Amusement Parks Fuel Big Spending Across the Nation
Frederic Thompson notes the nation spends about 25 million dollars on parks. Dreamland, Riverview, White City, and Luna Park are cited with multi million costs. He cites yearly operating expenses near a million and a four month season. One show cost 240 thousand with 68 thousand for animals, and a 100 thousand loss is attributed to education value.
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Frederic Thompson
Coney Island
Riverview Park
White City
Chicago
Luna Park
Hweht Luna Park
Invention Patent Offer From J Robinson at Salt Lake City
Free information and advice offered by J Robinson patent attorney for inventors. correspondence directed to Box 544 Salt Lake City.
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FH. J. Robinson
Salt Lake City
North Scotland Wife Demands Tattles Before Hanging
In a northern Scotland prison a doomed husband ends his farewells as his wife asks, Dy the by, John, whaur will I plant the tattles this year. He retorts, I’m not likely to need any o them, prompting her to wag her head and report to the warden.
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Scotland
John
Wirt's Fountain Pens Offered by Pembroke Stationery
Salt Lake City retailer Pembroke Stationery Co offers Wirt's fountain pens priced from 1.50 to 6.00. The ad promises customer satisfaction and a broad selection for office or personal use.
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Wirt
Pembroke Stationery CO
Salt Lake City
Artesian Well Drill Reminds of You in Arizona
A playful exchange in Arizona compares a persistent artesian well drill to a chronic bore. A pretty girl notes the bore’s endless digging while a young man, amused, asks how the analogy fits.
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Arizona
Dressing Up and the Crossing Sweeper Tale
A narrator recalls a crossing sweeper who kept his carriage and sometimes stayed at a public house. Hil relatives financed him to live in luxury for a brief period before he returned to the streets, explaining he could not endure being dressed for dinner whenever guests were present.
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Thackeray
Mustard Giants Grow Rich From Wasted Plates
Postmaster general recalls a remark about public pen supply in post offices. The Pall Mall Gazette notes a figure of 1,260,000 pens issued last year. The item links mustard makers wealth to wasteful diners and public resources.
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Pall Mall
Orchids Abound in Rio Botanical Gardens
In London many houses publish orchid news worldwide. Most plants originate from Brazil. Rio de Janeiro botanical gardens host over 6 000 orchid varieties.
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London
Brazil
Botanical Gardens
Rio de Janeiro
Clear Skin Through Bathing and Brisk Rubs
A historical note on skin health praising frequent baths and brisk rubbings as essentials of good health and beauty to keep the skin soft and the body vigorous.
International marriages are usually a deplorable failure
The author argues American wealthier women often marry foreign nobles for social status, causing unhappy outcomes. While some exceptions exist, most unions fail due to ambitious mothers shaping daughters' alliances and the allure of foreign leisure. The piece notes European marriages concentrate on national ties and money, contrasting with American motives.
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Tam
France
Money Not Only Measure of Work
A meditation on choosing work for passion over pay. It argues that salary alone should not drive career choice, noting top salaries in law and industry can outpace even supreme court pay. True fulfillment comes from doing work for its own sake, with intrinsic ambition guiding the lifelong pursuit.
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United States
United States Supreme Court
Washington
Supreme Tribunal
Poor Show for Social ism Here
The piece argues socialism has no chance in the United States due to diffuse wealth and self interest. It claims Americans will adopt practical institutions but resist ideas beyond efficiency and asserts true socialist society would require altering humanity, not society. It also counters the claim that colleges are becoming recruiting grounds for socialism.
Nobel Prize Prediction: Swinburne Most Likely Laureate
The piece predicts Algernon Charles Swinburne will win the Nobel Prize in literature this year. It notes his long career since 1861, his controversial reputation, and comparisons to Shelley and Byron, including his family background and age at 71.
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Algernon Charles Swinburne
Swinburne
Tennyson
Browning
Shelley
Byron
England
Swin
FACES FINANCIAL RUIN
Col William C. Greene once a copper king of Cananea Mexico is described as near financial collapse. The Arizona Mexican mining magnate funded ventures with reckless trust in deputies and spent millions attempting to salvage his holdings amid a luxurious circle of physicians and nurses.
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William C. Greene
Cananea
Old Mexico
Mexico
Col. Greene
New York State
Greene
Arizona
Indiana
Sonora
Deadwald
Cripple Creek
Sliver City
New York
John W. Gates
James A. Drake
Wall Street
Renowned Birds Expert Rev. Job Resigns Kent Pastorate
Authority on birds Rev Herbert Keightley Job resigns after ten years as pastor of First Congregational Church Kent Connecticut to focus on ornithology and broader ministry. A Boston native born 1864 he is famed for photography and naturalist work praised by Roosevelt and linked to President Cleveland. He authored books and lectured nationwide on bird life.
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Herbert Keightley Job
Cleveland
Roosevelt
Mr. Job
Boston
Daniel W
Susan G. Job
Nehemiah Adams
D. D
Union Church
Boston Latin School
Harvard University
Everglades
Florida
Dakota Sloughs
New England
Canada
Flood prevention plan eyed by U S Geological Survey chief
George Othe Smith, director of the United States geological survey, invites railroad officers to a conference to study a cooperative plan to save money and lives from floods. The proposal calls for daily water readings at bridges and culverts to forecast danger and reduce stock losses, with government and railroads to cooperate.
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George Othe Smith
United States Geological Survey
Toading
Smith
United States
Geological Survey
America
Walcott
Michigan
Middle West
Weal
A Double Hive-Bottom For Winter Bees Protection
A reader describes a two bottom board hive design to reduce cold drafts and robbing. The loose floor extends beyond the new bottom to form a adjustable entrance, later swapped back for a wide front vestibule and narrow rear opening to deter light, robbers, and chilling bees.
Fattening Turkeys for Market Readiness
Farmers learn the right method to fatten turkeys. Avoid free-range during fattening, mix a varied ration of wheat oats and corn, and add mash with corn meal, wheat middlings, and beef scraps or green bone. Free-range nearing the end enhances flavor and tenderness.
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Lenst
Northwestern Agriculturist
How to make a home disinfectant solution
Instructions say a few drops of carbolic acid in a gallon of water create a disinfectant. Use in a sprayer or sprinkler to reach all cracks and crevices and kill insects and mites.
Table Scraps Fuel Small Rock's Balanced Ration
A fragment discusses how table scraps support a small rock’s rations, noting their even balance helps a smaller unit perform better than a larger one. It emphasizes the practical role of limited food in maintaining efficiency.
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