Fuzzy Clippings Reflect Notable Figures and Events
A mosaic of scattered notes mentions dentists, smokers, exotic bears, wealth, writers, ships, and a grand Mexican hotel. It notes Jousx Tinrent and Lester in playful asides, lists rich men like John Wockeller, and recalls John Bright admiring Whittier. Also cited are a movable bartender, a presidential health rumor, London politics, a Rankin County lash punishment, and a vast hotel in Mexico City. The piece also covers Austrian officer marriage rules, a wandering old man seeking family, and a dwindling buffalo population.
Arbor Day States and Global War Talk Across Nations
A sweeping, fragmented summary notes New York and Oregon as Arbor Day states, a flourishing US militia, Europe funding war fleets, and widespread poverty. It touches on American fugitives in Canada, Oklahoma farm booms, a Boston Herald quip on Prohibition, and European spending. Mentions Boulang er and English warnings, New South Wales poll logistics, Rhode Island senators, counterfeit notes in St Louis, Mexican Governor Turibe, and a British soldier jailed for a minor complaint about boiled potatoes.
Indian and Turkish social progress and a strange frontier tale
A compilation notes Mrs J M Well becoming First Lady as Attorney General’s wife and her legal career, then relays intelligence about massacres and cannibalism in Solomon Islands. It also mentions Turkey improving women’s education, India’s reforms, Koh i Noor diamond petition, Australian interior prospects, a vast railroad, and Cyrus Henderson’s dramatic land claim race in Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M
U of the State Bar Association
Severa
the Supreme
FOR FARM AND GARDEN. RAISING TORKE AND HENS
An early guide outlines moving hatched turkeys to an orchard two blocks from the house, placing them in a 16 by 18 inch board pen, feeding with milk curd and corn meal as they grow, and letting them roam with nightly confinement. It also notes risks from improper equipment, crowding, and disease, and discusses manure as feed stimulant, turnips for cows, and corn leaf development in Missouri experiments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural Experiment Station
Missouri
Schwertzer
From Silo to Silage and Fowl Care in Rural Advice
A survey of plant leaf area explains why large foliage aids corn yield and notes silage's global adoption. Historical references trace silo origins from Rome to Hungary and Germany, with America popularizing the practice via Dr Bailey and Prof Miles. Practical farm tips urge clean water for poultry, wide ranges, careful breed selection, and reliance on reputable breeders for birds and eggs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simonds
Don
Hungary
Germany
France
America
American Agriculturist
Bailey
Massachusetts
Miles
Michigan College
New York Times
Baldwin's Great Domain in Southern California
The Baltimore Sun notes California millionaire and horseman "lucky" Baldwin splits time between San Francisco and his Santa Anita ranch. He owns about 60,000 acres in San Gabriel valley with a famed orange grove and the largest thoroughbred stable. During the land boom he sold 5,000 acres at 500 to 1500 dollars per acre, while his Santa Anita estate grew into towns, hotels, and brick business blocks. he refused to sell the groves or vineyards, keeping the chateau’s artificial lake intact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baldwin
California
San Francisco
Santa Anita Ranch
San Gabriel Valley
Santa Anite
Santa Anita
Addy
Baltimore Sun
The Hot Air Cure For Consumption Debated
The article discusses inhaling hot air as a remedy for consumption with reports of remarkable results by Weigert and others. Professor Kohblschutter from Halle notes 350 degrees Fahrenheit air can be inhaled by tuberculosis patients without adverse effects, and the inhaled air appears to destroy tubercle bacillus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weigert
Kohblschutter
Halle
Pine needles yield new oils and pine wool products
A California paper reports new pine needle uses including a potent medicinal oil and pine wool that can be breached dyed and woven. The wool emits a pleasant odor and serves as carpet moth deterrent while a strong cheap matting from the wool suits halls stairs and offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Californias
Quaint and Curious Historical Anecdotes
A collage of dated curiosities and antiquarian notes from 18th and 19th century queries. Topics include Jenner’s vaccine, Franklin’s electricity, Plymouth duel, Goodyear’s vulcanized rubber cue, and various oddities from gas use to English clearing houses. It lists dates, places, and figures with little narrative cohesion.
Noises and Nerves Warn of Harm in City Life
The piece argues nerves are highly sensitive to constant noise and lists urban examples where bells, whistles, and rattling traffic are restricted. It notes Berlin Paris Munich Philadelphia curb car bells and steam whistles as nuisances and questions why useless sounds persist in modern cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Paris
Munich
Philadelphia
Origin of the Military Salute Through Royal-Dais Tournaments
The military salute, bringing the hand to the forehead, traces to medieval tournaments. Knights passed the dais where the Queen sat and shielded their eyes from her beauty as they took part in day’s sports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beant
Too Much Refining in a Mother's Proud Remark
A humorous exchange features a proud mother asking if her young son looks refined and a blunt doctor confirming, saying he appears light as a feather and ready to be knocked over. The conversational quip captures a playful domestic moment.
Scientific Scraps From The Era Of Inventions
A roundup of experimental findings and technical notes: heavier insulation aids electric light reliability, eel venom akin to vipers, ships cargo heating to deter spontaneous combustion, creosote wood treatment durability, French potato starch yields, polariscope uses, dangerous unarmored submarine cables, London oxygen cost, speech by telephone with feeble currents, an emergency train stop at 34 mph, cautions about contagious diseases, a withdrawn prize on electrical power transmission, magnetism changes on long voyages, rich flora of the Cape and Natal with about 10009 species, Australia with about 10000 species, tiny perfect quartz crystals for Paris, a rare cancer case with trichnosis, vegetable diet viability, salt water intrusion in northwestern Ohio wells, and a new gas method for balloons using lime zinc to inflate rapidly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
French Academy of Sciences
Sape of Good Hope
Natal
Africa
Australia
Vienna General Hospital
Differences in Faces Show Left Side More Characteristic
A New York photographic artist notes that in most people the left side of the face is more characteristic while the right side is often more comely. He cites theories from a Swedenborgian and anecdotes about Henry Ward Beecher and Whittier, Bayard Taylor, saying facial muscles favor the left side and both sides differ in appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mail
Expres
Henry Ward Beecher
Mr. Beecher
Whittier
Bayard Teylor
Humorous Fragments and a Medical Sulfonal Note
A collage of quips about bequests portraits and wedding hitching plus a Berlin report on the drug sulfonal. A physician patient showed severe poisoning with delirious illusions and central ataxia after insomniac use, challenging prior safety claims about the drug.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Bernemann
Mendel
Schmey
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Indiana Progress
United States
Jousx Tinrent
Viewlia Cali
Indiana
Zoological Gardens
Indies
Lueland
Lester
Tenats Staxgorn
Wold
Great Wacrreetes
Harvard
Yale
University of PonnerTvania
Brown
Tre
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Teeuse Seunacn
Cincinnati
Raster
Fenia Whrenik-Wilcekis
Jadee
Wai Teliiotis
Naesake
Sapam
Casa
Washington
Arn
Tureeulard
John LD. Wockeller
John Bright
John G. Whittier
Walter Scott
Maxwell- Scott
Abbotsford
Recketaly Havann
Mr. Harrison
Lapy Saxpurrsr
Miss Cobden
London County Council
Rankin County
Mississippi
Mexico
Yeushide
Tui Soung
Austrian War Department
War Ministry
Lindsey
Allen
Texas
Jim
Missouri and Kansac
Amanda
Denison
Hornaday
Oregon
Europe
Brazil
Canada
Oklahoma
Boston Herald
Connecticut
Boulanger
London
New South Wales
Pixon
Rhode Island
United State Senate
Faulkner
Renna
Daniel
Spooner
Higgins
Wolcott
St. Louis
Yturbide
City of
Privat
Solomon Group of Islands
Otter Islands
Turkey
Sulla
Constantinople
Harriet Newton
India
Xenanas
Igvnorani
Jazhee
Woman's College
Dhuleep Singh
New York Tribune
Queen Victoria
Chicago Herald
Cyrus Henderson
Fond du Lac
Wis
Jelshoma Real Estate
Torke
New York Herald
Boston
Robert Bruce
Scotland
Dr. Jenner
Erichthonina
Athens
Franklin
Aaron White
Jorge Joachimsen
Silvius Tullius
Plymouth
Masa
Goodyear
Denver
Col
John Milton
Western Union
England
Naples
Murat
John Bull
Dr. Arbuthnot
George Coleman the Younger
Lombard Street
J. M. Lane
Orlando
Fla
Abe
Rutgers
Ohio
Orella K
Miss Wash
Chicago
Charley
John
Yeast
Crimsonbeak
Sal
Bromley
Jones
Brounston
Brug
Bog
D. W. Austin
Farmington
Tin Adams
Farminton
Standard Ge, Company
Op Pitmsursg
Standand Oil Company
Vicinity
LF. Barnes
Rec
Amuel Conninghem
Joni
A. Ww. Maettorney
F. Indices
Philadelphis Strevet
Mars SF
ALOR
Philadelphis
Birest
Wnat
FLAW
Tadiona, Pa
Tower Arcs Tahoe
Werkingtos
Cevers
Sime Am ‘Ee Geversmert
Band Extate
Eorge W. Hood
Attorbefy
A?la
Philadelphis Street
Ekial
Aee
Prompaly
Apnse
Wiser & Sell
Atiorn&eys-At-Law
Perf A. Ollie
Todd
Philadelphia St
Srucad
W. Tayla
Om Palle Atipkis
Fat Geer Wek
Honea
G W. Simplo
Iurdoen
Gempert Bawa
Combs Dneosen
Howe, Coum
Dugg
E. Tee
Hig
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