Picking the Spitzenburgs
In this Outing Magazine piece ECP Powell praises apples and orchards, recalling boyhood summers among Spitzenburgs and the Kirkland orchard. He extols careful picking, proper cellar practice, and pure cider, and laments careless farming, while celebrating varieties like McIntosh Walter Pease Grimes Golden Jonathan and the traditional Samp dish.
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Kirkland
New Zongland
Spitzenburgs
Apelles
McIntosh
Walter Pease
T. Mclntosh
Mr. Burbank
Grimes Golden
Jonathan
Wismer
United States
Nature
Outing Magazine
Attled nerves in animals and men
A country house episode shows a young horse panicking a team and pack of fox terriers. The dogs attack men as horses scream, suggesting a shared frenzy akin to panic and raising questions about collective behavior in animals and humans.
Human Billboards on the vacant Hogwallow lot
Quotation by Hogwallow Ken tuckins describes some people as living billboards with a flashy front and a vacant lot behind reflecting social commentary.
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Hogwallow Kentuckins
Traveling tales reveal quirks of English and American manners
A Philadelphia traveler compares cross cultural behavior on European railways with English courtesy and continental habits. She notes English strangers speak first, Americans are awkward at breaking the ice, and contends hospitality varies between nations while recalling a duchess in a shared compartment.
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Europe
Philadelphia
New York Sun
Birds Crossing the Atlantic on Migratory Flights
The article discusses whether American birds can fly 2000 miles across the ocean. It cites speed estimates from Katke and reports crossing times, mentions American birds seen in the Scilly Islands and Ireland, and notes westward movements from Rathlin O'Birne toward America observed in 1887.
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Katke
Heligoland
Atlantic
Scilly Islands
Ireland
British Association
Rathlin
Rock Island
America
London Globe
Monument scale from eggs and state county data
The article notes Washingtons monument at 554 feet and states that eggs from fifty counties, with sixty four still to hear from, if laid end to end would reach a monument 221 882 times taller than the Washington monument, as reported by the Kansas City Journal.
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Washington’s
Monument
Washington
Kansas City Journal
The Crime of Uneducated Fating Explains Food Mixtures
This excerpt from The Crime of Uneducated Fating by Charles H. Cochrane argues milk as complete nourishment and supports mixed foods. It cites ratios of lean meat milk bread potatoes butter and water, explains carbon from carbohydrates, and highlights protein in meat gluten in flour and fat from butter as energy sources.
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Charles H. Cochrane
Metropolitan Magazine
Words of Wisdom and Quotations Reflected Here
A compact collection of aphorisms and quotes on success idle hands kindness interest and bereavement from various authors. Notable lines from Young Men's Faith and Cowper Bovee and Hepworth emphasize purpose resilience and hopeful outlooks despite hardship.
Beechers Thought Quoted on Consolation
A religious sentiment quotes H. W. Beecher about God embracing every yearning soul and granting peace beyond care or storm, reflecting a mother's comfort and spiritual solace.
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H. W. Beecher
Faith in God and Law Shape Truth and Progress
A quotation by James Ifreeman Clarke links belief in divine laws to truth and goodness and asserts that growing faith in law drives global progress. It argues law's supremacy and universality fostering societal advancement.
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James Ifreeman Clarke
Redemption Through Soul Regeneration in Peabody’s View
Ephraim Peabody asserts that life miseries arise from inner disorder and anarchy of the soul, not outward circumstances. He argues redemption from human misery begins with soul regeneration, awakening true life, and consecration to God.
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Ephraim Peabody
Blessed ears seek inward truth for heavenly secrets
A Thomas a Kempis reflection urges faithful daily preparation to receive spiritual insight, emphasizing interior discernment over external sound and the value of internal preparation for divine teachings.
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Thomas A Kempis
The Englishman Who Seeks Solitude on Trains
A London Saturday Review critique mocks the intrusive traveler who disregards English social norms of courtesy by occupying space in shared carriages. It questions why a nationalized Englishman disperses personal space and ignores the customary avoidance of close contact in public transport.
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Ienglishman
Ens-lishman
London Saturday Review
Mall matter for the Tongan islands carried by rocket drops
A Pacific island matter involving the Tongan group is delivered by rockets launched from passing vessels. The method suggests a maritime supply or transfer system using spaceflight style delivery to reach remote shores.
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Islands
Pacific
Photographic light for unseen objects and marine armaments
Dr Kohler of Jena proposes a method to photograph invisible objects with invisible light. The starfish lacks a nose yet its underside houses a sense of smell. Cornell University Medical School will test distemper germs in dogs and human susceptibility. The Boston Society of Civil Engineers tackles rainwater runoff in dense districts with sewer systems. The Russian Admiralty plans two 25 000 ton battleships at Baltic works in two years, armed with ten 12 inch and six 8 inch guns.
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Cornell University Medical School
Baltic
Gravity Reaches All Along Cosmic Distances
The text asserts Neptune lies 2,750,000 miles from the sun yet the sun’s gravity governs the distant planet without effort. It proclaims gravity as universal, with every atom in the universe influencing every other atom.
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Neptune
London Women Turn to Electric Treatment for Nerves
A London dispatch notes weary society women seek electric therapy to endure the social season. Specialists apply an electric battery to calmed nerves as a fashionable treatment. Professor Lowell, after securing optimal photographs of Mars, argues canals may be artificial and suggests intelligent beings could inhabit the planet.
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London
Mars
Prof
Lowell
Experiments with cas sava under USDA show strong alcohol yield
Experiments under the U S Department of Agriculture find cas sava a top alcohol producing plant. One ton of root stock yields about 35 gallons of alcohol. Growth is easy and cheap, with average soil giving 10 tons per acre. At 35 to 40 cents a gallon, gross profit per acre could reach 35 to 40 dollars, higher than from the alcohol potato in Germany and Russia.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Germany
Russia
The Desperate Act Of A Mother's Farewell
A mother, grieving over a newborn girl, hides the baby as her husband demands a son. He curses the girl and urges disposal. In despair, she carries the child to a river bank and releases it into the darkness, a tragic mercy noted by Missionary Link.
Books should be taken in doses and treated with reverence
The writer laments over too many books crowding minds and warns against overindulgence in encyclopedic volumes. He argues literature loses its vitality as people overconsume, comparing books to wine and music and urging reverence or rejection.
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France
Arthur Symonds
London Saturday Review
Deer Rearing Enterprise Near Stella Thrives
A deer park on fifteen acres near Stella houses seven deer with eleven sold this season. Young deer bring $35 per pair. Mr. Roseberry has raised and sold deer for fourteen years, once maintaining twenty five on hand. Kansas City Journal.
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Stella
Roseberry
Kansas City Journal
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Jena
Boston Society of Civil Engineers
Sion
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