Various Anecdotes and Rumors From International Notes
A disjointed paste of items mentions ex-Senators, a Boston salary comparison, mining worm finds, a Sfax influence tale, a flying act at a Moscow theater fall injury, Palestine travel notes, Brooklyn Gazette whimsy, a Jersey City literary offer, Boer era caricatures, fishing travel contrasts, a Franco-Spanish civil engineer, and reflections on literacy and crime.
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Ebostom
Cocatees
Massachusetts
Lord Lorne
Gold Nevada
Sfax
Kitty Ramsden
Moscow Theater
Consel Wilson
Palestina
Holy Land
Ea Mails
O.s
Brooklyn
Indy
Poland Springs
R Fairchild
Jersey City
Bern
Lew Eesy
Transvaal
Slim Piet
Clover Peter
Piet
England
Pettifogger
Philadelphia Times
John Lester
Spain
Bilbao
France
J.P. Wickersham
Pennsylvania
Sage-Brush
Nevada
Meanion
Robert
Baltimore
Monroe
Adams
Jon A Caten
Harrison
Polk
Taylor
Piercé
Buchanan
Lincoln
Grant
White House
He Clay
Webster
Calhoun
Benton
Hugh L. White
Tazewell
Grundy
Dallas
Poindexter
Silas Wright
Marcy
Bayard
Raeverdy Johnson
Senate
House of Representatives
The Biggest Feel In America Weeps and Warns
A Detroit Free Press quip recounts Henry White sobbing and being pressed to heed a warning. The lengthy polemic frames a cautionary scene about trust and danger, ending with a judge offering leniency and advice to walk softly in the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry White
Henry
Detroit Free Press
Trunk Lock Fiasco Ends With Burglary Quip Parody
In Brooklyn Eagle humor, Mrs Spoopendyke and her husband wrestle a stubborn trunk lock. The key sticks and the hasp breaks as they quarrel and improvise tools, ending with plans to pack and jokes about burglary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spoopendyke
Comtemplatin Frisare
Mr. Spoondekes
Mr. ‘Spoopendyke
Mr. Spodpendyke
Mac
Mrs.Spoopendykes
Mr. Spooperdyke
Propeller Boat Idea Promises Easier Rowing
Auburn inventor Henry N. Staats patents a hand cranked stern propeller for small boats. The device uses a shaft and crew to rotate a propeller, offering forward motion with less effort than rowing and allowing steering by foot stirrups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
Hewice
Tabortbes
Henry N. Staats
Wittell
Home and Farm Recipes and Food Preservation Tips
A collection of practical notes on rural cooking and husbandry includes on pig health signals, decorative jars for indoor use, and several recipes. It covers popcorn pudding, baked hominy grits, grape preserves, and a guide to fallen apples and worm danger. Also features pork and beans method, fruit glace, and a tomato catsup recipe with aging guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal of Commerce
Seed Seedling Failures Raise Crop Worries in Iowa
The Iowa State Register reports widespread seed failure this year hitting cane seed hardest and causing expected declines in sugar and syrup. Wheat and garden seeds germination faltered due to early freeze, with overall losses running into millions. advocates prompt seed selection, drying, and storage to avert future damage and secure next season’s crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Resson
Iowa State Register
Storing and Keeping Potatoes in Cold Dry Cellars
The article notes potato storage is key for profitable farming in the East. It contrasts old outdoor ridge storage with modern cellar methods, warns about potato disease spread, and stresses dry cool conditions especially for seed potatoes. Early varieties are more heat sensitive and should be kept cooler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germantown
Insect Life Praised For Humanity by Rev J G Wood
The Rev J G Wood of England told Chester Society of Natural Science that every insect has value to mankind even if unseen or deemed noxious. He argued insects’ grand purpose is to eat and improve earth, noting honey bees, silkworms, dragonflies, and spiders as part of a balancing chain against pests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Wood
England
Chester Society of Natural Science
Hints to Flax Growers From Minnesota Linseed Oil Co
Advice to flax patrons on harvest timing cutting and curing for seed flax. Recommend waiting till bolls yellow and seeds brown before cutting with a smooth knife, stacking promptly then binding with a binder, building solid stacks, and waiting weeks for sweat to finish. Also advise shallow watering and occasional wood ash to fix sour soil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company
Reaper
Ice price hike and varied remedies stir readers
A collage of brief items notes ice dealers raising prices by twenty five percent due to harsh frost, praise for patent bitters curing many, a joke about a Harvard graduate bachelor, a claim for sanitation and health cures, a promotion for Ridg on’s Russia Salve and National Yeast with druggists urged to stock.
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Muole
America
Insecta
Naan Ag Ms
Siesaiee
Sanaa
Chase Sate Co
Toledo, D
J. Dedae
Gov'mt
J. Louis
Dickson Be
New York
Sesson Tran
Wwe
Redding
Russia
Lydia E. Piumkmam
Lynn
Muse
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia EF
Pin AM
Western Avenue
Mase
Morrison, Plummer &C
Chicago
D' Bulls
the Herald of Praise
L. O. Exgnaon
Peeenmmerenes
Eaco
Poe
Oliver Ditson & CO
Boston
H. Ditson & CO
Broadway
Lyon & Mealty
Dan
de Kidueyala
Richardson
Acriingtox
ST. Mary?s Academy
Conservatory of
Mualo
Boniging
Ora
Rotre Dame
Ind
Basti
Racine College
Wis
DR. Parker
Racine, Wis
Kilnabelle
N. J
Aly Pew Su Bee Rious
Sousox & Co
Maasa
Bangor
A.W. Morgan & CO
Pnoianapolisandianal
Garfield
Zeenat
Ity
Bella
Rie Eer Pets Owen Naie
Cleray
Taupe
J H. Kteveneon
Farmesvville
Montgomery Co
SOOE
enNte Asia
Suny
Bronson
Betrol
Asents
Bea
Priow
National Publishing Co
Chicag Il
Moses
Apostles
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