Agricultural Club Discusses Planting, Sundry Plans in 1871
The meeting notes reveal talks by Capt. Boyd and J. Max Clark on Borgo seed for 16 acres, cane farming, broom making, and seed distribution. Members debate Saturday night vs Sunday meetings, discuss the swivel plow, orchard planning, and irrigation prospects, and note a growing Eastern States delegation. The piece includes speculative engineering on direct traction plowing engines weighing around 8 cwt per indicated horsepower.
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Wilber
Chicago
J. Max Clark
N. Co-Meeker
Sam
Mr. Blodgett
J. H. Foster
Cfrrent
Queen's Highway
Thompson
India
Steam Plowing By Direct Traction Debated
A historical column discusses direct traction for steam plowing arguing against its practicality while acknowledging advocates. It recalls rope haulage’s early use and notes the need for a suitable roadbed before rope gear declined. The piece frames the debate with comparison to early railroad traction.
Opposition 10 Great Inventions
From Our Own Fireside narrates historic opposition to printing in Turkey and to loom based inventions in Europe. It notes delayed presses in Constantinople, Scutari, and Istanbul. burning of ribbons in Holland and Germany. stockings mocked in France. table forks adopted in England. saw mills introduced to England. and early pottery glazing practices.
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John Faust
Turkey
Constantinople
Scutari
Holland
Germany
Europe
Hamburg
England
Elizabeth
France
Louis XIV
Italy
Limehouse
Abolition of Grand Jury Passed in Wisconsin Legislature
The Wisconsin legislature has passed the bill abolishing the Grand Jury system with effect on July first. The move ends a long historical role for Grand Juries, replaces them with simplified criminal proceedings, and allows guilty pleas and swift sentencing without long jail delays. The measure, praised as progressive, may serve as a model for other states.
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Michigan
Finois
Vermont
Connecticut
Wisconsin
Odd Baking Method and Galileo Swing-Swang Tale
The text notes glazing with common salt in baking and its 1690 introduction by two Staffordshire from Nuremburg. It claims persecution forced the brothers to abandon their works. It also mentions Galileo’s pendulum and Hooke’s later labeling as Swing-Swang in the seventeenth century.
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Staffordshire
Nuremburg
Galileo
Hooke
Darwinian Theory and the Debate Over Evolution
A historical discussion questions Darwinism’s staying power in England while acknowledging support for evolution via natural causes. It argues that the mechanisms driving evolution remain unknown, noting Darwin and Wallace’s positions and urging restraint before asserting Divine intervention or natural law as the sole source of progress. It closes by elevating humanity’s place and duty to God.
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England
Wallace
Darwin
Railroad to the Mountain Motioned as County Benefit
A county committee estimated rail access from Georgetown to the mines would boost freight and ore shipments. They calculated 9,838,954 pounds of freight in 1870, daily ore capacity at 200 tons, and daily transport around 315 tons of freight plus passenger travel, arguing a railroad would unlock idle mines and spark regional growth.
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Georgetown
Denver
Griffith
Pasenger
Summit County
Clear Creek
Gilpin County
Faith and the harmony of natural laws in progress
The passage argues that faith should be steady while investigation broadens the view of secondary causes and divine action. It maintains that God’s fixed laws remain unchanging unless new energy drives higher development within the system of progress.
Short Dress Incident Sparks Village Street Scene
A narrator recalls strolling in Mortford with a companion when a sudden crowd forms after a ragged boy calls for "Jim." The pair are surrounded by shouting onlookers as a tense, curious scene unfolds in a quiet street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. H
Mortford
Main Street
Jim
The Sense of Hearing and Its Hidden Labyrinth
An exploration of hearing as an inner piano within the head. The article compares the ear to a three thousand string acoustic nerve, decomposing complex sounds into elementary vibrations and achieving precise recognition of voices, tones, and silent perception. It notes solitude's silent noises and the ear's power to distinguish sex and age through voice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saecondits
Fonthby
Verpntis Damages Case Upheld on Appeal
Mr Camden C. Dyke was seriously injured in the Carrs Rock disaster on the Erie Railway in April 1848. He sued for damages, won $85,000 in Kings County Supreme Court, the defendants appealed, the Court of Appeals affirmed the Supreme Court verdict, and the Court of Appeals decision upheld the original award.
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Camden C. Dyke
Carr's Rock
Erie
Kings County Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Supreme Cause
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Hussey’s Bank
F and Holladay Streets
Harvey Townsend
Walnut St
Park
J.S. Scott
Greeley
Pine
Madison St
Richard Burke
Greeley Land and Labor Exchange
James Henry
South West Dormer
Main and
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Ringer
Col
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Boston
Colony Hall
S. K. Thompson
Sararon & MecHanican
Madison & Spruce Sts
J. Leavy
J. Joyce
Maple Street
Greeley House
A. H. Roor
Daniel Witter
Law & Real Estate
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Wyoming
Washington
Colony
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Colorado Parmer's Club
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Oneida
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