Fifty Years Ago Winter Wear and Hard Times for Boys
The Boston Transcripts reprints reflections on life fifty years prior noting India rubber boots were rare, furnaces scarce, and children wore patched clothing. It contrasts past thrift with today’s ease, citing personal savings and earned satisfaction from small gains. It also mentions Scully’s vast prairie holdings and harsh leases in Kansas and Nebraska.
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Oliver
India
Dad
Charles W. Green
Jamaica Plains
Boston Transcript
Minnesota Knights of Labor Launch 600 Acre Co operative Colony
The Minnesota Knights of Labor bought 600 acres in Crow Wing county to form a co operative colony. Three families move out immediately, with more to follow. Land to be held in common and profits shared yearly. A central store dairy stable and village planned. Each colonist gets one lot in fee simple. land inalienable. Northern Pacific pledges to reserve a township for the order.
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Minnesota Knights of Labor
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United States acts against filibuster plot capstone
The Mexican Financier lauds the capture of the steamship City of Mexico by the U S warship Galena as proof the government protects neighboring nations and upholds public order. It condemns New York conspiracies against Honduras and contrasts Cleveland with earlier presidents in defending continental peace.
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Cleveland
Irrigation Plan Aims to Tame Tarcoman Desert
Mr Pokleveki Koskell, returning from exploration in the transcaspian region, spoke at the Club of Railway Engineers in St. Petersburg on irrigating the Merv oasis and creating a cultivated belt along the Transcaspian railway. He proposes a 150,000 ruble dike built by native labor to reclaim 384,000 acres for crops like cotton and rice, with potential annual revenue of 375,000 rubles and full cultivation of 640 deciatines in 20 years. The Transcaspian line now reaches Mery with plans to extend to Mery by March, funded by fringe cultivation along the route.
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London Times
Attempt On Jules Verne Shocks Amiens
The novelist Jules Verne survived a shooting yesterday when a nephew Gaston Verne, 26, fired. The assailant, described as intermittently sane, was restrained by Verne and later removed to a hospital after police questioned him. Verne was wounded in the left leg but not fatally. The Times report notes the incident occurred near Rue Charles Dubois.
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London Times
Captain Coleman Uses New Discovery Aboard Weymouth
Captain Coleman of the schooner Weymouth, trading between Atlantic City and New York, suffered a persistent cough and sleepless nights. After using Dr King s New Discovery for Consumption he found instant relief and his children also benefited from a single dose. Free trial bottles are available at all drug stores.
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