Brav e Fireman Hero of Church Fire Disaster
The article recounts John Qynch a fireman praised for entering the burning church to rescue occupants. Chief Engineer Mullen led the initial rescue with a Mount Holyoke hose stream aiding survivors. Dozens died and many were injured as flames and smoke enveloped the building, with crowds awaiting casualty details and police keeping order.
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Mullen
Mount Holyoke
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Waden
Amnan
Elise Evonts
Desjerdin
Mary
Animinis Menach
Sewing Education Debate Divides Boston Girls Schools
A Special Committee report on sewing in Boston girls schools shows fifteen favoring introduction, four undecided, and four opposed in upper classes. Trials elsewhere yielded positive benefits with modest cost, suggesting sewing may be wiser than music or French, though spending on ornamental skills is debated.
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Boston
Hengel
The Flat Headed Apple Tree Borer Described
The entomological correspondent explains the flat headed borer a pest of apples and maples. Eggs are laid in May or June on bark crevices. larvae form a two year life cycle and girdle trunks. The beetle is greenish black with brassy sheen and can damage orchards and forests.
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Apetia
Chiddgo Zrbune
PeoriavTi
Iit
Iys
Tree borers and control tips from Farm and Garden notes
The article discusses signs of tree borers such as bark cracking and sawdustlike residue. It recommends moisture drops, heat wire, and a mixture of soap with benzet or carbolic soap for treatment. It notes early detection and mentions beneficial effects of painting trees with soap mixtures.
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Reid Bay
Oria
The Value of Beets for Stock
A Maine Farmer correspondent reports growing mangolds and beets on light loamy soil and feeding three cows one peck daily per cow plus one daily foddering of shay. Over three months the cows improved in condition, milk output rose, and the author deems beets the most profitable root for stock feed with mangolds as the best cultivated for yield.
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Shay
Maine
Eating Raw Meat and Tapeworm Risks in Raw Pork
A report in Ohio Farmer by H. A. Rodeburgh MD warns of tapeworm risks from eating raw or undercooked meat. It cites experiments by Dr Kuchenmeister showing Cysticercus larvae passing through animals to become full-grown tapeworms, with cases in humans and factors raising infestation in pork, Bologna, and dried beef.
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Kuchenmeister
Ientaini Piviie
Néasly
H. A.rodeburgh
Ohio
Cure for Discontent Advertisement Mix Up
A Philadelphia gentleman tired of his country house seeks to sell it via an auctioneer famed for vivid descriptions. The ad hides the location, prompting the owner to contact the office after reading the copy. He realizes the ad mirrors his own home and jokes that he would pay triple to avoid selling now.
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Philadelphia
Grasshopper Invasion in Bessarabia and Heroic Defense
A reported account recalls grasshopper plagues in southern Russia and Bessarabia, detailing 1809 losses across 125000 acres and 4,425 bushels of eggs. Residents used plows, rollers, and harrows while troops defended eight miles of swamps with 14000 soldiers, burning and destroying eggs to avert famine.
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Russie
Russia
Bessarabia
Turkey
Béssarabia
Chotin
Cherson
Dueister
Bender
Natural History
Department
Temper the Wind to the Young Chicks
Prairie Farmer advises poultry keepers to temper wind and protect broods. Cold springs force cooped hens and close coops, with daily movement to keep ground clean and vermin down. In rough weather a scrap of old carpet over coops can quiet chicks and keep hens brooding.
Veal poet definition sparks front rank essays
A reviewer in the New York Tribune defines a veal poet as a singer whose verses haunt your twinlights. The definition is presented as a strong, acceptable standard among republican-leaning writers in the era.
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New York. Tribune
Hondo Pinuss
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