Heavy Draft Horses Dominate London Parades and Farm Work
The article discusses prominent English draft horses, notably the 16-year-old Shire gelding Epsom famed in London cart horse parades and the Suffolk Punch praised as England’s best farm horse. It notes breed traits, sizes, colors, and their roles from Lincolnshire farms to London docks, plus a critique of feeding practices and animal cleanliness. It ends with a market note: beef cattle demand rising on western grazing grounds, signaling good future profits.
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England
London
Epsom
Sensor Level
Lincolnshire
M. D
West
Wall Street
Shoes Return to Ashes: Smiths Burn Stubborn Shoes
In Chicago, Mrs. Algernon Smith tries to discard six years of old shoes by selling or giving them away. After failure and a prank ending in a furnace cremation, a neighbor and police arrive to witness the shoes reduced to ashes. The couple celebrates a peculiar victory over footwear.
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Mr. Smith
Smith
Smiths
Untitled Local Dialect Note on Cold Digging Hardships
A terse dialect fragment describes a plan to dig in a Br Lae8'tery area for gold and fuel, with warnings to Bat about dangers and hunger. The speaker asserts gold is merely yellow dirt and notes the frost will hurt those who gamble with survival.
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Alaska
Spitting Prohibition Notice On Street Cars
The Boston board of health declares deposit of sputum in street cars a public nuisance and bans spitting on car floors. New York cars similarly prohibit floor spitting. In contrast, Australian theaters, though often English in design, run more like American venues with lower prices for dress circle seats.
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Board of Health
New York City
Gotham
Hub
Australia
England
London
Melbourne
Sydney
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