Wealth of the colored population in Alabama stated
The Indiana Progress reports Alabamas wealth of colored residents estimated at 9.9 million dollars. It notes racial population data from the Census Bureau for 1890, with 32,067,839 males and 3, SSE,370 females, and 53,372,703 US-born inhabitants. The item surveys global and domestic topics from San Francisco to Russia, including labor views on Japanese immigration, German beer replacing French wine, and misgivings about railroad receiverships.
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United States
Census Bureau
Poem Reflection on Loss and Renewal
A short verse from the New York Advertiser contrasts summer roses after hardship with the cost of love and the ache of death. It muses that rest, sweetness, and voice are best appreciated after loss, and life’s brightness is seen through shadows.
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New York Advertiser
A Genuine Hero at Halcyon Hartford’s Garden Romance
Halcyon Hartford frets over a marriage proposal from a younger man while Aunt Hal schemes and a veteran judge looms. Col. Blesson returns from India to discover Halcyon in a dilemma and end up declaring him a hero. Halcyon and Blesson pivot toward a shared future after a misadventure of love and mistaken matches.
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Halcyon
Bombay
Jea
Hal
Blackamoors
Sateyon
Aunt Hal
Charlie Beston
Deer
Ming Hartford
Eros
Bey-Idonna
Charlie Biesson
Liesson
Jonna L
Jonas
Col. Bilesson
Hal Hartford
Miss Balcyon
Misa Halliana
Miss Halliana
Miss Halcyon
Jady
Blesnon
Polly
Bresson
Hartford Cedars
Halcyon Heartford
Charles
Tvea
Flostroy
Superior Court
Bilesson
India
Col. Blesson
Jack
Oll
Olive Growing Craze Spreads in California in Pomona
A Chicago Tribune summary notes California olive planting surges, with Pomona leading cuttings and 300000 trees. Dissent warns overexpansion, while oil purity concerns rise as only two of thirteen California samples tested by the Board of Horticulture proved pure. Adulteration by sunflower and cottonseed oils is common, and strict enforcement could fine or jail many grocers.
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California
Pomona
United States
Staud
Board of Horticulture
Chicago Tribune
The World's Steamships and Ocean Routes
The article lists 1100 steamships plying major routes including Atlantic, Suez to India China and Australia. Travel around world takes 80 to 90 days over about 23 000 miles with fare near 1000 dollars plus 800 for comfort. Other routes described include San Francisco to New York 16 500 miles in 100 days with similar cost, and Cape Good Hope to Australia via Cape Horn about 25 000 miles in 81 days for 750 dollars. It also notes a quip about afternoon tea by Oliver Wendell Holmes and a mention of Bismarck’s favorite diet.
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Atlantic
Suez
India
China
Australia
San Francisco
American
New York
Cape of Good Hope
Cape Horn
Seaboard
Finest Persian Carpet Shown in London Exquisite Holy Carpet
A Persian carpet from the Mosque of Ardebi in Persia is displayed in London, claimed as the finest ever seen. It measures 84 feet 6 inches by 17 feet 6 inches, with a blue ground and delicate floral tracery plus a pale yellow centre medallion and sixteen minaret points. The border bears an interwoven inscription dated 942 Hijira 1535 AD, noting Maksoud of Kaehan as the worker and the year the piece was made. The artifact’s size, age, and signed date render it historically significant, according to the report from the New York Post.
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London
Ardebi
Persia
Maksoud of
Kaehan
Suffavivan Dyasty
Elizabeth
Anthony Jenkinson
Shah Tamasp
New York Post
Flavors that influence butter in dairy farming
The article discusses how grain fed to dairy cows affects butter quality, praising corn oil for best butter, noting corn cob grinding increases feed value due to potash, and detailing farm practices from deep plowing to animal health, tree planting, and udder milk reservoirs.
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West
New York Witness
Letting Down in Milking and Poultry Notes From New Rural Advice
The article explains the milking process emphasizing the need for a quick setting down period to empty reservoirs, the effects of disturbance on a cow, and methods to maintain calm for steady milk flow. It also offers farm tips on poultry care, hog feeding, crop varieties, and a brief note on the oculist’s work with cataract patients and artist drawings saved from blindness.
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Dairyman
Quaint
A curio-filled compilation cites odd facts about ships, ostriches, markets, umbrellas, adoptions, long-lived locals, medieval price laws, dishwashers, caves, royal travel, finance, a sacred Indiana fire, Canadian flora, a church plot, an ice cave, a large New London siblings brood, and a petrifying Arizona stream. Contains many varied items with dated or travel-era flair.
Desolate Farallon Lighthouse and Wild Island Life
A Beaton Transcript describes the Farallon Islands lighthouse 23 miles from the Golden Gate, a 360 foot tower with a powerful light and a world renowned fog whistle. It notes sea caves and a “spout hole” that blasts air eight miles for mariners, plus rabbit populations and storms that wipe out settlements. It also mentions Matineus Rock off Maine with a lighthouse kept by one family for generations, where seas erode buildings and livestock.
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Farallone Islands
Pacific
Golden Gate
Urf
San Francisco
Matineus Rock
Maine
Beaton Transcript
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Eufaula
Creek Nation
Libby
Burnhaw
Montana
Busia
Smae
W. C. Bagar
Russia
Jymerics
Halcyon Hartford
Maleyon
St. Chrysokine’s
Oliver Wendell Holmes
the Home Journal
Bismarck
Sir Lyon Playfair
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Dee
New York Times
N. Y. Sun
Victoria
Wheatley
London Graphic
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Arabia
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Tisea
Reta
Japan
Pasco County
Florida
Jonathan Pratt
Paul of
Jay Gould
Washington
Indiana
Labrador
Zion’s Lutheran Church
Manheim, Penn
Henry Seigel
Kilckitat County
Siatera
New London
Conn
Comstock
Emily
Orlando
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John
Frank
Ezra
Stephen
Tucson
Arizona
Colorado
Ecru
Guipore
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