Planets of the Solar System and the Uranus and Neptune discoveries
A vivid survey explains why planets shine steadily, how to distinguish them from stars, and uses scale diagrams to compare orbital distances and motions. It recounts Halley Herschel's discovery of Uranus in 1781 and Leverrier and Adams' prediction and Neptun e's visual confirmation in 1846, highlighting gravitational science and planetary perturbations.
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Mars
Jupiter
Mercury
Venus
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Earth
Asteroids
Aphelion
Solar System
William Herschel
Gemini
Herschel
Sir John Herschel
Columbus
America
Spain
Leverrier
Prof. Galle
Berlin
Galle
Adams
Arthur K. Bartlett
Chicago
Inter Ocean
World notes on curiosities and oddities from abroad
Foreign gossip reports a plant in South Africa catching flies like flypaper, a proposed aluminium coin in England, high tea cards misprint in London, quinine regimens for schoolboys in Marrow England, tales of a centenarian tailor in Ontario, Australian bank land holdings cited in a financial journal, Shanghai youths debate the chit system, chili fleas play a new paper game, feats by London strongman Sullivan, and novel afternoon tea sandwiches with chocolate, plum cake and chestnut fillings.
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South Africa
England
Henry Bessemer
London
Marrow
Daniel Lilly
Waterdown
Hamilton
Ont
Iife
Leland
London Financial Journal
New South Wales
Shanghai
Chili
Sullivan
How To Make Sandwiches For The Summer Season
The coming season urges mastering sandwich making with bread two days old for best slices. Use aspic jelly with cold meats, bechamel flavored chicken, salmon with mayonnaise and aspic, cucumber or mustard greens, and vegetables like watercress and tomatoes. Consider lard boiled eggs, asparagus tops, and artichoke hearts as flavorful bases.
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Aspig Wade
St. Ag
Ninety-Nine Year Leases and Historic Land Tenures in Chicago
A Chicago Herald piece traces the rise of long term ninety nine year leases from English precedents to modern practice. It notes the shift from three lives to fixed terms, the growth in value of leased property, and the legal complexity of modern lease forms sometimes reaching forty to fifty thousand words.
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Adam Smith
John Stuart Mill
Chicago
Durham
Stockton
George I
William IV
Chicago Herald
Short Tariff Sermons on Cheapness and Protection
A discussion argues against cheapness, linking low wages to reduced purchasing power and prosperity. It defends protective tariffs for diversifying industries, boosting home production, and maintaining wages. Comparisons to Europe emphasize better conditions under protection, while critiquing free trade and tariff reform rhetoric.
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United States
China
Great Britain
France
Belgium
Holland
Italy
Austria
Germany
India
Boston Herald
Washington
West Virginia
Maryland
Alabama
Tennessee
Wilson
Ways and Means
Massachusetts
Home Made Incubator Demonstrated With High Hatch Rate
W D Stambaugh describes a self built incubator that hatched 65 to 85 percent of fertile eggs in two trials beside a patent model. It holds 150 eggs, costs about 15 dollars to build, and uses a galvanized boiler with hot air pipes, a water bath, a lamp heater, and sand beneath a drawer for moisture and air circulation.
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W. D. Stambaugh
Orange Judd
Neatness at Home and Farm Reflects a Well Kept Life
George Appleton argues in Farm and Fireside that cleanliness inside the house and on the farm drives the farmer’s pride and reputation. He urges thorough brushing, sweeping, and litter removal from sitting room to yard, noting dirt breeds vermin and harms appearances.
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Jim
George Appleton
Among the Poultry and Buying a Cow Tips for Farmers
The article advises selecting the best fowls for market, using dry lime to purify quarters, and marketing culls early. It notes that fast growth and yellow skin aid sale and warns against overfeeding. It also discusses hatching and cautions that conor is unnecessary unless harming appearance. It then shifts to buying a cow, arguing breeding as the sure path to quality and noting disease spread from dry to fresh cows.
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St. Louis Republic
Handy Outdoor Coop for Sheltering Young Chicks
A practical simple coop design by J. W. Caughey from Farm and Fireside. It uses screws for easy packing and unfastening, a canvas front with wire frame, and a top handle from a suspender. The scoop folds for rain, sides allow feeding and cleaning, and the unit moves by a strap handle.
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J. W. Caughey
Birds and Insects Under Grassland Tension
An American Agriculturist analysis argues for protecting birds as crop guardians against pests. It notes birds reduce insect harm, laments bird declines due to human activity, and urges home and school training to foster kindness to feathered helpers. It also touches on horse behavior and poultry range when weather permits.
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Audubon
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the Gazette
Voltaire
Hastile
Edipus
Chicago Tribune
Utica
Tollboard
Tome
Brooder
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