Indiana Progress and Global Nonsense in August 17 1892
A wide array of short items covers temperance drink counts in 1977, colonial voting shifts in Cape Colony raising qualification to 375, and the New York Post’s political contrasts. It also notes amateur experiments reversing electric shocks in birds, British imperial growth, and New York millionaires’ simple habits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jay Gould
Russell Sage
John D. Roeswefelier
C. P. Huntington
Mr. Suave
Lost Atlantic cable recovered by Great Eastern crew
The Tribune recounts the Newfoundland recovery of the Atlantic cable in calm detail. Capt. Moriarty and Capt. Anderson guided four ships with gear and buoys, describing grapnel work, long delays, and the moment the cable surfaced, sparking cheers and prayers for loved ones ashore. The piece then shifts to civic safety drills and a reflection on lifesaving devices and kindness to animals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julian Ralph
Chiscago
Harper's Weekly
Mamamoth
Mr. Ralph
America
Chicago
Cyrna W Field
New York
England
Moriarty
Agamemnon
Anderson
Gay
Stork
Crowdus
Jssue
Atlantic
Ireland
Hedeon
Fire Department Pompier Drill At Chicago Engine Houses
A training school system for Chicago firefighters initiates new recruits and sharpens veterans in the hazards and duties of their role at engine houses where hook and ladder companies are stationed. The piece highlights the pompier drill as a notable feature of the department's preparedness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Great Haul of White Elephants at Dacca Hunts
Mr. Savi, superintendent of the elephant khed dahs at Dacca, finds new hunting grounds in the Garo Hills bringing 266 elephants this season. The area had been untapped due to roadmaking difficulties, and the venture aims to rest old hunting districts while new captives are brought in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savi
Kheddahs
Dacca
Garo Hills
Eld
Garo
The Mandarin Tongue Dominates China
The Mandarin language is the most widespread in China, used in fourteen to fifteen of the nineteen provinces. Northern Mandarin governs in Pekin, Southern in Nankin, with a third form in Tsien-Kiang. About 300 million of 360 million Chinese speak Mandarin, and those entering political life learn it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Pekin
Nankin
West China
Tsien-Kiang
Dirty Jones and the Untidy College Room
A London Tid-Dits item recalls Jones known as Dirty Jones at college. In a room dispute Brown scolds the untidy, slovenly state and notes only the towels remain clean, highlighting his singular enemy soap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones
Soap
Dirty Jones
Brown
Transplanting Weeds and Farm Remedies in Print
A collage of farming notes discusses weed transplanting caution and weathered controls, soot liquid manure from chimney soot, feeding grain to unweaned lambs with pasture effects, and churning milk influenced by fresh green fodder. It warns against keeping tuberculous cows, urging strict culling and burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
J. A. Craig
Wisconsin
New York Times
Chrysanthemum Trends and New Varieties Highlight Garden Notes
The article surveys chrysanthemum popularity among florists and readers, noting new types like American, and colors expanding from pinks to brighter reds. John Thorpe predicts blue shades may appear, with national significance in seedling production and high wholesale prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Thorpe
American Chrysanthemum Society
Massachusetts Horticultural Society
Mra
Hardy
Violet Rose
Ada Spaulding
Flora McDonald
Thorpe
New York
New York World
Month Breathing Children Mentioned By Physicians
A discussion on mouth breathing in children notes risks to attention memory and hearing, with calls for regular medical oversight in schools. Doctors in Germany France and London urge inspectors to monitor nasal respiration to aid intellectually backward students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
France
England
Max Breagen
Raulin
Gaye
London
Fragmented verse about seeking Him with grace
A ponderous fragment reflects on seeking the divine presence everywhere with earnest heart and abundant grace, conveying a devotional tone and spiritual aim.
The All Seeing Eye and Lessons on Piety
A long reflection on watchfulness and moral accountability, comparing God’s sleepless gaze to a telescope observer. It urges home life courtesy, heartfelt devotion, and the Spirit’s work within, citing ministers and believers who describe near heaven and deathbed faith. It blends exhortation with biographical fragments.
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Mitchell
Professor Mitchell
Jesus
England
Christ
Walker
Truro
Heaven
John Janeway
Earth
Canaan
A. C. Thompson
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Indiana
Kferms
Cape Colony
South Africa
The
New York Post
New England
Virginia
Haye
United States
Australia
Toronto
Canada
Empire
Asia
Australasia
Elihu Matthews
Cleveland
Matthews
Sluther
Eugene Field
Chicago Record
William Eleroy Curtis
Washington
Frances
Mamma
Boston Beacon
Saya
Pacific Avenue
Robinson Crusoe
Mabel
Clara
York Weekly
Bethlehem
Phoebe Cary
Chan
Drake Mauch
Berkshire County
Massachusetts
Berkshire
God
California
F.J. Canver
Tolels, C
Florida
Hoxsie
Diptheria
Sobiby
Bie
A. P. Hoxsie
Buffalo
Aman
Kentucky
Son Cali
Herp
Wal
Paper Jobber
Rochester
Belgium
Europe
Atlante Gold Mining Co
Atlanta Gold Mining Com
Morth
Calhoun
Minera
Atlanta Gold Mining Company
Cies
Com
Southern Banking and Trust Company of Atlanta
Bok Ne & the
Atlanta Joldining Company
North Pryor Street
Atlanta
Heavenly Messenger
Anthony Comatock
F. T
H. M
Beecham
Isaac Thompson
Hood
J. B. Emerton
Mervce
Maine
J.B. Emerton
T Hood
E Jonson
Thomas McHenry
Allegheny City
Flower
J. D. Cox
Allegheny
Nf Saale
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