Indiana Progress and World Notes In 1891
Summary of diverse items: US presidential re-elections list Jackson Lincoln Grant. declines in Hawaiian population. Indian Empire salary figures. global debt per capita. world population estimates by continent. US death rates in Denver and Cincinnati. labor press confiscation in Vienna. Audubon monument plans in New York. British recruit interest for Africa expeditions. tea farming efforts in Summerville and Aiken. Florida orange damage from cold. Columbus statue proposals in Spain. debates on Columbus landing site with Watling Island now San Salvador.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
San Salvador
Cat Island
Mariguana
Turk's Island
Firet
Watling Island
Zucwers
Columbus
Bahamas
San Galvador
Imperfectus and the Quest for Perfection in Art
A poetic meditation on human striving across arts and crafts. The speaker muses whether music, rhyme, sculpture, painting, or flowers ever reach perfection, concluding true perfection awaits after life beyond the portal of shining gold. Attributed to James C Harney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rest
James C, Harney
Jasper Price and the Corner Lot Saga in Georgia
A tale follows Jasper Price a lazy husband forced to leave his family in Georgia. After years of wandering he rebuilds himself in a mining camp where he learns to work, opens a successful laundry, and sends for his clan. The reunion culminates in a large family move to a fertile valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Jasper Price
Leah
Bridie
Jasper
Jaspers
Laiita
Ilia
Isband
Isis
Rocky Mountain
Mie
Lundle
Pardner
Ile
Stony Street
Africa
Uncle Jasper
Jimny
Dean
Jinny
Hal Jeboyer
Jacky
William Henry
Moses
Chile
Ways of the Badger in the Wilds and Its Plight
A compact portrait of the badger detailing its nocturnal habits, color pattern, size, and bear like appearance. It notes the animal’s diet, digging habits, and quiet, rotund nature, then laments its declining numbers from collectors and naturalists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ile
Popular Science Monthly
A Good Axle Grease and Farm Notes Digest
A compilation covering DIY axle grease formulas using tallow castor oil and black lead, recommendations favoring palm oil purchased grease, and castor oil for buggy axles. Also includes pig feeding practices, sick fowl remedies, overfeeding risks, fruit pruning guidance, pruning for reachable fruit, and care to prevent rust and weather damage on farm tools with insistence on keeping tools indoors and cleaners among helpers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Caring for Turkeys and Farm Tools in Winter
A practical guide covers drying and storage of tools, early hatching and grading for turkeys, nest tricks, mothering, and brooding. It advises dry, warm, and clean quarters, frequent feeding early on, then regular access to pasture, and supervision to prevent egg loss and damp conditions. It also notes a dramatic gun firing demonstration at Atlanta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murat
St. Louis Republic
Atlanta
Philip
Admiral Walker
Atlanta Constitution
The Knot and Sea Mile Measurement
A Boston Cultivator note explains nautical miles and knots. It clarifies that a knot is one nautical mile per hour, about 101.5 feet per minute, and that the sea mile is a fraction over 6086 feet, slightly longer than the English mile.
Faithful Boston Boy Refuses Castor Oil Dose
A sick Boston boy balks at castor oil and asks for more after his mother explains the remedy comes from beans. The exchange shows the child’s steadfast faith in his mother’s assurances and his persistence in treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Horace
Also Mentioned on This Page
Indiana Progress
Ceres
L.G
Wepsisoay
Hiouroe
Haveeen
Jackson
Lincoln
Grant
India
New York
United States
Russia
England
France
Europe
Une
Asia
Australia
North America
South America
Polar
Marine Hospital Bureau
Washington
America
Denver
Cincinnati
Vienna
Germany
Audubon
Maglc
Florida
San Francisco Chronicle
Coope
Southeast
Stanley
Emin Pasha
Summerville
8.C
Oti
Aiken
Charleston News and Courier
Baltimore
Lis
Jasper’s
J. L. Garsovel
Dan Tuckall
Gulf of Mexico
Buahama Islands
Newfoundland
Atlantic
North Atlantic
Gulf Stream
American Dairyman
Laren
Bee Poe & Bram
Asnane
Beas Baers Cosme
Wolr
Bandolte
Kever
BE. W. Savert & CO
Pinn. Avenue
Kirkwood ST
Pittsburg
Reo
Ohio
Cleveland
The
Ohio Zincal Paint Co., Clevel
Selle’s Road Cart
Wat
Wuemtbong Shege
Portlane
Eslift Gu
Marrext
Marcvacturre
W. Boob
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!