INTERNATIONAL NOTES IN A QUIRKY DIGEST
A fragmented 1910s style column mixes foreign quotations and social commentary. It cites Iowa trade losses due to mud, reports on Culnese traders, bread adulteration in Russia, Sir Edwin Arnold on American destiny, looming Anglo Russian conflict notes, and New York Press observations on superfluous women. The item also notes England’s empire outlook and a Century Magazine pamphlet on Cheap Money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Free Press
Towa
Iowa
Edwin Arnold
United States
South America
Washington
England
Nicaragua
Egypt
India
Caspian
Asia
Longland
New York Press
Llenry Somerset
Henry Somerset
Nightfall at the Homestead Solace and Missing Children
Poignant fragment recalls a lonely home once alive with laughter. A mother waits as shadows fall and a tremulous voice asks if the children are home, while worry and fear surface about the children's fate and the Earth’s hunger.
The Quilt of Grammie and the Family Home
Nan asks about the quilt long woven by Grammie as she recalls its history. Grammie describes spinning and weaving the blue foundation and white roses, the cedar chest, and the quilt’s role in weddings, deaths, a governor and a president visiting, and Sue’s life and death amid an Indian uprising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nanny
Grammie
Wolf
Nan
Granmmie
England
Lou
Tom
New England
Sue
Alice
Ned
New York Recorder
Not a Disqualification in Jury Service Tale
In the first Superior Court session Judge Sherman listens to excuses from jurors while Samuel Hoar retells a story of his father Ebenzer Rockwood Hoar. A juror asked to be excused claiming deafness in one ear, and the judge replies that the grand jury hears evidence on one side only. The Boston Herald report adds a quip about juror impressions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Court
Sherman
Samuel Hoar
Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar
Boston Herald
Poultry and Fruit Benefit From Combined Farming
A rancher with a large orchard reports his apple trees suffer little canker-worm due to his flock. He notes fowls scratch the earth around tree bases seeking worms or grubs, a practice he believes protects the trees, unlike neighbors without fowls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Feeding a Milch Cow and Calf Rearing Tips Yard Advice
A Kansas farmer asks how many pounds of grain suit a 1200 pound cow and Hoard's Dairyman replies three pounds daily plus a mix of corn meal and bran, with adjustments for milk flow. Calf feeding uses skim milk, flaxseed jelly, middlings, oats, and gradual grain increases, plus gradual weaning and temperature handling. Carriage care for muddy roads emphasizes thorough cleaning, avoiding rough brushes, using sponges, chamois leather to dry, and keeping a cover on idle carriages.
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Kansas
Prof
Stewart
New York World
Feeding for shells and farm notes in a 19th century column
The article discusses feeding hens with pulverized oyster shells as a lime source for egg shells and notes bones as a superior lime material. It covers beetles and bugs with mandibles versus beaks, and includes extensive farm and garden notes on exercise for fowls, snow feeding for waterfowl, nutrition analyses, silage trials, and early remarks on the 1893 Chicago Exposition with Venetian spectacle imagery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
N.Y
New York Times
New York Sun
Chicago
Venice
Adriatic
Sea Turtles and their coastal trade tales in Florida
A Washington dealer explains loggerheads and green sea turtles with details on size habits and diet. The account covers nesting on shore, egg counts, oil and calipash terms, and the role of turtles in Florida and Tortugas fisheries, plus notes on tortoise shell species and hunting impacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Star
Florida
Tortugas Islands
Indian Archipelago
Singapore
A Man Who Ate $750,000. From the clouds the flakes of mock Wander to the world below
A fragmented compilation recounts a sensational tale of extravagance and decline, detailing a man who consumed vast wealth, drifting through poetic imagery and curio notes on dolls visiting cards, fashion musings, and a church mouse episode, stitched with disparate excerpts from various periodicals. The piece juxtaposes melodrama with curious vignettes, including a LondonEpicureal figure and Blanc’s fashion theories.
Tall Corn and a Pony Trains Boy in New York
A New York boy named Leon Morris trains twenty two ponies in the family circus. He was born in Indianapolis in 1879 and attends school daily. Leon loves ponies especially Banner his own pony and is patient with the animals, teaching them tricks and drills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Leon Morris
Leon
Bret
Banner
Secret of It City Sportsman Mystery
A fragmented notice hints at a local sportsman story with scattered phrases about a Wall street figure and a bewilding clue. Readable parts suggest overlap of a mystery and sports narrative in a mid century city desk note.
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Indiana Progresa
Largast
West
South Africa
Walters
C&ee
Wijsberg
London
Lancet
Russia
Century Magazine
Times” of the Century
Oshig
Learth
Brea
Angela
Red Sword
Sabre Carter
Eilevo Ehv
Connecticut
Lincia
Georgia Station
Fultz
Walker
Ilinois
Piorida
Pacific
Cedar Keys
Roscius W. Judson
Ogdensburg
St. Lawrence River
New York State
Judson
Nathan Boyd
Nate
Bord
Nats
Boyd
s¢Yes
Tilartford Courant
Olla
Mentos
Dolly
Harper’s
Rosv
Tiny
Rosy
Brooklyn
Gloucester
Rogers
Italy
Florence
Sienna
Viterbo
Epicure
Charles Blanc
China
Aialk
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