Kansas Wool Grower Details Sheep Breeding and Pasture Methods
At the Kansas Board of Agriculture meeting J N Gray of Mitchell County Kansas outlines his flock management and breeding criteria. He emphasizes using constitution and milking ability over fiber fineness, selecting ram form for mutton, rotating pastures, feeding corn and sorghum, and careful lamb care to raise larger, healthier sheep. He notes pasture changes improve forage yield and stresses shed housing, salt access, and timely shearing. He also warns about electrical hazards near trees and power lines, urging street tree committees and expert advice.
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Kansas
Kansas Board of Agriculture
J. N. Gray
Mitchell County
Northern
F. D. Coburn
Damage to Street Trees Warns of Electric Line Abuse
A horticulturist laments street tree mutilations by linemen of telegraph and telephone firms aided by public indifference. Dr G E Stone notes electricity rarely kills a tree outright but damages limbs through burning from both electric lights and trolley direct current.
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G. E. Stone
Asparagus Canning Industry in Central California
The center of California offers overflow lands near coast and river islands ideal for large scale asparagus farming. The climate and rich soils yield a world class crop and a growing canning trade. Last season output reached up to 2.16 million cans with 1.4 to 2.16 million total cans. several new gigantic farms have started due to trade revival.
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California
The Neglected Hedge Fence And Farm Advice Lines
A Homestead writer condemns neglected hedge fences and urges farmers to transform hedges into posts for a sturdy fence. The column then covers Michigan peach crops, hay marketing for dairymen, deep plowing to save moisture, and whey-fed hogs near cheese factories.
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Homestead
Indiana
Seaside Fair and Teddy's Tutor in Public Round Table
A short Harper's Round Table piece recounts a seaside fair with boys and girls and Teddy's troublesome mischief with Tutor Thomas Tinkler. The tale describes Teddy dodging lessons, truancy, and eventual return to duties under the tutor's strict guidance.
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Teddy
Thomas Tinkler
Ted
Tinkler
Addie S. Colom
Harper's Round Table
A Seaside Fair on the Old Sail Boat
Genevieve and friends plan a charity fair on a stranded old sailboat by the seashore. They decorate with lanterns and sell sea themed treats while boys from the hotel start a rival small show, prompting the girls to confront the unexpected beach entertainment twist.
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Genevieve
Pauline
Polly Prim
Jessie
Goosie
Papa
Lanterned Tent Pleasure Sparks Pocket Money Debate
In a seaside town scene Annie Willis McCullough describes girls raiding a tent of sea curios being lit by a hanging lamp. The boys offer Maggie two dollars and twenty four cents, sparking banter about money and secrets as the girls protest and depart.
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Genevieve
Maggie
Jessie
Annie Willis McCullough
Searchlight the Olympia Mascot Hero Dies in Manila Fever
A young mascot on the Olympia named Searchlight guided sailors during a night battle when a nearby gunboat appeared. His quick warning helped avert disaster and the Americans won the fight. He later died of fever in Manila, mourned by sailors and Admiral Dewey alike.
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Olympia
United States
Searchlight
Manila
Admiral Dewey
Eleanor Greenwood
Young Nepaul King Samshere Jung Rules With Fearsome Might
The 13 year old Samshere Jung leads Nepal with about one hundred thousand warriors and commands immediate execution for disobedience. His people mix many races with the Ghoorkas as the ruling clan, and he enjoys friendly relations with the English government.
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Samshere Jung
Nepaul
Thibet
India
Himalayas
Cat Escapes Crystal Maze in Jacksonville
A wandering cat got trapped inside a maze of mirrors in Jacksonville. The cat saw multiple reflections and reacted frantically, ramming mirrors and sliding along glass before fleeing the scene into a nearby street, badly rattled but alive.
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Jacksonville
Unwilling Gypsy King Holds Crown Despite Will to Step Down
Gus Stanley has long led the Gypsy community across the United States from Atlantic to Pacific. Many gypsies refuse to vote for a successor, insisting he remain king, though he wishes to abdicate. The annual gathering drew few attendees this year as they await his final decision.
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Atlantic
Pacific
Gus Stanley
United States
Every Year The Losses We Endure Grow Heavier
A reflective verse lamenting yearly grief and aging. The speaker notes repeated losses, fading connections, and the sense of life shifting as time advances. Images of worn springs, nocturnal sorrow, and departed loved ones frame the meditation. The tone is somber, meditative, and elegiac.
Hen Crows Like a Rooster From New York Journal
Raphael Naar of La Fayette street Elizabeth New Jersey owns a black Spanish hen that began to molt in June and transformed into a rooster like bird with a colored tail spurs and a red comb. It crowed each morning and dominated the flock.
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The
New York Journal
Raphael Naar
la Fayette Street
Elizabeth
N. J
Naar
Trenton
Mr. Naar
Man rides donkey through thirty yards of stranded fish in Clear Lake region
Lynn Fraser, captain of the City of Lakeport, rode a donkey across a knee deep mass of fish stranded in a river bed near Clear Lake. The incident occurred while Fraser returned from a hunting trip along a receded creek at Hell's Bend, with hitch fish dominating the catch.
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San Francisco Examiner
Clear Lake
Lake County
Lynn Fraser
Jake
Mr. Fraser
Lakeport
Bartlett Landing
Hopland
Bartlett Springs
Big Valley
Hell’s Bend
Fraser
Kelsey Creek
Uncle Sam Mountain
Man Travels On Live Fish Across a Fish Line
Capt Frager seeks a route to his destination and, with time or not, crosses a fish line on a donkey named Jake. The animal balks and snorts as spurs dig in, yet the rider guides him zigzagging through a vast school of fish to the far side. This remains the only recorded instance of a man traveling on live fish.
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Frager
Jake
Leech Farming Practices In Africa And Europe
The article details leech farming methods including broadcasting 11 000 leeches per meadow, feeding with animal blood, and collecting by skin or wading. It notes land leeches in the East injuring cattle and men, and cites large historical exports from Australia to Europe and America with high profits and a Moroccan monopoly sale.
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Lega
Mary Kingsley
West Africa
East
France
England
Australia
Europe
America
Morocco
Sea Serpent Sightings Reveal Illusion on Ocean Voyage
Dr. R Du Bois Raymond recounts a foggy Magellan Strait morning in October 1890 when passengers aboard the Serapis mistook a herd of sea lions for a colossal sea serpent. A telescope confirmed the misidentification as the animals splashed and moved, convincing many they had seen the famed creature.
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R. du Bois Raymond
Magellan Straits
Turtle menagerie aboard Priscilla sails into port
The barkentine Priscilla under Captain Springsteen arrived from Rio de Janeiro with 12 000 bags of coffee and a turtle aquarium eight specimens from the Amazon aboard to be delivered to Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. One turtle has donkey ears and an accordion like mouth and became tame enough to eat from the captain’s hand.
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Ineer Turtler
Baltimore Sun
Stewart
Priscilla
Springsteen
Rio Janeiro
United States
Wilmington
Amazon
Johns Hopkins University
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