Wheat and fruit forecast mix with world prices
The report surveys U S grain and fruit outlooks with notes on Minnesota wheat at 45 million bushels, Italy's crop patterns, British figure heads, and U S manufacturing gains. It cites Norris Collins on wheat prices influenced by England and global surpluses, arguing American growers need higher prices to compete with Russia India and Argentina.
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Chicago
Norris Collins
Minneapolis
Washington Star
England
Great Britain
Germany
France
Russia
India
Argentine Republic
Indias
United States
Atlantic
Various Global Topics Highlight 19th Century News
Reports span sugar bounty in Louisiana, naval pensions, campus color disputes, Germany education reform, a British breach of promise case, a vast ship canal idea across Michigan, a Georgia railroad crisis, Mescalero Apache reservation prospects near El Paso, and potential land allotments for Indians. The piece mixes economic policy, infrastructure dreams, and Native American affairs with regional political insights.
The Common Tube Rose Not A True Rose
The common tube rose is not a true rose and has no relation to the rose family. Its name is a corruption from tuberous plant, a term used by French gardeners. Ignorant usage altered tuber plant into title rose, causing a widespread mix up.
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Chicago
Fragment of a boarding house tale with Henri Bonynge
In a New York boarding house, the narrator meets Henri Bonynge, a poised blue eyed artist type who rents a room beside him. The two men become instant friends as Bonynge reveals no fixed occupation, yet shares music and lively talk about art and potential clients amidst economic talk of the era.
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Andrion
Cara
Henri Bonynge
Frank Sherman
Tam
Sherman
New York
Times
Open, the World of Secrets and a Model Wife
A narrator recounts social striving in Chicago during a World’s Fair orbit. A penniless yet ambitious man, Henri, seeks work as a model for a Cleopatra painting after losing a publishing job. The tale follows charity, mercenary motives, mistaken identities, and a daring disguise before revealing a surprising marriage to Bennrietta Bonynge.
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Chicago
Minerva
Sixteeenth Street
Henri
Bonynge
Frankenstein
Sherman
Cleopatra
Queen
Charmion
Iris
Antony
Cleopatria
Menclough
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Dean Mn
Hifenan
Hans
Temperature Regulation by Skin Blood Flow and Clothing
The article explains how skin blood vessels regulate body heat, swelling with warmth and constricting when cooled. Heat loss occurs mainly by radiation, conduction, and evaporation, with about seventy percent of heat passing through the skin, and clothing offering protection and climate independence.
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Mars
Jeal
New
Yor& Ledger
Curious Multivoice Man Exhibited By Chicago
A fifty-something colored man in Chicago, William Yancey, can voice three distinct tones simultaneously in a hall, fooling observers with soprano, alto, and bass harmonies. Doctors at the Chicago Medical College reportedly witnessed the phenomenon, noting the two voices and a faint echo creating a trio effect. In New Orleans Picayune. Also details on mint marks and private coin die-stamps discussed by New York Journal, highlighting how letters identify mints and private marks.
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Chicago
Me Lical College
William Yancey
Gostacus
Carr
Youcey
New Orleans
Pic
Ayune
Thero
Chicago Medical College
Curranys Yancey
New Orleans Picayune
German Crop and Soil Insurance Expands in Empire
German soil insurance enters its fourteenth season as twenty three companies operate with about 4 million dollars capital and insurance sums over 8500 000 000. The German Board of Agriculture pushes for a compulsory oil insurance law akin to Bavaria's, established in 1881 with government funding and ongoing annual support.
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England
Germany
Empire
German Board of Agriculture
Bavaria
Humorous sketches from various sources show biting wit
A collage of comic exchanges and captions from periodicals like Puck Chicago Record Truth and Harper's Bazar lampooning social pretensions, talkativeness, matrimony, and indolence. It features lines about a widow, a demanding public, and amateur theater, with satirical jabs at lovers, doctors, and lazy inventors.
Fragmented overheard quarrel word jumble at Texas hotel
An overheard exchange between a married couple in a Texas hotel reveals fragmented phrases about words and silence, with unclear context and garbled names. The brief snippet suggests tension and miscommunication but lacks coherent details or identifiable individuals.
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Texas
Jdtidu
Thrilling glimpses of love and goat mischief in tales
A collage of short vignettes unfolds from flirtatious marriage proposals and social mischief to a rambunctious suburb goat and a humane tale from Harper's Bazar. The macaronic humor shifts through club introductions, goading barbs, and a humane doctor’s comic challenge with a boy refusing to wear clothes.
Remarkable Chicago Man Sings Two Voices Simultaneously
William Yancey, about sixty, exhibited before Chicago Medical College students, able to emit two distinct voices at once. Auditory harmony filled the room as soprano and bass tones joined in a trio like a choir. Reports credit the feat as unprecedented in medical circles.
Boston Fire Levelled Acres of Homes and Left 2000 Homeless
A massive blaze swept through Boston near the base ball grounds. The fire destroyed twelve acres and over 164 wooden and twelve brick buildings, displacing more than two thousand people including families in Roxbury and the West End. Firefighters battled the flames as spectators fled, with engines from several cities arriving to battle the inferno. The disaster marred the ball park area, burned the grandstand, and left streets littered with wreckage and personal losses.
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Hameless
Soas
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Alda
Farnitore
Bostong
Baltimores
Roxbury
Nash
Robinson
Secon
Cabot Street
Fra
Green and
Lewis
Btation No. 1
Burke Street
Chilren
Charles W. Eaton
Mr. Cusick
Brookline
Throg
Eaton
Michael Welsh
Lut
Tremont
Lynn
Salem
Beverly
Brook Hao
Lawrence
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Burke Atrout
Hall Grounds
Walpole Hreet
Milford Place
Ball Grounds
Raing
Kronchml -Riagrcs Street
Chapal Street
Mkt
Sudbury Street
Rugetea Aboct
Cabot Streat
Old Colony
Boston A
Cabot Streats
West End
Atroch Rtlway
Troment
Alaska farm lands spark drive for agricultural stations
Representative Hainor of Nebraska reports to the Agriculture Committee on a bill creating agricultural experiment stations. Major Powall of the Geological Survey notes southern Alaska hosts 4000 to 5000 square miles with agricultural potential. With a secure food supply, mining, lumber, and other industries could provide employment.
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Hainor
Nebraska
Agriculture Committee
Alaska
Major Powall
Buevoy
Alnakas
Man Kills Mother and Attacks Others in Albany Chaos
Reports describe Fuorxe Drapr killing his mother in Albany New York and attempting to fatally wound four other persons with knives as he ran through streets assaulting people. Weather across New York and Massachusetts damaged fruit beds and strawberry crops in Monticello New York.
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Albany
N. Y
Parsons
Bnoda
Four Harvard Students Die In Boston Harbor Squall
Four Harvard students lost their lives when their catboat overturned in a Boston Harbor squall off City Point. Names include Edwin Bach of New York John Browne of Philadelphia William Trusdell of New Ark and Franklin Whitall of Philadelphia. Two bodies were recovered two days later near Thompson's Island with coats containing letters addressed to Browne and Trusdell. Boatkeeper Henry Hutchins reported lending his catboat Crescent to the four. A search party recovered the overturned boat near its last sighting and Browne and Trusdell were found clasping the mast, partially unclothed. Trusdell was a third year law student and Browne a Harvard senior. Whitall a Harvard graduate.
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Boston
Mass
City Point
Edwin Stanton Bach
New York
John Farnum Browne
Philadelphia
William Campbell Trusdell
Newark
N.d
Franklin Whitall
Thompson's Island
Browne
Trusdell
Henry T. Hutchins
Cam- RO
Willey
O All
Coatman Hutchins
Buck
Princeton
Haverford College
Bach Waa
Johny Bach
Camytoy Bosto
Whitall
Harvard College
Elass
A. L. Crowns
Murders and mystery surround Browning area blaze case
A brutal crime near Browning Missouri left a man and two children dead and another seven year old child gravely wounded. The Meeks family and associates faced forgery larceny and arson charges involving the Taylor brothers. A witness was used after a pardon by Governor Stone. The violence followed a staged escape plan and ended with killings on a Lynn County road near a school house.
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Browning
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William
Browolog
William ‘Taylor
Gus" Meeks
Meeks
Stone
Taylor Brothers
Taylors
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Tastors
Brownlog
Taylor
Ware George
Pit Taylor
Brownlen
Thy
Brothers Die in Apparent Double Tragedy on North Wood Farm
Frank and Ezra May, aged sixty and sixty two, farmers near the English settlement, were found dead on their North Wood stock farm. One hanging from a bow and the other with throat cut, both gasping for breath. A hired man cut down the hanging man and a physician attempted aid, but both died. Neighbors speculate financial trouble as the possible motive. The article notes mortality rates in various colonies and mentions New York City owners seeking protection, with a $2 fee to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and a brief reference to a proposed dual between a boar and an African site in San Francisco.
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Hava
Mescalero
Washington
Frank
Ezra May
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Blarea Leone
Jamaica
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Maize
Canada
Western Cape Colony
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