Bonanza farming and the Dalrymple empire profits
The Dalrymple farms cover about 27 000 acres with six thousand acre divisions each led by a foreman and bookkeeper. The operation uses wholesale buying, retail selling, and careful market timing to push profits, with net earnings around eight dollars per acre at twenty bushels per acre yields. The piece questions small farmers ability to compete and predicts a shift toward diversified farming as soil fatigue and risk rise.
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Dalrymple
Dakota
Red River Valley
Boston Herald
The Rattlesnake Industry In Sullivan County
In Sullivan and Ulster Counties residents have long earned money selling rattlesnake oil believed to cure many ailments. Hunters collect snakes in fall when they emerge from dens and gather them for extraction. Oil is tested at home much like traditional remedies with crude processing.
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Shawangunk Mountains
Sullivan
Ulster Counties
New York
Sullivan County
Kingston
N. Y
Freeman
Ulster
A Franco-Chinese Court Case and a Garlic Note
A Paris World item recounts a scam where a Chinese purported prince wooed Mlle Hortense G. He banked on a forged 300000 franc draft and a fake Shanghai address. Delays and debts forced her to sail to Shanghai to retrieve funds, returning with a drafted verdict for damages of 100000 francs from the bogus prince.
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Mlle
Champs Elysees
Shanghai
Mlle. G
Perceivinr
M. Esen-Ang
Rue Des Europeens
Paris
Marseilles
Hortense G
Mile. Hortensen
Place de la Concorde
China
N. Y
Swallow Tail Kent Becomes Keeper At Swallow Tail Point
A Toronto area prank during the Swallow Tail Point lighthouse erection led to Mr. Kent being the only guest in full dress at a banquet. He was nicknamed Swallow Tail Kent and the name followed him to his residence in the tower.
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Swallow-Tail Point
Toronto
Ont
Kent
Swallow-Tail Kent
One-Third London Lord Mayors Were Bachelors
A survey of the past twenty four years shows that about one third of London mayoral incumbents were bachelors. The items also report on variety of curiosities and social notes including civic honors and peculiar anecdotes from across the United States and Canada.
Hog Ranching in the Mississippi Bottoms Proposed by St Louis Men
The Chicago Times reports St Louis citizens plan a hog ranch on a large tract near the Mississippi River, 35 miles south of the city. They will stock piggy sows from St Louis yards, use Berkshire males for improvement, feed with river corn, and rely on hog manure to improve land. Boats will transport feed. the operation aims for low costs, extensive grazing, minimal buildings, and potential success across river bottoms in Illinois and nearby states.
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London
Cincinnati
Newton
Detroit
Detroit Post
N. Y
Franklin Phillips
Braxton County
West Virginia
St. Louis
George William Curtis
Staten Islanders
Staten Island
White House
Somerset
Kan
Chicago Tribune
Hartford
Hartford Post
Texas
Kansas
Indiana
Maryland
Illinois
Philadelphia
Lake Erie
Cleveland
Erie
Weather Bureau
Judge Swan
Queen Charlotte Islands
Chicago
Lancaster
N. Hi
Boston Herald
J. P. Barnum
Louisville
Bradenburg
Mexico
Don Patricio Milmo
Monterey
United States
Don Patricio
Chicago Times
Colorado
Mississippi River
Berkshire
Mississippi
Missouri
Arkansas
South
Monumental Washington Islander notes 500 foot height and future tests
The Washington monument stands about 400 feet today and may reach St. Peter's height before year end. Colonel Casey, the chief engineer, says finish is planned by this time next year. Readers tour the massive shaft and observe a mosaic of stone blocks, weathering, and a safety net at the summit.
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Washington Monument
St. Peter's
Rome
Casey
Datenes
Washington
Potomac
White House
Capitol
National City
Louis Smithmyer
National Library
Congress
Washington Cor
Cleveland Leader
Life Expectancy Edges Up for England Men and Women
Statistics reveal England men now live about two years longer and women about a third longer than thirty years ago. The data reflect gradual gains in longevity across genders and time.
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England
Pine and spruce pillows for consumptives foreseen
A Providence paper writer predicts spruce and pine pillows will become common for consumptives in our climate, as quinine bottles have long been in the South and West, signaling a shift in home remedies and therapeutic beliefs.
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Providence
R. L
Singing Sands Dunes Form Vast Circular Wall in California
In Churchill County California a sand heap about one hundred feet high and nearly a mile wide forms a wind driven whirl. It creates a circular motion that builds a hollow half a mile across in the center. The inner slope is so steep no one has descended, fearing sand slides. Similar dunes exist in the Sandwich Islands Hebrides and along the Atlantic coast.
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Churchill County
Cal
Sandwich Islands
Hebrides
Atlantic Coast
Chicago Inmier Ocean
Pittsburgh Methodist Conference Appropriates Funds
The Pittsburgh Methodist Conference appropriated over $4 009 to superannuated ministers and widows. Several ministers received $300. A minister may claim the fund after twenty years of service, ten in the Pittsburgh Conference.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Post
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