Cyrus Hall McCormick and the Reaper Dream
Cyrus Hall McCormick born in Walnut Grove Virginia grew to lead the world’s foremost harvester maker. With early invention of grain cradle hillside plow and self sharpening plow he created the McCormick reaper. By age 86 he rode west to envision vast industrial growth and world wheat supply. His company grew to 700000 machines yearly with 120000000 capital and 70000 employees.
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Yrus [Lall M’cormick
Robert McCormick
Mary Anna Ifall
Walnut Grove
Rock Ridge County
Pennsylvania
McCormick
Royal Agricultural Society of Great Britain
Obed Tussey
Nantucket
Cyrus Hall McCormick
Virginia
the Wrest
Minois
Ilis
Tle
Ife
Old World
Land of Plenty
Chicago
Record- Herald
London
London Times
Beauty of New Social Cabinet V
The article notes Mrs Albert Akin, daughter of Attorney General Wickersham, as a leading beauty in the Taft administration era social circle. Mrs Akin, in New York City, will assist the Wickersham household with receptions and entertainments and may join Mrs Taft in social activities.
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Taft
Albert Akin
Wickersham
Plant Guardians Ants Defend South American Tree
Ant defenders inhabit the cecropia adenopus tree in southern Brazil, rushing from small entry holes to fend off leaf cutter ants. They dwell on Mueller's corpuscles feeding on protein rich secretions, with entrance grooves guiding access to the hollow stem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South America
South Brazil
Tropics
Mueller
W. Schimper
What She Wanted to See
An English clergyman urges a visitor to tour London’s landmarks, noting St Paul’s and Westminster Abbey. A fair American responds with a wish to see the Church of England, expressing a longing formed since childhood.
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London
St. Paul's
Westminster Abbey
Church of England
Amsterdam
China
Mauretania
Cripple’ Creek
Colo
American Museum of Natural History
New York City
Europe
Montreal
New York
Atlantic
King
Uganda
J. EB. Hine
Mengo
St. Paul
Constantinople
Ispahan
Chardin
Meydan
Berlin
Berlin Medical Society
I. C. Selous
Mr. Roosevelt
Matabeleland
South Africa
Alaska
Don'ts by the Baby Card Promotes Cautionary Rules
Compilation of admonitions for raising infants from Lippincott's Magazine outlines safe handling avoidances such as not squeezing, not forcing feeding, and not exposing children to excessive stimuli. It emphasizes respecting a baby's cues and avoiding aggressive or fear inducing actions.
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Lippincott’s
Humorous exchanges and witticisms from various papers
A collage of jokes and quips from Cleveland Leader Chicago Tribune Washington Herald and other papers featuring marriage misgivings witty one liners about men and wives, nurses and storekeepers, and a mock courtroom exchange. The theme centers on domestic life and social humor.
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Hiram—Waal
Princeton Tiger
Cleveland
Tar
Ally Sloper
Mary
Johnny
Dickey
Chicago Tribune
Washington Herald
Remarkable German Lilliputian Draws and Plays Instruments
Matthew Buckinger, born in Nuremberg on June 2 1674 without limbs, became famed for drawing, engraving, and painting with a pen, and for playing flute, bagpipe, dulcimer and trumpet. He constructed machines to play instruments, excelled at games of chance, and performed tricks for paying audiences. Buckinger married four times and sired eleven children before dying in 1722.
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Central
Simple
Paderewski
Cleveland Plain Dealer
New York
Chicago
Yonkers
Mary Bright
Catholic Standani and Times
Matthew Buckinger
Nuremberg
Germany
Buckinger
Ile
World of curiosities and notes from diverse lands
A collage of tidbits covers industry in Amsterdam and Montreal, Ugandan youth education, Turkish dress, Isfahan’s historic splendor, Berlin libel cases in medicine, Selous’s explorer career, and Taft’s potential Philippines milestone with a pearl handled pen gift idea from La Concha.
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Philippines
Congress
Taft
Manila Times
Schwinges
la Concha
Blacking Heels and the Art of Polishing Women’s Shoes
A seasoned bootblack explains that women’s footwear demands even, full coverage polishing. He notes men’s shoes often show only the toes while a woman’s heels and back strips reveal neglect, stressing meticulous care of heels and ankles for a well groomed appearance.
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Syrus HH. Hscormick
Ophet
Wrrs
Albert Alien
Don
Freddy
Dyer
Duell
Belle
Nellie
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