Canada blamed for turning into a crime dumping ground
The Times-Democrat notes Canada’s role as a dumping ground for American thieves, cites vast contrasts with the United States, and highlights 19th century social issues from Russia to England and California’s suffrage gains. It mentions a tunnel through a redwood stump on a North Pacific railway and reflects on strong entities like France’s Exposition and European governance shifts.
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The
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Canada
United States
North Pacific Coast Railroad
Love Me In the Woods A Poem by M M Folsom
A reflective poem from the Atlanta Constitution by M M Folsom. The speaker wanders through blooming woods seeking love while inner sorrow threads through nature. Recurrent plea echoes, Love me Love me Love me, amid tranquil scenes and urban crowds.
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M. M. Folsom
Atlanta Constitution
Angel of Sorrow Returns a Lost Consuelo to Love
In late 19th century New York, artist Geoffrey Vail spots a sorrowful sixteen-year-old Italian singer Consuelo and hires her as a model for his Angel of Sorrow. Years later, after a dramatic rise and a mistaken, vanished romance, Consuelo reappears with her noble Italian father and reveals she was kidnapped and later returned to her family. Geoffrey and Consuelo marry, uniting art and fate.
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Broadway
Madison Square
Geoffrey Vail
Gonder
Geoffrey
Consuelo
Paradise
Bis
Consuela
Angel of Sorrow
Papa
Mr. Vail
Italy
New York
New York Mercury
Indians Read Cree Bible Far From Missionaries
An account from Norway House recalls how a group of Cree-speaking Indians traveled fourteen nights across frozen terrain to reach a Bible in Cree syllabics. Without a missionary, they obtained the book via Hudson Bay Company traders, learned to read it, and taught their own people during the winter, in a village of about 300.
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Norway House
Egerton Young
Canada Methodist Church
Hudson's Bay
Hudson Bay Company
Prodigy Boy Of Brown County Answers Dates By Weekday
A ten year old in Brown County Illinois can name the weekday for any date within a three year span. Roy Odenweller, son of H P Odenweller of Industry township, demonstrates flawless day-of-week accuracy for dates in 1888 1889 and 1890. He asserts no method and claims limitation to the three years around the present.
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Brown County, Lll
Roy Odenweller
P. Odenweller
Industry Township
Citengo Tribune
Fungi to Fight Insects and Clean Farm Practices
In a farmers column, Mr. Nicholson urges using disease-causing fungi to control injurious insects and spreading these fungi where outbreaks have not yet appeared. Other notes cover clean stables to ensure dry cows and prevent milking odors, plus a remedy for sheep poisoned by lamb kill involving a tea decoction and physic to remove poison.
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Nicholson
Europe
New Yorker
Training a Colt by Gentle Handling and Gradual Exposure
A guide on teaching colts through calm tone, patient handling, and gradual exposure to common farm objects. Begin with grooming, brushes, and pitchforks, then slowly introduce ropes, cloths, blankets, and barrels. Use small mistakes as teaching moments, ending with safe hitching readiness.
Bitter Rot of Apples
Orchardists report bitter apple rot in trees, especially older ones, with fruit decaying from summer onward. Caused by a destructive fungus related to grape and berry diseases, it yields brown spots that darken, then soften into a yellowish brown mass. Remedies are uncertain. some suggest hole filling with salt or sulfur, others trimming, reseeding, and grazing.
Peach Yellows Study and Farm Advice Highlighted
Bulletin No 9 from the US Department of Agriculture reviews the peach yellows disease, its history and causes, with maps and plates. It cites possible micro organisms as a cause and urges immediate removal of affected trees. The piece also shares practical farming tips on honey plants, crops for orchards, spraying, and cattle feed. It ends with a story of a faithful dog, Mingo, guarding a burned Indiana farm.
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Botanical Division
United States Department of Agriculture
Erwin F. Smith
Smith
Genuine Mocha Coffee Origins and Trade Confusion
A British writer notes real Mocha coffee comes from Yemen with Mocha as a coastal center though little of the best beans grow there. Much Mocha labeled coffee is actually from East Indies Africa and even Brazil with only pale seeds reaching far markets. much is mixed at Mocha before export.
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Arabia
Mocha
East Indies
England
United States
Africa
Brazil
Constantinople
Education and rings feature in old newspaper items
Three young women graduate from the College of Physicians and Surgeons with the valedictorian praising co education for reducing profanity in dissecting rooms. Queen Victoria’s prized rings are described alongside anecdotes of her life. Mrs Jule Eastman is pictured as a formidable hunter from West Virginia with remarkable endurance and large family ties. Boston ladies and Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt plan a home arts initiative for East Siders featuring a daily affordable menu, a reading room and sewing room to teach thrift and homemaking.
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College of Physicians and Surgeons
Galloupe
Boston Advertiser
Victoria
Prince Consort
Detroit Free Press
Jule Eastman
West Virginia
Pittsburg
Grafton
Boston
Mra Cornelius Vanderbilt
East
New York Star
National Museum Collection
Japan
Romeyn Hitchcock
Profesor Hitchcock
Indy
Philadelphia Telegraph
Laughter and Love in Mrs Morse’s Voice Recall
A New Orleans woman once mute regains her voice through her husband the renowned electrician. After years of silence and a belief linked to infancy, Mrs Morse speaks and laughs freely, dancing with zest, as friends recount her revived hearing and joyous life. Fashion notes follow in period detail.
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New Orleans
Morse
Louisville
New Orleans Times Democrat
Boiled Mutton and Kitchen Recipes From Old Times
A mixed digest of culinary instructions and household notes. Recipes cover potato yeast and boiled leg of mutton with sauce ideas, warnings about capers in sauce, and a long illustrated note on everyday Japanese life. Also included are various confectionery and icing recipes and tips on polishing and materials.
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Corice
New York Sun
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Yeack the Colts
Peach Fellows
C. F. Muth
Paris
Col. F. D. Curtis
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Anderson
Ind
Uncle Enoch
Mingo
Irim
Indianapolis News
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Fashion Notes
Gowne
Lings
Serold Ucwer
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