World Science and Industry Notes from Geneva to Minneapolis
Reports cover a steam propelled tricycle in Geneva reaching about twenty five miles per hour. Observations on cosmic hail and meteorites. A French vetic scientist inoculates a remedy for charbon in sheep. Architects plan insulated wires for electric light. Global wool production climbs from 320 million to 1.686 billion pounds by 1878. New England beet sugar faces labor shortages but beet quality remains high. Vine may possess powerful sanitary properties reducing intermittents. Minneapolis flour production surges since 1467 to 251,841 barrels with daily output at 25,265 barrels. Dater of Greifswald is credited with first visible blood circulation demonstration using a lip microscope setup.
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New England
Bouchardat
Minneapolis
TXMU
Minneapolis Mills
D&ter
Greifswald
Somnall
Library of Universal Knowledge
Westtorr
Applicton
Johnson
Chambers
London
Russia
Univeren
Ecucalen
Lfe
Appletona
Tullaine
Crclopredia
Chava
Srytla
Cluss
Universal Knowledge
Portage Stampa
American Book Exchange
John B. Alden
Broadway
New York
PITH AND POINT Wit and whim from era's pages
A mosaic of humorous clippings notes a Pittsburgh plumber stealing only 700 from a house and skipping payment, sharp tea party in a Galveston mansion turns comic as a boy proclaims closeness, with quips from Puck and Detroit press.
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Boston Transcript
Pittsburgh
Boston Post
Warter
Austin Biglangs
Puck
Biffers
Paris
Bliffers
Yusrob Strauss
Michigan
Wisconsin
Detroit Kree Press
Salveston
Tommy
Galveston
Practical Temperance Lesson For Railroad Workers
A circular by Dr. F. J. Bancroft urges abstinence from excessive alcohol use among railroad workers on the Denver and Sllo Grande Road. It argues drinking dulls judgment, endangers life and property, and worsens healing after injuries, risking slow fracture recovery and fatal outcomes. The piece stresses railroad companies cannot assume these risks.
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F. J. Bancroft
Denver and
Sllo Grande Road
Fodder Corn Harvest and Cultivation Tips From World
The article explains methods for growing and harvesting corn fodder for feeding, noting sweet corn suitability, planting density, and spacing. It covers cutting timing, drying, and handling, including tassel stage harvest, curing in shocks or racks, and building fodder ricks for storage with emphasis on weather, stalk quality, and digestibility.
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Blount
Pendleton
World
Romance and a family tragedy across decades
Fourteen years after leaving his wife and children a Maine man is found by his separated wife and daughter in a tale that spans a hut under Tale Mountain to a San Francisco waking match. The mother is in Oakland under care. the daughter struggles with illness and heartbreak after a rejected lover.
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Tale Mountain
Cal
San Francisco
Oakland
Bret Harte
N. Y. Herat
Home and Farm Tips From An Old Journal
Practical household notes on gardening, fruit preservation, tea making, and pest control. Recipes cover lemon pie, strawberry syrup, and beetling with mulching for fruit trees. Readers share methods for canning tomatoes and peaches, house cleaning, and wood preservation.
Faure battery attracts attention in Europe and America
A London Times correspondent describes transporting a Faure secondary battery from Paris to Glasgow. The device, a compact cylinder of lead and metal sheets, stored electric energy in a one cubic foot box weighing about seventy five pounds. Sir William Thomson tested it at Glasgow University, noting a power near one million foot pounds in the small volume.
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France
England
London Times
Paris
Glasgow
Grove
M Faure
William Thomson
University of Glasgow
William Thomson M Faures
Glasgow University
William
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Rostan
Lavater
Aman
Bess
Atof
Mmadat
Stere Vanda News
Krazer
Mas, Lydia E. Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Lydia E. Pinkham
Gervern
Lydia EL Pinkshaw
Yatta
Piokhan
Addrens Ag
Morrison Plummer &0
Til
Atudente
Your Varma
Shrigam
Howe
Oata
Weratern
Wyk
Demestio
Gerstul
Mediam
Hutebs
Harley
Bite Santen Meade
Cael
Stenin
Tommoan Benrids
Liberty
Ewan
Seiphius
WELLS
Richardson &Co
Prop's
Duntineton VT
Forsale
Aultman & Taytor Company
Matetetl Ui Haan
Bost “Ghonpest
Most
Filastio
Dumbia
Tmele
Fox River Horse Collar Co
Pravte
Hee, Davten PN
Mont Pees
Phila
Mettaurs
Mettaur
Biown Chemical Company
Baltimore
America East
Wman
M.A Fiegeat
Cabere & Wewmean
Metropolitam Clock
Chicageo
Olebard Bos
Agere
Nettie
Queen City Gunponder Co
Holmes Air
Wabash
Chase
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