Wild turkeys and trains and tales from far lands
A collage of curious notes cites wild turkeys in Austria, overrun islands with Chinamen, a Visp to Zormat railway project, mass jewel thefts in India, New Zealand cheese shipments to England, and extensive rail passenger traffic in New York. Miscellany covers Bismarck’s straw-bound escape, color perception in women, and a tale of Floy Rivers working as a White Mountain waiter who encounters Seth Rathburn, intertwined with musings on hay and hops and distant lands.
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Froy Qivora
Sverhor
Sir Sho
Seth
Bake
Seth Rotheburn
Japan
Ateal
Pho
White Mountain
Harvard
Totter
Frog
Wioy
Beth
May
Slo
Rathburn
Floy
Gms
Pittsburg
Harvest Time Song Recited by Mabel Hayden
A fragmented verse shows a harvest time scene with reapers bearing sheaves marching in a procession. The text evokes fields of golden grain, singing, and a harvest moon, attributed to Mabel Hayden.
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Mabel Hayden
A Strange Lake of Muriatic Acid on White Island
An Auckland letter to the Chronicle describes White Island New Zealand as a near circular caldera with a vast boiling lake of muriatic acid. The scene features high serrated rock walls, a chocolate ground tone, and a vivid color palette from madder brown to verdigris green. Sulfur formations dot the landscape while plumes of white vapor rise from the lake's edge. The piece notes the island's extreme inhospitability with no animals, fierce fumes, and the awe of visitors amidst chaotic rock formations and volcanic activity.
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White Island
Auckland
San Francisco ‘Chronicle
Bowlder
Thering
Zhivyina
Amali
Mount Emont
Tongariro
Taupo Rotomahana Lakes
Whale Island
Beehive Colony Nek Up Elevator Tenement Tales
A New York Telegram contributor recalls a colony of bees atop an uptown tenement near 412th Street. The Italian notary notes the bees are intelligent pets, rarely sting, and help with household wrongs. They wander the house, raid sugar, and swarm each summer while remaining largely harmless. They are kept tame and often given away when excess.
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New York
East Har Jem
412Th Street
Nen Juriey
A Few Points About Raisins
A New York Telegram excerpt describes raisin varieties and processing. It notes sun dried sun raisins and lye dipping affecting quality, with European sun raisins and Smyrna Sultana varieties from the Mediterranean and Greek islands. California raisin production is growing alongside European grapes.
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Isanda
Grecian
Archapoleca
Ithaca
Zonte
Smyrna
California
New York Telegram
Slippery Water Inspires Child’s Curious Question
In a humorous Chicago Tribune snippet, a child asks if raw water is pleasant to wash in and his mother confirms with a cheerful, corrected exchange. The note references Paris newsboys being restricted from crying anything in the streets except tithes of the papers.
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Eric
Chicago Tribune
Paris
Ladies' Dentistry as a Profession for Women
A New Orleans Times-Democrat note argues that women, with dexterity and finish, could excel in dentistry, offering a profitable field with diploma-backed expertise. The piece highlights fashion trends and social customs alongside portraits of women in trades and society.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
Young lady crafts famed horseshoes in Bay Area shop
In a San Francisco shop Miss Bolo demonstrates remarkable talent for horseshoe making under instructor Walsh. He praises her natural skill, noting her refined technique and a successful exhibit at the Mechanics' Institute. Her future at the fair remains uncertain but promising.
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Welsh
Examiner
Walsh
Miss Huntington
Lannon
Leddy
Bole
Miss Bolo
Cisiya
Tia' Reaule
Mechanics’ Institute
Gbo
Aho
San Francisco Examiner
Advertising by painted drum signs shocks city crowd
A New England firm uses painted signs on four bass drums to advertise sewing silk. The drums travel with street musicians who perform on drum, hand organ, tambouring, and cymbals, drawing crowds and attention as a novel advertising medium reported by the Brooklyn Citizen.
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America
New England
Brooklyn
Raisins Process Described In Fresno Packing House
Fresno Expositor reports on California raisin production detailing grape reception, grading, sweating, and drying in a packing house. It describes a Johnson invention sweathouse and a four-grade drying system, with 350 women and about 100 men employed, totaling 450 workers. The season lasts two months and this year's crop is praised for early ripening and superior quality, enabling strong market prices and competitive position for California raisins globally.
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Forlor
Br. Johnson
Fresno
California
Spain
Cal
Expositor
Machine strips damaged cigarette wrappers at factory
A up-town cigarette factory uses a simple half inch diameter tube with a circular knife to strip wrappers from damaged cigarettes. An operator feeds damaged sticks along a basalt belt, the knife removes the paper, and a single worker can match a hundred hand workers. A quote recalls Gettysburg and a missing leg.
Diverse early 20th century scientific notes summarized
A collage of scientific curiosities reports progress in ship hull lacquer from Japan, a vast central electrical bulletin board system, and a high hatch success rate for electrically aided egg incubation. It mentions seal skin processing, changes in climate affecting disease, Harvard led Canal vegetation theories, extreme mountain heights, bacteriological work in Russia, a locomotive whistle logging device, wild silk production in Kwangtung, and luminous bacteria cultivated by Koch’s method with photographic confirmation.
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USA
America
Hiyo
Pasteur
Ignorance of Sanitary Principles by Engineers
Dr Billings estimates 100000 US deaths yearly from preventable diseases due to ignorance of sanitary principles. The piece argues sanitation is broad and requires engineers to lead in drawings and sewage disposal, noting architects rarely combine artistry with complex technical detail and urging scientific study in public health infrastructure.
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Billings
United States
Popular Science Monthly
Enormous Catch of Preserved Frozen Fish on Jersey Coast
The New York Mail and Express reports an immense quantity of preserved fish arriving in the city from the New Jersey coast. Prices stay low while consumption is high, with thousands of pounds daily, kept from waste by vast refrigerating establishments. After thawing the fish appears as freshly caught, signaling strong market demand and careful processing.
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New Jersey
New York Mail and Express
Caurt
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Koch
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