Massive Matador ranch described in detail
A Chicago Times writer extols the Matador ranch spanning Motley County and parts of Dickens Cottle and Floyd, covering over one million acres with 100000 cattle and 4000 bulls. The piece details water systems, terrain, pastures, corrals, staffing, and near military discipline under owner H. H. Campbell, including humane treatment, education, and orderly operations. It notes facilities like springs, a dam pool, a dairy, reservoirs, irrigation, workshops, a post office, and provisioning for workers. A Nebraska City anecdote about a man paying for a wife with a sewing machine is also briefly noted.
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Chicago Times
Pease River
Motley County
Dickens
Cottle
Floyd County
Rhode Island
Brazos
Texas
H. H. Campbell
Wild Western sheet hawks odd stories and jokes
A miscellany of quips and vignettes on economy, theater cuspidors, overeager egg eaters, jack rabbit canneries, and a Western reporter charmed by love and music. Observations compare walks of professionals, from lawyers to tailors, with humorous moral overtones.
National and regional production figures from Vermont to Ohio
A survey cites Vermont annual outputs of butter 27 million pounds and maple sugar 10 million pounds, wool 3 million pounds, hay 1 million tons. New York City’s year totals eggs 69,692,855 dozens at 18 cents each, about 12.5 million dollars. Castleton postal cards 450 million annually. Chicago and New York orders noted. Royal Arsenal at Woolwich spans 350 acres employing 10,000 plus. historic growth from 1716. Global sheep 517 million with regional distributions. United States wool yield six pounds per head. US fish industry employs 182,000 in main state Maine 26,000. Ohio wood-working sector shows rapid growth with hundreds of mills and factories across many wood trades.
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Vermont
New York City
Castleton
New York
Chicago
Royal Arsenal
Woolwich
Royal Dockyard
Africa
Asia
United States
Canada
Maina
New England
Ohio
Grace and the Moon and Other Readings
A collage of verse and prose excerpts from Grace and the Moon to poems about future joys and a playful ballad about Sally, followed by a fragment on medieval mortar recipes and a stray nod to a Pancho, reflecting a local newspaper miscellany.
Floating treatises on science and industry of the era
An eclectic aggregation of observations on tanning agents, synthetic compounds, and optical insights. It discusses a pyro fuzin substitute for leather tanning, textile starch retention under washes, and analyses yielding plant and mineral constituents. It notes electric light benefits for eyes, iron tempering observations, the health value of water thyme, and new iron coloring methods. It also covers verbena oil from eucalyptus, rising lemon-grass oil exports, sun and moon dimensions, and planetary travel timelines.
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Oppr
Tax
Germany
Queensland
Ceylon
Singapore
Remarkable natural curiosities and legends recounted
A miscellany of odd beliefs and natural wonders from across the world. Topics include lark eggs strengthening viols, ancient Jewish lore about ravens, a Rus sian emperor’s cornet playing with Nilsson, AnetMotism as an elephant destroyer, ape and cat diseases, coin markings, a London church priest’s mustache, Manitoba Lake’s chime of church bells, Nevada’s self cleaning waters and giant suds, and the Chinese notion flowing from Know ledge with Lew Jee claimed to read thoughts and predict callers.
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Bohemia
Russia
Nilsson
London
Cannes
Prince of Wales
Manitoba Lake
Northwest
Manitoba
Nevada
China
New York
Canton
Lew Jee
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Nebraska City
Tribune
Guonor
Crick Foundry
Cater
Smallman
Ticdolerheum
Love
Business Matters
Nightingale
Boston
Giebe
Zephyr
Grace
Future Joys
D. H. Morehead
N. Y
Strephen
Sally
Summer
Farlington
Kan
North America
Southern Pacific
Catalpa
Europe
Pancho
Tae CanTavs Company
Murray Street, N.Y
the Weekly Journal
Journal
Massachusetts St
Lawrence, Kas
Chace & Sanborn’s
Itis
Formosa Oolong
Young Hyson
Japan
Whitcomb Bros
Real Estate and Loans
Eldridge House
Lawrence
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