Phosphates Compared in Connecticut Field Tests
The Connecticut Station reports three-year field trials comparing dissolved bone black Grand Caymen's phosphate Thomas slag ground South Carolina rock and Bolivian guano. Across seven plots with nitrogen and potash, the study measures corn yields to judge value, showing dissolved bone black delivering limited long-term returns, while Grand Caymen's phosphate and Thomas slag offered stronger, lasting gains especially after two years.
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GLOBE
Connecticut
South Carolina
Grand Cay
Grand Caymen’s Island
Grand Caymen
Thomas Slag
Stover
Bartholomew
Grand Cayman
Mr. Bartholomew
South Gerplins
Questioning Fertilizer Valuation in Trade Report
Andrew H. Warp argues that soluble phosphoric acid should reflect farm value, noting costs from dissolved South Carolina rock at six cents per pound and pointing out most soluble phosphoric acid in superphosphates comes from non bone-brick sources. He offers fodder and fertilizer formulas based on needed conditions.
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South Carolina
Andrew H. Warp
Devonshire St
Boston
Mass
Missing English Chemist with $10,000 in New York
Charles Warner, a 24 year old English chemist from Devonshire, was among 23 Tower Hill passengers. He planned to invest with T. P. Clayton & Co in New York and was last seen after leaving the ship in Brooklyn with $10,000. Inspector Byrnes aided the search as a letter warned he might have been murdered for the money. He is about 5 feet 8 inches, blue eyes, dark hair, well dressed, address 322 East 16th Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tower Hill
Brooklyn
Charles Warner
Devonshire
Thomas
East 16Th St
T. P. Clayton & Co
Byrnes
Charles
T. P. Clayton
Hart
Tellor Bus
Nielee
Jacob C. Hanson
Preston
Great
N.H
Congress
Vermont
Dher
Concord
Newcrypers & Amesbury Street Railroad
Newuryport
Mass
Wiliam P. Drew
Bardsley
Keystone Bank
Hiladelphia
Aucuata
William A. Drew
Universalist Church
Augusta
Blaine
Washington
Austin, Flint & Day Comany
Mancheter
New Hampshire
K. Fuller
W.R. Balwin
Saxton’s River
F. J. Parry
Brattleboro
Sons of Veterans
St. Johnsbury
Col. Bixby
Chelsea
Ladies’ Aid Society
U.S
Jamestown
Newport
Monay
Providence
Olneyville
Atlantic Mills
Eastport
Campello
Joseph Pate
J. Randolph Tucker
Virginia
William
Endicott
Salem
Snug Cove
Campobello
Joseph Pat
Patch
van Falls
R. I
Hargraves
Fall River
Disct
St. Pierre
Charles Faunce
Watertown
Faunce
Scotland
Road House
Nichol
Haverhill
Plaistow
Vanceboro
Richmond
Bar Harbor
Schoodie Point
Winter Harbor
Silver State
Sappho
Henry Kingman
Brockton
Elkins Park
F. D. Avery
Columbia, Conn
New Westerly & Jewett City Railroad
Oyriday
Burleigh
Vasero
Robert Ternahan
Warehouse Point
Conn
Union
Ternahan
Lancaster
N. H
Aeneral
Henry O. Kent
Henry Percy Kent
Willie E. Bullar
Oliver Huckel
Union Congregational Church
Weymouth
Braintree
Iy. Logistry
We Orchester
Ray
Deane
Holbrook
Augustina Argino
North Adams
Uesday
Boston & Albany
Charles Peterson
Middletown
Cobalt
Justice Carpenter
Peterson
Rollin C. Wooster
New Britain
The
Herald
Horace Morton
William Morton
Burgess, O’brien & Co
Thomaston
Meriden
Fred Bills
Crane and Water’s Manufacturing Company
Milljury
Frank Parrinton
New Beds
Second National Bank
East Otisneld
Greenleaf
East Otisfield
Gloucester Watney
William Hastings
Pleasanton
Cal
Belgium
Kangas
Fields Martin
Flowery Branch
Lee
Gaul
Lithonia
Fia
Wheeling
W. Va
George Schwifferwitzeren
Rheim
Kan
New Mexico
Innocent Wolf
Indiana
Depauw University
Harrison
California
Paris
Rothschild
Cape Elizabeth
Pei
United
Tes
Breland Ie Ae
Posen
Ins
Paula
Pointe
Provisional Con
United States
Milan
Ito
Cannes
Gisese
Baltimore
Ieher
A. O. Whitney
Lowell
Walterle
Bodleian Library
Isle County
Mich
India
Wisconsin
Cinderon
Mexico
Abdul Aziz
Yuba
Penn
Addison
Pen
Japan
Marseilles
Kearsarge
Queeg
Rigg
Ajax
Bath
Vevay
Ind
Gen. Grant
Louis Rebisso
Cincinnati
Chicago
Chicopee
Charleston
North Georgia
Migpeatie
Waite Ber Line
Kansas
Garfieid
Grant
Dackson
Jefferson
Johnson
Licoln
Ashantee
Annam
Mehitable Doughnuts Inspire Nostalgic Farmhouse Reminiscence
In a nostalgic verse from Youth's Companion, Mary A. Denison recalls Mehitable, a cousin who rolled doughnuts on a farm kitchen board. The speaker fondly remembers Hitty's charms and the hot doughnuts shared with friends, contrasts with today’s changed life, and notes Mehitable is now a grandmother living in a grand house.
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Mary A. Denison
Hitty
Women and mistresses in servant relations critique
Emily Faithful argues in North American Review that mistresses must tolerate moderate pleasure and personal liberty for servants after work. She notes young women in service cause friction, gossip, and misbehavior, urges masters to control temper, and calls for improved servant training in schools to include needlework and laundry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily Faithful
North American Review
Egge
Peculiar Customs Personal Habits of Native Africans Observed at Home
Observations by Paul Reichard describe eating and drinking practices of Africans, noting hand washing before meals, resting the right arm on the knees while shaping food, and quick bites without using both hands. Politeness to hosts, mouth rinsing, and distinctive food handling are described, along with dental care and washing methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Reichard
Popular Science Monthly
Mae
Ann
Yale and Harvard Race Ends with Harvard Win at Thames
The 16th annual Yale Harvard four mile eight onered race on the Thames from Winthrop Point to Gates Ferry was won by Harvard in 21 minutes 23 seconds. Yale finished 34 seconds behind as Harvard surged to the lead early and held on amid wild celebrations by Crimson supporters while Yale fans were crestfallen.
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New Lonpoy
Conn
Yale
Harvard University
Thames
Winthrop Point
Gate’s Ferry
Harvard
Crimson
Rosebug pests ruin small fruit crop in Connecticut county
In Plainville Connecticut on June 26 small fruit crops suffer a total loss due to rosebug swarms destroying grapes currants and vegetables. In Hartford Judge J H Hall rules in Austin Brainard's salary suit against Comptroller Staub that Bulkeley is de facto governor and his acts stand until challenged by proper proceedings.
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Plaryrexp
Gov. Bulkeley
J. H. Hall
Hartford
Conn
Austin Brainard
Staub
Brainard
Hall
M. G. Bulkeley
Udge Hall
Bulkeley
Miss Sophia Packard Rites Marked By Northwide Tributes
Miss Sophia B Packard who died in Washington D C last Sunday was buried in Athol Massachusetts on Wednesday She helped found Spellman Seminary after moving from Atlanta in 1881 and earlier taught in Connecticut at Suffield and other academies Also noted were the fatal accident of James E Alden in Providence and various civic events and industry notices across New England including a Boston Baptist association and a Worcester St Jopp's Day celebration
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Gloucester
Ipsw
Connecticut Total Abstinence Union
Bridgeport
Conn
Catholic Temperance Organization
Schutzer Park
Marigold
Thomas Kehoe
The
Union
Thomas G. Wildman
Danbury
Denver
Col
Fort Smith
Ark
United States Army
St. Louis
Chicago
John F. Dinges
Green's Farms
Robert Allard
North Troy
Jay
Fall Mountain Paper Company
Bellows Falls
Woodsville
N. H
Rockville
H. L. Hopkins
Main Street Baptist Church
Worcester
Mass
Sophia B. Packard
Washington, D. C
Atlanta
Athol
Packard
New Salem
Hattie E. Giles
Spellman Semirary
Spellman Institute
G. C. Lorimer
D. D
Shawmut Avenue Baptist Church
Tremont Tempe
Boston
Woman’s Baptist Home
One Society
Connecticut Literary Institute
Suffield, Conn
James E. Alden
Providence
Acorn St
Wood St
St. John’s Day
Rhode Island
Blackstone Valley
Marlboro
Taunton
New Bedford
Far River
Pawtucket
Central Falls
R.1
Worcester County
Knights Templars
Milford
Haverhill
Willie Roland
Dwight Mills
Chicopee
New Haven
Baltic
Board of Trade
Baltic Mill
Lonsdale Company
Conant’s Thread Company
News Manufacturing Company
R.I
Holyoke
Merrimac
Shirley Hill
Board of Trade of
Dover
Burgett Park
Claims to state of Chilean cargo revival
Minister Reid reports to the State Department that two agents of the Chilean insurgents in Paris sought to gain possession of arms from a transport. They claimed Bolivia had recognized belligerency while Argentina remained neutral. Reid conveyed the claim to Washington and noted ongoing volunteer army activity and soldier pay issues.
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Washington
Reid
State Department
Paris
Tate
Uni
Unite States
Bolivia
Perilous ice ascent in Frederick Funston tale
In a July St Nicholas narrative, Frederick Funston and Kellogg confront a 1500 foot ice crusted snowfield. They descend a sheer steep face breaking through ice with rifle and knife, suffering cuts yet maintaining hope as they inch across for over an hour.
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Frederick Funston
St. Nicholas
Kellogg
King
Kel
Peeling Gould's grip on coal trade in Missouri dispute
Kansas City coal magnate Charles Erskine accuses Jay Gould’s allied entities of illegal business practices to block a switch connection at his Rocky Branch Coal Company mine near Higginsville Missouri. He reports coal companies linked to Missouri Pacific control and price coal across Kansas and Nebraska, hindering competition. Missouri Pacific officials deny the charges.
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St. Louis
Jnno
Charles Erskine
Kansas City
Jay Gould
Rocky Branch Coal Company
Lafayette County
Higginsville
Chicago & Alton Railroad
Lexington
Missour Pacific Railway
Erskine
Kansas
Nebraska
Chicago & Alton Road
Missouri Pacific
Missouri Pacific Railway Company
Missouri
State Railroad Commissioners
8. H. Clark
Clark
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Thomas J. Portis
Portis
Yous
Missouri Pacific Railwa
Seton Re
Missouri Packie Systems
Warans
Mr. Erskine
Edwin
Coal Companies
Mr Clark
Edwin Gould
Poet
The
Brakine
Gould
Yeu
New U S Mint Circular Seeks Fresh Coin Emblems
The director of the mint, empowered by law, has issued a circular inviting artists to submit new designs for authorized emblems or devices to be used on United States coins. The move, though modest, aims to elevate the nation’s coinage and revive patriotic pride amid current fiscal strictures.
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Mint
Woman's Duplicity In Washington Post Narrative
A dialogue excerpt shows George pressing a daughter about obtaining her father’s consent for an arrangement. She insists he should be informed that very evening. George notes the father has been upset, and the plan hinges on a timely disclosure.
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Washington Post
George
Bether
All the Same His Hair Rose Up
A fragment from a Philadelphia Press piece shows a nervous wife waking in fear at midnight claiming someone is in the upstairs room, while the husband dismisses her as illogical and overreactive. The dialogue captures domestic tension and a mysterious intruder implication.
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Philadelphia Press
George
Theosophist
Yale Tobacco Statistics Show Startling Moral Divide
Harvard Daily Crimson reports revised Yale senior class data on tobacco use. Among 87 men, 41.17 percent never used tobacco, 12.86 percent used it rarely, 9.62 percent were hard smokers at times, and 36.89 percent used regularly. Non-users show greater gains in height weight chest and lung capacity, nearly doubling regular smokers in lung capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale
Harvard Daily Crimson
Seaver
Ular
Jack White Proposes To Marie In Debt Pressure Standoff
In Munsey's Weekly dialogue Louise and Marie discuss Jack White's proposal amid mounting creditors. Louise says she expected desperation from him, implying financial strain led to the advance. The exchange hints at social tension and personal upheaval within a strained relationship.
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Munsey’s Weekly
Marie
Jack White
Louise
Millionaire Makes Wills Clear for His Family
In Detroit a famed financier, speaking to his confidential clerk, states he has arranged papers for his wife and children should he die. The secretary quips that there is no if about dying, underscoring the ready provisions.
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Detroit Free Press
Detroit
Ibsen Drama Viewed as True Happiness by Some
Commentary argues that certain readers insist Ibsen's drama represents genuine happiness, claiming the play's themes endure. The note reflects on enduring relevance, suggesting the work's moral inquiries persist beyond its era.
Oddities and curios from distant realms and science
A wide compilation notes bizarre items from an Atchison woman’s mourning reveal to a Pleasanton jeweller’s year old live tarantula in a jar. It lists feats from biome science to weather lore, strange marriages, lightning power, and a vast array of oddities across states and countries.
The Office Step Ladder Joke Ends in Disaster
A Chicago Tribune style tale where a prank by the assistant bookkeeper on office etiquette escalates through the chain of command. The boss pretends humor while planning to dispense the assistant, warning not to repeat the step ladder ploy or risk dismissal.
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Whicago Tribune
Jaasiatans
Smith
Mr. Brown
Wilkins
Johnson
Brown
Truthful to Deceive on Train Bride Deception Rumor
Two young women on a train discuss Nellie who is rumored to have deceived all the girls about her engagement. One insists Nellie told a joke while the other believes the rumors are true and accuses Nellie of insincerity, sparking a tense exchange.
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Nellie
Careless New Yorks in a Money Scramble
In Nassau street a small man with $300,000 in his overcoat pocket hurried through a crowd, clutching an umbrella and a cigarette, as a skilled pickpocket might have seized the notes unseen. A youth nearby faced arrest over a stolen paper matter, hinting at notable street risk in the city’s money scramble.
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New York
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NEW England News
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Manchester
Addie B. Dorr
Geyer
Edn
Win
Horné
STATA
Rocky Mountains
Mining Company
Dudge
Ibsen
Atchison
Jed
Current River
Nice
Georgia
R. M. Duffield
Jackson County
Eco Store
Philadelphia
Pinlidelettia
CN Y
Tribune
Careless New Yorks
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