Global patent push and arid lands revival notes
A survey of world patent costs cites sixty four patents at about seventeen thousand five hundred dollars. Argentina grows as a grain supplier to Europe while Nova Scotia and New Brunswick shipowners find work between River Plate and Old World ports. Reclamation of arid southwestern wastes advances with a new San Bernardino company, and a Mojave Dam project aims to irrigate two hundred thousand acres for Raisin grapes and alfalfa. General Miles critiques modern football rules after wartime experience, recalling bone breaking playdays at Yale, Princeton, Harvard, and Cornell.
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Argentine Republic
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
River Plate
San Bernardino
Cal
Victor Narrows
Mojave River
San Bernardino County
Mojave Desert
Nelson A. Miles
Atlanta Journal
Miles
Yale
Princeton
Harvard
Cornell
Russia Builds A One Fourth Army Of Drafted Men In 1892
According to the St Petersburg paper Sytet, Russia drafts 785000 yearly but sends 260290 into service. Of these 16009 Orthodox 16000 Israelites and 9000 Mohammedans join the ranks. The 1890 contingent includes 193000 of pure Russian origin, 17000 Poles, 1000 Germans, 16000 Jews, 358 Bashkir, and small numbers of Lithuanians and Tartars, yielding a homogeneous national army.
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Sytet
St. Petersburg
Russia
Burglary Tools Market Tied to Local Mechanics
Police encounters with burglars tools reveal craftsmen in communities secretly enabling crime. Mechanics with reputations for honesty may secretly fabricate specialized devices like jimmies drills and slingshots for burglar use, sold at inflated prices and kept quiet.
Jeanie and the Dutchy Weaving Love in London
Jeanie, a tailor's helper in a grim tenement, meets a quiet Wendish man who cannot speak English. She helps him, shares food, and watches him gradually reveal a hope of home. Illness and distance follow, but sketches and a hospital gift reveal his devotion and return. Jeanie, moved by his kindness, realizes she loves him and asks his name.
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Ernie Campbell
Mary
Jeanie
London
Saxony
Bohemia
New York Tribune
Exterminating Sparrows in Maryland
Farmers in Maryland’s second district launch a novel sparrow crusade as English sparrows roost in barns. Armed with broad paddles and lights, they kill birds at night to protect crops, defending the method as justified pest control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore Sun
Postage Stamps and the U S Monopoly Exposed
Washington Star outlines Uncle Sam s stamp operations noting the threefold government monopoly in tariffs coinage and stamps. It critiques printing costs contracts and delivery inefficiencies and argues for a government produced stamp service with fewer intermediaries and less red tape.
Saved His Father From Jail in Spokane Court
Davie Connelly a Pacific coast known boy sang his drunk father out of jail in Spokane Police Court. Judge Miller, Prosecutor Platter, and Inspector Gough heard the tale as the boy offered a plea for leniency and promised to earn money by singing at the Louvre. The judge allowed the father to go after the boy’s appeal and a modest wage estimate. Portland Oregonian notes few sea-going vessels now are built of wood.
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Sam
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Public Service
New York
Frm
Connecticut
Tittle
Davie Connelly
Pacific Coast
Spokane
David Connelly
Julge Miller
Davie
Inspector Gough
Led
Platter
Dane
Portland Oregonian
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Briseeth
Moens
Lnwantt
Tor
Martha T. Tyler
Lippincott
Loch Sparkie
Loch Awe
Braes
Hea
Eureka Court
Jessie
Jeannie
Maryland
Uncle Sam
Samuel
Bitter Root
Dog Tooth
Goose Creek
Chicago
Egi
Washington
Department
Uncle Sam's
Washington Star
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