Ostrich farming and electric railways in the west highlight brief notes
A California ostrich farming boom is described with profits cited from 45 birds yielding 3500 annually on 25000 investment. California plume trade is noted as strong. Census data on humidity driven population patterns and a ripple of arid region growth are discussed. Cotton types and European demand for Chinese and other fibers are touched on along with early electric rail line counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Africs
Carson
Cape Down
Santa Monica
Washington
United States
Gulf East
Deegan
Saore
Five Friends in a Parisian-Style Dinner Party
A quintet of friends the First and Second Mediums the Artist Mamselle and the Youth meet in a Parisian set piece. They observe jealousies artistic flirtations and a round robin at a new restaurant culminating in a hinted engagement and a planned marriage in June. The piece blends social farce with cultivated European tastes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mamselle
Mameelle
Maricelle
Wameelle
Mariselle
Paris
Mamieelle
LaFrance
Mamaelle
Marieelle
Mariscelle
Vune
Harper’s Weekly
Shelves in the kitchen save steps and improve order
Kate Carrington extols built in shelves near the stove and along porches to keep cooking implements, spices, and ingredients within reach. She describes practical setups a cook can install with simple materials and notes hired help prefers convenient layouts, even suggesting DIY or hiring a handyman if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Carrington
Cooke
Electric power lifts bridges in Rochester canal system
The New York Commercial Advertiser reports that Rochester will operate all Erie canal bridges electrically. Fifteen movable spans will be powered, with at least four lifted simultaneously, each lift taking about fifteen seconds. Bridges to be lifted at least eight times per hour during ten peak canal hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
Erie Canal
New York Commercial Advertiser
Locust Plague Threatens North Africa in Morocco
A long report describes a locust plague spreading from Morocco toward Algeria, with swarms blackening the sun and travelers recounting epic migrations. The piece notes historical and biblical contexts, the potential famine, and limited remedies amid global reach of the swarms.
Carats and Gold Fineness Origins and Runaway Horses
A discussion traces the carat as a weight unit from Abyssinian bean origin to its use in precious stone pricing, its relation to Troy grains, and its equivalence to gold fineness with 24 carats as pure. A Boston Post note then compares runaway horses: frightened runaways are more dangerous than those ruled by temper, who follow a steadier path.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Louis Republic
Boston Post
Opal Worth a Million in Roman Times
The famed opal worn in a ring by the Roman Senator Nonius during the triumvirate era supposedly valued at $1,000,000 by goldsmiths and money-changers. Marc Antony sought to buy it for Cleopatra, but Nonius refused and fled. No trace remains of the gem’s fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nonius
Rome
Marc Antony
Cleopatra
St Louis Republic
Rats in Modern Medicine Discovery of protective protein in rats
A late Koch laboratory experimenter E H Rankin of Cambridge England reports a discovery from a long anthrax study. A protective protein in rats provides immunity to many diseases and time cultivated may cure anthrax and perhaps diphtheria, offering a potential medical remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Koch
E. H. Rankin
Cambridge
England
Trenton
N. J
Hair Renting Scheme Noted By City Ladies
A Chicago publisher recalls a charming yet cautionary tale of a Kansas girl offering her hair for exchange of a magazine subscription. The piece sketches a trend in renting false wigs and hair ornaments from a shop near Third Avenue, with social commentary on manners and enterprise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Third Avenue
New York Sun
Chicago
Kansas
A Candy Split and a Patient Party at Molly's Tea
A playful tale shows Ned and Sandy dividing candy with a trick, while Molly awaits a promised tea party. Molly learns patience as she hosts five friends in a sunny garden feast with roses, lemonade, and Aunt Abby playing tunes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Molly
Mamma
Mrs. Fay
Pir
Abby
Poems and birds in poverty and a milking invention
The piece notes that both the very rich and the very poor keep flowers in or near homes and birds in cages to bring country life inside. It describes a canary as a source of perfume and sound for poor women. It also mentions an English dairyman patenting a cow milking machine using redhar tipped caps and a shared tube to milk five cows quickly with one attendant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fryer
Bettimore
Cof
China
John White
Benjamin Brooke
Hammer Hollow
Valley Forge
Pennsylvania
White
Brooke
St. Nicholas
Canaries
New York Sun
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Indiana Progress
Longnat Paper
Lemon County Council
London
Lon. Mos
Valley of the
Jordan
Holy
Koids
Europe
Palestine
Leland Grenford
Palo Alto
Cal
Des Aguers
Thomson-Houston Company
Central Electric
Western Electric
Schuyler
Heisler
Waterhouse
Bali
von Depocle
Excelsior
Sperry
Watema
Thomson- Mouston System
Edison
United Mactric Traction
van Depoele
Mas
Short
Westinghouse
Bently-Knight
George S. Putnam
Mameciic
North Africa
Morocco
Algeria
Algiers
Sahara
East African
Atlantic
Cyprus
New York
Ober-Ammergau
Jane
Partenkirchen
Washington Post
Simon Newcomb
Nova Scotia
New England
Forum
The
Republic
Shelbyville
Lucky
San Francisco Examiner
Georgia
H. S. Gould
Machen
Covington & Macon
Mrs. Gould
Middle Georgia & Atlantic Railroad
Macon
Telegraph
Ashion
Childrews Colues
Gandy
Ned
Sandy
Sanny
Fane
Field and Stockman
Little Molly
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