Seminole lands open for six year farming leases
The Seminole Nation in Indian Territory plans six year leases for 265000 acres, with only first class farmers as lessees. Applicants must be professional farmers, have equipment, show six months of cash or crop rent, build fences houses barns and an orchard, and live up to specified improvements. Barn, house, and bond requirements apply, with penalties for abandonment. Governor Brown leads the nation. Wewoka is the capital and rail access improves prospects.
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Indian Territory
Guthrie
O. T
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Uncle Sam
Winchester
John F. Brown
Brown
Wewoka
Indiana Territory
Frogs Do Not Swallow Water Findings
At a Chicago naturalists meeting Mr H H Donaldson described experiments on frogs showing rapid water absorption through skin pores and not by the mouth. Exposed to dry air they lost 14 percent of weight but regained it within a day when placed in shallow water.
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Chicago
H. H. Donaldson
Notes on Railways and Station Beautification
The piece notes improvements around railroad stations, especially in Massachusetts’ Newton circuit, by a landscape gardening approach led by E A Richardson and aided by Charles S Sargent and Frederick Law Olmsted. It highlights using native shrubs, seasonal appeal, and stations serving as nurseries, with practical economy in materials and ongoing maintenance. Also mentioned is T Crapo advocating third class steam cars to compete with electric lines, plus Northern Pacific railways reporting record earnings with 11 months at $30.95 million and projected $33 million for the year.
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Massachusetts
Newton
Boston
Boston and Albany
New York Central
Albany
E. A. Richardson
Newtonville
Mass
Charles S. Sargent
Arnold Arboretum
Richardson
H. H. Richardson
Trinity Church
Frederick Law Olmsted
America
T. Crapo
Pere Marquette
Detroit Free Press
Northern Pacific Railroad
Northern Pacific
France Establishes Rapid Mail Train for Letters
United States Consul Haynes at Rouen reports a new rapid mail train in France dedicated to letters papers and other correspondence items. The service marks a first for the country and was communicated to the state department.
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France
State Department
United States
Haynes
Rouen
Late Philly to Baltimore train due to wind and coal
The conductor’s report in the Philadelphia Press cites high wind, low steam, a heavy train, and coal poor and full of slate as the reasons for Train 35 being late.
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Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore
Philadelphia
Future of South America as International Problem
The Cleveland Plain Dealer asserts that South America's future may become a major international problem and that an augmented navy will play an important part in any ensuing proceedings.
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South America
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Defender of the Faith and Henry VIII History
The piece notes the historic prize of the Defender of the Faith title with the 1849 British florin coin omitting F D. It recalls Paul III’s excommunication of Henry VIII and the act of parliament reaffirming the title. It also comments on U S sailors’ better feeding and treatment, and the European share in the American navy.
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Paul III
Henry VIII
American National Marine
Filipino Hat Tops New York Style For Cooling Headgear
In New York street fashion a light cane and fabric hat from the Philippines draws attention as the season’s coolest masculine headpiece. Priced between 75 cents and 1.50 dollars, the Aguinaldo chapeau is praised for its air flow and novel construction.
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New York
Wall Street
New York Sun
Philippine Islands
New Capital of China Kai-Fong-Fu Proposed
The dispatch from Sian-Fu reports the empress dowager declines to return to Pekin and designates Kai-Fong-Fu as future capital. Honan’s Kai-Fong-Fu, ancient capital 1280 to 1405, sits within a populous, antiforeign province wall and fortifications, with about 600,000 residents and a Jewish colonial presence.
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Marquis Tsong
Sian-Fu
Peking
Grand Council
Kai-Fong-Fu
Honan
New York Times
Kai-Feng
China
Kai-Fong
Marco Polo
Kal-Fong
Low rate excursions set for July 25 and Aug 8 on Pennsylvenia Lines
The Pennsylvenia Lines announce two low rate seaside excursions to seashore resorts scheduled for July 25 and August 8. Details list departure times and fares for these affordable trips aimed at vacation access.
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Pennsylvenia Lines
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