Kipling Translations Stir French Critics With Wit
The piece notes Kipling receiving a Sorbonne honorary degree while French critics and readers debate translations of his work. It lists humorous mistranslations such as Help me, Bob becoming Que Hob tiporte and As long as Jakko stands turning into Tant que fotteront les couleurs enginises, illustrating diverging interpretations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sorbonne
Rudyard Kipling
Kipling
Bob” Ia
Jakko
Simla
Peculiar Currencies Used Across Regions
A historical note describes unconventional money in the East Indies Siam and West Africa. Peculiar currency includes Cowdry dhelia and dmelia at one two hundredth of a penny each. Whales teeth and red feathers are cited as valued media in various island locales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Indies
Siam
Africa
Bowth Sea Islands
Measurement notes on ear corn and bushel standards
The article outlines standard ear corn measurement and bushel volumes across states. It cites a 4300.8 cubic inch bushel, dry ear corn weight of seventy pounds generally, with Indiana and Ohio at sixty eight pounds and Mississippi at seventy two. It also includes unrelated dialog about rent and appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Indiana
Ohio
Notable Fragments and Quirks Across Early 19th Century Notices
A collage of odd facts and historical vignettes. Mentions include Congress’s first meeting in 1800, Lloyd George’s prize, But the text spars and errors obscure dates and places. References touch on Ashevilles kitchen facilities, a blind Wisconsin student sensing colors by touch, changes in marriage customs, coal deterioration, ancient deities, theater losses, and London contractors offering charitable buildings without profit.
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America
Conamins
Congress
Washington
Bremer Lloyd George Rently
Asheville
N.C
Whleth Huggins
Wisconsin State School For Blind
Dapin
Tages Theater InvLentia
Hughy
Lonlon
Ealleonds
Moille Staith
Sintriciton
Ark
Oreer
Too Hoo
Nothinal Teateron Society
Lumber
Ite Stam Werkinng
Tee Y Givens
Forien Xedilers
London
Federal Highway Act expands work for a quarter million men
Federal Highway Act funds extend road building across states, with $275 million previously appropriated and $15 million for national forest roads. The program employs about 250,000 workers, allocates three-part grants by population mileage and state need, and requires state systems of Interstate and Intercounty routes with federal oversight.
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Shites
Mere
Maine
Vermont
Virginia
Halle de Sii
Elie Tate
Sahel
Erienitune
Maintenanes
United States Department of Agriculture
New York
San Francisco
Bureau of Public, Vous
Niles
Nilies
Secretary of Agriculture
Bureau of Public Roads
Delaware
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
State Highway Department
Daily feed needs for a 1000 pound cow
A cow weighing 1000 pounds requires daily food to maintain body weight equal to eight pounds of clover hay and twenty pounds of good corn silage, regardless of milk production. Food for milk production must be added on top of this maintenance requirement.
F YOU CARE FOR CALVES Dont Slaughter Or Sell A Heifer
Do not slaughter or sell a calf from a profitable cow raise it. Avoid dark damp dirty pens overfeeding or feeding milk at extreme temperatures or from dirty buckets or troughs. Do not mix grain into milk or feed foam from separators. Keep calves away from cold weather and very cold water.
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Colle
Sonethines
Morning Duck Laying Rules At Pen UutH 9230
Ducks should be confined to the home pen UutH 9230 or by 10 o clock in the morning to prevent laying in streams or unintended areas. Early roaming can lead to eggs laid outside designated pens and complicate collection.
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Pen Uuth
Unclear request on animal feeding and seasonal care
The message discusses summer conditions for a cow and her decline in milk, mentioning feeding and seasonal needs. It requests keeping in mind spring and summer priorities and providing them as possible, but the text is fragmented and lacks concrete facts or entities.
Keeping Tile Drains Open and Machinery Care
Fragmented text discusses tile drains, water laying plants, and plans to grow, with references to keeping drains open, building, and caring for machinery. Mentions five machinery chains under cover and ready for use next urine.
Cows Improve Farm Work with Stanchions and Clean Barns
Substantial yet flawed notes describe using dry straw to cushion stalls and prevent injury to cows. Emphasis on keeping the barn sanitary through regular refuse removal, and the idea that cows provide labor and income in good weather, with wages paid in cash alongside family food.
The Hermit King of Corea in the 19th Century Arts and Customs
A traveler describes Corea, the Hermit Kingdom, under Japanese influence with Seoul's streets, clothing, and crafts. He notes white mourning attire, pill box hats, brass bowls, bronze wares, and domestic life, including bread making and street scenes, plus palatial visits and mountain road trips near Seoul.
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National Geomantic Society
Washington D
Corea
Asia
Japan
Vitors
Chile
Commodore Perry
Chasen
United States
Vffidad Siuetion
Seoul
China
Chosen
Walvers
Peking
Coren
Seon
Dai-Nippon
Corén
Imilar
New York
North Carolina
Made Paradise for Birds and a Farmer’s Woes
Naturalist Audubon studied a ravaged deer and elk sanctuary amid fenced property and orchard groves as a paradise for birds. He fished the Hudson catching 200 pound sturgeons, while a New Pranswick farmer’s prize Jersey bull was treated by a surgeon after self‑inflicted injuries from nails and wire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tilson
Diriis
Audunhon
Hudson
New Pranswick
Jersey
Prison system origins and reform move through history
The text traces early prison use from workhouses in Lenton 1550 to reform aims. It notes Pope Clement III organizing a criminal ward at St Michael Hospital in Rome in 1704 to help criminals rather than punish them, reflecting evolving goals in punishment and confinement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thors
Lenton
Princus
Clement III
Hospital of St. Michael
Rome
To Mend Enamel From Coal Dust and Putty
A correspondent describes a cement-like mix of fine coal dust salt and putty to repair enamel by kneading into the hole then warming the item for an hour and wiping clean. It notes the mixture forms a hard cement and suggests a waiting period before use while income tax statistics show only four Milacie residents earn over one million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milacie
Prices of cotton and linen doubled by war in old text
The piece notes war driving up textile prices and suggests using Red Cross Ball Bive In the Laundry to lengthen service. It includes odd dialogue about Yosemite valley drivers and trees, with humorous relics and stray archaic phrases, reflecting a fragmentary era tone.
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Red Cross
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Agile Firemen
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Grand Rapids Banker
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Waters
Grand Rapids
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Langley Chemical CO
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Newport
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Harper’s Magazine
N. U
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