Remarkable Woman at Boarding House Captures Mr Swanberg
In a Boston boarding house, the elegant architect M Swanberg brings home his plain, sympathetic bride Mrs Swanberg. The guests, a circle of educated women, discover her quiet charm outshines their cultivated pretensions and public talents. The encounter ends with a toast to genuine worth that requires no display.
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Ella F. Stone
Princeton
Mass
M. Swanberg
Mr. Swanberg
Boston
Mrs. Swanberg
Mr. Ewanberg
Royal Family Amusements From A July Feature
Mrs. Sarah Tooley highlights royal pastimes in Women at Home. Queen enjoys equestrian exercise, sketching, patience. Princess of Wales dances, photographs, spins on an ebony wheel. Victoria and Fife daughters excel in photography and fishing. Denmark’s Princess Charles cycles. Louise sisters fish and manage homes. Louise of Britain and Christian play piano. Prince of Wales favors sports, horse breeding, shooting, bowls, golf. Duke of York fishes and Banjo skills noted. Connaught excels in tennis.
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Sarah Tooley
Princess of Wales
Duchess of Fife
Victoria
Princess Charles
Denmark
Princesses
Louise
Princess Louise
Great Britain
Princess Christian
Prince of Wales
Sandringham
Duke of York
Mary
Enduring Pain in Animals From Battle to Death
A meditation on animal stoicism as pain is endured without sound across species. Horses bear wounds in silence after shock, dogs carry broken legs uncomplaining, cats gnaw free from traps, and birds like doves and eagles meet fatal injuries with defiant, quiet final moments.
Banishing Gossipers Says Lincoln Courier
The Lincoln (Ill) Courier denounces gossip as a vile class corrupting marriages and relationships. It condemns both male and female gossips as venomous and dangerous, asserting gossip’s harms and calling for its removal from the community.
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Lincoln (Ill
Courier
Lincoln
Hoax on Tobacco Brand In Chicago Record Snippet
A fragment from the Chicago Record riffs on a hoax about a tobacco brand linked to a famous name. The quip questions the cigarettes and mocks the wrapper’s authenticity in a playful urban note.
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Chicago
Titefist
Joax
Mother Hubbard
Church Urged to Consecrate Giving for Blessing
Rev. Dr. Adams urges a special blessing through consecrated giving so the windows of heaven open and abundant showers descend. The message frames generosity as key to divine provision and spiritual renewal.
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Adams
Up-to-Date Hints on Cultivation and Harvest Yields
The April Ohio Experiment Station bulletin reviews cucumber and melon disease experiments. Cucumber pickle yields rose in 1898 due to rains and heat. downy mildew and other diseases persisted. Spraying increased yields by about 75 bushels per acre, with earlier crop timing reducing profits. Authors stress soil nutrition, rotation, and soil type effects on fertilizer need and productivity.
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Ohio
Plums Stocked by Myrobalan and Domestica Varieties Compared
The Colorado Experiment Station notes Charles S Crandall compares European plums such as Lombard Green Gage and Bradshaw with Myrobalan and domestica stocks. Myrobalan seedlings are favored for easier cultivation and fungal resistance while Domestica stocks remain common but harder to source. Americano stocks vary by region with Am ericana hybrids like Wolf Weaver De Soto showing variable success.
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Colorado Experiment Station
Charless. Crandall
Bradshaw
Wolf
Weaver
de Soto
Study of Soil Guides Fertilizer Use on Clay and Sandy Soils
The article urges soil study before fertilizer use. It notes clay soils often need nitrogen and phosphoric acid, benefiting from both, and advises against indiscriminate complete fertilizers. Bone meal provides phosphoric acid, potash, and lime to aid clay soils. acid phosphates from South Carolina rock help similarly but lack nitrogen. The piece explains sandy soils are typically deficient in all three main nutrients.
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South Carolina
New Outlet for the Potato Crop and Evaporated Varieties
Miners in the Klondike refer to a Canadian evaporated potato product as a satisfactory substitute for fresh vegetables. A Mayville Michigan factory started with evaporated apples, then cider and jelly, and later potatoes, with Georgia peaches earlier in the season. The process includes washing steaming peeling cooking shredding and canning. Last season about 5 000 bushels were canned and contracts with shippers and the U S government influenced prices..
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Klondike
Canada
Mayville
Mich
Georgia
United States
American Horses in Cuba and Porto Rico
A Chicago Record correspondent notes American horses struggle to acclimate in Cuba due to heat malaria and pests. Texas ponies are doing best with 800 shipped to Cuba and 300 to Porto Rico. The writer suggests mules and ponies will fetch fortunes for planters and military needs, due to war losses. Texas and New Mexico stock favored for climate.
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Chicago Record
Journal From
Washington
Texas
Cuba
Porto Rico
New Ramie Plant Could Boost U S Textile Industry
The Agriculture Ledger of Calcutta reports a new ramie-like plant free from gum, potentially replacing degumming costs. The U S Department of Agriculture plans seed trials and distribution, with Jared G Smith predicting strong value for U S fiber production. French Government Stallions are offered to farmers at a nominal fee to improve horses, after inspection, per Mr Thompson.
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Agriculture Ledger
Calcutta
India
Department of Agriculture
Jared G. Smith
Department
United States
Mr. Thompson
The Old Hunting Coat in Colorado Springs Gazette
An evocative reminiscence lauding an old hunting coat. The narrator contrasts its weathered canvas and worn pockets with the memories it holds of elk hunts, campfires, trout streams, and solitary woods, expressing reverence for the garment's simple comfort.
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Ead
Petrified Forest in Arizona Astonishes with Agate Trunks and Bridges
The Petrified Forest of Arizona covers about 100 square miles and is nicknamed Chalcedony Park by government explorers. Giant petrified logs, some translucent or nearly transparent, display blues, yellows, pinks, purples, and reds. A giant agate bridge lies across a forty foot gulch, while ancient trunks reveal bark and rings through translucent stone. Indians used agate for arrowheads and ornaments, and the petrified forest explains the source of moss agate artifacts found across the continent.
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Petrified Forest
Arizona
Chalcedony Park
Southwest
Petrified Forests
Panama
Behring Straits
Central
How Squirrels Live in Winter
A historical note explains that people believe squirrels survive winter mainly by nuts, but their diet is diverse across the year. The text hints at varied seasonal feeding, including corn in the milk stage as part of their diet.
Squirrels Store Mushrooms in Tree Branches to Weather Winter
In the northwest a pine mastodon crop failed pushing ground squirrels to forage mushrooms. They dried them in tree notches and cradled them in branches, forcing them to emerge from burrows for winter meals. A New York Press note recounts a Maine lake incident where a water snake and pickerel fought. the snake swallowed the fish but died later, allegedly from the struggle.
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Ernest Seton Thompson
New York
Lake Pennesseewasse
William Gary
Kenneth Gurney
Maine
Gary
Gurney
Remarkable 1890 brain surgery at Paris Children’s Hospital
In May 1890 Dr. Lavelanguet performed a historic operation on an idiot child at the Paris Children’s Hospital. The skull was divided to relieve compression, bone edges kept apart, and bone growth gradually restored size. The child’s intelligence improved daily, becoming as healthy as peers in France.
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Lavelanguet
Children's Hospital
Paris
France
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Ramie
Colorado Springs Gazette
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