Miscellaneous items from 1896 era notes
Summaries of varied curiosities include insurance payouts rising in 1895, a Kentucky wife weaving all family cloth, a world population of 1.47 billion with Asia dominant, an Anaheim ostrich farm attempting harness work, and revenue collections for eight months totaling 98.88 million with a drop versus 1595. Also notes on an Ohio girl harming her fiancé, a Turkish arrest illustration, Dr. Carver in Florida’s oldest house, and a rail speed method via wheel thumps for estimates.
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Simpson County
Globe
Asia
Anaheim
Cal
Ohio
Seraglio
Dr. Carver
Augustine
Fla
United States
St. Augustine
Carver
Florida
Champion logger’s boast ends in hornet tangle and defeat
In Michigan camps a boastful logger claimed he could whip his weight in anything for $100. A meek challenger countered with hornet nests released from a sack. The "king" fought briefly, then leaped through a window into a river, defeated by hornets in the first round. the meek man collected the stake.
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Michigan
Mme
Washington Star
Russian Judge Deduces Saint Henry Day Gap
A court faced a knotty promissory note issue payable on Saint Henry Day with no such day in the Orthodox calendar. The judge resolved to include All Saints as a valid festival, ruling for repayment on that day. A second anecdote recounts an organ blower’s dying wish to hear Handel rather than Beethoven on the loud part.
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Daniel
Sancho Panza
Joe Miller
Chapman
London
Suspiroion Query Reflects Social Rivalry and Charity
A witty exchange contrasts Mrs. Bigwad It and Mr. Bigwad about poverty and charity. They dismiss rivals the Joneses then admit they also lack funds to give, highlighting social vanity and envy.
Fire destroys American Horse Exchange on Broadway
The American Horse Exchange building on Broadway between Fiftieth and Fifty-first streets burned down on the 12th. Over 125 horses were cremated including Alfred G. a 2:19 record horse valued at 7500 dollars. Building damage near 200000 dollars and stock losses estimated between 75000 and 100000 dollars.
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American Horse Exchange
Broadway
Fiftieth
Alfred G
Funds for Battle Abbey Memorial Effort Start
The commission to raise funds for the Mouse Confederate memorial Battle Abbey has begun work with General W. H. Jackson of Belle Meade contributing $2,500. The goal is $100,000, in addition to the $115,000 already raised locally including the site in Nashville.
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Nashville
W. H. Jackson
Belle Meade
Congress Adjourns After Fifty-Fourth Session and Massac
The Fifty-fourth Congress adjourned on the 11th marking a calmer close than the Fifty-first. Speaker Reed faced opposition but received thanks from minority members for his conduct. Battleship Massachusetts completes commissioning at Cramp shipyard with Capt. Rogers receiving orders to join the Atlantic Squadron.
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Reed
Turner
Committee On Ways and Means
Chap
Dockery
House of Representatives
Congress
Massachusetts
Uramps
League Inland Navy Yard
Sargent
Navy Yard
Farquhar
Farquher
Fredeick Rogers
Rogers
Navy Department
Lau Ladia Filibusterer Laurada Heads for Sea
A Triangular Game dispatch from Jamaica notes the steamer Laurada arrived at Port Antonio and, after landing munitions of war on the Cuban coast, sailed to keep within a marine league of Jamaica as a Spanish warship and a British gunboat shadow her. If the Spaniard fires, the British gunboat would intervene.
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Keystone
Jamaica
United Press
Port Antonio
Defenders Limit Operations Amid Yellow Fever Concerns
A Havana telegram reports the council of generals, urged by the surgeon general, will confine current actions to defense. The message notes only a small amount of yellow fever present among the troops.
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Havana
Council of Generals
Treasury changes bank note redemption rules
United States Treasurer Morgan issues a circular revoking the November 17 1898 order that charged senders with transport costs for national bank note redemption. The new rule takes effect July 1 and aims to relieve eastern banks of remittance costs by removing their duty to cover redemption transportation.
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United States
Morgan
Treasury
Ayer’s Sarsaparilla Praised by Duluth Druggist
S F Boyce of Duluth Minnesota, a druggist with twenty five years in the trade, endorses Ayer's Sarsaparilla as the best blood purifier. He reports universal customer praise and no complaints, noting widespread public approval and inviting readers to request Curebook from J C Aver Co Lowell Massachusetts.
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S. F. Boyce
Duluth
Minn
Ayer
Aver
Navy militia drill ships named for summer program
The Navy Department designated ships for this summer militia drill. The Raleigh will visit Charleston South Carolina June 11 18 Basefort June 18 20 and New Orleans until completion. The Amputrife will be at Savannah June 19 22 and Southport June 24 for a week. The Michigan will dock at Detroit July 6 11 Saginaw July 18 18 and Chicago July 27 August 10. The North Atlantic squadron will assist northern seaboard militia July 11 18.
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Navy Department
Raleigh
Charleston
8. C
Basefort
New Orleans
Savannah
Southport
Michigan
Detroit
Siginaw
Mich
Chicago
Seaboard States
Rival empires near Corea joint protectorate pact
Negotiations between Russia and Japan near completion arrange a joint protectorate over Corea. Field Marshal Yamagata, representing Japan, has signed notes with Russia agreeing both powers will jointly maintain order in Corea and keep 500 troops stationed in Seoul. Increases require mutual consent unless wartime landing of troops occurs.
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Russia
Japan
Corea
Yamagata
Gores
Seoul
Peary Ships Out On Arctic Bowdoin Bay Expedition
Lieutenant Peary has chartered the whaler Hope of St Johns for a scientific Arctic voyage to Bowdoin Bay and nearby points. Captain John Bartlett will command. Sid ney will depart from the port this time in mid July for about ten weeks. Baron Farya receives $10000 to distribute to families of Italian citizens killed in the Walsenburg riots. The department also gave the British Ambassador $1800 for the Daweon family mistreatment and $1000 to Bayne’s purser for a gunshot injury in New Orleans.
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Peary
Hope
St. Johns
N. B
Bowdoin Bay
Arctic
John Bartlett
Sidney
Baron Farya
Walsenburg
Colo
Daweon
Nebraska
Bayne
New Orleans
Hall's Hair Renewer Promoted Against Dandruff
Dandruff arises from weakened skin glands and neglect may lead to baldness. Hall's Hair Renewer is advertised as the best preventive.
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Hall
Treatment of Peach Orchards by a Florida Grower
Mr. David H. Watson of San Antonio Florida outlines a practical peach orchard method. After planting he removes most buds but keeps four or five near the top then lets shoots reach two to three feet and pinches tips to spur side branches. He retains three or four side branches and trims excess growth. Further pruning consists of cutting back or pinching tips of any branch as needed.
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David H. Watson
San Antonio
Fla
Peach Tree Pruning and Orchard Cultivation Tips
The article advises careful pruning of peach trees to control growth and preserve fruit spurs, including removing low sprouts and root sprouts, and discusses which twig tips to keep or cut based on variety. It emphasizes leaving fruit-bearing spurs, shaping young trees by variety, and details shallow, frequent cultivation after planting, avoiding deep turning plows, and preferred implements. It ends with health ads for Sarsaparilla and Hall's Catarrh Cure.
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Lee
Sylphide
Crawford
Reeves
Favorite
Clark
Bantams Prove Profitable for Home Fowl Rearing
The California Fruit Grower notes Bantams yield more flesh and eggs per feed unit than large fowls. Bantam eggs sell at parity with regular eggs and a batch of 100 white Bantam broilers have been sold to French restaurants in this city. Success hinges on market effort. nevertheless Bantams remain practically profitable for home use.
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England
America
California
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