Education on wheels plan sparks debate across nations
A critique of roaming schools powered by trains proposes travel and study through geology and botany, but warns only wealthy students could afford it. Other notes weigh ethics in fishing, Southern U.S. manufacturing growth, and a predicted shift of iron and cotton mills toward cheaper southern markets.
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Wnt
New Orleans Picayune
Tongth
New York
New England
Tioh
South
Birmingham
Tennessee Coal and Iron Company
Io Ron
Albowie
Gardener Feeds Eternal Life Through Flowers
A poetic dialogue where flowers and a rose discuss a gardener who tended them and may attain immortality. The tulip and peony praise his kindness, the rose keeps silent, and all hope the gardener’s soul is blessed in heaven for his gentle care. The verse imagines flowers as witnesses to virtue and eternal life.
The Rev Lemuel Springer and Angela in Westchester
The Rev Lemuel Springer, rector of Saint Matthew in the Park, cycles with Angela a stylish young woman in Greenwich. Their ride leads to a comic, revealing scene as Angela flirts and Lemuel grapples with temptation, church duty, and public scrutiny before seeking solace in sermon and service.
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Saint Matthew-in-the-Park
Lemuel Springer
Bart
Lemnel
Roundbuck
Westchester
Roundbuch
Desueride
Lemuel
Ler.uol
Mr. Springer
Saint-Matthew-in-the Lark
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Greenwich
Angelo
Tom
Tom.” “T Never Will Again. Now Good-By, Mr. Springer
Sabe
Angela
Davee
Angola
Ehe
Coursg
New York Sun
Scientific and Industrial Notes From the Chicago Chronicle
A survey of recent science and industry items includes the Smithsonian gifting 215 duplicate Tiehca specimens to the University of Oregon, a jubilee planned for ether surgery's 50th anniversary, and the moon’s 42 524 minute orbit. Reports cover hops in bacon curing, agar agar jelly flavors, a harder-than-diamond carbon boron compound, a Dresden air and combustion gas tester, and a Zurich air contamination monitor using a carbon dioxide indicator. Also mentioned are musical performances at Ephphora School for the Deaf and a note on Monroe described as a gentleman of the old school.
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Smithsonian Institution
University of Oregon
Pennsylvania
W. Victor Lehman
Tremont
Penn
Paris
M. Moissan
Herr Walther Hempel
Dresden
Women and Fashion Notes Across Time and Seas
A chaotic column surveys women taking on male roles from street sweeping to bullfighting in Spain, plus profiles of performers and literary figures. It covers Madame Schumann, Armenian exile studies, and a whirl of fashion notes from hair bangs to lace, with brief mentions of Mrs. Jane L. Stanford and Princess Li.
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England
Mias Pascoe
Wimbledon
Margaret Scott
Katé Field
Eays Miss Gilder
Critic
Frances Eb, Benedict
Philadelphia
New York World
Mra
Ruth McEnery Stuart
Elizabeth B. Custer
Stuart
Custer
New York
Princess Li
Li- Hung-Chang
Jane L. Stanford
California University
Mme. Albani
Gleichen
Victoria
Notorious New Zealand hen shifts diet to sheep predation
Reports by T White show the mountain parrot of New Zealand once fed on insects and berries but now possibly preys on sheep. The bird hides above the frost line and targets kidneys, preferring sheep with longer wool, contradicting earlier beliefs of consistent carnivory.
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New Zealand
White
New Elements Show Unusual Electrical Properties
A vintage report notes newly found elements with argyn and lelin origins showing distinct electrochemical behavior. Experiments reveal atmospheric gas breather traits, long spark phenomena, and remarkable differences between argon and helium in conductivity and emissions.
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Whedling Boon
Hela
Adventure Tales on Land and Sea From a Wild Idaho Run
In Elk City Idaho, Arriving prospectorARRY L ROMAINE recalls a dramatic bear encounter near Murray Shoshone County where a grizzly charged a rock fort and a quarry hammer and a Colt led to a fatal shot eye. A wild stage ride in Mathewson's line narrowly clears a stump and boulder with horses racing through town toward the hotel. Separately a schooner Eric battles a sperm whale off Cape Hatteras causing a hull leak and crew pumps. A Wichita sister uncovers a $10 000 bank deposit from 1863 tied to a soldier killed in battle and a later murder-for-insurance tale.
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Arry L. Romaine
Elk City
Idaho
Murray
Shoshone County
Ben Williams
Big Bold Mountain
Cour d’Alenes
Eli
Ban
Yours Truly
Ben
Bob
Cuorrecanti
Iva
Eric
Delaware
Capes Hatteras
Jacksonville
Fla
New York
Hatteras
Craft
King of Fish
Pioneer John Mathewson breaks legs building California water derrick
In May 1857 John Mathewson, a pioneer of hydraulic mining, broke both legs while constructing a derrick on the North Fork of the Yuba River, 25 miles north of Nevada City. An ambulance was sent from Nevada City as O. B. Olm drove a bed in a Concord coach to transport him, with the town and spectators watching the dramatic hospital journey unfold along the rugged grade into town.
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John Mathewson
Io Hydraulic Mimog
California
Washington
Yuba River
Nevada City
Olm
Concord
Ohn
Tint Mathewson
Abel Wold of Brookhouse A Veteran Artist Dies
Abel Wold of Brookhouse Cawthorne aged about eighty died recently. As a boy he drew animals and birds from nature and earned small wages painting show clothes and wild animal scenes for showmen. He began portrait painting at eighteen and exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1849 to 1871 with few rejections. Much of his later work consisted of still lifes and grime paintings. It is estimated he painted around 3000 pictures.
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Greenwich
Tomael
Mr. Springer
Bill
Deuce
Lemuel
Wheelmain
Ile
Semuel
Asid
Abe
Angela
Abel Wold
Brookhouse
Cawthorne
Hold
Royal Academy
Unclear Storm Event Report From St Louis Republic
In a garbled note from the St Louis Republic a strange scene is described at Fayette Park with a dead robin found center stage and feathers scattered on one side while the other shows no sign of plumage. The upper leg is noted as unfeathered. The text also states Lord President of the British Privy Council earns £20000 annually.
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St. Lome Republic
Roy
Anfayette Park
Coin weights from old U S currency catalog fragment
Fragment lists weights for various historical coins including gold eagles, trade dollars, double eagles, and colonials. It notes approximate gold content, with figures like 270 grains for the gold eagle and 516 grains for the $20 gold piece, along with several copper and nickel denominations and a remark on gold purity around 90 percent.
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Ailvar
Business Failures Rise Sharply in Six Months Says Bradstreet
Bradstreet reports six month business failures in the United States reach peak totals with a 42 percent rise against 1839 era panic figures and a $105,555,000 total liabilities. The data shows comparisons with 1895 169 and 39 periods, highlighting heavy asset to liability ratios and signs of lingering economic stress.
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United States
Bradstreet
Alko
Prize Aghilug 3 becomes a Kentucky felony
The report notes Prize Aghilug 3 is now classified as a felony under Kentucky law. Details on the legal change and affected offenses are not provided in the fragment.
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New York Independent
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Londo University
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Olin
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Trena Leonard
Kanson City
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San Francisco
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