Profit in Fox Farms The Work Has Been in Progress
The article discusses Alaska fox farming profits and costs, noting government island leases at $100 annually and breeding for fur from blue and silver-gray foxes. It describes captive feeding, trapping methods, and the long, costly timeline before profits appear, with notes on Domestication potential and bear farming ideas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifeen
Uncle Sam
Alaska
Pribilofa
Jandad
Seand
Teland
Alsyris
Bch
Boon Jearn
Honey in Palestine: Baldensperger Bees Spark Modern Trade
The Baldensperger family from Switzerland transformed Palestine honey production after 1880 by moving hives to orange, cactus, acacia, lemon, and thyme blossoms. Their methods, taught to locals, boosted output to about 100 pounds per hive in four months, with exports to Germany Switzerland England and a touch to France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Switzerland
Ben Raising
Palestine
Baldensperger
Solomon
Jerusalem
Merrill
Vata
Yafa
Germany
England
France
Howard
Tainiy
America
Daldenapergers
Colom—Ia
Unas
Sailor Capt Rice Recalls Waterspout Tossing Vessel Off Point Reyes
Captain Rice describes the schooner Metha Nelson bound from Makaweel Hawaii to the port of San Francisco during October 18 as a waterspout formed ahead of her and swept in a roaring column. The vessel pitched and rolled, the spinnaker boom carried away, but the crew steadied the ship and weathered the vortex with minimal damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rice
Metha Nelson
Point Reyes
Makaweu
Hawaiian Islands
San Francisco
Remarkable Ring with a Lively Musical Secret
A London owner inherits a Genoa made ring that contains a tiny musical box. Touching a spring, the ring emits a tune believed to be from a spirit world. Its history ties to a French Revolutionary era prisoner who faced the guillotine, and the ring later returns to the Tempte family after being repaired by a London jeweler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Temple
London
Richard Tample
Spirit Land
Mr. Tempie
France
Atauch Rorallat
Loris
Marie Antoinet
Genoa
Sulien
Bavely
Wife Guides Cabinet Officer’s Clothes Purchase
A wife visiting a Fifth Avenue shop helps choose spring suits for her husband, a former Cabinet officer. She directs the tailor to measure him and follow her selections, noting he would not dare change her orders. The ex-officer agrees to proceed and leaves quickly after measurements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Avenue
Washington
Hance
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Jadan
Tokio
Point Keyes
Makaweel
H. H. Wyatt
Wilson
Board OF Dirs
Toms
H.J. Wyatt
Sheldon
M.d.gipbs
J. D.blatherwick
State Bank OF Hull
Seaia Steamship
Bnorsi
Saxony
Ia Tote
Margheria
Turin
H.8eimann
A. P. Jensen
Vick-PresipEn
JNO, B. Mayer, Asser. Casurer
Iowa
BANK
Schoeneman Bros
Werdo2artuli
Chicago-Omaha
Tara
Central
Chicago
Reinaugerated
Omaha
Illinois Central
Fort Dodge
Minneaplis
St. Louis
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Homeseeker
Illinoia Central and
Yazoo & Mississippi Valley
Fhyelclan and Surgeons
C.sw, Edmonds
Pioneer Drug Store
N.G
Alwaya Wing
Lowa
G. R. Lanning
Stelvon
Ofine Wilh
Gram
Melcerer
Towa
John. Jansma
Horshoelng
Hull
EaTeeraer
Elewater
Dom A
Thavelerm Bule GT Si
Jamcag MF
Acker
Bude
Soir Waar
Paesenger
Aaxenger
A. Roos
Singer
WM. Shimp & Son
Orange City
Sax County
Witland
Albert Jan Plorifn
Sioux County
Courk
Mar
H.R. Murnnaar
Kof
the Pistrigt Court
Baltimore
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