Nebraska farmers harness wind with home-made mills
Nebraska farmers build low cost windmills from scrap to power pumps, grinding, churning, and saws. Types include Jumbo, Battle Ax, Merry-Go Round, and Turbine designs with costs from 1 to 150 dollars. Mills serve ranches, barns, gardens, and dairy operations across Platte Valley towns such as Columbus, Kearney, Grand Island, and Gothenburg.
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Union
Nebraska
New England
Middle States
New York Press
West
Rocky Hills
Erwin Pinckley Barbour
University of Nebraska
Lincoln
Platte Valley
Ouraha
Peover
Thisalley
Columbus
Garand Island
Kearney
Overton
Corad
Lexington
Gothenburg
Oeallala
JO LO Trown
Mubway
Brown
J. A. Carroll
Grand Island
Diedrich Fruennecke
Fred Mathiesen
Boerson
A.C. Walker
American Beef In Scotland Shifts to Imported Supplies
Scarcity of home beef cattle and fat sheep in Scotland drives Edinburgh butchers to source from Liverpool and Glasgow. City chilled beef agents push American killed beef as demand rises. A Chicago firm dominates UK beer agencies with forty outlets. Last week Edinburgh received 400 quarters of chilled beef and 200 sides of American origin. Frozen mutton imports from the Argentine Republic remain steady at about 350 carcasses.
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Scotland
Widinburgh
Liverpool
Glasgow
Chicago
United Kingdom
Edinburgh
Lightning Kills Fish in Pennsylvania Streams
The Pennsylvania Fish Commission confirms brown trout in streams are killed by electrical shocks from lightning that travels through iron-rich rocks at the stream bottom. Trout near the bottom are most affected, while higher-swimming fish escape damage.
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Pennsylvania Fish Commission
London Theaters Employ Over Twelve Thousand Workers
The London theater industry provides regular employment for more than 12,000 people. Daily street life reports about 3,600 accidents annually, averaging nearly ten per day in the city.
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London
Quips and Quips from a Nation of Jokers
A collage of humorous exchanges from various papers includes clever wordplay about aging, manners and misunderstandings. Jests feature a wide range of everyday scenes from boarding houses to professors, waiters, and a hunter recounting near misses.
A Good Story Teller Justice Brewer Delights Friends
Associate Justice Brewer of the Supreme Court entertains colleagues with humorous tales. He recounts a rural Indiana justice of the peace who pretends to defend the fence boundary while joking about losing jurisdiction. Mr Brewer favors straightforward argument over flowery rhetoric and recalls a city speech contrasted with a crude speaker who wins applause.
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Brewer
Washington
Supreme Court
Indiana
Ohio
Jim
New York City
Rotted Eggs at San Juan Amusement Fails to Please
A foreign correspondent reports Americans in San Juan sparking laughter by shouting boiled eggs in a hotel breakfast room. An American derides locals as donkeys and fools, while a headwaiter and diners react to the commotion until a Spanish speaking friend clarifies the misunderstanding.
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San Juan
France Dependent on England for Transvaal War News
The piece notes France relies on England for Transvaal war updates due to cable control and mentions her willingness to spend large sums to free herself. It then pivots to a drug advertisement for Hlostetter's Stomach Bitters claiming cures for dyspepsia constipation and biliousness.
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France
England
Transvaal
Hlostetter
Twelve Good Rules in Goldsmiths Deserted Village Line
The Deserted Village line about twelve good rules puzzles readers. Foster’s Use cites Charles I. drafting twelve rules for his children. Rules include Urge no healths, Profane no divine ordinances, Touch not state matters, Reveal no secrets, Pick no quarrels, Make no comparisons, Maintain no ill opinions, Keep no bad company, Encourage no vice, Make no long meals, Repeat no grievances, Lay no wagers.
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Goldsmith
Foster
Charles I
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted By Cheney Company
A Toledo Ohio firm promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a blood and mucous remedy taken internally. The ad claims the medicine reaches the disease at its source and cites testimonials and a regular prescription. It names F K Cheney Co as proprietors and notes the product is sold by druggists for 75 cents.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
Ohio
Drugglate
Wages of London Bill Posters
London bill posters struck for 8.25 dollars per week for fifty three hours of work. The dispute centers on the weekly wage and standard hours as workers seek fair pay.
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London
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Brooklyn
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Papa
Mr. Figg
Philadelphia
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Pealer
New York Weekly
Cumso
Gawker
Detroit Free Press
Itate
Washington Sur
Benton
Dawkins
Hawley
Harper's Baar
Harvard
Antmeck Turtle
Johnny
Polmny
New York
Hinsou
Ketchum's
Murdock
N. B
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Morton
Maine
Boston Christian Register
Chicago Evening Post
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