Costs of Keeping Dogs Outweigh School Funds
A Western state tally estimates dogs cost the state about 9 million dollars yearly when food, sheep losses, and damage are counted, comparing this to education funding. A Tennessee figure notes 200000 useless dogs could yield 30 million pounds of bacon worth 3 million dollars, implying vast waste. A northern study adds a 33 million annual dog bill, enough to fund many farms or libraries.
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Dow
Piowman
Tennessee
Eac
Disliked by Their Own Kind Dead Herrings Warned Off
The Chicago Herald notes that many animals hate the scent and presence of their own corpses. Live horses and cows show distaste for dead horses and cattle, and herrings abandon annual haunts after nets break or fish spoilage.
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Mishkete
Chicago Herald
Hotel for suicide reports shocks Chicago readers
A Chicago Times item describes a southern plan to open a hotel offering rooms and board to individuals contemplating self destruction. The facility would provide a brass hanging-book, gas, and pistols, with guests allowed to kill themselves at any hour.
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Lotel
Chicago Times
Farming in Dakota Shows Mild Winters and Rich Prospects
Correspondent reports on Dakota farming, noting milder winters than Minnesota, abundant grazing and fat stock, early plowing and seeding, and potential yields. Describes land prices, soil quality, crop varieties, labor, and local rivers and towns including Dickinson and Heart river region. Mentions Lygnite coal sample and regional climate contrasts with Frederick.
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Tus News
Bismark
Fargo
Missouri
Helena
Fort Benton
Omaha
Neb
Frederick
Jamestown
Eleighing
Steele
Richardton
Here
Philadelphia
Minnesota
Manden
Dickinson
Heart River
Green River
Angelo
Cannon Ball
Big Knife River
Northern Pacific
Unlooked-for Rebuke in Missionary Effort Among Indians
An 1850s Tribune recounts a preacher addressing Six Nations chiefs on salvation and Christ. Red Jacket interrupts, denouncing white cruelty and affirming Indigenous faith, while the speaker is labeled a failed gospel proclaimer. The passage ends with a brief aside on Dr Breckenridge and remedies.
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New York Tribune
Ita
Red Jacket
The
Six Nations
Conclusiento
Squaw
John Breckenridge
Harrowing China Scene Beheading Fugitives Report
The article details brutal battles and massacres around Fuehao and Foochow, noting French actions and Chinese responses. It mentions a daring act by a returning American student, widespread anti Cantonese sentiment, and calls for negotiation with Pekin to halt further slaughter.
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China
Christian Advocate
Fuehao
America
Sil
Fuochao
France
Keeloong
Formosa
Foochow
East
Lem
Chine
Pekin
Brave Physician Rabbeth Sacrifices Life Healing Child
Dr Rabbeth senior medical officer at Royal Free Hospital London died aged twenty eight after attempting to remove a poisonous lung fluid growth from a four year old patient with diphtheria. His heroic deed saved the child but cost him his life, a testament to duty.
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Rabbeth
Royal Free Hospital
London
Alcohol Not a Food Day says alcohol not a necessity
B R Richardson argues in a lecture that excessive eating is not injurious and excessive drinking is. He cites 34 years of experience noting one death from intemperate eating and 300 deaths from excessive drinking, claiming the sense of necessity signals alcoholic disease and denying alcohol as nourishment. He cites his own example as proof.
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B.richardson
Rous
Shi
The Japanese Persimmon Grows On Virginia Farm
Mr. William Campbell raises fine specimens of the Japanese persimmon on his farm near Dunville Essex County Virginia. The fruit is dark orange and as large as a lemon. Cultivation is expanding in Maryland Virginia and Delaware. A specimen from Townsend Delaware weighed nine ounces.
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William Campbell
Dunsville
Essex County
Maryland
Virginia
Delaware
Townsend
Del
Fahmeys Health Restorer Claims Across Ga
A quirky ad copy touts Dr Fahmeys health restorer claimed to rejuvenate the gall bladder liver and overall vitality across Georgia. The dense promotional text markets various tonics and remedies with unfamiliar abbreviations and placeholders.
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Fahmeys
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