Almanac miscellany of 19th century notes and plans
The item lists various historical notes: Alvarez's The Carnival at Madrid sold for $28,000 in Naples. Virginia's Democratic state convention may set a new membership record with about 1,440 delegates. the Mountain of the Monks near Macedonia houses 20 monasteries with male-only access. Howard Gould plans a vast country house at Sands Point, Long Island, modeled after Kilkenny Castle.
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Alvarez
Madrid
Naples
Virginia
Macedonia
Howard Gould
Sands Point
L. I
The
Sound
America
Kilkenny
Ireland
Wheat belt land prices rise amid settler influx
In the Kansas wheat belt over the past three years land values surged about 20 percent. Lands that sold for 500 dollars per quarter section in 1892 now fetch around 3,000 dollars. Around Wichita and adjacent farms command 4,000 dollars or more per property.
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Kansas Wheat Belt
Wichita
Wheat Belt
Trucking Industry Growth in North Carolina Report
Official figures show last year 66,495 packages of vegetables and 4,544,050 pounds, 48 cars and 12,504 crates of cantaloupes, 23 cars and 4,153 crates of dewberries, 55 cars and 22,840 crates of beans, and 849,989 crates overall. Strawberries totaling 17,499,450 pounds were shipped from the Wilmington section alone.
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North Carolina
Wilmington
Appraisers value Harrison estate total at 354525 in Indiana
Court reports the late Benjamin Harrison’s Marion County holdings valued at 354525 with real estate 184500. His Indianapolis homestead tops at 40000. other properties include Berkeley Lodge Adirondacks Washington DC and North Bend. Paris Hygienic Society urges larger slaughter house for rising horse meat demand. Lookout Farm branding proposed to boost dairy prices and farm sales through recognized names.
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Benjamin Harrison
Marion County
Ind
Indianapolis
General Harrison
Berkeley Lodge
Adirondacks
Washington, D. C
North Bend
Hygienic Society of
Paris H
Col A B Coit Delivers Memorial Address Despite Mother's Death
Col A B Coit spoke to about 2000 people in Delaware to deliver a Memorial address after his mother, mortally ill in Columbus Ohio, urged him not to disappoint the Delaware audience. He kept his promise and read the speech as planned.
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Columbus
A. B Coit
Delaware
Widow Laura Schwichtenberg Chooses Cebu Leper Colony
Wealthy New York widow Laura Schwichtenberg has vowed to devote her life to Cebu Island leper colony in the Philippines. She previously served as government inspector of hospitals and, after visiting the colony, was moved by the appalling sanitary conditions and the 30,000 residents, especially the many sad children, and she longs to return to bring sunshine to their lives.
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Laura Schwichtenberg
New York
Cebu
Philippines
French premier runs down attacker after orange misfire
M Waldeck Rousseau and his wife were riding in Havre when a youth threw a rot ten orange at Madame Waldeck Rousseau striking her in the face. The premier pursued the offender with the auto-car and ran him down. The man, who was seized and handed to police, is a leading member of the Society of Young Nationalists.
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M. Waldeck-Rousseau
France
Havre
Madame Waldeck-Rousseau
Society of Young Nationalists
Door of Holland Houses Used for Marriages and Deaths
A Dutch custom in Holland uses a special door opened only at family marriages or deaths. The door is nailed or barred after the ceremony or funeral, and the body is removed through this exit. In New York police courts last year fines totaled 78,957 dollars, while in 1899 the figure was 100,637 dollars. Before the current city magistrates board average annual collections ranged from 30,000 to 45,000 dollars.
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Holland
New York
Board of City Magistrates
A Disappearing Town of Northwich Salt Industry
Northwich, a salt center in Great Britain, is described as a peculiar town perched on a salt-rich underground zone. The article details two extraction methods, quarrying and brine pumping, and explains how brine pumping created a vast subterranean salt lake while dissolving underlying water tables, leaving the town resting on a shell of earth that occasionally gives way.
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Northwich
Great Britain
Northwich Subsidence Crisis and Town Decline
Northwich England faces rapid subsidence creating inland lakes and collapsing streets. Subsidence damages hundreds of buildings, alters roads and holds, with a compensation levy funded by brine pumping. The area spans about two square miles and has prompted parliamentary inquiry into vast property losses.
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Toto
Gravs
Spaniard in White Deters Wild Bull in Arena
A Valencia cobbler turned performer, Don Tancredo Lopez, stands statue still on a pedestal as a ferocious bull charges. The bull stops, sniffs, then retreats amid applause, proving Lopez’s uncanny calm. A woman in white tights has tried the same stunt, seen as a notable discovery by Spaniards.
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Spain
Don Tancredo Lopez
Lopez
Valencia
The Fatal "HH" Baptism Mixup in Mining Town
A pastor recalls baptizing Anna Belle for a girl, only to learn at the end that the child was a boy named Hannibal. The anecdote hinges on the confusing gendered pronouns and a misread name. The tale highlights a humorous, old frontier mixup from a mining community with Cornish miners.
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Anna Belle
Hannibal
A Good Cricketer and W G Grace Quote
A spectator notes W G Grace’s brilliant Oval batting and jokes that his practice time outshines family prayers. The quip, cited from C W Alcock’s Cricket Stories, highlights Grace’s relentless practice over other duties.
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W. G. Grace
the Oval
C. W. Alcock
Florodora belt pairs fashion with satin and gold
The Florodora belt borrows the stylish New York play name and uses broad black satin ribbons studded with gold. It features gold clasps and two gold embroidered ends that hang four to five inches over the skirt to mimic the season s downward dip.
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New York
Reception Caper Shows Washington's Slapstick Hostility
L A Coolidge in Alinslee's recalls a 19th century Chinese minister's Washington visit. Americans, attending a reception at Stewart Castle, crowded the Chinese legation in boisterous fashion, smashing china and seizing champagne. The incident highlights public disrespect for China’s envoy amid broader ignorance of foreign ministers.
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Chen Lan Pin
United States
Hayes
Cheng Tsao Ju
Chang Yenhoon
Tsui Kwo-yin
Yang-yu
State Department
Washington
Stewart Castle
Legation
China
L. A. Coolidge
Alinslee’s
Japanese Curiosity and Foreigners in Japan
Ainslee's Magazine recounts the intense curiosity of Japanese crowds toward foreigners. Observers note crowds at gates, windows, and stations, and describe attentive school audiences and interpreters. The narrator emphasizes curiosity, concentration, and receptivity rather than flattery.
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Japan
Tokyo
Sunlight Percentages at Global Localities
A tabulated note describes instruments at observatories recording unobscured sun periods and calculates daylight sun percentages. Examples list New York 64 percent and others like St. Petersburg 84 percent, Hamburg 28 percent, Dublin 33 percent, Berlin 39 percent, and more across European cities. The piece then shifts to a Derby-themed assertion about American breeding, asserting the nation will dominate racing once an American-bred Derby winner races in American colors, citing major breeding houses and predicting success within five years.
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New York City
St. Petersburg
Hamburg
Dublin
Berlin
Oxford
London
Ventnor
Vienna
Zurich
Lugano
Padua
Rome
New York
Madrid
America
Woodburn
Belle Meade
Elmendorf
McGrathiana
Runnymede
Dixiana
Rancho del Paso
the Nursery
Castleton
Beaumont
Meadowthorpe
la Belle
Brookdale
Rancocas
New York Press
Emigration Consolidates Holdings in Ireland
The mass emigration from Irish shores over the past fifty years has strengthened small holdings. In 1841 farms of one to fifteen acres comprised 81.5 percent. From 1841 to 1900 the growth of farms above 80 acres rose by 119.5 percent in Leinster, 243.9 percent in Munster, 360.6 percent in Ulster, and 434.5 percent in Connaught.
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Ireland
Leinster
Munser
Ulster
Connaught
A Pair of Postmen Entwined In Quiet Love
Kennedy, a devoted postal worker, secretly loves Nora Dillon, daughter of Elm Avenue contractor. When Nora receives a letter from his friend Bertram Ryder, Kennedy’s jealousy grows as Ryder’s presence and Nora’s warm replies hint at a deeper connection. Kennedy confronts silence and heartbreak as Ryder’s letters continue.
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Kate M. Cleary
Daily Story Pub. Co
Kennedy
Nora Dillon
Bertram Ryder
Ryder
Nora
Elm Avenue
Jim Kennedy
Elm Street
Dillons
Married in secret a year after engagement with Cicely Barstow
Nora Dillon helps Cicely Barstow gain her dowry by exposing Bert Ryder's letters. Bert reveals he married Cicely that afternoon, aided by Nora. Jim Kennedy, once cool to Bert, is confronted and promises support, while Bert congratulates him and hurries to Elm Street.
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Kennedy
Ryder
Nora
Jim Kennedy
Jim
Cicely Barstow
Nora Dillon
Cicely
Bert
Valuable Kansas industry honey culture with alfalfa
A Lawrence correspondent notes alfalfa cultivation boosts Kansas wealth and honey yields. Prof. S J Hunter of the University of Kansas says alfalfa plus bees is ideal, with alfalfa honey matching top samples in quality. Kansas keeps two bee types, Carnolians and Italians, hardy and productive, and preparations press to promote honey culture as a valuable state wealth source.
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Lawrence, Kan
Chicago Journal
Kansas
S. J. Hunter
Entomological Department
National Beekeepers’ Association
Omaha
Nebraska
J. H. Wing
Syracuse
Kas
Palestine
Italy
United States Department of Agriculture
Where Slavery Is Preferred In Zanzibar Study
London foreign office correspondence reports 98 percent of slaves in Zanzibar and Pemba prefer to stay enslaved. In 1900 fewer sought freedom than in 1899 as British commissioners note limited present gains. Masters, aided by new legislation, have improved conditions to keep slaves from seeking manumission.
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London Foreign Office
Zanzibar
Pemba
General Hobart resigns from Milwaukee library board
General Harris C. Hobart resigns after twenty five years service on the Milwaukee public library board. He is in his eighty ninth year and was among Libby prison escapees during the Civil War. Hobart ran twice for Wisconsin governor, first in 1859 and again in 1865.
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Hobart
Harris C. Hobart
Milwaukee Public Library Board
Libby
Richmond
Wisconsin
Thomas Ball Celebrates 824th Birthday in New Jersey
Thomas Ball, noted sculptor painter and author, marked his 824th birthday at his home on South Mountain Avenue in Montclair New Jersey.
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Thomas Ball
South Mountain Avenue
Monclair
N. J
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Linton, Emmons Co
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Bertram
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