Notes from Gotham and the Salvation Army Christmas plans
Salvation Army will feed twenty thousand poor in Madison Square Garden on Christmas Day with sixteen thousand dinners in baskets and six thousand on the main floor plus a Memorial Hall tree event. Edward Marshall, wounded Cuban War correspondent, gives a dramatic lecture titled A Bugle Talk. Nikola Tesla reports wireless telegraphy experiments in Colorado Springs with a plan to link Paris by wireless next year.
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Salvation Army
Eduard Marshall
The
Marine Society
Board of Trustees
Madison Square Garden
New York
Brooklyn
Memorial Hall
No. 120
West Fourteenth Street
Salvation Army, Incorporated
Edward Marshall
Battle of
Guasimas
Cuba
Tesla
Nikola Tesla
Colorado Springs
Col
Paris
Colorado
Atlantic Ocean
The Demonstrator at Big Shop Reaches Shoppers With Persuasion
A young demonstrator works in Big Shop to explain new articles and show their use at a side counter exit. The role involves rapid gestures and persuasive selling to guide customers, especially in groceries with new cooking devices like fruit steaming setups.
Management of Barn Yard Manure A Connecticut Farmer’s Method
A Connecticut farmer, Isaac Peck of Fairfield County, details improving barn yard manure for winter grain. He forks and mixes yard waste daily, avoiding liquids reaching streams, and uses straw and corn stalks to enrich the mix. This method, plus occasional muck or sod additions, yields better manure for wheat and other winter grains and supports crops on marginal soils.
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Connecticut
Isaac Peck
Fairfield County
Conn
Peck
Berm Barrow and Feed Box for Farm Use
A simple four wheeled feed box with sloping bottom serves as a versatile farm implement. It can be transformed into a root cutter by adding a cross plank and pushing a spade to chop feed or roots. The design uses oak framing, cast iron wheels, and optional wooden rails to guide wheels through doors or narrow passages.
The Dock Weed and its Tenacious Growth
A report from American Cultivator explains that meadow land dock is a stubborn weed. It survives drying and heat in manure piles, spreading seeds when hay is cut and scattered. Dock roots regrow if left in soil or after wet conditions. do not leave roots on fences or exposed ground.
Scrab Stack and the Fowl Care Question
A slangy column discusses care and cost of raising fine fowls, noting a fifteen-cent fare for travel as a measure of prudence. It argues sensible people invest in the best birds, feed, housing, and steady rewards, referencing the British board of agriculture finding no adulterated American butter to aid exports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willin
British Board of Agriculture
ENTERPRISE Meat and Food Chopper Offer Ad
The advertisement promotes the ENTERPRISE Meat and Food Chopper for chopping meat, fish, vegetables and fruit. It highlights two durable parts, easy cleaning, multiple sizes, prices from 11.25, and notes the trademark on every machine. Sold by hardware dealers with a 4c stamp request for a recipe book catalog.
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Enterprise
Enterprise Mfg. CO
Third and Dauphin Sts
Philadelphia
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Gotham
Snug Harbor
Line Board of Charities
George L Norton
Norton
Board of Trustees of
Forde
Madison Avenue
Publc
Piri Othwer
Walter Jones
Rice
Hartford
Middletown
Jones
Lillian Russell
Chicago
Jersey
Long Island
City
Supreme Court
Spug Harbor
Staten Tsland
Bar-Ben
Barton and Benson
Ben Block
Cleveland
WW. J. Gilmore Co
Pittsburg
Atail
Ely
ELY Brothers
Warren Street
Geo. W. Bowles
Baird
Miss
Sterling Iemedy Company
Chicaga
Montreal
New Yo
Cortr
Sears, Roebuck & CO
Raara, Roebuck & Co
Cass
Nedy Co
Parker
Avever
Bocaud Silat Magrists
Ghichester
Wiwaya
Chichester
Englek
Drugelate
Teetmodals and Mall
Waane Paper
Aga Druggine
Chichester Chemical Gay
Madison Square
Philada
Pharmacists
East Main St
California
Union Pacific
Wester Cine
Boston
New England
C. Traver
Smithfield Street
Chicago and North-Western Railway
Kutehin
Kaytchin
Ohio
Kutchin
U.S
Colemets, Ohi
Unio
Conrad
Assilion
Oerville
Hs Lester Kutchin Columbus
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