Largest Libraries Ranked by Volumes World Wide
The National Library of Paris holds over 2,000,000 printed volumes and about 200,000 manuscripts, the British Museum about 1,500,000 volumes, and the St. Petersburg Imperial Library is slightly smaller by roughly 12,000 volumes. Other major holdings include Munich with 990,000 printed works and Berlin with 800,000 volumes.
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National Library
Paris
British Museum
St. Petersburg
Royal
Munich
Berlin
Copenhagen
Dresden
University
Gottingen
Imperial
Vienna
New York
Potatoes Per Acre and Seed Offers Spark Interest
A Rural Journal item notes remarkable potato yields with Salzer's varieties like Lightning Express achieving up to 455 bushels per acre. Salzer advertises prices as low as $2 per barrel and a potato planter for $2, offering a seed catalog and samples on request. Pantries mention colonies forming in Texas.
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Yie Hahn
Wisecoast
Abr
Salzer
New Yorker
Lightning Express
Law Crosse
Phosphorescent Paths of Life by Rev Dr Talmage
The preacher urges each person to leave a radiant wake like sea phosphorescence. He likens influence to light in the night, arguing ordinary deeds, temperance, kindness, and faith can illuminate others for generations. He cites Job’s Leviathan and calls for daily acts that bless strangers, families, and communities.
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Job
Bénus
Mediterranean
Atlantic
Taste
Switzerland
John Ruskin
John Tuskin
Atlanta
Tris
Mera
Goa
Memorial tribute quotes a pastor on a righteous life
The speaker recalls a man of faith who saved souls and mentored others. Flowers from his Sabbath-school class and orphan asylum honor his memory, with tokens from a coal buyer, a waif helped, and a jailed youth he encouraged. He is praised as a beacon who made a path to shine after him.
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Pacific Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Tearearfon
Scofer
Horace Greeler
Henry J. Raymond
James Gordon Bennett
Erastus Brooks
George William Curtis
Irenaeus Prime
George W. Child
Proessor
Gutenberg
Marlborough
Decatur
Toussaint
Botivar
Clarkson
Robert Raikes
Harlan Page
Golgotha
Tam
Nero
Nana Sahib
Gol
Shine
Gio
Christ
Orphan Asylum
Salzer Seed Co promotional offer from La Crosse Wis
An old advertisement promotes Salzer Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin claiming the largest selection of grass and clover seed varieties. It offers special low freight to New York and the East and promises eleven assorted seed packages and a full seed catalogue in exchange for mailing the stub with postage.
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Salzer
la Crosse
Wis
New York
East
John A. Salzer Seed Co
Apples outshine oranges in value per quantity in Missouri
A reader notes that a barrel of Missouri apples fetches a higher price than the same amount of Florida oranges, illustrating regional price differences.
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Missouri
Untitled Advertisements and Remedies Notice
A collage of patent medicine pitches and notices offering rewards for catarrh cures, tonics, and tonics boasts from Toledo druggists. Mentions FJ Che ney and various claims about Brown's Iron Bitters and Beecham's Pills. Also notes drownings in Joliet and railway dividends, with phony testimonials and pricing details.
Boiling Point Variations Tied to Elevation and Pressure
A Boston Cultivator note explains that water boils at different temperatures by elevation. Baltimore nears 212 degrees, Munich 209, Mexico City around 200, and the Himalayas at 180 with increasing altitude. Atmospheric pressure changes drive these shifts.
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Baltimore
Munich
Germany
Mexico
Mearns
Himalayas
Boston
Islam faith and Illinois hay production noted
The article states that Islam centers on the Koran delivered to Muhammad by the Angel Gabriel. It also notes Illinois leads U.S. states in hay production with about one and a half tons per acre.
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Gabriel
Illinois
Syrup of Figs Promises Gentle, Effective Laxative
Promotional note touts Syrup of Figs as a pleasant laxative aiding kidneys liver and bowels without weakening them. Claims universal patient satisfaction, medical approval, and warns buyers against substitutes. Available from druggists in 50 cent and one dollar bottles, manufactured by California Fig Syrup Co.
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California Fig Syrup Co
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Panwrns
Texas
Mrs W Goss
Hood
Hood & Co
Lowell
Mass
O. K
Sears
JW. Goss
Savannah
Alldrugginty
Pepe Wary
Sas
Daxpiter
DR Talmage
THE
Brooklyn Divine
SUN
Newton
Shin Harwich
New Orleans
Andi
God
Job Callis
Kingdom of God
Newfoundland
George W. Childs
Philadelpnia
Chian
Departe
Recbes Garner
Jeff
Ranidir
Meas Gannerr
U. S
Moody and Sankey
FJ. 2 & Co
Props
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
West - TrvaAx
Ohio
Waipixc
Kinran & Marvin
Hall
Inurxors
Oklahoma
Marge
Lapp Drug
Philad
Charles J. Frost
Joliet, Lil
Ays- Brown
Canada
Beecham
Annie Gace
Baxter Springs
Kas
Express
Bradfield Regulator CO
Atlante, Ga
Eer Ai
Cate & Fruit
Powell & Co
Altimore
G.cme
Aiange Carriage CO
Ginginnatl
W.L. Douglas
Ettaera
Derby
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