Immor tal Ride Origins and Chinese Russianizing Noted
The piece notes Paul Revere’s ride origin supposedly tied to a Boston louse and mentions the Banka Italiana. It highlights Russianizing of Chinese in Port Arthur and Chinese dealers adopting Russian surnames and dress. It cites Fall River Mass as having 48 percent foreign-born residents, while Montgomery Ala leads as 98 percent native-born.
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Boston
Paul Revere
Fall River
Mass
Montgomery
Ala
Exempt State and School Property Totals in New York
Albany holds 34 million dollars in property exempt from taxation with 22 million state owned. New York City shows nearly 5 million in exempt state property, Buffalo 2.8 million, Niagara Falls Park Reserve 1.9 million, Elmira and Binghamton 1.5 million each, Auburn 1.4 million. Statewide school property exempted totals 90 million. horse ownership and racing are expected to persist despite road improvements.
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Albany
New York City
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Park Reservation
Emira
Binghamton
Auburn
New York State
Milton Manuscript and the Speed of Automobiles
A London publisher claims possession of John Milton’s manuscript for a new novel set in his era. The Philadelphia Post suggests it may reveal attitudes of the time, while the Record comments on the dangers of fast cars and calls for safer speeds to spare lives and fund larger cemeteries.
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London
John Milton
Milton
Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post
American Investment Flows Into Northern Mexico Reach 200 Million
United States Consul Hanna at Monterey reports that in the last two years American ash totaling 200 million dollars has been invested in mining and industrial ventures across Northern Mexico. Investment continues at about 100 million dollars per year, signaling growing capital movement into the region and potential impact on Mexican prosperity via rising exports from 148,453,834 dollars in 1889 to 158,247,938 dollars in 1900. A separate note highlights English fishing laws as they affect salmon sales. a man fined 30 pounds for selling salmon out of season, despite legal catches in season, with forfeiture of the fish by the Fishioners' Court.
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Mexico
United States
Hanna Ut
Monterey
The
Tay
Londoun
England
Cou Duny
Never Travel Alone In The North A Harsh Klondike Lesson
Tom Vincent learns the hard way the value of a companion in deadly cold on the Yukon. Stranded after breaking through ice on Paul Creek in sixty below zero, he fights to kindle a fire, clings to life for hours, and finally returns to camp with frostbitten hands and sensitive toes. The tale ends with a rugged creed: Never travel alone.
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Klondike
Tom Vincent
Calumet Camp
Yukon
Paul Creek
Cherry Creek
Cherry Creak Divide
Dawson
Indian River
Forks
Calumet
Cherry Creek Divide
Vincent
American visitor notes slow London advertising changes
A New York Herald correspondent flags conservatism in London's ad industry. An American traveler headed to Argentina observed omnibuses and car cards go a full year without updates. He offered to manage quarterly changes for a commission, but a London firm deemed it too troublesome to implement.
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Johnny Bull
London
New York Herald
Argentine Republic
America
United States
The Genesis of Fors by Mr Rollo Russell
Mr Rollo Russell has long studied fog formation and now shares his main conclusions. He states that mist and fog arise chiefly from the mixing of air currents of differing temperatures. Fogs not caused by such mixing are rare, though meeting currents often occur without fogs forming.
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Rollo Russell
Early Agricultural Exhibitions Claim at Georgetown 1810
The first U S agricultural exhibition is said to have occurred in Georgetown District of Columbia in 1810, a claim disputed by New England towns and counties asserting earlier fairs or expositions.
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United States
Georgetown
District of Columbia
New England
When Size Doesn’t Count by John O Keefe
A child proclaims bigness fails to measure might in a home grown fable. He compares his speed and skill to larger foes, quipping that weight and strength do not decide worth. The boy shifts pride from brute force to wit and determination as his parent listens.
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Willie
John O'Keefe
Fragmented Household Humor From Clipped Newspaper Snippets
A collage of light dialogue and quips from various papers narrates everyday wit. Jokes involve marriage jokes about Julia and Herbert, a nurse and hopefuls, and a child asking about electricity, revealing a mosaic of early 20th century humor and social tones.
Sponges of Rubber Novelty Noted in Russian Made Item
A Russian made rubber sponge novelty appears in two oblong sizes with rounded corners. It resembles a dark brown sponge and is mainly holes with any solid present of rubber. Uncertain if rubber sponges resist germ buildup better than genuine articles.
Sheep Dentistry Trial In New South Wales
A Hargreaves shepherd near Mudgee performed dental work on a ram. Artificial teeth were fitted after the animal struggled to chew fodder, and the sheep resumed vigorous feeding. Believed to be the colony's first such experiment.
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New South Wales
Hargreaves
Mudgee
World’s Largest Incubator For Ducks In Australia
A pioneering duck ranch in Australia claims the world’s largest incubator with a capacity for 11,440 duck eggs or 14,800 hen eggs. The open-frame hothouse uses pine, corrugated iron, and steam heat from a boiler, with eleven tiers of trays on each side. The system reports good hatch percentages and operates at a grand scale.
Cheap Brooder House Design From New England Homestead
A vintage plan describes scattered six by six foot brooder houses with seven by twelve inch windows, south facing shed roofs, two by six sills, and six inch siding. Interiors feature a four inch sunk brooder pit and an earth floor for scratching. Chicks gain outdoor access at four weeks, with windproof roofing and machine carved joins replacing old handwork.
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Malieson
New England
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Washington Star
Tosk
Wake Bull
Calh
Detroit Free Press
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Kidder
Ohio Late Journal
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Chicago News
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