Sophia Hayden wins prize for Woman's Building design at fair
The Woman's Building at the World's Columbian Exposition is outlined in Italian Renaissance style. Sophia Hayden wins first prize of a thousand dollars for her architectural sketch, with a grand lagoon bay, stairs, terraces, rotunda, and five story open arcade forming a light filled interior court.
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Board of Lady Managers
Sophia G. Hayden
Bureau of Information
Horticultural
Transportation Building
Interior of the Transportation Building at the Exposition
The Chicago exposition showcase features a basilica style interior with a 155 foot cupola reached by eight elevators. The vast 960 by 250 foot main hall, nine acre annex, and central nave display locomotives, carriages, conveyors, balloons, and pigeons. Architects Adler & Sullivan.
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Stony Island Avenue
Central Avenue
Adler & Sullivan
Chicago
Agricultural hints on artichokes and Jerusalem artichokes
The article explains two varieties: edible globe artichokes used as food and Jerusalem artichokes from the sunflower family. It covers planting depth, spacing, winter protection, and yearly transplanting, noting tubers yield 1200 to 1500 bushels per acre, usefulness as hay for stock, and challenges of eradication in rich soil.
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Europe
Jerusalem
Canada
Virginia
Variety Pays Best for Livestock Farms Across Markets
Prairie Farmer argues that a mixed stock strategy reduces risk and raises overall profit. Diversifying cattle hogs sheep and crops allows feeding of waste byproducts, stabilizes income across years, and lowers costs through broader utilization of farm products. Specialization may pay, but variety usually yields steadier returns.
Dairy Suggestions For calf rearing and cow care
Guidance on feeding calves and cows includes weaning calves at three days, switching from whole to skim milk with linseed meal or middlings, and feeding clover hay. Advice covers offering warm drinks, limiting outdoor exposure in cold weather, and handling storm conditions with roughage before feeding times.
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Trhenn
Cohican
Smuggling of Quotes and Jokes Across The Press
A collage of humorous snippets from multiple papers shows dialogue bits about memory and diaries, a railroad man named Lama, and a jab about a partner offering $10,900 for capturing a 'worthless' person. The tone mirrors late newspaper joke columns and captioned remarks.
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George
Boston ‘Transcript
N. Y. Sun
Tomson
Wilson
Oddball miscellany of notes and satirical quips
A jumble of items from a newspaper page includes a Persian ruler’s pipe valued at 400000, royal lists typed, a Polish nobleman, and various captions. It references medicine ads, testimonials, and comic bits from magazines and papers, with scattered jokes and notices.
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Tre Shah
Persia
Victoria
Ananonet
Courlae
Russia
The Most Treasant Way to Prevent Ailments
An assortment of old time remedies from various sources tout simple laxatives and tonics. Mentions Syrup of Figs from California Fig Syrup Co used for cleansing and health. Beecham's Pills praised for wide sales. Honey of Horehound and Tar and Pike's Toothache Drops advertised as cures. Also notes theatre engagement and miscellaneous quotes.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Turdevil
Ualveston News
Hale
Pike
Lungs and kidneys linked by pneumonia cure claim
A medical claim asserts pneumonia often stems from kidney trouble. It cites salts in the lungs from unmet kidney filtration and promotes REID'S GERMAN COUGH AND KIDNEY CURE from SYLVAN REMEDY CO of Peoria, Ill as a remedy that supposedly restores kidney function and stimulates the lungs.
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Reid
Sylvan Remedy CO
Peoria
Ill
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