Apple Descent and Apple History Narrated
An article surveys apples and related fruits from the rose family, tracing origins in Britain and Europe, noting Roman introductions, Saxon mentions, and early English varieties. It cites Winthrop, Huguenots, and Kent orchards, then shifts to a 19th century letter about living on nothing, urging thrift through social leverage and borrowing, with figures of 98 cents income and 20,000 expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Europe
France
Chaucer
Kleiney
Sime de Montfort
Edward
Engin
Kent
John Winthrop
Winthrop
Cape Ann
Blackstone
Shawmut Neck
Plashing
L. L
Mary
Waterways of the Orient and China’s vast canal network
The article describes China’s canal system running along the coast from Hongkong to Peking. The Grand Canal links with smaller waterways feeding the Yanglee and Yellow River plains, forming an irrigation and transportation web crucial to commerce. It argues railroads cannot replace this life-centered system and stresses its central role in Chinese life and commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Hongkong
Peking
Yanglee
Yellow River
Dummy Instruments and Cheap Imitations in Boston
A description of dummy instruments and cheaply made imitators sold as musical gear in Boston. The article notes outwardly exact reproductions of real cars, lacking valves or reeds, and claims some bands include one third dummy players, highlighting industry practices and concerns about quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Boston
Fragmented line prompts in a playful dialect
A garbled excerpt features rural dialogue with dialect hints and incomplete phrases. It presents little clear context or narrative and reads like a clipped dialogue fragment lacking identifiable people or events.
Transmitter by mouthpiece abolished in British device
Consul Mahin reports a British General Electric instrument that rejects a mouthpiece by using a small metal cage worn to the ear for both speaking and listening. A highly insensitive microphone concentrates sound waves, removing the need for a traditional mouthpiece while transmitting to the world. Switzerland plans the Museum of Peace and War in Lucerne to exhibit war relics from stone age to modern submarines and provoke antiwar sentiment. The Chicago Daily News notes a quip about a young man loving a well dressed girl fading after marriage due to freight costs.
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Mahin
Nottingham
British
General Electric Company
Switzerland
Peantry
Museum of Peace and War
Lucerne
Ite
Ative Co
St Aciotsiea
Chicago Daily News
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Kaneas di Missouri
Karuna
Texaa
Banka
Bomeetoker
Chincen” Ti
George Morton
Agen
OT. Louis
Misouri, Arkansas
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Florida
Kansas, Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Texas
Sunulabed Upso Appisation
Allen
Ds. P
Fikers
Bothnday
Twient
J.W. Meng
Meng
Lexington, Missouri
Ocommercial Bank
Lexington, My
T.B. Ramsey
J L. Peak
Lexington
APPLE
Wilson Woodrow
iLife
Woman's Magazine
Dashaway
Clevetton
Winkler
Winkler Furniture Co
Waddell
B. F&f. Eaton
Lexington, Mo
Catron
Haerle
S. E. Vaughan
Dover
D. Stalling
B. F. Eaton
Giro USA
Jos, L
Katy Service
Mietouri, Rangas & Temas Railway
Katy Flyer
KATY
Sandportsellers
VicePres
PF Ler Wallace
Tookanwpor
Lexington Savings Bank
Irving Tevia
Peneral Bank
DI SY Sicholson
Bopfman Fandford Srll
Irving Tevia EK Hofman
Rufus Young
Alice W Wing
Missouri
Walter B Waddel
Tevie
Ditankin
Barton Jackson Bradley
Policl
Accounta
Waltex
Wadd P
Wallace Irving
Lane IL
Cook
Magele Hope
Nk Bettie W Sunib
Lee Wallace
Hinabeth A
Wallace
Sandford Ballers
Friebo
BF Nicholson
Palmer’s . Restaurant
Easting House
Old City
Wm, Palmer
Rdchard Fir
J Axpary
Ueabler Guo
Carnox
Menard Field
J. Andrew Charles Lyots
G.m.oitren
Prove Rene Wilston
J. Morrison Lewis W, Cox
Ped T. Bates
Krim Young
HoCaNsuany
Laenann Osher
Liberal Secomodatinas
Chas. M. Bowring
R L. Mann
Wellington
Lafayette County
Charles Dixon Commission Co
Pstock Verda
Kansas City
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