Hill Assault in a British Regiment
A London Star account describes a British battalion advancing under heavy fire up a bare hill to seize four enemy guns. Privates Dawlish and Simmons exchange grim jokes about death as they endure shelling, moments before the unit reaches the crest and suffers casualties during the assault.
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London Star
Dawlish
Simmons
le Wan
Thane
Orlish
Worcestershire
Shoreditch
Gil” Lavaish
Beane
Ant
Jawlish
Siself
Ward
Ali
Ape
Matey
MacArthur Wasrh't Mr Alexander MacArthur
The Philadelphia Frening Post recounts how novelist Alexander MacArthur, famed for his Paris life study, attended a Chicago dinner under his pen name after a successful book. A mistaken guest, Lilyis MacArthur, revealed she had written as Alexander since leaving Dublin, ending with a memorable misidentity evening.
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Alexander MacArthur
Paris
Rubinstein
Paderewki
Philadelphia Frening Post
St. Petersburg
London
Chicago
Lake City
Lillis MacArthur
Alexander
Dublin
Virginia's Big Apple Trees Reach Great Size Near Brush
The Philadelphia Record notes Virginia apple trees at Brush near the Blue Ridge with trunks nine feet five inches around and branches up to six feet around. The Wee tree stands 52 feet high and 71 feet wide, yielding large crops despite age. A neighboring tree has eight feet five inches trunk and once produced 85 bushels. The Robertson tree near Stuart is famed as a parent of many, bearing large red apples and still bearing at eighty. Patrick county hosts especially large trees with prized flavor.
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Brush
Wour
Blue Ridge Mountains
Philadelphia
Stuart
J. W. Robertson
Robertson
United States
Start
Patrick County
Earthquake Pendulum Sent to Hawaii for Global Seismic Study
Prof John Milne and Prof George Davidson have sent an earthquake pendulum costing 250 to Hawaii to study tremors affecting the newly annexed islands. This effort is part of a worldwide seismic survey aiming to locate quake centers and map earthquake wave directions and intensities. The Hawaii station is among the most important sites in the project.
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John Milne
George Davidson
Hawaii
Wealth Dreams From a Dying Friend and a Poker of Illusions
A poverty memoir details life with husband Jay and Nora Brandon in a single room, sharing joys and struggles, until Nancy McMahan’s will seeds wealth via a mysterious hygienic medicine. The narrator pawns a violin, launches the medicine, and soon pursues a raft of luck with an ambitious Irish promoter, promising a rise from hardship to affluence.
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Jay
Nora Brandon
Mrs. Brandon
Nancy McMalan
Nancy
MeMihan
Mia
Nora Brendon
Curla
Nancy M’mahan
Tay
Nora Bramson
America
McMahan
United States
California
Nupey
Sugar beet troubles in Hetrien County Michigan
Farmers who grew beets for Wolverine Sugar claim misrepresentation by contract solicitors and seek a paying price after an unfavorable year. State inspector cites bad season and inexperience, but growers demand more concessions before continuing. The piece notes risks of beet farming and the need for gradual development amid seasonal uncertainty.
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Hetrien County
Mich
Wolverine Sugar Company
Farmnera’ Institute
Michigan
Browers
Varmers
Thin Seeding Yields Reported by A Farmer Correspondent
A New York Tribune correspondent describes a farmer’s experiments on wheat oats and rye with varied spacing and hill planting. Wheat yields reached 106 bushels per acre with 12 by 6 inch rows and single grain hills. Rye produced 126 and 127 heads from single grains in two hills in 1897.
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The
New York Tribune
Folding Hay Door Aids Barn Efficiency
A vintage note describes a folding hay door for end openings, detailing upper and lower sections that fold and open fully, with the door closing from inside to keep out storms when a hood protects the hayfork. Cited in Quebec Farmer by A S Forsman, a Canadian experiment station report notes rape as a top forage plant for jambe growth.
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A. S. Forsman
Qbia
staHom
Serene
Feane
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