Lompoc Temperance Colony Offers Vast Farm and Grazing Lands
An advertisement invites buyers to acquire up to forty seven thousand acres of Lompoe Santa Barbara County land split between farming and grazing. Sale starts April 26 with options on prices from fifteen to sixty dollars per acre and ten year payment plans. The climate is praised as healthful with coastal fogs aiding crops and port access via a nearby wharf for San Francisco markets.
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Tur
Santa Barbara
Kern
Fresno
Tulare
Sacramento
San Joaquin
San Francisco
Pacific Ocean
America
Lompoc
Salinas
Point Parissima
Lompoe
California
Barbara County
San Julian Rancho
Lom
Messrs
Dibblee & Hollister
Ng Lompee
Dasmatia
Lompee
Love and Culture of Flowers in a Growing Community
A reflective piece extols flower culture and its moral benefits, praising a California colony at Lompoc for banning liquor to foster a healthy, prosperous settlement. It cites Vineland’s success and hopes for April sales, noting wharf work and steamship access to San Francisco as key links to the colony’s future.
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Earth
Plant
Lompoc
Tragic Virginia Boy Killed By Falling Tree
A nine year old Virginia boy dies when a tree crashes in the woods while he helps cut kindling. His Scotch terrier Zip mourns at the home as rumors of his singing a hymn and faith in Jesus Christ linger. Zip later dies in grief after the boy’s death, reviving a woman's illness with a final moan.
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Virginia
Zip
Jesus Christ
Oak
Andy
Difficulty Filling Tradesmen Roles Stemming From Trade Rules
An esteemed correspondent urges attention to the shortage of capable mechanics amid trade rules that favor the incompetent. Educational rigor and practical skill are urged, noting unions hinder promotions to superintendents and the hunt for leaders continues. The piece cites broken paths from skilled work to consulting roles and stresses study to produce capable master mechanics.
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Scientific American
Meerschaum Mines of Asia Minor
The Meerschaum deposits lie about twenty four miles southwest of Eski scher, with about 12 000 Armenians and Turks employed in mining. Shafts reach 27 to 33 feet, 40 to 50 miners per mine form a company sharing profits. After drying and cleaning, the material is graded into ten qualities and packed in uniform boxes for export, mainly to Vienna and Germany, valued at around $600 000 annually.
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Asia Minor
Eskischer
Vienna
Germany
Journal of Applied Chemistry
Grass work for children in London ragged schools
A London ragged school master notes that when a flower is in fashion, young children miss school to help with grass work. The task involves fastening small grass beads or dew drops to artificial grass, a job so simple that infants can assist.
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London
Livers Mended and a Jocular Medical Vision
An English doctor reportedly removed a liver section, showed it on a plate, scraped it, and replaced it to restore function. The piece humorously imagines widespread liver repairs and neighbors gossiping about loved ones’ organs, ending with Dr. Barnes’s quip about a sermon being half an hour too long.
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Danbury News
John
Mary
Jeremiah
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Horace Smith
Vick
England
Russia
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Kansas City Times
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Pacific
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Dubuque Times
Carney
Illinois Central
Central Grove
Mr. Carney
Lompoc Rancho
Santa Barbara County
Ipec
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Guadalupe
N & Perkins’ Steamers
Per Trrert
Gee At
Coast Line
Ilomy Laros
Ball
F. Adams
Preside
Geo. Roberts
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