Lawson carnation sets price records and Boston monopoly
The Lawson carnation, grown by Peter Fisher and exhibited in Boston, has become a legend with prices rumored up to 30 000 dollars. The flower, now four to four and a half inches, shows cerise pink color, vigor, and prolific yields. It commands strong demand from across the United States and Europe, with Fisher keeping control of slips as a Boston monopoly for ten to fifteen years.
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New York
Horticultural Bell
Boston
Europe
Galvin
Preparing Furs for Wear in Primitive Dresser Trade
Reading described is the fur dressing craft from animal hide to garment. It notes skilled handwork and the cost sensitivity of fur value, with emphasis on the primitive nature of the trade and its resistance to mechanical improvements. The dresser's work appears lively and picturesque in its human touch.
Health and Beauty Advice From Dr Hartman Book Offer
An article quotes Mme Raulin and Mrs Alwon praising health cures and a brokenly worded testimonial about improved appetite after using Peruvian remedies. It advertises Dr Hartman’s book Salita and Beauty with free symptom-healing information for women and offers free books on catarrh by sending to Dr T Hartman, Columbus Ohio.
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Raulin
Dr. Hartman
T Hartman
Tarim
Columbus
Onio
Was She Dead Or Not A Riddling Irish Town Tale
A town meeting erupts in a dialect filled exchange about a supposed death. Shannigan, McLubberty, O’Hoxsarty and O’Hoggarty argue whether a poor old woman was buried or alive while a joke about a wag and a newspaper hint lingers.
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Shannigan
McLubberty
Harper’s
Buzur
Choosing Wedding Gifts For Wealthy Recipients
The piece advises selecting gifts for wealthy individuals who already have much. If money is no object, two useful presents may suffice, but for those with unknown tastes or vast wealth, opt for unusual, carefully researched items. A plain expenditure fails to impress. find curio or original pieces.
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Ana
Green Ray Phenomenon Linked to Sunrise and Sunset
A description notes the green ray or greenish flash seen at sun rise or set under certain atmospheric conditions. Observed along seas and in Egypt from the Delta to Alexandria, with historical mentions by Gall near Memphis and in ancient Egyptian records. The effect is real, tied to atmospheric clarity, and varies to a blue tint at sunset.
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Jules Verne
Alps
Tiot
Academie Des Sciences
Paris
Egypt
Alexandria
Suez
Wiliam Gall
Memphis
Saggaran
Rand district gold yields vast output despite small area
The Rand district of South Africa produced over 250 million in gold last year. Experts say a strip 30 miles long and about a mile wide could be mined profitably to a depth of 5 560 feet, potentially matching or exceeding world gold production to date.
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Rand
South Africa
London
Hatch and Chalmers
K. Necker
Oir Geological Survey
Oddities From The Field And Street
A Louisville man owns a small dog that chews like a person. A Delaware farmer bought a horse from the Spanish American war era and found embedded bullets after clipping. Seventeen Easter eggnos victims were aided in Camden street after a long-night spree. A San Francisco man with pleurisy carried a three quarters inch needle in his heart. A Pennsylvania woman, 103, died by suicide from fatigue of living. A New Jersey man awakened midweek and predicted his death, then lapsed. A Kentucky farmer notes an eyeless tail-less calf and four roosters perched on duck eggs.
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Louisville
Delaware Tarmer
Camn
N. J
San Francisco
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Kentucky
Oddball Anecdotes From Long Ago Are Still in News
A mosaic of farcical incidents from early American life mixes misadventures and mishaps. An Ohio minister argues common-sense beliefs while a series of bizarre tales unfolds from Perkins to Philadelphia.
Umbrella Diplomacy From a Rainy Morning Tale
A man walking in the rain with an umbrella shares it with a friend who has none. The owner loses half protection as rain drips onto them both. He then invites another friend indoors, moving the umbrella to cover all three, achieving full protection for himself and others.
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Stourden
Sde
Rale
Ubrella
Joan Glimer
Wabash Line Promoted For Chicago to Detroit Buffalo
A promotional note touts Wabash routes via Chicago to Detroit and Buffalo with a single round fare and ethnic car service. It urges sending a postal card for printed matter and mentions Shriners meetings and a Christian convention. Police report a kidnapper letter claiming the child alive, leading to arrests.
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Wabash
Buffalo
Shriners
Detroit
Mich
Caleaga
Chicago
TP. A. Palir
Adame
Cure for female ailments marketed by Mrs Pinkham
A newspaper notice extols Mrs Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a practical cure for women’s health issues. It includes testimonials from Mrs Joseen Eine of Sabina Ohio who suffered womb prolapse and other symptoms, credits the medicine with relief after four bottles and Liver Pills, and urges women to seek advice without charge from Lynn Mass.
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S. Pinkham
Allen's Foot-Hast advertisement from an old style ad
An OCR fragment promotes Allen's Foot-Hast powder for feet claiming relief of smarting numbness swelling sweating and pain. It asserts quick comfort and lists sales through druggists and shoe shiners with a paid address. In a separate note seven Minnesota congressmen met in St Paul and endorsed Henderson for speaker.
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Allen
Gredesi
S. Olmsted
LeRoy, N
Minnesota
St. Paul
Henderson Ot Town
Filipinos Capture Several Towns as Philippines Commission Fails
In September 1895 reports claim Filipino forces capture multiple towns while the Philippines Commission oversees a Brand ball proceeding in Manila. Details are fragmented but indicate continued resistance and administrative actions amid upheaval.
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The
Philippines
Faye
Manlia
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Ohio
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Ala
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Koows
Devrimg Hargisuer Company
Chews
Deering Harvester CO
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L Western Agt
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Cleveland
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Winchester Avenue
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Yiso
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Acta
Sankt
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Deslera
U. 2
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Egg
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Nsion Rex W.jcorais
Washington, D.C
Pension
Iwis Pus Union
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