoln Y Mata
Juan Nepomuceno
Senor Arriaga
Senor Matas
Don Juan Nepomuceno
Carlos Lincoln
San Francisco
Unpopular Mothers and Their Social Pitfalls
A compact critique of social missteps by mothers in front of peers. It warns against meddling in child quarrels, boasting about children, and overindulgent, rude, or untidy parenting. The piece mocks boastful, neglectful, and self centered mothers who pressure friends or neglect manners.
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Jellybus
Arabelle
Willy
Brahms Praises Music Paper In Humorous Quip
George Henschel recalls Johannes Brahms’s kindly but sharp wit in Personal Recollections. A young composer seeks Brahms’s verdict on a violin concerto manuscript and Brahms jokes about the paper quality. In another tale Mrs X praises a son’s walking routine while Brahms absorbs the scene with childlike innocence.
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Brahs
George Henschel
Johannes Brahms
Brahms
Mr. Uenschel
Mr. X
Mrs X
Impertinent Question at Restaurant Prompting Laugh
A young man rushes into a restaurant and asks for frog legs. The waitress, hobbling with rheumatism, replies indignantly that she cannot walk well, citing rheumatism as the cause. Judge's Library.
Tongue Ties and Troubled Cleanups in Small Talk
In a dialog between Miss Oldgirl and Miss Peachblow the topic is romance and sincerity. The line about Mr Smo king says his love exceeds words while Peachblow notes his tongue tied nature. A comment on cleaning up shows it disrupts a house almost as much as a watch.
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Ventire
Atha
Nature
Tian
Miss Oldgirl
Miss Peachblow
French Oyster Gatherers Women Face Harsh Seas
French oyster gatherers endure long hours in water under a hot sun, a harsh work that often drives women to madness and confinement in asylums. Profits are large for bed owners and workers can amass small fortunes quickly.
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France
Women's Backaches and Kidney Ailments Spotlighted
A fragment shows a testimonial chain about backache dizziness and kidney issues with Donn’s Kidney Pills promoted as prompt relief. It includes Mrs. Martin Douglass of Kingston New York and general references to remedies and medical advice amid varied, disjointed copy.
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Martin Douglass
Cedar St
Kingston
N. Y
Donn
TieadDoox Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N.Y
Jean Cueon
New York
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