Pulp Mills Drive Forest Use and Widespread Growth
The article notes a surge in wood pulp production across twenty-two states with New York and Adirondacks as key regions. It cites a rise from 72 000 tons annual US capacity in 1881 to about 700 000 tons now, demanding roughly 3500 cords daily, while stressing ecological risk from harvesting young trees and extensive forest clearance. It also touches on the era's skepticism toward science and a fictional aside on Pocahontas and John Smith.
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The
New York Post
Hudson River
Adirondack
United States
Niagara
Adirondacks
New York
Kennebec
Androscoggin
Penobscot Rivers
Maine
Fox River Valley
Wisconsin
New Hampshire
Vermont
Indiana
Municipal growth and the failure of American cities
A writer in Engineering Magazine critiques American municipal government for lacking homogeneity and coordinated growth. It contrasts old seaboard cities with newer Western centers, noting New York and Boston hinder consolidation, while Philadelphia expanded irregularly. The piece praise Western cities for faster growth and modernization.
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Engineering
New World
America
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
West
Jennie and Stephen in the meadow buttercup kiss
Jennie watches cows by the meadow while Stephen Payne courts her amid buttercups. Her mother calls as the lovers linger, the cows enter the pasture, and the couple share a shy kiss in the clover under the dusky dell.
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Jennie
Payne
Stephen
Mother
Ben
Stephen Payne
Daisy
Steve Cane
Jonnie
Stephen Bolt
Dolly the little provider brightens a lonely life
Dolly, a six year old, brings vine sprouts mice control a kitten and a dog to Aunt Marthy's garden while shaping her bond with Captain Winston. The widowish aunt discovers companionship, care, and eventual romance as Dolly persuades a match and forgives a slight, ending with a quiet blessing on the child.
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A. Weiss
Dolly
Martha
Maras
Staples
Pinky
Clarke
Sairy Clarke
Emily June
Alice
Capt
Winston
Marthy
Mrs. Staples
Dan'l
Nancy
Miss Snellin
Widder Tomlin
Chloe
Miss Martha
Old Chine's
Mixa Curry
Captain Winston
Jake
Cap'n
Pilot
Misa Marshy
Sie
Nnrule
Yast
Walt
Dentist Praises Women Patients For Courage And Pay
A St Louis dentist extols women as braver than men under dental drill and forceps, noting many refuse gas and endure pain calmly. He observes women attend to dental care more, cites actresses reliably paying, sometimes years later from England. He contrasts men as more likely to seek gas and neglect dental visits.
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Englend
St. Louis Republic
Underground Canal Sixteen Miles Long in England
The Duke of Bridgewater estate built an underground canal sixteen miles long between Worsley and St Helena in North England. Once filled with water to move coal beneath the surface, boats pass along powered by men, riding on their backs in the coal rifts under a timber arch marked by cross pieces.
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Worsley
St. Helena
England
Duke of Bridgewater
Pittsburg Dispatch
Hair Fads of Big Men in Congress Shave and Style
The Chicago Times piece tours the Capitol barber shops in Washington, noting lavish Senate facilities with steam, electricity, massage, and free grooming for senators. House shops are plainer, staffed by colored barbers paid as laborers, with notes on beards and mustaches among lawmakers and a history of shaving trends from ancient times to the present.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
House of Representatives
Reed
Lynch
Wisconsin
Smith
Illinois
General Wheeler
Alabama
Tarsney
Missouri
Hopkins
Ilinois
Peffer
Kansas
Blackburn
Kentucky
Brice
Ohio
Gallinger
New Hampshire
Serpin Africanus
Hadrian
Constantinople
England
Chicago Times
Wise Words and Notions of Life from Ram's Horn
A compact collection of maxims on faith warmth and humanity. It contrasts vanity and wisdom notes that influence sets forces in motion and urges charity toward others, patient restraint, and honest self view. The piece closes with a remark on marriage and shared effort.
Remarkable Escape Reveals Insane Man Among New York Society
An up town club tale from a prominent New Yorker describes an asylum escapee who lived lavishly in New York for a week before asylum authorities traced him, confronted by his former hosts and revealed as a maniac when the keepers arrived. The anecdote, cited in the New York Herald, underscores how sane appearances can mask mental illness.
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New York
New York Herald
Fluctuations in the Honey Crop Mirror Uncertain Seasons
The Pomona Progress notes that bees produce poorly in many years with little honey, while good years yield rich harvests. A typical stand yields about 200 pounds, peak years 500 pounds, with prices from 90 to 140 dollars per ton, making a hundred stands potentially 900 to 1400 dollars in strong seasons.
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Pomona
Cal
The Private House Cold Room Feature
The cold room, a large refrigerator in upscale homes, has floor to ceiling shelves on three sides and hooks for hanging meat on the fourth. It is perfectly ventilated with ice placed from outside, eliminating the need for ice delivery into the house.
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New York Post
Scientific and Industrial Snippets of Curious Inventions
A collection of notes on tidal wave speeds, ear machines for sound, electric influence on steam shadows, earth’s blue sky, electric growth in vegetables, electric propulsion concepts, sunshine recording devices, aluminium horsehoes, resilient frozen insects, and the impact of wall decorations on gas-lit illumination. Notable items include a ship propelled by underwater electrical gear, a Leslie thermometer design, and a claim that whitewashed rooms require far less illumination than darkly decorated ones.
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Herbert Spencer
Emmerich
Apostolov
Odessa
Liverpool
New York
Marvin
Pennsylvania
Rocky Mountains
Artridge
A Horned Forked Tail Snake Reported Near Knoxville
Sol Benson, a farmer seven miles north of Knoxville, reports his children found a four foot eight inch snake with a horn on its tail. The horn was split from base to tip and opened like a beak. The teacher allegedly killed a snake with a forked tail, prompting local curiosity. St. Louis.
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Sol Benson
Knoxville
Sol
St. Louis Republic
Six Generations Phillis Jones Nearing Hundred in Alabama
The New York Advertiser recounts Phillis Jones of Greensboro Alabama, nearly 100, still active and lucid, mother of twenty and ancestor to over 200 descendants across six generations. Born on White Oak River North Carolina, exact date unknown, her lineage is vouched for by living representatives from each generation despite some skepticism.
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Phillis Jones
Greensboro
Ala
Phillis
United States
White Oak River
North Carolina
New York Advertiser
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Berlin
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