British Royal Speeches and Oddities From Indiana Progress
A digest of outlandish notes and brief items: Duke of Cambridge writes his own speeches. Cathors in Delaware slated for hanging but respited to April 1914. remarks on Harrison cabinet Tracy’s popularity. garbled word lists from Americanisms. Josery Nicora represents Penobscot in Maine Legislature. Wabash druggist Griffith dies solitary in store leaving $59,400. Santa versus Canada reciprocity letter. peanut insomnia cure by North Carolina’s Lyxwax. proclamations on Washington’s athletic prowess. infant Benjamin Harrison Dennis note. chair evolution and Lancaster-born Secretaries Blaine and Noble. Watertown longevity record. Ophir mine fangi growth and weights.
New Jersey elephant incident ends in two month wait
Reader describes an elephant that attacked a barbed wire fence in New Jersey and now faces a two month delay as it contemplates escape. The dispatch also notes diverse items from railroad embankment strengthening with poppy roots to political and social snippets across the country.
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Acineces Elephant
New Jersey
The Soul's Unwritten Song by A R Fulton
A poem about an unwritten universal song heard beyond mortal hearing in silence and dreams. It contrasts mortal tones with heavenly music, suggesting each person senses a private spiritual melody that resonates in memory and aspiration rather than in earthly sound. The piece ends noting angel voices chant the soul's unwritten song.
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Rome
Mem'ry
Earth
Brave Sentinel Keeps Camp Safe From Bavarian Spy
In a Franco Prussian rendezvous near Berlin, sentinel Pierre Lancoin spots a rogue St Bernard that proves a Bavarian spy in disguise. The dog, shot while protecting a hidden drummer, turns out to guard a cypher that reveals a plan to stay close to Napoleon’s path. Pierre recovers, is promoted to sergeant, and the emperor honors him.
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Pierre
Lal
Napoleon
Berlin
Great Dog
Pierre Sancoin
Rochester Rural Home Summary of Agriculture Report
The note outlines annual outputs and losses for the Rochester Rural Home area including 200 lives yearly and 200000 lives of cartis and horses, vast numbers of sheep and hogs, half the shed room and half the manure used for shipping cattle. It notes losses mostly by abortion and lists proportions of hay and grain allocated to stock and feeders.
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Rochester
Law Protects Farmers From Hunters Across All Lands
The New York Times notes that law safeguards farmers against trespass by hunters on unfenced land. The close marks the legal boundary and breaking it is a punishable offense, with no special statutes needed to shield farmers from hunters entering barnyards in pursuit of rabbits with dogs and guns.
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New York Times
Nail Wounds in Hoots Practical Farm Cure
Ezra Herr in the New York Tribune warns farmers not to pull nails from a horse’s hoof first. He advises pulling the nail with pinchers then applying muriatic acid to the wound three times, followed by cotton and tallow, daily for a week. The method is stated as reliable with dozens of cured cases.
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Ezra Herr
New York Tribune
Growing Rhubarb Advised By Seasoned Gardener
An expert explains rhubarb cultivation for the New York Herald. He favors an eighteen inch trench filled with manure and soil, planting roots three feet apart with one strong bud, and covering to form a ridge that settles. Keep soil mellow, weed free, and mulch with manure in fall. Rhubarb yields well early spring, two good harvests per planting.
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New York Herald
Large Poultry Farm Feeds Hens On a Thorough Ration
A farmer describes scaling up his egg operation with 1030 laying hens and diverse poultry. He details a cooked morning mash for 1000 hens, using bran meal bone meal oyster shells and charcoal, boiled water, and careful cooling. He adds boiled oats at noon and boiled corn at night, arguing cooked, bulky feed boosts egg production and reduces crop sticking. He emphasizes steady temperatures, avoidance of soggy mixes, and a routine that favors healthy, well-rounded hens. The piece also covers manure heating and other farm notes including cow milking, seed beans, calf rearing from skim milk, and practical tip parings with light jokes.
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Borgeone
Blood as Cement for Miners Pipe
A Philadelphia Press quote portrays a coal miner's bond with his pipe. It claims miners repair broken pipes with their own blood, using the wound to cement the pieces together, likening the bond to kinship and suggesting it explains fatality in mines.
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Fis
Philadelphia Press
Answer to a Civil Service Question and Bright Youth
A youth preparing for government department entrance exams faces a civil service question about methods and approaches. The piece reflects on problem solving, study strategies, and the mindset needed to tackle challenging inquiries during the examination process.
We Have Had Our Summer On The Fields Of Life
Poem fragment recalls summers and hills as memory fades. The speaker reflects on youth and aging, dreaming of days when both are twenty and twenty-one, suggesting a poignant passage of time and lost summers.
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