Various 1889 world notes and a literary memory effort
A collage of 1889 items ranges from Italy’s subscription plans, Columbus monuments, and U S population projections to Chicago library bequests, sanitation efforts, and Cain to pursue ferret use at the White House. It notes the Lake Geneva silt buildup, California health board cautions on consumptives, economic strains from cattle lockdowns, and German fat stock scarcity. It recounts a Wyoming accident, Sioux settlement tensions, a Lexington minister's NT memory project, an upcoming Panama canal inquiry, and the Nicaragua canal launch. Brazil’s vast geography and regional tensions are weighed against state cohesion, with remarks on Pedro II era order and South American civil strife.
Love Song Verse From Once a Week
A poetic fragment compares love to many natural images in a lyrical line from Once a Week, invoking a rhythm of metaphor and affection. The eloquent verse hints at devotion through celestial, elemental, and sensory pairings.
A Wedding Present Garb Parlor Carpet Schemes
Mrs Cackle, with Miss Rosina Rufford, browses for a wedding present at Meddie & Minturns, rejects costly carpets, and selects a garish scarlet rug “insalable” as budget bargain. She schemes to spend $24 on thirty yards, leaving $76 to balance the check, while envisioning a satin gown and party decor for a cousin’s wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosina Rufford
Damon
Rosina
Mrs. Cackle
Lemuel
Miss Rufford
Cackle
Carpet Plot Seals Cackles Fate at Wedding
A tale of Mrs. Cackle and her husband planning a costly Paris wrap and an elegant carpet as a match making bid. The bride turns out to be Miss Eminie Brooks later Mrs. Howard Crespigny, matching the very pattern they coveted, triggering a comic twist on advancement expectations and social optics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosina
Paris
Mrs. Cackie
Mr. Cackie
Erminie
On Firm
Mrs. Cackle
Minnie
Mra
Cackles
Gassybrook
Cackle
Meddle & Minturn’s
Eminie Brooks
Howard Crespigny
Mr Cackle
Miss Diggs
Glassybrook
Miss Biggs
American Beauty rose a self made American treasure
The American Beauty rose, a best selling and popular flower, arose unexpectedly on a Washington garden shrub. Found perfect in form and fragrance, it defied classification and was likely born from an accidental cross of two varieties. Its American origin and spontaneous creation mark it as uniquely self made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
France
England
Washington
Dry rot in potatoes and beet fodder notes
Reports discuss dry rot in potatoes likely a common disease controlled by airtight charcoal fumigation and caution against using affected tubers for seed. Additional sections cover sheep feeding on cut fodder and the benefits of cutting hay, berry growing labor practices, hive management, and honey storage tips.
Fall winter spring tillage method promotes manure use
The piece argues spreading manure in winter and ploughing in spring saves labor and improves corn yield. It cites a farmer’s verdict on the method’s economy and notes related farm practices, from turnips to pig care, road work, and stable bedding. A rare surgical case in University Hospital describes ongoing arterial pressure therapy for an aneurysm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salls O. S Bliss
New York Tribune
University Hospital
E. J. Dolan
Walla
Ashhurst
Presure
Philadelphia Press
Man Falls Through Ceiling Amazes Wife In Three Oaks
Truman Barnes of Three Oaks Michigan slipped in his attic and fell through plastering leaving his legs dangling like a nursery rhyme duck. His wife, thinking a burglar held on and yelled for help as neighbors rushed in. They found no intruder and the house returned to normal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman Barnes
Three Oaks
Mich
Children Dolls and Oaks in a Pine Tree Home
A miscellany of verses about children and dolls under a pine tree, followed by a tale of tame ostriches racing for figs in South Africa. The piece then shifts to King Thantai of Annam, a nine year old monarch devoted to study, philosophy, language, and French instruction, amid French toy gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Ray Dolls
Mary FP
Butta
Christian Union
Servia
Spain
Thantai
Kingdom
Annam
Making an Eolian Harp for wind tuned sound
A guide to creating an Eolian harp from household materials. It describes two simple methods using window sashes to let wind pluck strings and produce soft musical tones, starting with a twist of button-hole thread and progressing to a wooden box with bridges and strings.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Indiana Progress
Italy
Columbus
United States
John Crerar
Chicago
Frank Hosmer
White House
Mr. Harrison
Geneva
Rhone
Holland
Tyrrel
California State Board of Health
Germany
Berlin
Michael Harvey
Brown Spring
Wyoming
Harvey
Okla Loma
New York Commercial Advertiser
Lexington
Ben
Brazil
New York
Dom Pedro
South America
Gerenst Gaaxr
Helen Forrest Graves
Wilton
Brussels
Mr. Cackle
Fes
E. W. Stewart
Vick's
Tonce
Philadelphia
South Africa
Figa
Nightingale
Temperance
TEALY
Signor Crispi
Friedrich Arube
Tently
Atlanta
Sony
Amd
Cabl
William Tseit
BANKS
AL Jane A
Isveef
General Banking Beatoum
A&road
Indiana County Deposit Bank
Gested
Europe
Sega
Wart
NEW Grogery
J.G. Walker & Sor
Pisa
D. W. Anthony
Purkweed
Ind
Mae
Concord
Warden
Daughessy Eror
Betrice Rarimax
Wissley & Graham
Nolla
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