Various 1890s notes on agriculture science art and climate
A collage of items reports New York egg consumption at 12 million annually and a Rockland Missouri man’s early test of a scythe. It notes Panama Valley California planting 700 acres with 78,000 Syria trees and Vacaville fruit profits. It covers a New York cooking school teaching poor children free, London women’s hospital history, Dallas climate claim, and debates over European grain supply and American beauty standards linked to climate.
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New York City
Panama Valley
California
Syria
Vacaville
New York
Dallas
Texas
Love and longing in Montgomery’s verse to Harper's Bazar
The excerpt presents poetic reflections on love’s dual power to wound and exalt. A speaker contrasts love’s cruelty with its transcendent moments as passion and beauty merge, describing love’s ascent to "soars among the stars" through surrender. George E Z Montgomery addresses Harper's Bazar.
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Crystal Gong
George EZ. Montgomery
Harper's Bazar
Sally Sweet and the Squire’s Rescue
Miss Sally Sweet resists sharing her lonely Jonse home but consents after burglar Mike steals her silver spoons. The squire retrieves the spoons, Mike flees, and Sally later marries the squire, with Hannah Higgins remaining in service.
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Miles Sally
Misa Sally
Salty
Hannah Higgins
Sally
Squire Nicksjack
Miss Sally
Bhi
Sally Sweet
Jonse
Mike
Ala
Eiglt
Nickajack
Hannah
Miss Bally
Haonnah
Willy
Mika
Miss Sally Sweeting
Hannah Figgins
The Wahabis and Their Rebellions Across Arabia
A Boston Transcript account traces the Wahabi movement a sec of Mohammedans that emerged in central Arabia in the 18th century. It describes their aim to restore original Islam, their actions against the Ottoman state, sacrifices such as burning pipes and tobacco, and their capture of Mecca and Medina before Egyptian and Turkish forces quelled the uprising.
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Que Heart of Arabia
sAveabin
Mecca
Medina
Chiles
Ftill
Arabia
Boaton Transcript
Gar breathes air surface? gar pike breathing noted
The New York Independent notes that the gar pike surfaces to breathe air, a lung like mechanism linking throat to air via an air bladder. It contrasts modern fishes with air breathing behavior, mentioning southern regions and specific anatomical terms.
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Merida
New York
Odd Eaterables and Eccentric Foods Across Nations
A survey of imported foods from France to Japan reveals unusual dishes such as pickled cockcombs and blood puddings, with notes on cheeses like Roquefort and Munster, plus Norse seaweed, Spanish preserves, and Japanese dried delicacies. The piece contrasts tastes worldwide and includes medical anecdotes on dosage and public education.
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France
Atook
Parla
Brillat-Savarin
Roquefort
Schwarzwald
Fist of
Norway
Sweden
Emerald Isle
Spain
West Indies
Japan
Central America
Mexico
Palestine
A Doctor on Dosing
In this fragment a physician faces pressure to prescribe even when little medicine is needed. It notes that patients are less medicalized now, with some education toward self care. A case mentions a young woman stabilizing without strong drugs, and advice about weathering illness with minimal remedies.
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London
Nia Garrett Anderson
Avois
Boston
Europe
England
United States
India
Sally
Wal
Nickajack
Nike Moe
Algne
Howevaor
Maryland
Italy baptizes new warships to echo Venetian past
The Italian navy names and christens new battleships in a Venice inspired rite. A bottle of champagne breaks over Sicilia’s bow with a ring like the Bucintoro feted by a godmother. The ceremony aims to recall Venice’s former maritime power and ritual.
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Adriatic
Italy
Sicilia
Ministeer of Marine
Conevori
Republic of Venice
Bucintoro
King Numbors
Venice
Thoao Daya
Anom
Trebizond
Cyprus
Armenia
Spain
France
Low Countries
England
Africa
Oura
Orleana Picayune
Values of Foreign Coina and World Currency Standards
The Director of Mint estimates the value of the world standard coin for pricing Coreiza products exported to the United States after July 1. The document lists currency values updated from April 1, including Boliviano Bouyin 0.756, Central American sites 0.706, Shanghai fuel 1.187, China Hath wanimal 1.121, Colombia Peru 0.796, Mewutap atiucis 0.796, rapeantadin 0.45, Japan silver 0.792, Dorn sol 20.7905, wanhnub Veipuli 6.66.
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UN Mint
United States
Bouyin
Shanghai Fuel
Tiddledy Winks Apron Sets Fashion Note for Girls
Fashion notes from the era discuss fluffy sleeves returning to vogue, reworkings of high shoulders and deep cuffs, a new Tiddledy Winks pinafore for girls that protects dresses while looking pretty, and an explanation of obscure phrases and lace trends. We also note debates on women’s wages, new shoe fashions, and novel dress materials with rich detailing.
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Brookelyn
Louis Seize
Louis XV
Louis Avl
New York Sun
God
Morocco
New York World
Household Recipes and a Loyal Dog Memorial
A collection of kitchen tips includes halibut scallops with cucumbers and tomato toast, plum soup, and household hints on rust removal, coffee for dyspeptics, and croquettes. A Greyfriars churchyard monument honors a dog that guarded its master's grave for years, showing enduring fidelity.
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Greyfriars
Edinburugh
Scotland
Aril
Aexton
Anna
Ureat Engineering Feat Opens Jeddo Tunnel Venture
The Jeddo tunnel project in Pennsylvania aims to drain flooded mines by driving three miles from Hutler Valley to the Eberyao vein. Led by John Markle as company president, the venture promises vast coal reserves and long term employment for thousands.
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Pennsylvania
Jeddo
Marleigh
Hutler Valley
Eber Yao
John Markle
Pottavitle (Penn) Chronicie
Veeless to Sonreh Burglary Exchange
Fragmentary OCR hints at a dialogue about stolen money hidden in a wife’s dress. Detective tone missing. No clear names, places, dates, or concrete events.
Puzzling Crops and Odd Discoveries Across Eras
A mix of curious notes reports on preservation methods for fish and croaked cane fuel, an automatic life saving belt tested on the Thames, and giant cranes at Baldwin Works saving labor. It recounts an Austrian chemist's edible polymer, a small falcon’s hunting prowess, and a Royal Society Edinburgh case of a cyptopia eye with a multi lid socket. Left and right handedness debate links brain lobe development to limb use, while pear trees in an orchard lose bark after cows stripped it, triggering a theory about fruit strength.
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Thames
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Philadelphia
Doca
Herr Eckstein
Dagh
Dra
Royal Society of Edinburgh
A. Brace
Alngie
Paneras
St. Louis Repub
William Campbell
Me. Campbell
Het
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Sir Charles
Toyo
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Syed
Helen Wintury Clark
Uennal
Vannah
O’donnell
New York Telegram
Thorold Rogers
Boston Herald
Chicago
Pompadour
Chantilly
Lacoa
Peel
Alice
Juliet Carson
Gimortime
Chicago News
Sulentifig
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