Great Southwest Pass jetties near completion at New Orleans
New Orleans report on the Mississippi Southwest Pass improvements as jetties near completion. The project creates a 1000 foot wide channel with 35 foot depth to deepen New Orleans harbor, financed by about $6 million by the U.S. Government. Massive willow mattresses and stone capping form the submerged foundation, with future possible extension to counter gradual sinking.
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New Orleans
Mississippi River
South
Mississippi
Ohio
Missouri
Arkansas
Red Rivers
United States
South Pass
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf
Southwest Pass
Western School Teaches Love Like Chemistry Course
In Greenville Illinois Professor H G Russell superintendent of the High School has added instruction in lovemarking to the curriculum. A class of twenty three pupils ten girls studies the literature of love and courtship to learn tips from proposals to handling parental objections and etiquette of engagements making the process from initial crush to marriage a science.
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Greenville
Ill
H. G. Russell
Russell
Isell
Miles Standish
Papa
British government urges reduced winter immigration to Canada
Halifax N S reports that the Canadian government has adopted a policy to discourage immigration during the winter season after a large influx in October and November. Officials instruct agents to curb recruitment and end a broad advertising campaign detailing Canada’s advantages.
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Halifax
N. S
Canada
Women in the lay's News Duchess Marlborough visit Wilts Island
A fragment notes women’s rights movements in Finland and a prohibitionist triumph, with mentions of reform society in Russia. It lists individuals such as Margherita Ariina Hamm, a periodical writer, and Miss Vasa, tied to the Women’s and Hos City death notice.
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Duchess of Marlborough
Wilts Island
Norfolk Druggists Sell Large Quantities of Dope
Dr R L McMurran of Portsmouth claims a Norfolk druggist dispenses fifteen grains of lauadanum daily and another sells cocaine about 390 daily. He spoke at the Seaboard Medical Association on The Evil Effects of the Drug Habit and announced a crusade to suppress the evil.
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Norfolk
R. L. McMurran
Portsmouth
Norfoli
Congress Faces Debates On Subsidies And Currency Bill
Fragments from a 1910s congressional page describe Fryer as president of the Senate, plans to revisit ship subsidy questions, and assurances from Senator Aldrich that a currency bill would be introduced after the holiday recess. A memorial urged Vice-President Fairbanks and Speaker Cannon to approve a $20 million annual water appropriation.
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Fryer
Senate
Congress
Cortelyou
Aldrich
Fairbanks
Cannon
Jamestown Exposition pier eyed as naval coal depot
Government pier at Jamestown Exposition likely to become a coal depot for Norfolk naval station. Navy officials estimate 100000 tons of coal can be stored, with half on each side of the water basin. Transfer of the Army built wharf to the Navy could yield an efficient coal facility near Sewell’s Point. Fire at Pine Beach destroys a dozen frame structures including several small hotels, Portamouth Hotel damaged, loss about 20000 dollars, uninsured. third major Pine Beach fire since Exposition opening.
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Norfolk
Navy Department
Norfolk Naval Station
Bureau of Equipment
Secretary of the Navy
Bureau
Army
Sewell's Point
Pine Beach
Better Cow Better Calf
A good cow in good condition yields a stronger calf and more milk than a cow in poor shape. Similarly a plump kernel produces a better plant than a light one. Experiments confirm higher yields from heavier seeds.
Dairying Tactics Recalled As Harsh Yet Humorous Pastime
A passage notes the harsh dairy practice of breaking heifers and teaching calves to drink, described as a vaudeville show with some unpleasant memory. The narrator frames it as a game where the handler acts as the calf’s god of the feed dish, turning harsh routines into oddly pleasant tasks within the dairying world.
Fatally Wounded By Playmate In Target Shooting Incident
Roanoke special report: Robert C. Kirent Jr., 10, is in critical condition at Roanoke Hospital after an accidental gunshot wound. The bullet pierced his back, severing his small intestines in 12 places and lodging in his hip. The shot was fired by Edward McNamee, son of J. D. McNamee. The two boys and others were shooting when Kirent ran in front of the gun as it went off. he cannot recover.
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Roanoke
Robert C. Kirent, Jr
Robert Brent
Roanoke Hospital
Edward McNamee
J. D. McNamee
Brent
McNamee
Mining Operations Resume in Southwest Virginia
Bristol special report notes most Southwest Virginia mines have restarted after a recent financial lull. Colonial Coal and Coke at Dorchester, Blackwood Company, and Norton Coal and Coke Company are back to full force. iron rolling mills and other plants plan to resume early next year.
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Bristol
Virginia
Colonial Coal and Coke Company
Dorchester
Blackwood Company
Norton Coal and Coke Company
Tragic Train Fatality Near Troutville
Arthur Boone 26 son of Dr G Boone of Troutville died after being struck by an express train four miles from Troutville to Cloverdale. His body was scattered along the track. a portion remained on the engine. Watch and knife identified him. he was unmarried.
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Roanoke
Arthur Boone
Dr. G. Boone
Troutville
Cloverdale
Danville Mayor vows jail for concealed pistol carriers
Mayor Harry Wooding said future convictions for carrying pistols or concealed weapons will bring jail time. Previously fines of 30 dollars plus costs were common, but the law allows both a fine and a jail term up to 12 months.
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Danville
Harry Wooding
Fire in Wise County Destroys Rutherford Block and Cadet Residence
A blaze in Big Stone Gap Wise County started by a defective flue gutted the Rutherford block and a residence at Cadet. Buildings owned by J. F. Skeen and J. B. Sherman housed shops and a pool hall. The loss runs around $15,000 with about $10,000 insured.
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Wise County
Big Stone Gap
J. F. Skeen
Rutherford
Cadet
J. B. Sherman
Olinger & Cooper
May Be A Cripple For Life
Winchester special notes Herman Hable a manager and clothier at the opera house fell while responding to a false fire alarm and sustained a broken kneecap plus other injuries that may cripple him for life.
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Winchester
Herman H. Hable
Lynchburg Durh am Daily Mail Service Opens
Virginia briefs report a new double daily mail run between Lynchburg and Durham North Carolina on the Norfolk and Western Railway line improving service. Fechtig critically injured at Roanoke hip fracture after being struck by a man fleeing a combatant. ages 73. Keck children injured by a powder explosion in Danville. ages 15, 9, and 4. The London Times notes color photography pioneers report a heliochrome plate possible from one exposure with minimal effort.
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Lynchburg
Durham
N. C
Norfolk and Western Railway
B. Y. Fechtig
Roanoke
Samuel Bruce
The
London Times
Railway Beetle Arrives From Brazil at South Kensington
A beetle from Brazil arrives at the South Kensington Museum. The creature, nicknamed the railway beetle, features a red ruby lamp on its head and 11 green lights on each side, drawing curious interest from visitors.
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Brazil
South Kensington Museum
Logging camps close in British Columbia amid downturn
Consul L Edwin Dudley reports from Vancouver that most of the largest logging camps in British Columbia closed in mid November with the outlook that the logging industry will be substantially affected.
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L. Edwin Dudley
Vancouver
British Columbia
Ingenious fodder rack praised by editor and farmers
The Wisconsin Agriculturist notes an editor devised fodder racks used widely on cattle farms for decades. The 12 by 5 ft rack feeds hay corn fodder ensilage and meal with a tight bottom to catch litter, keeping leaves from fodder and allowing easy removal of bare stalks.
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Agriculturist
Wisconsin Agriculturist
Farmer holds public sale of crops in field near Lan caster
A farmer near Lancaster Pennsylvania unable to hire help staged a public sale of crops still in the field. His sixteen acre corn field and large apple orchard drew a crowd as bidding ran high. He netted 28 dollars per acre for the corn and 1.25 dollars per apple tree, with buyers providing labor to harvest.
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Lancaster
Breeding the Bacon Hog Debate on Tamworth and Poland China
Mr Hoyt argues against crossing Tamworths with Poland China for bacon hogs. He asserts Tamworths are best for bacon, praising the razor-back South hog as top bacon stock. He warns Tamworth sows with full blood Tamworth boars yield the finest bacon pigs in America. Smithfield hams stem from native Virginia stock, not Western lard hogs.
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America
Smithfield
Virginia
The Value of Poultry Manure
Farmers undervalue poultry manure though it yields 14 cents per fowl yearly as fertilizer. New Jersey and Massachusetts stations estimate fresh manure at 4.96 and 5.28 per ton, nearly twice value of cow manure. Proponents say poultry manure could cover fowl care costs if sold or used. Dust in hen houses adds cost farmers would avoid if aware.
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New Jersey Experiment Station
Massachusetts
Wallace
Teaching a Calf to Drink Learn From H E Cook Advice
In the Tribune Farmer H E Cook urges fixing calf access to milk and gentle training. He advises separating the dam briefly, offering about three quarts of milk to the calf, touching its nose to trigger drinking, and notes a calf that never suckled will learn to feed readily. He adds hand milking for heifers to teach the habit.
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H. E. Cook
Tribune-Farmer
Designing a dipping vat for dipping 1000 head of sheep
Instructions describe a dipping vat for a large flock. It specifies a minimum length of forty feet and depth of five feet with a bottom six inches wide and outward-sloping sides that top out at two feet to prevent sheep turning around. The vat is five feet deep to avoid impact with the bottom, sloped sides to reduce cost, a flush interior, and a four foot in-ground sink. Fill with water to check leaks, then bail and fill with dip solution.
Has Double Capacity Farm Cart Described in Farm and Fireside
A writer praises a low down narrow cart for homes and garden use, noting its capacity more than doubles an ordinary cart and its ease of loading. It excels in tight spaces near feeding alleys, stables, lawns, and gardens, with design details to build from two by two and one and a half by one and a half inch timbers forming handles, wheel frame, and floor foundation.
Design for a three quarter inch barrow with mortised legs
The plan details a low barrow using three quarter inch boards. Front legs rest about three inches from the ground with rear legs braced. A permanent bed from floor to handle top is preferable, with removable side boards. Heavy loads like fertilizer bags or stones can be loaded directly from the ground between the handles.
Practical Farm Tips From An Old Orchard Advice Column
An agricultural note offers thrift advice for small farms including turning hogs onto orchard land, stone clearing around buildings, keeping youth at home with fruit and cider work, airing cellars, replacing verminous lumber, preserving apples into cider or vinegar, brewing cider to 35 degrees for winter storage, selling squashes with vine and stem visible, cutting corn low to save fodder, burning potato tops, avoiding long manure storage, maintaining a good watchdog, repairing corn cribs, and carefully handling poultry runts and maimed birds for early sale or pot meat.
Man Credits Kidney Pills After Five Months In Hospital
Levi P. Brockway of Anoka Minnesota says he was discharged as incurable after five months in a hospital. He suffered heart trouble smothering spells and fainting, with impaired sight and kidney issues. After using Deans Kidney Pills his condition improved and he has felt well since. Sold by all dealers for 50 cents a bar. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Levi P. Brockway
Second Ave
Anoka
Minn
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Ducks invent winter ice skating on Crawford farm
Ezekiel Crawford of Northport reports his Muscovy ducks attempt a new game on the frozen pond. They slide across the ice when trying to splash, then hurry back to the barn with quacks. The birds appear to show joy at evening as freezing evidence grows.
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Ezekiel Crawford
Northport
L. L
Crawford
New York Times
How The World Grows Population and wealth rise through the centuries
The Boston Globe notes world population increased from 640 million in 1800 to 1.6 billion in 1906, a 150 percent rise, while world commerce grew from about 1.5 billion to over 20 billion dollars. It argues wealth and industrial growth outpaced population and that overpopulation was once warned about by thinkers.
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Boston Globe
A Silent Household Separated by Five Years of Silence
James L. Williams a hatmaker and his wife have lived in the same home and shared meals for five years without speaking. A quarrel five years ago led Williams to vow never to speak to his wife, a vow he has kept. Their eldest daughter Alice, nineteen, sides with her mother and has not addressed her father. The couple have two younger children and only minimal necessary communication. New York World.
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James L. Williams
Awmee
Williams
Alice
New York World
Nervous Diseases Cured by Dr Kline’s Nerve Restorer Claim
An advertisement claims nervous diseases can be permanently cured by Dr H R Kline of Arch Street Philadelphia with trial offers. The note adds larger dividends from subsidy companies enable New York Central to declare a 1 percent quarterly rate and suggests cooperation with Pennsylvania signals no unfavorable developments.
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Kline
H. R. Kline
Arch St
Phia
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Paro Ointment Promises Quick Piles Cure Guarantee
An advertisement touts Paro Ointment claiming cure for piles in 6 to 14 days with a money back guarantee. It also urges avoidance of 50 arguments as vulgar and promotes self denial as prudent behavior.
Laxative Bromo Quinine Ad Ends Cold In One Day
Vintage ad touts Bromo Quinine as cure for a cold in one day. It urges shoppers to look for the E. W. Grove signature and lists a price of 25 cents, reflecting early 20th century consumer medicine branding.
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E. W. Grove
Howells Recalled In San Reme Notes On Fame
At dinner Mr Howells mused on literary fame and recalled a Frente newspaper notice from San Remo years ago. The notice, attributed to a Lyons rat trap maker, stated Pierre Loti the writer was not the same person and he had nothing in common with Pierre Loti of Lyons, an automatic rat trap inventor.
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Howells
Amile
San Remée
Frente
Lyons
M. Pierre Loti
Pierre Loti
Washington Star
Fragmented Quotation Reflects Adversity and Pretense
A garbled excerpt shows a speaker complaining that a pretext and attempts to borrow from friends expose stinginess and bitterness. The misreadlines hint at a broader theme of language used under adversity, with a Chicago Tribune attribution.
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Aswo Ardup
Chicago Tribune
Toledo Firm Promises Cure for Internal Ailment
In Lucas County Ohio a firm pledges payment if their cure fails. Notarized document dated December 6 1886 names A W Gleabon seal. Advertisement touts J Caeney & Co Toledo druggists selling Hall's Family Pills for constipation and a claimed intestinal cure.
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City of
ToLeDo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cneeney
3S Aide 4 Co
Thasas County
WU Valdee
J. Caeney & Co
Hall
Rail access hampering Sinaloa's growth as Mexican state
The piece argues railroad absence limits Sinaloa, a state with 365000 square miles of fertile land and numerous undeveloped mines, from rising as a leading Mexican region.
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Sinaloa
Mexico
Cure of Eczema by Cuticura Remedies
A Montreal woman recounts a twenty five year battle with eczema on her leg. Doctors offered amputation but after using Cuticura Remedies the swelling subsided and skin rebuilt within two months. She reports six years cured and credits the products with saving her life, noting the doctor’s endorsement.
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J. B. Renaud
Montana St
Montreal
Que
Bear Rampage Shuts Swiss Town as Wild Visitor Roams Market
A large bear escaped a local menagerie and roamed Aaran the capital of Argovie in Switzerland. Streets emptied and houses closed for hours while the animal raided fruit stalls. The bear was shot in a cafe amid the disturbance.
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Aaran
Argovie
Switzerland
U S Depositors Open Accounts in Canadian Banks
A clipping forwarded by Consul Harry A. Conant notes many American depositors are opening accounts in Canadian banks, with notable activity at branches in Wind sor.
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Harry A. Conant
Windsor
United States
The General Demand for a Simple Laxative Remedy
The Well-Informed favor Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna for a gentle prompt laxative. Manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. and sold by leading druggists at fifty cents per bottle, it is praised for known wholesome components and ethical practice.
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California Pi Syrup Co
California Fig Syrup Co
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Low Down Barrow
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Winslow
Woolford
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