How to Pluck an Ostrich in a Farmyard Lesson
A reporter visits Mr. J. Protheroe in Central Ark where twenty two ostriches from Buenos Ayres are kept. The method to pluck uses a long stocking on the neck, feather removal outside the wings, and trimming under the wag followed by a morning airing. The birds display playful waltzing then fighting among themselves. experts warn they can injure when let loose. The herd may be moved to California, with optimism for American ostrich farming success.
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J. Pro Heroe
Central Ark
Buenos Ayres
America
Cape
Cape Town
Pro Heroe
Johnson
Bernhardt
Bernhardt Gloes
Mr. Protheroe
California
Comet's Near Pass Said to Mark Sun with Dark Spot
A report describes astronomers weighing theories that a recent comet passed near the sun, leaving a dark spot or “black eye” on the solar disk. Possible explanations include meteoric debris from the comet or fragmentation near perihelion, with multiple nuclei noted.
Climate contrasts between Old England and New England
A Boston Journal correspondent notes England’s months mirror New England’s, with July August about sixty degrees in England and colder months similar yet milder than in America. He recalls English weather patterns, rain, and misperceptions from ninety days in England in 1882, concluding rainfall is lower in England than in the United States.
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New England
England
Great Britain
United States
Cambridge
Mass
Ohio
Boston Journal
A Gallant Deed of Charles T Vansant at Balls Bluff
Charles T Vansant, killed on the Pennsylvania Railroad, famed for a heroic Civil War action. He seized the regimental flag amid fierce combat, carried wounded colonel from the field, and after five captures by Confederates escaped by diving into the river with the flag hidden under a stone, later returning to recover and restore the flag to his regiment.
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Charles T. Vansant
Pennsylvania
Vansant
Proctor Predicts Comet's Fiery Path and Earth Drought
The astronomer Mr Proctor forecasts dramatic comet activity and a near term heat spell on earth. He suggests the sky wanderer may plunge toward the sun within two to three years, with extreme dryness rivaling Egyptian mummies.
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Mr. Proctor
Proctor
Christian Union
Law of trespass and animal misdeeds in old Massachusetts law
The article surveys trespass rights and remedies, noting a property owner's authority to expel intruders with minimal force, handle damages, and pursue legal action only if damage occurs. It covers dogs cats and livestock, citations from Massachusetts cases, and references to penalties for ongoing trespass and animal damage.
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Connecticut
Massachusetts
N. Y
Beecher on Sunday School Books and Moral Reform
A compilation of brief notes on religious education and school reform from various regions. Beecher critiques Sunday school books as too bushy for intelligent children. Reports include fines for church whispering in Henderson Kentucky, classroom discipline and geography teaching methods, and missionary activity in China.
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Henry Ward Beecher
Doctor’s diphtheria treatment from St. Petersburg physician
Dr. Deuker of St. Petersburg says he treats hundreds of children with diphtheria and reports best results using cold drinks acidulated with hydrochloric acid. He then gives every two hours a garele made of lime-water and hot milk in equal parts once white spots appear on the tonsils.
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Deuker
St. Petersburg
Man Eats and Shapes Horns Through History
The London Live Stock Journal argues animals would rebuke human rapacity for using horns and skin. It notes horn use shifted from lamps and utensils to glass alternatives, with tumbler and decorative items replacing horn. It praises rhinoceros horn for art due to its solidity and observes wild horns tend to be sturdier than domesticated ones.
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London Live Stock Journal
Tiny animals and a tiny locomotive in old papers
The article notes the world’s smallest hogs in London Zoo from Australia, a nine week old sea lion in Philadelphia Zoo, a newborn in Nevada, and a minuscule locomotive built in Jamestown New York. It also mentions a probate will in Reading Pennsylvania and a tiny steam engine by Buck of Waterbury Connecticut.
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Zoological Gardens
London
Australia
Zoological Garden
Philadelphia
Chandelaria
Nev
Peter Maltaberger
Reading
Register
Peter Maltzberger
Lena Maltzberger
Jamestown
N. Y
D. A. A. Buck
Waterbury
Conn
WN. Y. Sun
A Boy's Pistol of Fifty Years Ago Confiscated in West Goshen
In West Goshen Township Chester County a farm-house demolition unearthed a horse pistol lost fifty years earlier. Taylor and Lewis Hoopes bought the weapon in 1832 from Imanuel Goshen of West Chester for two dollars and fifty cents. The boys hid the pistol in a loft wagon with powder and shot. The rope broke and the wagon disappeared. decades later the carpenters uncovered the stash and Taylor Hoopes fired the pistol in its old condition to mark the reunion.
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Titus Dartington
Taylor Hoopes
West Goshen
Chester County
Lewis
West Chester
Imanuel Goshen
Benjamin Hoopes
Mr. Hoopes
Taylor
Goshen Hills
The Tuneful Mule Expressed in A Mirthful Polemic
In a Detroit Post piece, the author extols a tuneful mule as a superior musical force. The wild tempo shifts from andante to staccato and adagio to a triumphant tremulous yee-haw, claiming the four footed choir surpasses human voice in concert and solo.
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Detroit Post
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Old and
Trespassian
Religious and Educational
Henderson
Chicago
St. Louis
Seinline Oe
Missouri
Pond
San Francisco
American Board
W. T. Harris
New Haven
China
Chicago Tribune
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