Diverse 1892 items on economics and society
A selection of international and domestic notes covers declines in British mineral output in 1891, Russian school funding versus New York state spending, Parisian interest in Sir Walter Scott, a leisure English builder with electric utilities, and Royal College cautions on physician practices. Also touched are foreign-born voting rates in midwestern states, Jumbo the elephant’s London departure, and San Francisco Chinese registration protests against the Geary act, with officials urging action as registration pressures shift.
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San Francisco
Chinawen
California
Beak Farm and Garden and Humane Stock Care Notes
This excerpt discusses farm practices in the West with grass advantages for spring calf drop and grain rations for fattening beef, then shifts to medical ideas from the New York Times on a nerve disease in lotus and kidney issues. It covers composting methods and humane treatment of stock, noting marsh pollution risks and its role in disease and fertilizer value, then begins to discuss feeding meal to cows.
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Boston
New Hebrides
Copper-Soaked Ropes Aimed at Enhanced Safety and Preservation
Instructions describe dipping ropes in a solution of twenty grains of copper sulfate per liter to protect against parasites and rot, followed by drying. A tar coating or soapy water fixative can set the copper salt, or ropes may be soaked in soap solution. Additional notes mention Bavarian marriage laws and Emmon’s patent activity, reflecting period opinions.
Oil meal and flaxseed meal tested for cows and calves
Dairymen are cautioned that oil meal is laxative and not a sole feed for cows, but experiments at the Iowa Station show oil meal and flaxseed meal can be fed together without causing abortions. The dairy writer advises cautious use with other grain feeds and notes oil meal yields rich manure. Flaxseed meal is not widely sold as cattle feed. oil meal remains valuable for calving cows in cold weather.
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Humane Society
Aimerica
Fara
Saya
Iowa
Twestern
A Fated Man at Appomattox Treaty Site
A Civil War tale centers on McLean whose property at Appomattox Court House hosted the Lee Grant peace treaty. A Confederate officer recounts how McLean avoided war, but fate followed him from Manassas to Mississippi and back, culminating in the pivotal surrender location.
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Grant
Lee
Appomattox
McLean
Ware
Thement
Longstreet
Beauregard
Mississippi
Virginia
Appomattox Courthouse
Kate Ficla
Washington
Sardine fishing methods described by F. S. Dellenbaugh
A London Graphic excerpt recounts Brittany’s sardine industry aboard 1200 boats at Pentagon. It details nets, rong bait, catching, cleansing, salting, oiling, and boxing before export, with vivid notes on boat life, labor by women, and the harsh finale for a fallen captain.
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F. $. Dellenbaugh
Finistere
American Geographical Society
Pentagon
Brittany
Etern
Giraffe Duels Beside Dense South African Thickets
A hunter recalls a bizarre face off between an older veteran and a younger giraffe in South Africa. The two towered over thickets as they battered, fought and roared, ending with the younger flipping the veteran to the ground in a scene described as absurdly dramatic.
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South Africa
Vaal
Scientific Scraps From A Past Era Of Inventions And Finds
Aluminum buggy announced. Sulphuric ether contains no sulfur. Germany builds a 4000 ton forging press. Beet juice in steam boilers discussed again. Pacific soundings to 26 850 feet near the Ladrones. Longest day at St Petersburg nineteen hours. New York four hours shorter. Submarine lighting experiments in Toulon with sea bed illumination beyond 100 feet. Berlin reports a poisoning from verdigris in a finger scratch. Porphyry watermelons near Roseburg Oregon. Red granite obelisk 71 feet high to be moved to Trieste from Alexandria. English gardener creates a seedless hybrid black currant gooseberry. Fossils found at Prairie City Placer Mine including a large tooth and a skull fragment.
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Pacific Ocean
Ladrone Islands
St. Petersburg
Russia
New York
Roseburg
Oregon
Austria
Alexandria
Trieste
Courtly Etiquette Joke From Emperor's Escort
A humorous scene from Harper's Weekly describes an imperial fly chase during a parade. Moltke swiftly conveyed commands to the Master of the Horse. A lackey performed a daring voltigeur move and, with unmounted colleagues, cleared flies from the emperor's charger within about a minute.
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Germany
Herr von Moltke
Harper's Weekly
The Coin Edge and Its Utility on United States Coins
The raised edge around coin faces protects the design from wear and provides a horizontal surface for stacking without toppling. Once worn, the edge cheapens the piece, turning it into a characterless disk. U.S. coins retain sharp milling due to their history with greenbacks and shin plasters.
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United States
Chicago Herald
A Snail's Eyes
A brief note explains that the small black spots at the snail's horn tips are its eyes. The eyes perceive light and darkness and allow the animal to observe objects only up to about an inch or two away. Detroit Free Press.
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Detroit Freé
Pres
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Sir Walter Scott
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Carrara Marole
Laily Manyoress
London
Royal College of Physicians
Missouri
Wisconsin
Indiana
Ohio
Illinois
Michigan
Minnesota
Boston Transcript
Junbu
London Zoological Garden
Alice
Gasford
Scott
Beak Farm and Garden
New York Times
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Emmon
Elm
Canton
Glaris
Switzerland
St. Martin’s Hole
Chicago
London Graphic
Frederick J. Smith
Trinity College
Oxford
Arch Street
Genet
Clinton
Mme. Genet
Arch Atreat House
Philadelphia
Cherokee Strip
Ssgna St. Louie Globe-Democrat
Union
Texas
Toulon
France
Berlin
Placer Mine
Prairie City
DATIB
David
West Side
North Side
Burnt District
North Avenue
Everybody's Mission
Dir
Lake View Mission
Lake View
Owauxcuy Depew
New Orleans Picayune
R. Schiffmann
St. Paul
Schiffmann
Agi
H. P. Carson
Scotland
Hall
Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph
News of the World
Associated Preas
United Preas
Beechare
Wiliame
Williams
A. A. Williams
Silisbes Street Christian Church
Lysa
Mase
Del
A. A. Willems
John F.jones
Will 1
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Everett
Wiese
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