Indiana Progress Attempts to Summarize 19th Century News
A compilation from a 19th century newspaper notes compulsory education in 27 states, London banking rates, South African politics, census trends, English language prestige, Austrian philanthropy, and European fish markets. It also mentions public highway reform advocacy led by Boston’s Cornell Pope, remarks on British citizenship, and the push for labor and child welfare law reforms in New York State with space and hour limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornel Albert A. Pope
Boston
Congress
Harrison
United States
Union
Farm and Garden Notes and Practices from a Past Era
A digest of old farm tips covers hiring teams for small jobs, milking efficiency with a milking sheet, ant and lice control, apple orchard spacing and care, catch crops for sheep, duck breeding routines, general farm notes on poultry and hogs, soil suitability for cherries, and tips on milking cows and tool maintenance. The piece reflects practical, period agricultural advice and historical farming methods.
Better Bees Proposal Could Double Honey Output
J Edward Giles argues for crossbreeding our bees with Indian giant bees and stingless South American races to create a superior stock with longer proboscis and reduced swarming. He says government support is justified, citing 1879 honey output of 25 million pounds and wax value, and notes honey demand would grow as supply rises, aided by wider bee-keeping adoption and targeted crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Edward Giles
India
Giles
Agricultural Department of the
United States
South America
Mr. Giles
Osage Wealth Remarked By Post Trader at Windsor
L A Wismeyer and Dr R Bird of Pawhuska describe Osage wealth and land holdings at the Windsor. They note Osages are among the richest per capita in Indian Territory with a 1 500 000 acre reservation and about 216 a year per person from government payments. They recount historical treaties, government trusts near 800 000 held for Osages and total annual income around 400 000 shared by about 1700 Osages, and reference population rebound after smallpox and measles.
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L. A. Wismeyer
Gray Horse
R. Bird
Pawhuska
Windsor
Wismeyer
Bird
Osage Agency
Kansas
Indiana
Indian Territory
Colorado Sun
American Soldier Valor Across Hardship and Duty
The piece extols American soldiers for steadfast endurance in deserts and blizzards, performing rough tasks with humor and grit. It recalls MRE-like acts of bravery such as aiding mules, digging snow shelters, rescuing a drowning boy, and carrying dispatches under fire, honoring fidelity and selflessness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Sieds
New York
Harper’n Weekly
Painful Decoration As Carnot Pins Badge On Farmer
An anecdote from a visit by M. Carnot, president of France, tells how the Academic Palms decoration got stuck on a fat farmer during a provincial tour in Savoy. The pin stuck and the farmer fainted as officials and guards helped loosen it. he recovered but would long remember the first day he wore the decoration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Carnot
France
Savoy
Republic
A Aslaine
Panther and Leopard Fight Ends in Panic at Circus
Witnesses at Uarmeston’s noon show report a deadly clash between a black panther and a leopard in the menagerie cage. The fight ended in five minutes with the leopard killed and the panther leaving, while other animals raged and kept their cages secure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uarmeston
Shanghai Mercury
A Popular Russian Toy on Nevsky Prospekt
In Scribner on Nevsky Prospekt St Petersburg, Misa Isabel F Hapgood recalls a popular toy of the hour the bottimps likened to Americans The scene unfolds with a peasant vendor presenting a pale blue imp with a red tongue and long tail The crowd quietly questions whether the likeness holds while Europe consumes about
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scribner
Nevsky Prospekt
St Peterburg
Great Afrest
Misa Isabel F. Hapgood
America
Forgetting Kindnesses In The Setting Sun
Poem by Margaret E. Sangster warns that what you leave undone haunts you at sunset. It urges action in small acts of kindness and missed opportunities to comfort others amid life’s haste and sorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret E. Sangster
What is Truth in the Christain Life and Faith
A Princeton baccalaureate sermon argues Christianity rests on that Jesus Christ was delivered for our offences and raised for our justification. It warns against reducing faith to mere feeling and urges belief in the incarnate Christ to ground rational religious life, urging students to stand firm and strive with Christian character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus Christ
Cariot
Jesus
Christ
Princeton University
Treasury
Begin the Day with God Morning Devotion and Purpose
A devotional exhortation urges beginning each day with God to fortify prayer, humility, and gratitude. It likens morning devotion to nourishment for the day and cites Bunyan, Moses, and Dr Arnold of Rugby as examples, urging a quiet start before family and business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
Heaven
Bunyan
Piler m
Moses
Dr. Arnold
Rugby
Cuyler
Testimony at Harrak and Prohibition Commission
In Halifax the governor of Rockhead Prison testified that in years of experience no vagrancy or crime arises without liquor. He argued liquor causes most prison terms and that prohibition would work only if Halifax was less heavy with rum. A candle can be lit by ice and a small piece of metallic potassium reacts with water to flame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry M. Stanlor
Laave
England
United Braves
New York
Schiaperelli
Mars
Great Lick
California
Chicago Herald
Schiapar- Hi
Schiaparelli
Lick
Tian
James Rankin
South Baston
Mass
Harrak
Prohibition Commission
Halifax
Rockhead
Lanor
Drinnk
Nova Scotia
Ealifax
Georgia Gold Mining Offer Promises Short Road to Wealth
A South Georgia mining prospectus promotes the Atlanta Gold Mining Company shares at 95.00 per share, claiming Georgia offers cheaper, richer veins and lower mining costs. It cites Brock’s early Comstock profits and urges investors to buy 100000 shares fully paid, with funds to build a reduction mill and expand operations.
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Pirin
Busines
Talant Gomoatook
Mires
North Georgia
Georgia
Comstock
Brock
Atlanta
Southern Banking and Trust Co
Aunts
Soroc
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Carawin
Ian
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New York State
Ilegal
Chicago Times
New York Times
New York World
Europe
Tiee
God
Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph
Newa
Associated
United Press
F Tran
Bossip
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