Various Global Facts On Agriculture and Industry
A broad overview notes England’s waste land cultivable acreage, railroad growth in the United States, and rising farm land values. It cites American debt of railroad companies, voter literacy gaps, wheat variety introductions, and a Nordic epidemic affecting settlements. Also mentioned are Bismarck’s labor laws, hackmen’s charity, Centennial era reforms in schooling and industry, and the expanding U.S. fruit trade and pensioner provisions for artificial limbs.
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United States
Idaho
United States Treasury
Old Age and the End of Love’s Light
A melancholic poem depicts old age as furrowed cheeks and a life’s last page. The dying man trembles as death’s dirge nears, days pass slowly, and he notes his wife’s grave marked only by a tuft of grass. He whispers of faith guiding him to her side beyond death.
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Star of Faith
A Marseilles Encounter and a Naval Marriage Match
In Marseilles during a Mediterranean cruise a midshipman named Harry marries Julie Meurice in a rushed match to save her from an aunt’s coercive plan. Julie, an heiress protected by a cruel relative, flees to the flower market and seeks escape among six American sailors. The captain threatens discipline, while Harry faces disgrace or resignation for his sudden union.
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Mediterranean
France
New
England
le Cours St. Louis
Harry
Grr
Julie Meurice
Julie
Hubert Meurice
Madame Meurice
Hubert
Jule
Romance and Marriage in a Seafaring Tale
A couple, Harry and Julie, wed impulsively in a chapel with a motive of secrecy and urgency. Julie’s fortune, consular arrangements, and a shift to America unfold, with Harry resuming naval service as a captain. A blend of romance and social maneuvering drives the narrative arc amid 19th century context.
Queer London Names and Very Long Forenames
The Chicago Herald reports on London parish records at Somerset House listing bizarre and long child names. It cites Bath Lamb Jordan Dow Dear and Smith, with examples like Foot Pascal River Morning Offspring and Smith Follows. Other instances include Arthur Wellesly Wellington Waterloo style names and Edward Byng Tally Wo Forward. Some entries are humorously described as One Too Many and Not Wanter James. The piece notes six to ten names per child are common, with Anna Bartha Caecilia Diang Emily Fanny Gertrude Hypatia Inez Jane-Kate Louise Maud Nora Ophelia Quince Rebecca Starkey Tereza Ulyssa Venus Winfred Xenophon Yetty Zzus Pepper.
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London
England
Somerset House
Bath
Lamb
Jordan
Dow
Dear
Smith
Foot
Pascal
River
Morning
Cox
Arthur
James
Arthur Pepper
Anna Bartha
Caecilia Diang
Emily Fanny Gertrude Hypatia Inez
Jane-Kate Louise Maud Nora Ophelia Quince
Rebecca Starkey
Tereza Ulyssa
Venus Winfred Xenophon Yetty Zzus Pepper
Chicago Herald
Childless Praise Turns Sour Joke in Epoch
An Epoch humor item captures Rev Primrose asking a boy about his mother’s praise. The boy replies she only pats him on the back when she thinks he is choking, illustrating a biting family quip about encouragement.
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Primrose
Johnnie
Feeding chaff to cows and horse driving tips
Article compiles practical farming notes from the New York Times and New York Mail and Express. It outlines feeding chaff with green fodder or silage to reduce bloating and improve clover and straw quality, plus cautious methods for training young horses to trot and respond to the bit with steady pace control.
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New York Times
New York Mail
Expres
Unpainted Hives and Thistle Killing Tips
A bee keeper argues painted hives show the keeper’s care and affect warmth for bees across seasons. The piece on cana da thistle control advises August as a peak risk time and favors hand removal or burying stalks, plus timing for crops to avoid aiding regrowth. It also notes sheep losses from dogs and advocates stronger dog laws.
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New York Examiner
Silo Methods For Preserving En silage For Poultry
A Farm and Fireside excerpt explains silos as air tight storage to preserve green fodder for poultry through winter. It defines ensilage as grass and vegetable tops or other green material compacted for preservation in boxes pits or barrels. The piece emphasizes using affordable simple silos and practical methods.
Ensilage Method For Poultry Winter Feed and Garden Notes
A 19th century agricultural digest describes packing chopped green ensilage tightly in barrels with weights to exclude air, yielding a nutritious winter feed for poultry. It also offers farm tips on eggs, celery, onions, potatoes, pests, grafting, and lawn care, plus a section on rare pearl finds from Lower California fisheries.
A Twenty Thousand Dollar Robe From Paris
A chronicle item notes Mrs Mackay owner of a costly lace robe sent to Empress Eugenie by the Paris municipality. The robe, made at Chantilly, features flowers and took five master artisans fourteen years to craft at a cost of 20000 dollars. Also covered are items on Baroness Cantoni planning an Africa expedition, a Roman marriage rite, and a musical fad among young women mixing cornet imitations with piano.
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Mackay
Eugenie
Paris
Chantilly
San Francisco Chronicla
Africa
Milan
Italy
Cantoni
Rome
Juna Domiduca
Detroit
Frea Press
Mail
Express
Description of Jerusalem girls in dress and adornment
Frank Carpenter portrays Jerusalem girls wearing long white linen gowns richly embroidered in silk, sleeveless dark-red striped cloaks, and head coverings with embroidered shawls. Dowries show as wreath-like silver coins on foreheads, with some wearing gold crowns or coins the size of large coins. Russian and Hebrew styles mix with Paris bead necklaces and current fashion trends favoring tall slender figures, white toilettes, and ornate fabrics.
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Frank Carpenter
New York World
Jerusalem
Bose Mahome
Europe
Irrigation Legacy in Japan Precedes Christianity
Japanese irrigation is large scale and ancient, with massive and costly works visible from afar as double track-like reservoirs and main ditches. Mountain streams are used in a vast network, forming a key feature of the agrarian system.
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Japan
How to Make a Linseed Poultice and Servant Care Notes
A fragment from a 19th century publication describes preparing a linseed poultice by mixing base meal with warm water to a moistened paste, laid between muslin, kept hot, and fastened if needed with folded bandage. It then offers advice on good servants, urging calm, steady instruction, mild reproof, and recognizing faults without shaming.
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Washington Star
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Illinois
Union
New York City
Sousa
Washington Marine Band
America
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Boston
Scandinavia
London Times
New York Mail and Express
Carroll D. Wright
Commissioner of Labor
Great Britain
Whitehead
Federal Council
New York Tribune
de A. B. Arthur
Marion
Missouri
The
Philadelphia Ledger
Edward Atkinson
Tropics
Fraiterer
Canada
West Indies
Neptune
Marseilles
King
Napoleon
Harry B
Hotel du Louvre
Navy
New York News
Legion
Dyer
Louis VII
Northamptonshire
Yorkshire
Shakspeare
Torquay
Genteman's
Prairie Farmer
Lower Calfornia
Napoleone Savin
Savin
Messrs
Gozalez
Trale
Bowie
Enteme
Fort Ster
Courier Journal
Bromley
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