Century Plant blooms and the Agave Americana story
The article explains the so-called century plant, noting it does not truly live a century. In California it blooms in 15–20 years, colder climates 40–50. Agave Americana variegata, native to northern Mexico, yields pulque. In Golden Gate Park San Francisco, about twenty agave species grow. when blooming, a tall stalk appears with tassel flowers, leaves die after, but base suckers regrow new plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scientific American
California
Brexico
Farmland Valuations Surge Amid Iowa Reassessment
Abstracts from ninety counties show farm land values increasing statewide with per county averages above two million dollars and total state increase near one hundred million, while discrepancies in county assessments prompt the State Board of Review to adjust. Several fatal and nonfatal incidents, including a wife killing husband then attempting suicide, a boy blinded by a cannon blast, and a diver killed at Grand Isle, accompany regional news and local developments across Iowa.
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Iowa
State Board of Review
Mimself
Atlanti
Patrick Maher
Maher
T. R. Berquist
Rock Island
Grand Isle
Davenport
Hundred Years Ago Dispatches From The Weekly VI
Two hundred thousand French troops were reported ready for landing in England. New York City faced insanitary conditions as the King of Denmark barred ships without Danish consul certificates. President Thomas Jefferson publicly read the dispatch announcing the Louisiana Purchase treaty was signed in Paris.
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England
New York City
Denmark
Historic 1799-1841 items combine mill strikes and land sales
A 55 year old Georgetown advertises for fifty enslaved people aged 10 to 25 offering the highest cash price in the District of Columbia. Greenwich Connecticut mill workers destroy looms and cloth worth thousands. Rich gold fields declared in Randolph County North Carolina. John Quincy Adams starts Chesapeake and Ohio canal construction with a earth removal ceremony and parade. The Thames tunnel nears completion despite engineers doubting feasibility. Jefferson’s Monticello near Charlottesville Virginia advertised for sale to cover a $72,000 debt after his death.
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Bevyenti
Samuel Mook
Georgetown
District of Columbis
Greenwich
Cont
Randolph County
North Carolina
John Quincy Adams
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Potomac River
Historic first rail line opens in Norway era
The article notes the opening of the first railroad in Norway. It references Commodore Matthew Perry leading a U S naval expedition into Yeddo harbor after a show of force with heavy guns. A Rochester convention considers colonizing freed slaves in Africa. Gen Almonte arrives in Washington to negotiate Mexican tensions. Twenty one conspirators are arrested for plotting Emperor Louis Napoleon’s assassination.
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Norway
Matthew ©. Perry
Yeddo
Japan
Rochester
N.Y
Africa
Gen. Almonte
Washington
Santa Ana
Mexico
United States
Louis Napoleon
France
Forty Years Ago Gen Morgan Captured Union Boats
The article recalls Civil War actions with Morgan seizing two Union gun boats on the Ohio River near Louisville, moving 4,000 Confederate cavalry to Indiana, and battling state militia. It mentions Meade planning to trap Lee, Gettysburg aftermath, Vicksburg siege ending in truce talks, and Morgan’s rebels reaching Brandenburg on the Ohio River preparing to invade Indiana.
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Morgan
Oslo
Louisville
Indiana
Meade
Gettysburg
Eowell
Lee
Hancock
Columbia
Walford
R. B. Lee
Pennsylvania
Tebbs Bend
Michigan
Col. Moore
Ohio River
Brandenburg
Kentucky
Thirty years ago in New York and beyond
Thirty years ago a famed steamer Virginius arrived at Aapinwalt followed by a Spanish man of war and the US ship Cansas. A drawing of the Louisville letters drew a huge crowd as promoters claimed a new public library would rise. O A Krsspp won the $20 000 cap prize. Jefferson Davis was listed among distinguished arrivals in New York. Grant’s cabinet oversaw the Philadelphia centennial grounds handover while Ex Gover Palmer of Illinois attacked the president’s salary and the idea a president earns $50 000 a year. The New York State park commission urged Adirondacks to be a public park and game preserve.
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Towa
Henry Voelleer
Burlington
Torrit Anya
Toafera
Dubuque Parka
Dubuque
Olive Nicolletto
Avery
Dennis Brown
Washington
W. J. Tawrence
New Sharon
Mnners
Des Moines
Barbers
Ien
Davenport
Muscatine
Tony Miller
Witte Carlson
Buchanan County
Nyston
O. B. Peterson
Nevada
Ton Lange
R. C
Tichnor
Clarksville
Dave Brice
Clinton
St. Paul
Iowa
Burlington Commercial Exchange
John Anderson
Creston
Wiret Methodist Church
Alexander Dobbin
State Center
Eighth Iowa Cavalry
Thirty-second Iowa Infantry
State Fair Grounds
Audhor Carroll
State Savings Bank of
Fredericksburg
Farmers’ Savings Bank of
Hartley
Onawa Mra
Elsie Andrews
Agricultural College Endowment Fund
Iowa State College
Normal School
Fonds
Banka
Virginius
Aapinwalt
United States
Cansas
Loutayille
O. A. Krspp
Jefferson Davis
Confederacy
New York
Grant’ Cubinet
Philadelphia
Palmer
Olinois
Springfield
Grant
New York State Park Commission
Adirondacks
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Annie
Brent
Young Redruth
Trelawney
Hugh
Redruth
Efe
Aonlo
Father
Tam
Annia
Tia
Johnson
Walmouth
Joln Rudd
Mrs. Redruth
George Medruth
George Redruth
Ceme
Eluigh
The
John Rudd
Isa
Falmouth
Houa
Aya
Jorge
Anie
London
Atlantic
Man Hillu
Bhoote
Ottumwa
A. F. McMastera
McMasters
James Scovel
Lake Street
Chesterfield
Auielde
Emil Fisher
Chapin
Olora Pox
Court House
Fort Dodge
W. H. Easel
What Cheer
G. Wy. Jones
Silver City
Robert Shakey
Clearlake
Julian Kraft
Cornell Bluffs
Missouri River
Percival
Tracker
George Lashelle
Hans Hanson
Almont
Bert Roby
Little Edna A. Davis
Hou
Earl McDonald
Marshalltown
Dea Molina
Dubuque Weat
Dubuque and Western Railroad Company
van. Buren
AL. Duffy
Construction Company
Bearsboro
P. 11
Conger
Edward Walther
Ttichard Wheater
Laddsdale
Glenn Fox
Shelby Amusement Company
Hortorstricken
Webster County
Heaven
Omaha
McCreight
Windsor
Mary Thamer
Dea Moines
J. H. Crocker
Cedar Rapids
Hquor
Hana Hansen
Ahnont
George la Shelle
LaShelle
Hansen
la Shella
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