Losses From Insects Dominate U.S. Agricultural Woes
A long discussion cites recurring crop damage from codling moths ox-bot and other pests, estimates multi‑million dollar yearly losses across the South and nation, with figures from Riley and others noting up to 330 million dollars in historic years. It also recounts a dog Nellie missing after sewer incident in New Orleans, noting her emaciated state and suspected cause.
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Grand Tor
United Stato
CG. V. Riley
Long Re. Division of Entomology
Nellie
Toledano
3D Street
Claiborne Avenue
New Orleans Picayune
Pairing off guests at dinner parties idea from Paris ladies
The article describes a Paris inspired method to seat guests by drawing numbered tickets from baskets of flowers. Men and women separately pick tickets and then pair off to dine, a system praised for denying the hostess credit but criticized for stilted conversation.
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Paris
Rosea
Court Mockery as Smiling Cooked up By Brooklyn Magistrate
In the Myrtle Avenue court Brooklyn four men caught in a gambling raid faced Magistrate Devoy. The first prisoner a short comical faced Black man claimed to be a locksmith named Smif. The magistrate teased him asking for his profession and mocked the line lock smith while the officer noted the case.
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Windom
John Windom
Everett Avenue
Mars
Devoy
Myrtle Avenue Court
Brooklyn
Smif
Darkey
Lock Smith BP
New York Tribune
March April Aprils Fools and War Dances in Old Times
A collage of 19th century notes with references to April Fools jokes on the Times-Democrat Liberty Bell hoax, Edmond Verrill of Yale theory on volcanic gases after Pele erupting effects, edible petroleum oil desulphurized, Star Spangled Banner, Omaha and sun dances among Sioux, a dog choking incident remedied by a spool, and social oddities.
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A. E. Verrill
Yale
Mont Pele
Alay
Wounded Knee
Theft of Liberty Bell Joke Sparks April Fool Capers
A New Orleans man staged an April joke claiming the Liberty Bell was stolen and taken to the exposition. The Times-Democrat reported the prank with a dramatic headline the next morning, describing it as a dastard attempt involving the emblem of American independence.
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Times-Democrat
New Orfe
Fiie
New Orleans
Capitol
Amn
Liberty. Bell
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Broiser
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George
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