Agricultural Department to Organize 50000 Crop Correspondents
Henry A. Robinson leads a vast plan to create a 50000 strong corps of crop correspondents across the West and South. The system aims to provide monthly crop statistics with no government cost beyond pamphlet distribution, reforming county and state networks to improve reports and pricing signals.
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Washington
Enry A. Robinson
Agricultural Department
United States
Secretary of Agriculture
Robinson
Dodge
Department of Agriculture
Pfive
Tor
Harvard University
Cambridge
College Yard
CROP CONDITIONS DECLINE ACROSS MAJOR PRODUCE
Agricultural Department reports widespread deterioration in crop conditions with oats rye and barley faring better. Potatoes suffer from drought and rot in New England New York Midwest and near Great Lakes states with low prices collapsing profits in the Northwest. Sweet potatoes and apples also show declines while wheat harvest prospects remain buoyant in the UK and Europe.
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Agricultural Department
New England
New York
Great Lakes
Missouri
Kansas
Northwest
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Ohio
Maryland
Virginia
West
United Kingdom
Great Britain
Duluth
Landing of Marines and Far East Turmoil Reported
Tokyo dispatches relay alarming details of Korea uprising and queen’s disappearance. Russian, U.S., and possibly British marines landed, with Japanese troops nearby to preserve order. Reports note Queen’s fate unclear as Seoul tensions rise. Additional notes cover local arrests, deaths, indictments, floods, and a few personal notices.
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Great Britain
Korea
United States
Kurino
Japan
Foreign Office
Tokyo
Seoul
Yorktown
Maira
Far East
Tai Won Kun
Soldiers at Home and the Grant Beginnings in War
A column traces Ulysses S. Grant’s early Civil War years from clerical duties to command, highlighting his humility, rise, and the value of service. It reflects on veterans’ gratitude, Lafayette, Lincoln, and a poignant Appomattox postscript, plus G A R mortality trends.
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Glenville
Ohio
Carl Tonquietz
Patrick Grant
Robert Grant
Boston
Mass
Rhode Island
Grand Army
James A. Jordan
Grand Rapids
New York Court of Appeals
Bat Shea
Robert Ross
Agua Fria
Gila
Santa Fe
Maricopa and
Phoenix
Twohig Station
Texas
J. Shaw
Shaw
Benjamin Wilson
Peru
Ind
Jasper
Andrew Cummings
John Burton
George B. Holmes
Ella May Ferris
Lexington
Jeffersonville
Hampton College
Adjutant General
Washington
Grant
Mattoon
Lafayette
Paris
Abraham Lincoln
Stoud
Republic
Appomattox
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Lee
Good Roads and Brain Power in Civic Progress
The article urges education and brains as the crucial ingredient for durable roads beyond materials like sand and asphalt. It notes a national push with a good roads convention in Atlanta and local fairs promoting public highway improvement. It also recounts a humorous bank scene with Mr. Chugwater and Mr. Tug gins as a cautionary tale of identity at banks, and ends with tips on controlling burdock weeds by burning to prevent seed spread.
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Morton
Atlanta
Friends of Good Roads
Tuggins
Mr. Tuggins
Mr. Chugwater
Chicago Tribune
Roumanian Marriage Custom Revealed by Trousseau Box
In Roumania a unique betrothal rite centers on a bride’s self woven trousseau stored in a painted box. A suitor may open the box to judge the dowry before proposing. if satisfied, he asks the parents. The wedding ends with joyous festivities and the groom’s cart drawn by four oxen.
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Roumania
Trousseau
Hermother
The Useful Shark in Industry and Food
A Revue Scientifique note outlines how shark parts serve many uses. The liver yields a valued oil, skin polishes like mother-of-pearl, teeth and bones go to various trades, flesh and bones make fertilizer, and fins and glands find further applications.
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Revue Scientifique
Russia
Watering a Whole Farm by a Small Dam in New York
A New York farmer reports that a six foot dam creates a pond supplying an eighty acre farm with water for crops and market vegetables. Water is carried by main and distributing ditches to roots, with seepage and deep furrows keeping the soil wet and productive.
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New York
New York Times
Stallions Fight in Geneseo Barns Overturned Latch
In Geneseo at W A Wadsworth’s stable two stallions Devil-to-Pay a Thoroughbred and Victor Hugo a Percheron escaped their stalls after a latch gave way and fought fiercely. The melee left both animals badly injured and required restraint by handlers.
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W. A. Wadsworth
Geneseo
Devil-to- Pay
Victor Hugo
Devil-to-Pay
A Chinaman's Oath Stuns London Court
A Chinese sailor in London swore no ordinary oath but one on a saucer. He broke the saucer in court declaring if he lied his soul would crack like the china. The housekeeper provided the saucer, and the scene left her distraught as the china set shattered.
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London
China
American Excavators in Crete Uncover inscriptions at Gortyna
The American Institute at Gortyna Crete reports excellent results and the Athenaeum calls Gortyna a perfect quarry of Inscriptions. Remains of a large Byzantine basilica built with stones from ancient structures promise artifacts and significant materials.
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Crete
American Institute
Gortyna
Athenaeum
Roman Relics in England Uncover Pompeii Like Furnaces
Excavations near Silchester England reveal furnaces matching Pompeii ones, likely part of a dyeing setup. Traces of tubs and rooms for material storage or bleaching appear, with many querns for grinding madder. If there has been no temptation there can be no merit and no victory.
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England
Silchester
Pompeii
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Courier- Journal
Grand Army of the Republic
ASG
Lode Nepean
Boston Herald
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