Kansas Agitator A Record Of Odd Bets And News Bits
A Kansas item notes an election bet between a steer and a $50 coffin with penalties for betting on elections. The piece relays global snippets on Germanys goose economy, German subventions to farmers, a Viking ship found near Tottenham, agri-colonization efforts in North America, and a Tennessee editor misforecast. Other notes include a Roman Catholic priest with an extensive Montana to Wyoming parish, pirate ship antiquities, and a Irish funeral bill dispute costing the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kanaea
Tennessee
St Iasi
Atlantic
Pacific
Great Lakes
Gulf of Mexico
West
All Ireland
J. B. Hayes
Montana
North Dakota
Wyoming
Ireland
Cuba Promises Prospects for American Farmers
General Wood endorses Cuba as a land of opportunity for enterprising young Americans with capital and farming know how. Cocoa, coffee, tobacco, and market gardening offer strong chances as Cuba’s soil and climate suit winter farming needs. The inspector notes the climate is milder than hot summers in the South and denies anti American sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Wood
Cuba
United States
Was Andree Alive After All These Years at the Pole
Three years and four months have passed since Andree the Swedish aeronaut vanished on his north pole balloon run. The piece reviews his life as a theoretician and engineer, the expedition failures, and the lack of conclusive evidence about his fate. It discusses meteorological doubts and the perilous Arctic environment.
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A. Andree
Amsterdam
North Pole
Andree
Polar
Andrée
Sterdam Island
Goa
Siberian
George Kennan
Nansen
Fram
North America
Greenland
Amater
Dam Island
Balloon Search for Aniret's Giant Balloon Journey
The narrative traces efforts to locate Aniret and his giant Joon balloon as he aims for a pole crossing. Despite widespread hope sparked by reports and King Oscar's support, most experts believe he was lost within hours or a day, with French origin ideas dating to 1873 yet no success.
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Oscar
Aniret
Joon
Bivel
French Society of Aerial Navy
Sweden
Androe
Tme
Five Greek gunboats form modern ironclad fleet
The Greek navy owns five iron or steel gunboats with about 420 tons displacement each built since 1884. They could be converted into effective ships by changing their batteries but cannot exceed 10 knots in speed. Other older gunboats exist but are too dated for a modern navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onty
Protestant Catholic Church in Heidelberg United Service
In Heidelberg Germany a church named the Church of the Holy Ghost conducts Protestant and Catholic services simultaneously separated by a central partition wall. The arrangement is described as unique worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heidelberg
Germany
Church of the Holy Ghost
Dinner Party Features Novel Chafing Dishes and Pink Orchid Centerpiece
In Boston a fashionable hostess hosted a dinner with novel touches. Plated silver chafing dishes with ebony handles held terrapin and kept a lamp burning beneath each dish. A pink orchid centerpiece contained a lit sorbet, matching the pink dinner color scheme. A separate note describes a Smolensk Matrimonial Lottery where a dowry is funded by 5,000 tickets at one rouble each and the winner marries the chosen maiden.
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Boston
Smolensk
Russia
Fall Gres and Nutritions Shaping Cattle Feed
A fragment notes that growth of grain arises in autumn with moderate rain, autumn grass described as richer and more nutritious for cattle than spring grass, implying seasonal quality differences in forage. Key terms: fall, grain growth, nutritious pasture, cattle diet.
Pigeons Return From Long Journey With Rest
Carrier pigeons refuse food after a long journey. They drink water and sleep for forty eight hours before resuming normal life. Professors Wheeler and Foltit, botanist and entomologist, from Michigan Experimental Station, have returned to the State Agricultural College from an extended collecting trip to the upper peninsula and Beaver Islands, adding valuable specimens to the college collections.
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F. Wheeler
R. H.* Foltit
Michigan Experimental Station
State Agricultural College
Upper Peninsula
Beaver Islands
Movement of Mississippi river houseboat families begins southward
The annual southern migration of houseboat dwellers along the Mississippi has started. Each autumn hundreds of boat dwellers leave riverbanks to spend winter in warmer climates, marking a seasonal pattern reported by the St Louis Globe Democrat.
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Mourbuste
Mississippi
South
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Vegetarian Kitten Refuses Animal Food and Rodents
A Fegetarian Kitten raised on an exclusively vegetable diet by vegetarian caregivers will not eat animal food and shows no interest in rats or mice. The case illustrates how diet can influence feeding habits in young animals.
Startling Letter From Lincoln Man Prompts Kidney Pill Endorsement
A letter from A. C. Bonsor of 2115 O Street Lincoln Nebraska claims long term kidney disease improved after using Dodd's Kidney Pills. Bonsor praises the remedy and urges publicity while noting local trust in Bonsor and his partner O B Myers of the B M wallpaper business. Ebony preparation notes native sources and diffusion from Mauritius and Ceylon.
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Wil Oaass
Lincoln
Neb
Street
BL & M
A. ©. Bonsor
O. DB. Myers
Bonsor
Dodd
A. C. Bonsor
O Street
Nob
Tar and tarless wonders in a century of oddities
A garbled column mixes Civil War lore about tar on soldiers heels with odd scientific notes. It cites a Caspian sulphur find, Arthur Sullivan, a Swiss chill recovery, Italian petroleum fume trials for coughs, new dessert JeH-O, a cleansing tea claim, a Red Cross dye, and broad criticisms of men’s minds, all in a jumble of historical curiosities.
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Kansas
Kanbar
China
Pansy
Turkey
Lea
Tottenham
East London Water Company
Duuth
France
Carlton
Pine
St. Louie
Laba
Pomerania
Gela
Stettin
New York
Han Bor
Pole
Patent Office
Hut Sivel
Lfe
Zenith
Hermite
Besancon
Andrew
Andrea
Adentista
Swedish Geographical and Anthropological Society
Alfree
Lena
Wea
Olenck
New Siberian Islands
Tal Prehuivele
Mew
Worms
Eastern
Maine
Hampshire
Bryan
Mauritiaa
Ceylon
North Carolina
Arihny Sullivan
Arthur Sullivan
Switzerland
Casey
Elodde
Red Cross
Bil Grocers
Security
Carter
Omer
Ogetenen
Konaion
St. Jacobs Oil
Aon Hs
Gon
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