Play Better Than Gymnastics in Education
A comparative essay argues play as the superior form of recreation and physical culture. It notes French students resist motion when not supervised while English colleges foster voluntary, vigorous outdoor play replacing gymnastics with broad enthusiasm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William the Conqueror
Harold
England
Dunois
Francis I
Henri IV
William
Robert le Diable
Barbejeau
Anthime
Mademoiselle
Alice Thevenot
Alice
Mademoiselle Liane
Vision faults and remedies in 19th century medical notes
A German doctor reports experiments showing eyes differ in condition with only one in fifteen both eyes good. Seven in ten have one eye stronger, two in five have astigmatism, and nearly half have imperfect color perception. The text also advertises Salvation Oil for joints and wounds, claims various cures, and promotes Quaker Catarrh Cure with free samples from Quaker Map, Assy, Paul, Minco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul
Mino
Prince Alfred joins First Foot Guards at Potsdam
Chicago Inter Ocean notes Prince Alfred eldest son of the Duke of Edinburgh has become a lieutenant in the First Foot Guards at Potsdam. Elsewhere reports say Hamburg firemen and coal trimmers vote to end industrial action and return to work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Alfred
Duke of Edinburgh
First
Foot Guards
Potsdam
Hamburg
Trembling Nerves and Dyspepsia Treated by Bitters
An advertisement extols Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a cure for nervousness and restlessness linked to dyspepsia. It claims digestion improves, sleep stabilizes, and various ailments including malaria constipation and liver and kidney issues subside. It also notes a hanging in Tyler Texas for a murder on July 12 involving Charles Scott.
Teething Remedy Ad and Local Crime Report
An old teething remedy Maa Winson's Soorsisc Synch is recommended for babies. W S James and Theo James are arrested for the murder of Postmaster Good in Tarpey Colorado. Readers are invited to send name and address to George Beall Co for a spring and summer 1883 fashion catalog. J F Loubat is noted as having been counted by the pope in 1888 and made a duke. Brown's Bronchial Traches offered for coughs and sore throats, sold only in boxes at 25 cents.
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Danville
Ill
Eva Decamp
George 8. Beall & Co
Minneapolis
Stephen
Mademoiselle Alice
Alice
Liane
Anthime Barbejean
Paris
Cesarine
Brooklyn Eagle
Manufacto
Judson L. Thomson Mfg. CO
Mlphe
Dark Parisian Rest at Barbejeau House Amid Storm
The narrator and two sisters seek shelter at Mademoiselle Cesarine Barbejeau’s home during a storm. Alice Thevenot tutors Cesarine while Barbejeau courts Alice and guides Cesarine, Liane, Anthime, and the narrator through evolving affections and possible marriages at Bonneville and Trouville.
Domestication Trials for Zebras in Africa and Hybrid Prospects
An article notes experiments in the Transvaal where eight zebras are harnessed for coaching between Pretoria and Fort Tuli, four already quiet in harness. It discusses zebra traits, crossing with horses, and the potential for hybrids like quagga to join labor use while noting export and origin questions for horses and asses.
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Europe
Transvaal
Pretoria
Fort Tuli
Mashonaland
H. Stephens
Messrs. Seedesberg
South Africa
Asia
Africa
America
American
Orange River
Spanish murder trial described as horror beyond compare
A widow plots to murder her wealthier second husband, enlisting a servant who hacks him to death as she holds the light. A maid aids after washing the room, and insanity follows. The killer's blows and the final body disposal are detailed with stark, brutal precision.
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London Daily News
Macbeth
Agamemnon
Oven Curse: Florence Peasant Feeds Stranger to Fire
A Florence suburb tale reports a peasant and his daughter seeking exorcism from a sorceress for hysteria. They burn a poor old woman in their oven after a knock at dawn, hoping to cure the daughter. milkmen rescue the victim, and justice awaits the actors.
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Florence
New York Sun
Seasonable Agricultural Pointers for spring farming
Seasonable pointers urge sowing clover, preparing soil, and continued tillage. Advice promotes slow pasture changes, transplanting orchards, early potato planting, and using commercial fertilizers. Emphasis on careful stock management, manure use, and economical water systems for cows.
Oats and Poultry Farming Methods from Champaign Station
Experimental notes from Champaign Illinois on oat yields on Central Eastern Illinois soils using spring sowing and disk plowing, with recommended broadcast rates and seed depth. Poultry, cattle, sheep, and dairy guidance stress breeding color, husbandry, and equipment, plus asparagus advice from Noel Cooley and practical farm tips for 1893.
The Beekeeper as an Educator and Observer
Beekeeping trains the mind to observe and apply. A successful keeper often shows above average intelligence, continually gathering new facts. Knowledge of flowering seasons and honey sources guides practical decisions like when to place supers and watch for swarms.
The Value of Indian Corn as a Forage Crop
Corn and clover are vital to American farming. Experiments show digestible food per acre rises with maturity, from 1978 pounds at silking to 4020 pounds at full maturity, with no drop in digestibility as kernels glaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Agricultural Experiment Station
Cornell study on feeding corn ensilage to lambs
Cornell University agricultural station reports an experiment with eight month old grade Shropshire lambs. Ten lambs fed in two lots received a grain mix plus either hay or ensilage. Over twenty weeks gains averaged 25 pounds per lamb, with ensilage replacing about four pounds of hay per day and hay valued at ten dollars per ton making ensilage worth about two dollars and fifty cents per ton. Water intake differed between groups, with the ensilage group drinking more water after adjusting for water in feed.
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Aurora
Champaign
Ill
Illinois
Agricultural Experiment Station
Cornell University
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Dr. Price
France
Ben Dow
Clark Robinson
Salvation Oil
John Roberts
Perryville
Ark
Alpine Lake
Jackson, Miss
Jose Johnson
Joe Karsler
Mary Anderson Navarro
Danville, Ill
Daniel
Mollie
Chicago Inter-Ocean
Charles Scott
Tyler
Tex
B. H. Curtis
W. S. James
Theo. James
Postmaster Good
Tarpey
Colo
J. F. Loubat
Wolf
Heidelberg
Zante
Willet F. Cook
Canajoharie
N. Y
ST. Jacobs
Wis
Deke
Te Fhiw ET
Lucas County
U.S
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Hall
SS Notary Public
Ball
E. B. Walthall &Co
Cestiep Mils
Renee
Toinette
Mademoiselle Kine
Mam’‘selle Ringe
Jean
Monsieur Barbejeau
Barbejean
Godfather
Monsieur
Aine
Morsieur
Rine
Liseaux
Bras d'Or
Mademoiselle Thevenot
Chateau of
Bonneville
Donjon
Trouville
Lady Macbeth
Plymouth Rocks
Plymouth Rock
Noel Cooley
Ottawa
Northern Illinois Horticultural Society
O. J. Farmer
Conover
Hood
Arthur Simon
Galatea, Ohio
Galatea
Ohio
C. H. Dear
Washington House
Washington, Va
Thompson's Eye Water
B. F. Johnson & Co
Richoond
J. Stephens
Lebanon
Pimiree & Treakle
Wabash Av
Chicago
Stoxe & Wellington
Madison, Wis
Stampeyne
W. F. Snyder
Mail Dept
McVicker
Calthos
von Mobi Co
Cincinnati
Society
the Children Next
Shoop
Snoop
Racine
Joseph F. Pritchard
Belleville, Ill
Allen
J. P. Allen
St. Paul
Minn
Burlington
Pullman Sleeper
Alma
St. Louis
Woodstock
California Fig Syrup Co
Atlanta
Lions of Health
Scott
Scott & Bowne
Scotts
Shiloh
Witt C. Beary
Yorkville
Wallace Mann
Mazaville
J. T
Swift Specific Co
Atlanta, Ga
A. J. Towe
Htustra
Boston
Mass
Ely
Elybros
Warren St
N.Y
Wayeey
Addres CcCook Remedy Co
Masonic Teupes
Thomson
Richmond, Va
The
Pelican Manufacturing Company
New Orleans
Frest
St. Paul Medical and Surgical Instiute
Merrill
St. Paul, Minn
Northern Pacific Railroad
Aaron Oppen
Berlin
Dr. Pierce
Garfield Tka Co
45Th St
Drusziete Orient
E. T. Vazeitine
Warren, Pa
J. G. Earhuff
North ST. Paul
Clare-Speaker Co
Minneapolis, Minn
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