Buckwheat middlings for dairy rations promoted
The Pennsylvania experiment station outlines buckwheat middlings as a cheap, digestible feed for dairy cows. A tested ration with corn cob meal and oil meal yields about 20 pounds of milk and 0.5 pounds of butter per cow daily on an eight pound per day feed, with good health observed. By-products and bran are discussed, plus notes on sorghum and other topics for farm use.
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H.P. Armsby
State College
Center County
Waldo F. Brown
The
Country Gentleman
Indiana
D. Coburn
Kansas State Board Agriculture
Millx
Cate
Osage County
Kansas
Robin Hood drifted into Cadiz with two children aboard
The British schooner Robin Hood from St John’s Newfoundland, carrying captain and owner and two youngsters, was found adrift with the captain dead. The children endured eight days at sea, were aided by the English ship Jag, and steered to Cadiz where water and provisions were supplied.
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Cadiz
Spain
Dingle
St. John’s
N. F
Lisbon
Newfoundland
Atlantic
Pugilist Kid Speaks On Salary and Moral Training
In a recent article attributed to Kid the pugilist he claims his growing pay enabled him to support the Young Men's Christian Association where he says he learned the manly virtues and discipline. He asserts his finance allowed him to engage with the association and emphasizes personal growth through its programs.
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Pugilist
Stories for Nimrods in Nimrods County Utah Visit
Du Chesne County Utah correspondence notes vast wildlife within a hundred miles including bears, mountain lions, elk, deer, trout and more. It describes hunting odds, ice fishing dangers, and the sport’s rough ethics. A Omaha woman’s daughter dies after ingesting carbolic acid. the father collapses returning with a doctor.
Ireland Shows Surprising Prosperity in Key Stats
New York World reports Ireland's banking and railroad data reveal growth despite a stagnant population. Joint stock bank deposits exceed prior year by over 7 million dollars and Post Office Savings Bank balance tops 30 million, up about 3 million. Railroad receipts for the year are a record high, underscoring rising individual wealth.
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New York World
Ireland
Postoffice Savings Bank
Explorer Du Chaillu Still Vigorous in New York Life
Paul Du Chaillu, famed African explorer and author of tales from the Dark Continent, spends much of his time in New York. He frequents table d hote restaurants in the West Twenty eighth Street French quarter, and his earlier desert and jungle explorations do not seem to have impaired his health. He is not young, yet retains vigor that many younger men envy.
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New York Sun
Paul du Chaillu
New York
New
Royal residence chosen in Norfolk near Sandringham
A New Royal Residence, Appleton Hall, Norfolk, will house Princess Maud of Wales and Prince Charles after marriage. It is being altered and furnished as a royal home, about a mile from Sandringham, which the Prince owns. The parish spans 7,700 acres with only a few cottages. China ships hundreds of tons of human hair to Europe annually, exporting over $400,000 worth last year.
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Appleton Hall
Norfolk
Maud of Wales
Prince Charles of
Denmark
Sandringham
Prince of Wales
China
Europe
Miscellaneous Items From Around the Nation and World
Reports note a white sea otter sighting near Santa Cruz with an estimated pelt value around $5 000. A tame crow in N H 1 8 is said to speak and enjoy music. A cedar hole packed with honey yielded 125 pounds. A Chicago man loses a bet over Li Hung Chang and Chang the giant. Sawdust bricks are made under steam in Germany. Holguin Cuba fences itself with barbed wire. Port Lincoln oysters exceed a foot in shell. A Brooklyn library elevator operates by electricity. Dale Cemetery monuments at Sing Sing show rust-like stains from chemicals. Oakland touts its healthiness with a drop in death rate since 1882.
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Santa Cruz
Cal
Eugene Daniels
Canaan
N. H
Caribou
Chicago
Li Hun Chang
Russia
Li Hung Chang
Chang
Germany
Holguin
Cuba
Port Lincoln
South Australia
New Pratt Library
Brooklyn
Dale Cemetery
Sing Sing
N. Y
Oakland
United States
Ice Cream Cure and Stage Laughs in a City Sketch
A collage of light quips and satirical vignettes unfolds with a theme of small town manners. Jokes about ice cream cures, theatrical cliques, landlady rent, and bustling road life mix with wry observations of love, Lent, and everyday mischief.
A Financial Failure of New York Floating Lodging House
A newly opened floating lodging house in New York aimed at hobos failed to meet expectations. Initially all 185 beds were filled in one night but demand fell quickly. Now nightly occupancy runs about fifty fewer than capacity. Officials fear strict discipline and hygienic rules deterred wanderers.
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New York
Wen’ Derors
Better Men Than the Governor of Tennessee
The mountaineer’s wife questions whether the Governor of Tennessee is tougher or taller than her husband Zeke. A rep talks with her, noting the governor is “a very nice man” but cannot claim feats like bear- or wildcat-tackling, jumping nine feet, or bucking a mule.
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Detroit
Gov’nor
Tennessee
Zeke
The Alaska Gold Fields in Harper’s Weekly
A February 25 dispatch from Juneau, Alaska reports nine of ten prospectors lack funds to reach the gold fields and finds no work for newcomers. The tally describes Juneau as dead tough with gambling and saloons, severe cold, six feet of snow, and a looming flow of distressed men to the Yukon when passes open, risking extreme hardship for many with only a few dollars.
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Alaska
Harper’s Weekly
Juneau
Chilcat Pass
Yukon
Sale of Royal Relics in Rouen Auction
Paris correspondent reports a Rouen sale of relics bequeathed from Clery to his descendants. Items attributed to Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette drew strong bids, including the king’s shirt, napkin, Dauphin garments, head band, and hair locks, with prices ranging from hundreds to a few thousand francs, attracting interest from the Austrian emperor.
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Paris
London Times
Clery
Louis XVI
Rouen
Austria
Frances
Princess Elizabeth
Marie Antoinette
Dauphin
Princess de Lamballe
Bourdet Surrenders to French Police After Escape
A man named Bourdet, who fled Cayenne eleven years ago with six companions intending to reach Dutch Guiana, has surrendered to French authorities. The group was armed, two died of fever, two were captured by natives, one was crushed by a boa constrictor, and Bourdet’s final companion robbed him and joined a native tribe. Bourdet later worked in Surinam gold mines, returned to France, was disowned by relatives, and now asks to be sent back to Cayenne to finish his sentence.
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Red Jacket
Utica
Ciyuga Lake
Lace
Kanoga
New York Central Road
Seneca Falls
Jacket
Ingin
Christ
Waterloo
Buffalo
Pearl Street
City Hall
Bourdet
Cayenne
Dutch Guiana
Surinam
France
Presumption Rebuked in Chicago Tribune Cartoons
A brisk exchange unfolds as a carpet salesman touts dirt resistance while Mrs. Gaswell retorts that she has a hired girl and would not need to sweep anyway. The brief dialogue captures social satire and domestic haze of the era.
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Chicago Tribune
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Old Ocean’s Wastes
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Daly’s
East
George Edwardes
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Ceylon
Singapore
Penang
Yokohama
du Chesne
SONS
Indian Canyon
Nimrods
du Chesne County
Utah
Washington Star
Globe-Democrat
George A. Ward
Omaha
the Explorer du Chaillu
OUR Pleasure Club
Indianapolis Journal
Yeast
Crimson
Beak
Wheeler
Scorcher
Greece
Homer
Niagara Falls
Mrs. Fitts
Mr. Fitts
Eke
Guv'nur
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