Cornstalk Based Food for Horses and Cattle Developed
Agricultural department reports a new cattle food made from ground cornstalks leaves and tops mixed with blood or molasses or both. Cakes are pressed and shipped like bricks, fed by mixing with water. Tests at experiment stations show promise, with potential use for cavalry in tropics and low-cost production in Cuba and southern states.
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Agricultural Department
Europe
Tropics
Cuba
Washington Cab Rides and Congressional Dudes Exposed
An article notes new congressmen hire aging carriages for sightseeing in Washington. Drivers overcharge, especially country members, while many newcomers spend lavishly on clothes to conceal money concerns. On returning home some revert to farm attire, while others are labeled farmers by colleagues.
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Washington
Congrese
Congress
Hessian fly threat and prevention outlined by entomologist
Prof Herbert Osborne of Iowa explains Hessian fly origins from Hessian soldiers. The pest targets wheat, rye and barley, spreading at five to six broods yearly and moving about 20 miles annually. He urges farmers to burn stubble or plow under and till the ground to halt multiplication and future damage.
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Herbert Osborne
Iowa
United States
Women take up revolver use in New York society
The piece notes women in New York now own and use pistols as a common defensive tool. Jewelry stores stock gold and silver mounted revolvers sometimes inlaid with pearls, selling from 50 to 75 dollars up to 250. Greta Pomeroy Marion Wish and Adolph Ladenburg family connections are cited as adept shooters.
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New York City
Greta Pomeroy
Marion Wish
Stuyvesant Fish
Adolph Ladenburg
Receptacle Plan to Save Abandoned Infants Proposed
Mrs J J Gast of the Indianapolis board suggests a clothing receptacle at the Cincinnati home for the friendless. A pressure bell wired to the inside would alert nurses to a new infant arrival, with no effort to identify the donor. The idea mirrors a Notre Dame hospital practice from Paris.
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J.J. Gast
Board of Indy Managers
the Home For the Friendless
Cincinnati
Gest
Paris
Notre Dame Hospital
Relics From Colonies Collected by War Department
War department officials seek to gather historical ethnological and artistic items from Cuba Puerto Rico and the Philippines for government storage. General Brooke in Cuba has ordered officers to obtain suitable artifacts for shipment to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington for public collection.
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War Department
Cuba
Porto Rico
Philippines
Schwan
Adjt
Corbin
Washington
Brooke
Smithsonian Institution
Curious albino rabbit found on Buck Island Nebraska
George Ross of Butler county Nebraska shot what he thought a mink on Buck Island in the Platte river. The rabbit is blood red in color with fine fur and amber yellow eyes. Some observers call it an albino and Ross plans to mount the specimen for the State Horticultural Society after refusing $20.
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George Ross
Butler County
Neb
Buck Island
Platte River
Rees
State Horticultural Society
Nebraska
Chinatown Innovation in Post Office Substation Plan
New York Postmaster Van Cott discussed a possible postal substation in Chinatown run by a naturalized Chinese American. He noted substantial Chinese mail volume and language barriers at the general post office, suggesting trained naturalized Chinese workers could aid applicants.
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van Cott
New York
Chinatowse
General Post Office
Tall Constables Record Dominant Heights in Cape Town
Cape Town shows notable statures among its constables with the tallest at 6 feet 9 inches and 98 more officers exceeding six feet in height. The list underscores the city’s unusual height profile among constabulary personnel.
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Cape Town
Population of Palestine by Religion in 60 000
The census breaks down Palestine's 60 000 population into 49 000 Hebrews, 0 000 Christians, and 8 000 Mohammedans who, though numerically in the minority, hold authority.
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Palestine
Trade and wage trends mute 1890s market shifts in New York
The weekly Dun and Bradstreet review notes rising demand and high staple prices led by holidays while labor markets ease with wage gains. Iron and steel stay steady as seasons limit new work, boots and leather stay strong, lumber in active demand, and year end contracts assure near term employment. EG reports productivity supported by strong consumption and foreign trade gains, with Wheat and corn prices up and week exports mixed. Failures rise modestly in U S and Canada as markets adjust to year end.
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New York
Bradstreetin
manNtee the
Eg, Dun & Co
Review of Trade
Atlantic
Pacific
United States
Canada
Logan Death Mystery Sparks Philippine Transport Probe
Reports from the Sheridan crew challenge cable accounts of Maj. John A. Logan Jr.'s death in battle at San Fabian. Purser George H. Kappitz says Logan provoked mutiny with harsh conduct and a dog dispute, suggesting possible murder by his own men.
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San Francisco
Sheridan
Philippines
John A. Logan, Jr
George H. Kappitz
Logan
Purser Kappitz
Maj. Logan
Maj. Dogan
San Fabian
Bicycle tragedy in Atlantic City claims 17 year old
Albert Gardner son of Hon John Gardner representative from New Jersey district was killed instantly when struck by an express train while bicycling near Harbor City Atlantic City Dec 41. Other brief items note Michael J Sampson remanded in Bow Street court until Dec 16 for alleged forgery and Moscow Insurance permission to operate abroad with plans to enter the United States Judge Bteazer K Foster of Gainesville Florida died in New Haven while seeking health care.
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Bleyelint
Atlantic City
N. J
Albert
John Gardner
New Jersey
Eg Harbor City
London
Michael J. Sampson
Limerick
Chicago
Ill
Bow Street
St. Petersburg
Department of Trade and Manufactures
Moscow Insurance Company
United States
New Haven
Comn
Bteazer K. Foster
Gainesville
Fla
Judge Poster
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