The Astors List Five Miles Of New York Blocks Added
A long column notes the Astors expanding in New York with five miles of business blocks. The piece surveys global affairs from naval force projections to trade shifts and social changes, highlighting steam, alcohol, and education developments across nations and cities. It mentions English, French, and Irish culinary questions, Russian whiskey, and a rise in women’s education from Constantinople to Philadelphia.
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Astors
New York
Turkey
New York Graphic
Constantinople
Harriet Newell
India
Zenanas
Joshee
Woman's College
Philadelphia
Pundira Rimabia
Dinner Party reveals changed fortune and old flame
Mrs. Bostwick hosts a formal dinner with her ward Jessie Brooks and several men, including Alfred Foster now a medical student. Jessie, once poor and in love with Foster as a youth, faces new tensions as a wealthy circle and a staged matchup test her feelings. Foster, perceived as a suitor, shows he has earned money and status, while Jessie learns he plans to stay local and write. The evening unsettles Jessie yet hints at a future reconnection.
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Aunt Mary
Mrs. Bostwick
Mrs. Barely
Vino Bestwick
Joseph
Uncle Joseph
Alfred Foster
Uycle Joseph's
Iil
Bob
Seldon
Dakota
George
Miss Bostwick
Miss Brooks
Gilman
Sam
Mr. Foster
Mrs. Bostwiex
Mr. Samson
Jesse
Miss Gordon
Alfred
Mr. Gilman
Miss Cordon
Gordons
Grandnurs
George Bostwick
Inventions and the cost of progress in war and work
A homily notes how advances in weapons and industry change warfare and labor. Maxim and Krupp innovations level the field, while ironclads and sun armor evolved past wooden ships. The sewing machine promised freedom but spurred extra work, suggesting necessity remains mother of invention and family invention can waste effort.
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Krupp
France
Germany
Neo Orleans
Russian nicotine extract dwarfs plant uses and exports
A Russian correspondent reports a new nicotine extract industry in Russia booming in recent months. The product is exported especially to South America and is used to treat plant parasites and skin diseases in sheep. Now it is claimed to combat dry rot in sheep and Moscow firms plan large production. The government will exempt the extract from excise duty.
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North Fiitish Mail
Russia
South America
Nikolai, Bogdanov & Co
Moscow
The Jelly Fish in Thought and Nature
A Pittsburg Despatch interview with a bright natural history teacher explores jellyfish as primitive animals. He argues they retain identity amid evolution, possess limited sensation and instinct, lack a true nervous system, and rely on a stomach-like digestive method that absorbs food through pores in the water.
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Pittsburg
Chili’s Aggressive Enterprise in South America
The Chicago Herald notes Chile as the most enterprising nation in South America. It reports a 10,000,000 ties and a supply of tiber from Puget Sound region to build a transcontinental railroad through Chile and the Argentine Republic. American engineers and contractors are said to be engaged to oversee the project connecting Andes mines to Peru’s commerce centers.
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Chili
South America
Puget Sound
Chile
Argentine Republic
Peru
Andes
Chicago Herald
Wool and disease in livestock and oil meal cattle feed
A compilation of agricultural notes discusses wool quality in ewes and wethers, roup in fowl disease with remedies, the impact of oil meal on cattle fattening and manure, and oats cultivation tips including timing and sowing methods for Prairie Farmer.
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England
Woburn
Duke of Bedford
Pruning Fruit Trees and Horse Shoeing Innovations
Practical notes on pruning and planting fruit trees from February to spring, including root care, soil, irrigation, rabbit protection, and pruning heights. Also outlines the Nailless horse shoe method, its mechanics, claimed benefits, and field advantages for military use. Includes grape culture tips and poultry breed advice like Wyandottes for fat, yellow-legged meat.
Halved by a Shark in a Mediterranean Harbor
An acquaintance recalls a warm harbor incident where a swimmer was nearly attacked by a shark. A boat moved to aid him but the shark struck first, delivering a scream before the man was devoured, and the cutter uncovered the swimmer severed in two.
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Mediterranean
San Francisco Chronicle
How to Break a Stone by successive hammer blows
The text explains that a stone can be broken by many blows along a chosen line where it should fracture. Each strike weakens particle cohesion in that direction, with cumulative force until rupture occurs.
Last 1812 naval veteran in Charleston at age 87
Commodore Ingraham, home in Charleston South Carolina, is hale and hearty at 87. He was a midshipman on the lakes with Perry and is now the last naval survivor of the war of 1812. His earlier plucky release of Kaster drew wide diplomatic talk. Detroit Free Press.
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Charleston
S. C
Ingraham
Kaster
Europe
America
Perry
Detroit Free Press
Curious Odds and Ends From a Bygone Issue
A collage of humorous quips and vignettes follows, with remarks on common sense, burglars, anxious lovers, and a New York jeweller describing a new watch dial portrait process. The piece notes how youths inspect watches to view inside portraits, a trend in fashionable personalization.
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New York
Youngiaa
France Faces Phylloxera Threat to French Vineyards
The New York Times notes a $60,000 prize offered by the French Government for a phylloxera remedy remains unawarded. Vine disease has devastated about half of France’s vineyards, with direct vine losses totaling $1.44 billion and wine and dried grape imports to compensate adding $769 million, bringing total losses near $2 billion.
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New York Times
France
Roosevelt
Bordeaux
California Minerals Grow Rich with Vast State Collection
The California Mining Bureau reports 12,000 specimens in its world leading collection. It highlights minerals for artificial cement, asbestos fibers for fireproof cloth, building stones, granites, sandstones, marbles, mica sheets, and roofing slate. The Bureau seeks an appropriation for a comprehensive geological survey of the state.
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California Mining Bureau
California
United States
Bureau
New York
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