Celestial hoax swirls around Herschel moon discovery
A lengthy Sun item recounts an apparent August 1835 hail of sensational lunar discoveries linked to Sir John Herschel. It describes imagined moon creatures, forested regions, and vast plains, while exposing the episode as a mythic misreport from a phantom Edinburgh Journal of Science connection.
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Edinburgh Courant
John Fleischel
Cape of Good Tope
John Frederick William Lilerschel
South Africa
Cane Town
the Sun
John E Herschel
Cape of Good Hope
Edinburgh Journal of Science
Sir John
Tie
Moon Hoax of the Sun and Its Aftermath
The Sun newspaper published a sensational Moon Story in 1835 describing man bats and a sapphire temple, sparking wide reader interest and sensational sales. It was later revealed as a hoax by Richard Adams Locke, triggering editorial debates and shaping the penny press era.
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America
Europe
The
New York Sun
the Sun
Benjamin‘ Ti. Day
United States
Bay of Rainbows
Folsbel
Sun
Paris
London
Glasgow
Edinburgh
Edinburgh Journal of Science
New York Journal of Commerce
Flon
Wichard Adams Locke
Finn
Locke
Moon
Journal of Commerce
England
James Gordon Dennett
Scotland
New York
Herald
Edgar Allen Poe
Poe
Juiciard Adams Locke
East Drent
Somersetshire
John Locke
Cambridge
Gee
Imperial Magazine
Atlantic
London Republican
Cornucopia
Col
Wiliam Watson Webb
New York Courier and Enquirer
Matthias the Prophet
Benjamin Ti. Day
Day
Webb
Matthias
Lichard Adams Locke
Better Potatoes Scientists Aim for Improved Varieties
The United States Department of Agriculture has bred thousands of potato seedlings for over two decades to improve cooking quality disease resistance and appearance. Three promising varieties Katahdin Chipewa and Golden are on trial with growers. more names will follow though full availability may take years.
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Hardenburg
Kew
York State
Gallkece of Agricultura
United States Department of Agriculture
Live Stock Losses Heavier in Summer Time
Ohio State University extension specialist C W Slammans proposes two measures to cut summer shipping losses. Wet sand bedding for trucks and shipping livestock during hot months plus scheduling market arrivals for early mornings aim to reduce overheating. National losses reach about 50 million dollars yearly with hogs accounting for most fatalities.
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C. W W. Slammans
Ohio State University
Hammang
Ohio
Crossbreeding in livestock explained by Missouri Farmer
Crossbreeding is mating pure bred animals of different breeds within the same species. Crossbred offspring are often larger and more vigorous, but their heredity is unpredictable. The practical farmer should use crossbreeding only if market placement of progeny is limited or for pet stock, leaving experiments to specialists.
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Missouri
Barnyard Brevities and Agricultural Notes From the Era
A collection of farm snippets: Germany buys Belgian draft horses, Egypt aims for a top money crop, U S honey yields near 100000 tons annually, Oklahoma cattle and crop stats, heat relief for work horses, Texas Youth Plains farmers spend 1 million on tractors, Irish Free State targets unpaid land annuities, extensive insect pests on fruit and oak trees, screw worm damage in Southwest, and pasture restoration methods advised for sod establishment.
Do Not Need Summer Time in Northern Europe
The northern European countries Sweden Norway and Scotland do not use summer time as daylight lasts late into the night and begins again after midnight. Near the Arctic Circle daylight remains practically continuous through the summer.
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Europe
Sweden
Norway
Scotland
Arctic Circle
Just a Habit
Uncle Eben argues that eloquence fades and political backsliding follows campaigns much like after camp meetings, suggesting lasting influence is limited.
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Eben
Wake Island Description and Geography
Wake Island lies between Midway and Guam. It measures four and a quarter miles long and two and a quarter miles wide within the reef. The atoll hosts barren lands and a variety of gea birds inhabiting the sparse vegetation.
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Wake Island
Midway
Guam
Sage of Chinatown Declares No One Owns the Wall
The figure Hi Ho argues against ownership of a great wall as a barrier to invasion. He contends ancestors built the wall yet asserts no group or nation can claim sole ownership. The remark frames a broader debate on heritage and property.
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Hi Ho
Chinatown
Bamboo Growth Rate Reported in Collier's Weekly
A Tacoma writer notes bamboo dendrocalamus giganteus from Ceylon grows unusually fast, claiming one inch can appear in about 94 minutes, highlighting bamboo as a valuable gift to civilization.
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Ceylon
Wetmore
Tacoma
Wash
Only One Maple Sugar Tree Yields Commercial Sugar
A note on maples states that about seventy varieties exist globally but only one yields sugar in commercial quantities, highlighting its unique economic value.
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Perer
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Egypt
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Youth Plains
Texas
Irish Free State
Southwest
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American Fork
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Utah Oil
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Idaho
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Virginia
Westminster College
Lake City
Cofleza
B, W. Reherd, D.D
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Cote Omn
P.O
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W.N.U
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