Island of Sakhalin as bargaining chip in peace talks
The piece outlines Sakhalin’s value to Japan, tracing its history with Russia, treaties, and the island’s riches. It notes fisheries potential, petroleum, gold, timber, and the strategic southern half as the crucial prize for access to La Perouse strait and the Sea of Japan.
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Island OF
Sakhalin
Japan
London Globe
Karafuto
Maria Rima
Theear
la Perouse
Russia
St. Petersburg
Kuriles
Yeso
France
United States
Nooteva
Island
Baku
Far East
China
la Perouse Strait
Sea of Japan
England
Vlndivostok
Japan Sea
Pacific
Mediterranean
Komura
Unexploded Shells Hamper Manchuria’s Open Door Promise
A State Department report by Consul General Sammons in Niuchwang notes Manchuria’s fertile lands attract settlers but unexploded shells and mines hinder farming and shipping. He cites ongoing piracy and banditry, calls for American methods to boost development, and warns war-zone risks that leave fields uncultivated.
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Washington
Far East
Manchuria
West
State Department
Sammons
Niuchwang
Mancchuria
China
St . Iz
Be Good to the Hen Focuses on Winter Egg Care and Feeding
The article advises proper grain, ample green food, and meat in the ration to improve winter egg production. It emphasizes housing, exercise, and attentive management, noting the hen’s output hinges on meeting her original capacity with adequate protein, energy, and animal foods.
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Rearing Calves on the Cow Natural but costly practice
The article argues against calves suckling for milking efficiency, warning it damages the cow’s future dairy yield. It urges training the cow to secrete milk across milking times and promotes bucket feeding with steady milking, emphasizing temperature and portion control for healthy calves.
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W. R. Gilbert
Daily Record
White specks in butter from overripe cream
Hoards explains white specks in butter come from overripe cream when churned. Farm dairies with several days’ sour cream may keep hard curd specks that are not washed out. Washing by swirling churn water helps float the curd and remove specks before final butter.
Exterminating Burdocks with Cut and Oil
Advice from a National Minute column advises cutting burdocks level with the ground in summer using an ax or sharp knife and pouring a teaspoonful of kerosene oil on the stump. It claims the plant dies immediately and will not regrow, suggesting a day to rid a figure of them.
The Stranger and the Woman of the Rocky Camp
A hunter in a remote Colorado camp recalls a ten year old tale of a Presbyterian missionary who reshaped a rough mining camp. A love triangle, reform, betrayal, and a planned departure crown a memory that ends with the pair leaving as dawn breaks.
Hearing After Death at Orleans Guillotine
An article from the London Mail reports Professor Hartsmann, a Paris surgeon, explaining a guillotine incident at Orleans. After Languille’s execution, the head’s eyelids reportedly opened twice when the name was called, suggesting a reflex neural response despite death.
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London Mail
Orleans
Languille
Hartsmann
Paris
Counterfeit Relics and Munitions Trade
Birmingham factory produces about 1200 flint lock muskets weekly and Liege also ships many to central and east Africa. The guns reach natives blocked from modern firearms by statute, with US Consul Halstead noting broad awareness in the trade.
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Birmingham
England
Liege
Belgium
Central
East Africa
United States
Halstead
Old-Time Paths and Crime in a Desert Camp Tale
A dramatic account describes a female visitor at a desert camp questioned after witnessing drinking gambling and a moral clash. The leader accuses her of loving a man rather than the work, and reveals the camp’s shift from reverence to disillusion. A Birmingham dealer’s note on procuring old muskets shows demand for aging weapons.
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Rockies
Jay
Birmingham
Royal Opera prints orchestra members names
The Royal Opera management in London now publishes the names of the orchestra members in a new list. The notice confirms the roster and provides a public record of current personnel.
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The
Royal Opera
London
Spro
Srama
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