Publications of the USDA shows 1893 1895 reports and fairs
The article catalogs USDA publications for August and related reports on crops, weather, and agriculture. It notes Bulletins on forage plants, plant pathology, wheat as animal feed, and weather charts. It also covers the Rhode Island State Fair entries and highlights a grand display program with various attractions.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Edward Atkinson
Helen H. Richards
South
S. M. Tracy
Farmers’ Bulletin
Mississippi
North Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Louisiana
B.T. Galloway
Statistician
Division of Statistics
United States
Mexico
The
Association of American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations
Chicago
Til
A. O. True
H. E. Alvord
Office of Experiment Stations
Division of Entomology
D. E.salmon
Bureau of Animal Industry
Mark W. Harrington
Weather Bureau
Canada
Merchants Display
Merchants and Manufacturers
Flode
Messrs Tilton & Co
Boston
Matsuda Okabe
Oradoc
Mons
Miss Hypp’s Sea Shore Proposals Habit
A humorous note recalls Miss Hypp receiving many proposals while at the seashore. The anecdote exaggerates her reaction to a soda-water bottle popping, quipping that every sound sparked a new, sudden proposal.
Wooden Bridges and Roadway Construction Principles
An article from the New York World explains bridge building guidance by civil engineers, detailing abutment materials, proper timber use, and better fasteners like iron pins and bolts. It covers truss dimensions for twenty foot spans, floor timbers, and gravel road paving rules emphasizing cleanliness and proper stone size.
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Potter’s Good Roads
English Critique of American Women Dress and Posture
An English observer mocks American women for failing to present proper posture and dress. He criticizes skirts and belts, urges straight lines from head to foot, notes slim figures suffer most, and praises Queen Victoria's dignity as a model, concluding American women have much to learn from English standards.
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Queen Victoria
The Queen and Carnot's Death
The grief of the queen empress on hearing M Carnot's assassination was severe and unfeigned, with attendants fearing a medical visit. During dinner she spoke of the loss in the Taff Vale disaster and grew dispirited upon receipt of the telegram announcing the president's stabbing. Queen Victoria is described as deeply sympathetic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Carnot
Taff Vale
Queen Victoria
London
Vanity Fair
Women vote for first time in New Jersey school trustees
In Union township two villages held a historic vote as women, accompanied by their spouses, cast ballots for school trustees under state law. An objection was overruled and women from Roselle and nearby areas stood united, with the fair sex electing one trustee.
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Union Township
N. J
Boston Woman’s Journal
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