Convict Ship From Odessa to Saghalien Described
A Russian convict ship sails from Odessa to Saghalien in the Japan Sea with state prisoners and convicts alike. Officers and clergy bless the voyage while prisoners entertain themselves with improvised card games. Violence erupts when a Crimean Tartar clashes with a Mohammedan, sparking a riot quelled by hot water hoses and lasting restraints for the remainder of the journey.
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Odessa
Saghalien
Japan Sea
Ho'y Ia
Emperor William's Wealth and Private Fortune Revealed
The article details Emperor William's household of 1900 staff for 22 palaces and castles, with wages as low as 12 dollars for women and 15 to 25 for men. Many estates are decayed and used by relatives, while his private fortune is about 25.06 million dollars, with lands, farms, forests, vineyards, and a porcelain factory near Berlin contributing up to 7.4 million annually in revenue.
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Berlin
Leopold
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Columbiana
Leetonia
Salem
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Alliance
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Lawrence
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Chicago
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Fragmentary historical data on whale weights and global miners
The fragment cites zoologist Nilswon noting the Greenland Whale at 1 066 tons, equating to 88 elephants, and compares global mining labor with Britain, the United States, Germany, Belgium, Russia totals. It mentions about 1.5 million miners worldwide and metal miners numbering around 4,600.
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Atlante
Muer
Nilswon
Greenland
Great Britain
United States
Germany
Fegium
Russia
Yellow Metal Fever Fueled by Klondike Rumors Across Union
A critical review debunks fanfare of vast new gold finds since the Klondike rush. Officials say most samples yield no gold, with iron pyrites and sand common. The piece warns against overhyped Alaska riches, noting gold’s scarcity and historical declines after bursts of excitement.
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Hegan
Union
United States
New Orleans
Alaska
California
Ice Locomotive for Alaska Ice Road Tested in Pines
The Ice Locomotive, described from the New York Herald, uses a boiler and twin engines on a hinged steel frame with a large hot traction wheel. Teeth around the wheel bite into frozen snow, forming a solid mass to pull a 200 ton train. Cost estimates total about 43000, with first trains due by December if built, but fuel and water supplies and extreme cold pose risks.
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Klondyke
New York
Seattle
Fort Wrangel
Dawson
Glover
Telegraph Creek
Drea
Fort Selkirk
Chilkat
White Pass
Chilkoot Pass
Alaska
Queen surpasses all European rulers in reigns
The Queen has reigned longer than any previous English sovereign and outlasted all European rulers on their thrones when she began. She has witnessed sixteen reigns since hers, and has been contemporary with five sovereigns in Vyassia, four in Russia, and two in India. In France she has seen Louis Philippe, the 1848 Republic, the Empire, and the 1870 Republic.
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Europe
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Vyassia
Russia
France
Louis Philippe
Beekeeping Notes On Honey, Feeding And Bee Behavior
Practical guidance for beekeepers covers honey weight and density, sustainable honey removal, using bees for pollination in hot houses, feeding methods with granulated sugar candy, winter stores requirements, and how bees handle grape damage and colony conditions. It notes that proper top bars reduce wax buildup, emphasizes checking each colony, and discusses predators like hornets and wasps.
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Langstrith
A Home Made Stone Boat From Simple Timber
An old farm guide describes building a stone boat from chestnut 2x4s about 54 feet long with tapered ends. It instructs crosswise planks for the bottom, welding a ring on one piece to pull, and bolting side pieces with multiple bolts to prevent splitting.
Oatey Shortage Measured After Rust and Blight Hit Harvest
The 1896 oats crop promised a record yield until rust and blight after July 1 in districts west of Central Illinois turned a promising season into partial and in some areas complete failure. Iowa Missouri and Nebraska saw straw burned and empty heads, while threshing results show an average yield of 23.6 bushels per acre from 30,443,000 acres, totaling about 717,256,000 bushels, far below last year’s 904,000,000.
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Illinois
Iowa
Missouri
Nebraska
Beet Sugar Experiment in Delaware in the 1870s
A historical note recalls a beet sugar trial in Delaware around 1879 near Wilmington on the Delaware River. The factory was fully equipped with diffusion, but prior three season experiments failed as farmers lacked beet cultivation knowhow and climate was unsuitable. The record hints Delaware might retry beets as crop prices shift.
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Delaware
Delaware River
Wilmington
The Apple Situation Shifts Market for Fancy Fruit
The market shows growing demand for choice apples and fancy fruit sets at premium prices. High quality colored table varieties sell well while common grades are overabundant and weak. Export trade remains solid, though English prices vary with quality. Liverpool quotations list Baldwins at 1.65 2.64, Greenings 2.16, Kings 2.88 3.12, Maine, Cravensteins 2.88 3.26.
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England
Liverpool
Baldwins
Greenings
Kings
Maine
Lravensteins
Dipetheria in Fowls and Ice House Design
A column discusses fall diphtheria in fowls with home remedies and cautions about contagion to humans, plus a sketch of an efficient ice house roof to reduce summer heat. It also notes a cider season dip in apple prices and describes profitability of Rhode Island geese production with high returns in Boston and New York markets.
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Rhode Island
East
Boston
New York
Canada
Remarkable Year Inturn Corn Crop of 1896
The corn crop was favorable from planting through final ripening with alternating rain and sun. June to August brought ideal growth and warm nights, followed by dry weather and no frost in late summer. National yield estimates hover near 2.5 billion bushels, with higher results in commercial states and a cooler outlook in the South.
Traveler's Register Arrives and Departs on Central Time
Central Standard Time schedules note trainees arrive and depart, recording travel times for itinerary accuracy.
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Astern
C.e
Wheeling & Lake Erie
R’y
Tax Ixperinent Co. Will
J. Marsh McDowell
Hotel Sauer
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