Terrific Nitro-Glycerine Explosion Near Negaunee
Details of a massive nitro glycerine blast near Negaunee Michigan describe two tons loaded for shipment to Republic iron mine. The explosion wrecked rail cars and engines, killed four men, injured others, shattered the Jackson mine area, and caused widespread damage across several locations ten miles away. Estimated losses approach $20,000 as mining activity halted.
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Negaunee
Superior
Chicago and Northwestern
Jackson
Jackson School
Marquette Mining Journal
Captain Merry
Jackson Mine
M. Wheeler
Farm and Garden Notes on Dairy and Livestock Care
Practical rural guidance covers dairy cow housing effects on milk output, fattening sheep with cotton seed and turnips, regular salt to keep hogs horses cattle and sheep healthy, and worm prevention. Also discusses composting hot beds, winter feeding, and making stables clean and comfortable to sustain milking through winter.
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Colman
Cincinnati Grange Bulletin
Dairy house benefits for year round butter and cheese
A surplus of hay meal and roots can be converted into milk and dairy products by a properly insulated dairy house that maintains a stable temperature. Freshly made buttermilk in a clean, odor free dairy fetches higher prices than aged butter, as consumers demand sweet new butter year round. Live dairymen plan to meet this demand and avoid stale packages at markets.
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Germantown
Married in Haste at Marlboro on the Hudson
A swift wedding unfolds at a village dinner hosted by a local adventurer. After a vote among guests, the host marries his housekeeper with a cake and toast, the couple signing the marriage certificate as the feast resumes. A neighbor reacts with mock piety, foreseeing who might wed next.
Floating houses of Siam demand the traveler’s notice
A traveler describes Siamese floating houses in Bangkok built on bamboo raft foundations moored to river posts. Each house sits about a foot above water, offering water access and drainage but inviting water snakes. Originating when river banks were unhealthy, these compartments in bamboo influenced boat-building ideas in China.
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Siam
Bangkok
Curious oddities and quotes from a varied column
A Cedar Key man advertises a four ear pig with three months of age. An English clergyman calls the chatter of South African apes a language. A German proverb notes three armies after war. Oakland starts a belting from sheep entrails. A dinner party ethnology remark follows a dessert caveat. Wheat crop forecasts exceed 300 million bushels with 110 million exportable. Frontier fund totals for Custer widows report 14068 dollars. The Pope’s 6 million fund details and spending. Springfield dog bells and a poem urging the cow to moo and quit dreaming.
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Oakland
Cal
United States
Hudson River
Toctonia
Springfield
The Apples of Eden and the Devilish Sum
A humorous collection of satirical computations on how many apples Eve and Adam ate, citing various newspapers and absurd totals to mock arithmetic reasoning and religious myths. The piece lampoons exaggerated figures and ends with a pun about making a square root.
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Adam
Eve
Boston Journal
Gloucester Advertiser
Lawrence American
Veritas
New York Mail
Portchester Journal
Colby Echo
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