Of the Week Mek good Captain and Insect Notes
A long scanned column reports on Captain Schufeldty of the Army Medical Corps forwarding vertebrate and invertebrate specimens from New Orleans, various notes on prunes and culture, fashion observations in China, and a flurry of local accidents, fires, and arrests across several towns, with multiple brief items and anecdotes.
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Schufeldty
Army Medical Corps
Iaw Institution
New Oreans
TD Bay
California
New York
Journally
Paris
Rouen
Victoria
Zoological Station
Java
Vigilante chase ends in deadly shootout in Georgia
In Wilkinson county, Joe Holden reports a hog theft to Clay. A white posse confronts the thief’s house. a woman is knocked down. On the return trip, a pursuing group of black women and an ex convict engage, killing Holden and wounding two whites. Clay fires back killing Dick Cooper and wounding another. A separate New York incident reports Eliza Doherty, 25, attempting to kill her child and herself. both likely to die.
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Gardner
Colo
Sammie
Bevil
Kent
Ohio
Pétort
Johnsson
Williams
Commerce
Polk County
Tom Eagan
James Eagan
Wilkinson County
Joe Holden
Clay
Holden
Cooper
Dick Cooper
Eliza Doherty
New York
President set to honor day of thanksgiving with vessel constriction
A fragment notes a proposal to constrict seven naval vessels at a cost of 4,283,000 dollars. It mentions a designated day of thanksgiving, set for Thursday, November 9, as part of the festival to the Giver of all Good.
Global Dispatches and Speculation Amid War Tensions
A broad foreign news roundup reports on German mobilization, French military actions near Hanoi, and English labor tensions in Yorkshire. It notes Admiral Carbet taking command, French garrison reinforcements at Hanoi, and pirates driven from Hai Phong. Also covered are Madagascar trade friction, Italy palace explosions, Austrian peaceful foreign policy, and imperial Russia printing nihilist material.
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Meyer
Monkal
Canton
Hanoi
Carbet
Hai Phong
Austria
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Italy
Humbert
Victor Emanuel
Russia
Imperial Mine Institute
Moscow
Postage rate cut urged as local mail costs exceed revenue
The report from First Assistant Postmaster General Hatton urges reducing local letter postage from two to one cent where carrier service operates, citing a $1 021 894 excess in local mail receipts over delivery costs and predicting a surge in local business. It notes opposition to separating money order work from other postal business.
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Hatton
Congress
Ander Lowel
Sailing Northward Into the Eternal Day
A poem of voyaging northward through cold seas and fading love. The speaker travels toward harsher climes as warmth and passion dwindle, yet toward a hopeful dawn where death becomes a radiant bliss and life’s sunset yields to eternal day.
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T’says
Kye
Science in farming by Joseph Harrigan Amn Agriculturist
New York column argues underused U S lands can be improved by turning poor land into pasture and growing fodder crops with rich nitrogenous feeds such as cotton seed cake and bean meal. Suggests using superphosphate and potash for profit and emphasizes tillage and weed control. Also notes using labor-saving tools for wives and daily butter-making via a creamer.
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Joseph Harrigin
Amn
Noy
United States
Fat content in pigs tied to feeding practices across regions
The article compares fattening trends in pigs from the United States and Canada, noting Canadian hogs are leaner due to barley and peas feeding, while U S pigs are fattier from corn. It argues diet shapes fat versus muscle, and that slower growth and grass diets yield leaner hogs.
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National Livestock Journal
Canada
Bees for Boys in a Young Beekeeper Tale
A farmer with sixty bee colonies rents his son to manage honey production. The elder boy, aged sixteen, oversees sections, queen introduction, divisions, and queen rearing. His honey sells at one city grocery, and his small operation yields profit yet can’t meet demand.
Artichokes Feed Swine At Michigan Agricultural College
Artichokes have been grown for swine at Michigan Agricultural College for several years. A patch near the swine pens allows breeding sows to browse roots in spring with minimal labor as the crop stays underground over winter. Professor Johnson, the farm superintendent, reports high satisfaction with the results.
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Johnson
Management Aims to Expand Artichoke Plantation
A report notes efforts by management to enlarge the artichoke plantation. Details on scale, investors, and regional impact are sparse in the fragment, but the plan centers on increasing cultivation area and production capacity.
Selecting Nursery Trees for Better Fruit
Professor William Saunders advises selecting nursery trees that appear small or runty as they often become strong later. He notes many successful growers share this view. Expert tips urge digging planting holes two feet deep and filling with bones stones or bricks for better underdrainage and deeper tool access.
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William Saunders
AOG- Tions
Overcrowding Fowls Hurts Health and Profits
The article notes overcrowding causes most fowl diseases and high competition in large flocks. It cites Hawkins of Lancaster Massachusetts as the world’s largest breeder who divides his birds into many smaller groups. He keeps over two thousand hens on his farm with thousands more chicks hatched and shipped to cities each year.
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Constantenus
Sacramento Equity
Legi Dunbar
Bloomington
Paris
J. D. Osborne
Flanders
London
Ses
Hawkins
Lancaster
Mass
Sage Farm
Household Economical Dishes and Substitutes
A collection of simple kitchen guides including Puppine Cook with flour and milk batter on bread slices, Vreal Oysters as veal in batter, Cinnamon Tarts with butter sugar and cinnamon, Stewed Tomatoes with butter pepper salt and crumbs, and Aver Puppine a warm apple pudding with sour milk batter baked then served with sugar and cinnamon.
The Polar Hare and the Arctic Hunt
In St Nicholas November issue John R. Coryell recounts how polar hares survive fierce polar nights and how hunters can outflank them by circling to within fifty yards. He links hare tactics to the fate of Captain De Long and his crew aboard the Jeannette, noting the missed food opportunities due to lacking shotguns and the abundance of ptarmigan.
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de Long
Ptarmian
John R. Coryell
St. Nicholas
Bizarre Scribble Triggers Courtroom Snippet
A fragmented line from a judge references disputes over butter and butter churns, hinting at a desultory courtroom exchange. The text shows a garbled OCR fragment with no clear event, participants, or date to anchor a full news item.
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