Home and the Farm Keep Boys on the Farm and Fertile Pastures
The Philadelphia Press argues farming remains profitable though city life outpaces it. It notes pasture fertility needs division, proper fertilization, and fall renewal. Suggestions include manure use, phosphates, ground bone, and nitrate for growth. Also covers feeding young stock, fence ideas with black walnut posts, and dairy sheep notes.
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Gov. Flower
New York
Philadelphia
Europe
England
Flower
Philadelphia Press
Big Luck for Bill Durkee and His Unusual Family
An old New Hampshire farmer laments his string of misfortunes while contrasting his brood with Bill Durkee of Colebrook who supposedly thrives through luck. The tale names many quirky relatives and ends with a segue into a science note on making fake marble from chalk.
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New Hampshire
Boston Journal
Coos County
Dan
Ivan
Webster
Zeke
Sing Song
Sam
Maria Ann
Lizy
Bill Durkee
Colebrook
Bill
Sal
Mirandy
Father Learns Speech Etiquette From Kids At Dinner
A humorous New York Sun note describes a father who must stop saying old fashioned phrases like dont you and at all as his children insist on proper speech. The piece ends by explaining marble made from chalky water and dyeing chalk to imitate marble using mineral solutions.
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New York Sun
Steel sleepers urged for tropical railways in Africa
An official report on the Mom basa Victoria Lake Railway favors steel sleepers over timber in East Africa. It cites durability against natives, fire risks, termites, flood drift, and lower long term costs despite higher initial expense. It argues strong permanent way suits steep gradients and maintenance advantages.
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Snu
Mombasa
Victoria Lake
Africa
Pittsburgh Dispatch
East
India
President Arthur's Amiability Recalls a Fishing Trip
Julian Ralph recounts Arthur's kindness after a late Thousand Islands fishing trip noting how the President helped journalists at a locked hotel door. He calmed reporters by saying no one should be up while he was awake and offered to wake his servant rather than disturb them further.
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Arthur
Julian Ralph
Scribner's Magazine
President Arthur
Thousand Islands
Ralph
Egypt
RK. F. Coffin
Mr. Macdona
United States
Muuch
Desperate Attack Tiger Hunt Inches Toward Elephant
Cal Night fogale, a famed Indian sportsman, shoots a tiger from behind an elephant. The beast charges a man, then collapses as a bullet from Colonel strikes jaw and chest. The tiger’s body is described as enormous, four feet three inches at the shoulder and twelve feet eight inches in length.
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Cal Nightfogale
India
Colonel Red
Dall
Hate
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