Kalamazoo Celery Growers and Their Profits Explored
Kalamazoo in Michigan hosts a vast celery industry based on rich black muck meadows near the city. Dutch and Holland-born growers dominate the scene, using intensive farming, steady fertilization, and bleaching methods to supply year round demand. Profits vary, with estimates from $100 to $200 per acre common, though some farms claim higher yields. factory packing and box production support local employment as shipments reach commission men nationwide.
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Kalamazoo
Joseph Dunkly
New York
Greentown
Kalama Zoo
Kalamazoo Cor
New York Post
Pressure at the Earth's Center
The article surveys opinions on Earth's interior conditions. Some scholars argue for white hot molten matter while others claim immense pressure compresses substances beyond imagination. Dr Young is cited claiming a 10 by 10 foot steel block would crush to roughly a one by one foot cross section four thousand miles beneath the surface.
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Young
Gay
Language and deaf education contrasted in thought experiment
The passage argues that deafness is not a barrier to speech once taught, but emphasizes absence of language as the core issue. It cites teaching methods that enable lip reading and sign use, and notes a critic’s insight that without language, thinking is limited. The quotation from Mabel E. Adams underscores language as essential to thought and social life.
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Mabel E. Adams
Popular Science Monthly
Slaughter of Deer Highlighted by Montana Sportsmen
In Recreation, W H Wright argues Montana game is being wasted by some sportsmen. He recalls Spokane hunters boasting of killing many deer, sometimes 68 or more, with carcasses left ungathered. He contrasts with Indian hunts that feed people, noting whites kill for fun and inefficiency in recent hunts.
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Montana
W. H. Wright
Spokane
Palmer's Lake
Washington
Salmon River
Tonatscoulea
Bitter Root
Tennyson and His Wife in Brief Portrait
The piece notes Tennyson’s devotion to his wife yet minimal public expression of affection. It highlights her sharp critical eye and discusses perceived stylistic splits between The Coming of Arthur and The Passing of Arthur. Lady Tennyson reportedly told her son that the idylls of the King are simpler to reflect birth and death’s awfulness, a statement she wished recorded in biography.
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Tennyson
Arthur
New York Tribune
Rumor Flows Of Napoleon Check On 5 Franc Coin
The New York Journal cites a French belief that Napoleon hid a check for 100000 francs in four silver 5 franc pieces, claimed to be in circulation. It says the check was written on asbestos paper and sealed inside the metal when the coin was minted, and that thousands of 5 franc pieces are opened each year for inspection due to the tale.
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France
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon
New York Journal
Virginia spiderwort endures heat in daily cycle
The Virginia spiderwort shows a daily pattern of wilting and depression by day, revival in the evening, and apparent flourishing at night until morning light returns. A postal route distance from St. Louis to Mobile is stated as 648 miles by the nearest mail route.
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St. Louis
Mobile
Genius or Insanity in Artists and Writers
A Paris Herald summary argues genius is an anomaly distinct from talent, noting many artists and writers display quirks or manias that are often rational and justifiable. It cites seclusion by Montaigne, Rousseau in fields, Cimarosa in crowds, and varied stimulants from coffee to wine, perfumes, or tobacco as noninsane creativity.
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Lombroso
Montaigne
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Cimarosa
Felix Regnault
Ampere
Victor Hugo
Catullo Mendes
Jean Lombard
Mistral
Descartes
Cujas
Theophile Gautier
Baudelaire
Francois Coppoo
Scaccini
Gautier
Leon Cladal
Lortzing
Balzac
de Mussat
Poe
Verlaina
Schubert
Flaubert
Daudet
Camile Mendes
Loti
Maizeroy
Byron
Cooper
Carolus Duran
Alme Morot
Darwin
Paris Herald
Blunders of Speakers Parade in Temperance Meeting
Public speaker Joseph Malins notes humorous slips at The Womans Signal event. Examples include mispronunciations misplace h sounds awkward pledges and ironic phrases. A chairman botches greetings and closes with a doxology verse as the meeting ends.
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Joseph Malins
Malinshan
Spanker
Africa
Jmaling
Penny Found On Muddy Street by Daring Street Boy
A street scene in Detroit features a young woman and a gadabout boy. He rescues her scattered coins and trinkets from a muddy crossing but gets no thanks. Later he retrieves a penny he hid in his cheek, ending with sly pride.
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Gamin
Detroit
Arnica salve and old earth science merge in ad and notice
An advertisement for Buacklen Arnica Salve claims cures for bruises sores ulcers and skin eruptions with a money back guarantee. Also cited are notes on the Metonic cycle and quotes from Major Picton of a Dennison Texas hotel praising Chamberlain Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with endorsement and sale by Emmert & Burrell.
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Buacklen
Arnica
Emmert & Burrell
T. Picton
Dennison
Texas
Chamberlain
Hartwick lumberman's wife praised Pain Balm relief
The wife of Mr D Robinson a Hartwick New York lumberman was sick with rheumatism for five months. He cited Chamberlains Pain Balm as the only remedy giving her rest from pain and claimed many bad cases of rheumatism were cured by it. Sold by Emmert and Burrell for 50 cents per bottle.
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D. Robinson
Hartwick
N. Y
Robinson Caye
Chamberlain
Emmert & Burrell
Personally Conducted Tour Through Mexico
The North Western Line arranges a personally conducted trip through Mexico under Mr J J Grafton ex excursion manager. Depart Chicago February 2 1897 in a vestibuled Palace car train for thirty days visiting cities and places of interest with possible ticket extensions. Illustrated pamphlets and rates available from Chicago North Western Ry agents.
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Mexico
J. J. Grafton
Chicago
Chicago & North- Western Ry
Illinois Central Holiday Excursion Fares Announced
The Illinois Central offers excursion tickets within 200 miles at one and one third fare for round trips. Tickets sold December 24 25 and 31 1896 and January 1 1897 with travel from sale date and return until January 4 1897. H W Rowley ticket agent.
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Illinois Central
H. W. Rowley
Chicago & Northwestern Ke Y
Northwestern Line
Union Pacific
Chicago & Northwestern R’y
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Smith & Thomas
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H. Aurand
Yberport
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Stephenson Street
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Galena Ave
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Brewster House
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