Maoxnahogets Agricultural College Solves Training Debate
Massachusetts Agricultural College claims success in turning agriculture schools into viable institutions. The 383 acre farm near North Amb erf at hosts dormitories chapels and barns with a total real estate value of 196 500. The college carries a quarter million cash and more in securities under a Legislature approved board structure. One hundred forty seven students this year practice military drill while pursuing a full agrarian curriculum and stock from Ayrshire Jersey Southdown and Buffdale breeds supports plans to expand into beet sugar and a proposed refinery.
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Friends of the
Massachusetts Agricoural College
North
Amberat
Gallege
State Board of Agriculture
Europe
Jerseys
Southdown
Chester
How to Keep Cool in Hot Weather Secrets
A London toned correspondent offers practical tips to stay comfortable in heat. Keep cool by letting in cooler outside air when it exists and blocking it when it is hotter inside. Open stairwell windows at night, close by morning, and shield sunny rooms with blinds. Avoid constant daytime draughts. fresh air is best when cooler outside, otherwise keep rooms closed until sundown. Ensure ventilation only when air outside is cooler or when rooms are small or crowded. In kitchens hot air may be desirable for comfort.
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London
Building Stones and Limestones Durability
M Omalius d Halloy argues that durability of limestones depends more on the bed condition than texture. He notes limestone structures vary in texture yet suit building use if stratification remains undisturbed, while geological up-leaving can dislocate layers causing foliated stone to crumble under wind and weather.
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Tlaestoni
M. Omalius d'Halloy
Counterfeit Dollar Passed to a Child in Atlanta
The Atlanta Constitution reports a man passed a one dollar counterfeit bill to a child, and the paper discusses the pious framing used to defend him as the city debates the incident. The item centers on a local crime with one fake note and community response.
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Gop
Atlanta
Gap) Constitution
Arliale
Do Not Forget Your Pocketbook
Do Not Forget Your Pocketbook recounts Pratts misadventure aboard a Philadelphia train. Don Pratt of Cincinnati narrates a comical escapade involving a woman and a lost pocket-book, a drunken reprimand, and a chase that ends with a man injured and the passenger left without the pocket-book.
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Don Pratt
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Lnds
Pennsylvania Central
Circumstantial Evidence In A Historic Murder Case
A long-ago Eastern state case tells of a man executed for murder based on circumstantial proof. Bloodstains, a bloody kerchief, and marked money pointed to him until the missing man confessed from California that he fled with a planned departure. The confession exonerated the condemned but could not undo the sentence.
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California
Monsey
Pacific Coast
Beef trade in New York markets and commission system
In Washington Market the beef trade evolved from old style butchers to a commission-based system. Large buyers slaughter daily, send meat to commission houses that charge five percent and act as bankers. Prices fluctuate daily, affected by grain, rail disruptions, and weather. Credit sales are common, with beef bills totaling hundreds of thousands monthly. Government contracts shape demand while experts assess meat quality by bone, smell, and fat color.
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New York
Washington
Fashion Trends At Newport And Beyond For The Season
Fashion gossip notes rising costs of dress making, real gold and silver adornments, and new overdress styles in silk. Parlor ornaments use light bronze and malachite, tea parties and 10 o clock dinners are popular in Newport. Peacock feather hats and youthful hair arrangements appear, with morning wrappers in cashmere and pink or blue quilling. Fans with emeralds and diamonds, long chain bracelets, and polonaise silhouettes are described. Gongs fade from hotels as fixed meal times replace them. Express companies plan to curb trunk sizes to fit baggage car doors.
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Newport
Delicacy in Female Character and Sharp Wit
The passage extols true delicacy as moral poise in women and men, rejecting false shyness. It praises a generous, unobtrusive virtue that benefits others without wounding feelings. It ends with a grim joke about making a thin baby fat by throwing it from a third story window.
Attempted murder on a French railway carriage
A Spanish gentleman in a first class carriage on the Orleans line to Bayonne was attacked by a stranger who fired two pistol shots. The assailant fled at Angerville when the train slowed. The Spaniard survived. the wound did not penetrate the skull, and the second shot misfired.
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Perris
Boxpresn
Racaway Travan
Orleant
France
Bayonne
Etampes
Angerville
Concentrated vegetables and a curious spider tale at length
A discussion on concentrating vegetables describes boiling potatoes, grinding them into fine particles, and drying to resemble rice for easier storage and use. The extract can make soups or mashed potato like dishes with potentially superior flavor. The piece shifts to a Newcastle engineer boasting prowess above Stephenson, then to a young lady admiring a scarlet spider lifting a laurustinus sprig in a glass for forty years.
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Newcastle-on-Tyne
England
Robert Stephenson
Whnt Was Doxe Letter From Loyal Buffalo Reader
A Buffalo paper prints a letter from a prompt paying patron asking to discontinue the paper after paying up to date. He says he does not want the paper but seeks relief from an intolerable bore who intrudes during readings. He vows to resume if the nuisance ends and cites the intruder taking multiple papers.
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Buffalo
Abbreviated moral quip on humane treatment of animals
The text shows a satirical line attributed to a humane society president, contrasting whipping a stubborn donkey with feeding corn and using a kind command. It mocks the idea of violence toward animals by imagining a gentler alternative phrasing. The passage includes names and exclamations as it imitates quotation style.
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Society
Neddy
Edward
Peach crop forecast shows large Delaware harvest
The Peach Growers' Association met at Dover Delaware and estimated 3,315,000 baskets for this year. Last year’s forecast overestimated by rail delivery by at least 88,000 baskets. Despite past damage, the peninsula is expected to enjoy an abundant peach season. Madness in Paris has risen recently with public concern.
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Peach Growers’ Association
Dover
Delaware
Peninsula
Speculations in Wool Provoke Protest Over Current Market
The Daily Bulletin awakes protest against wool speculation and the artificial high prices seen in the new clip. It cites rising receipts in New York and Boston, large London purchases, and the risk of over supply. It compares imports and domestic receipts to last year, showing a huge increase and questioning whether prices are justified amid plentiful supplies.
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Daily Bulletin
Tae Woon
New York
Boston
London
Bules
Great Britain
England
Vecture of a Chinese city viewed through a correspondent
A correspondent describes a chaotic Chinese city with narrow crowded streets and towering roofs, noting common trades, shop signs read top to bottom, and temples with gilded interiors. He mentions three religions Confucianism Buddhism and Taoism, American and English churches, and native converts supported by Bishop Williams and Rev. Robert Nelson. A lighter vignette about a clever wife jokes about shopping to avoid debt.
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Old City
Bishop Williams
American Episcopal Mission
Robert Nelson
Virginia
Early Life-Saving Drowning Remedies from Historic Guide
Practical steps for treating near-drowning victims on site: expose the chest and neck, seek medical aid, position the patient on the face then turn to the side to clear the windpipe, apply irritants to nostrils, splash cold water, and perform rapid chest compressions with side-to-side turns, repeating fifteen times per minute, while maintaining warmth and drying clothing.
The Dead of the Paris Seven Days Relics and Rites
A Paris letter describes exhumations at night of dead from the seven days battle. Bodies are moved in two part trucks to graves, covered with carbolic acid. Workers wear leather aprons and gloves, and sanitation uses lime and chloride of lime. In Buenos Aires plague, grave-diggers remain healthy. Some corpses wash from sewers, are photographed, and shown in the Morgue and Ministry of Police records.
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Paris
Buenos Ayres
Ministry of Police
Restored to His Fate Francis Albanian Marital Misfortunes
An Albanian named Francis endured a string of wives dying or disappearing over decades. His first wife killed herself thirty four years ago, a second wife died after nine years, the third drowned six years later, the fourth was killed in a murder case leading to life imprisonment then pardon, a fifth partner vanished, and a sixth wife reportedly hanged herself recently. The long run of bereavements left him philosophical about marriage.
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Francis
Ranary
Tade
Perseverance and Industry Motto Across Vocation Fields
A broad exhortation urges young men to stick to one vocation, work hard, and endure hardship. It praises labor in farms, workshops, factories, and other trades, urging perseverance and industry as keys to wealth and usefulness. A separate note discusses furnace attachments improving smoke burning and a mining anecdote contrasts local wealth with distant earnings, ending with a report of a religious movement uniting Free Methodist and Congregationalists in England and Wales.
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