Remarkable Niagara Falls and assorted era curiosities
The Listener reports Niagara Falls as an astonishing sight in this country. It notes pensions, donations, and honors plus mentions Crosby’s Shaw gift, Maury’s pension bid, Harrison taxes, De Cornus’ honorary degree, Lord's tenor status, and various historic figures and anecdotes across the United States and Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nansen
Niagara Falla
H. C. Crosby
Raleigh
Shaw University
Dabney H. Maury
Virginia
Benjamin F. Harrison
Indianapolis
Cleveland
University of Mllinors
Louis de Cornus
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Columbia
Great Neck
Herbert M Lord
Committee of Ways and Means
House of Representatives of Congress
Maine
Frank Mark
St. Louis
Missouri
Dimitri Miljutin
Alexander II
England
Bayard
John Wesley
Josiah Wedgewood
Brandywine Methodist Episcopal Church
Wilmington
Del
Indiana
Alexander Morrow
Carroll County
Flora
Mr. Morrow
Northunderlaned County
John St. Mosby
Custer
Townsend
West
A. S. Grant
United States
Gladstone
Moses Coit Tyler
Hugh de Grey Seymour
Hertford
Alcester
Warwickshire
Ragley Hall
Poultry Pointers for Small Flocks and Markets
The excerpt advises light Brahmins as good broilers and warns against overfed fowls. It recommends dust baths, grit, bran and buttermilk for laying hens, and batching chickens early. It notes geese are profitable exceptions, cautions against long-term inbreeding, and says most poultry fatten with three weeks of feeding. It also claims turkey hens become unprofitable after age three.
Unclear Dusting, Incubation Affecting Chickens and Markets
Deficient dusting arrangements weaken chickens as eggs are handled excessively during incubation. Emphasizes breeding the best flesh farmers for market and feeding to achieve optimal weight, per St. Louis Republic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis Republic
Pen and brush items in art and poetry circles
The piece notes M Falguirre finishing a colossal Statue of Liberty for the Pantheon. It mentions Burns changing the spelling Burness after 1786, Katherine Prescott in New York painting Miss Julie Opp, Edwin Deakin turning to California mission painting, Henry Labouchere dictating work, Truth editorial duties, Louis Becke facing criticism for alleged cribbing from Stevenson's Ebb Tide, and the chronology of Becke's Sydney Bulletin serial preceding Stevenson’s novel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Falguirre
Liberty
Pantheon
Burns
Burness
Katherine T. Prescott
New York
Julie Opp
Edwin Deakin
West
California
Henry Labouchere
Louis Becke
Stevenson
Mr. Becke
Sydney Bulletin
Uncle Anson to retire from baseball leadership
The Washington Post reports Hon. Bebe Anson will retire from baseball and not enter politics or the stage. He will give up the Chicago Baseball club manager position but stay head of the bureau of predictions. The final settlement of the club’s troubles will be announced by another speak er as Anson remains silent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bebe Anson
Washington Post
Anson
Chicago Club
Chicago News
Women’s Ways and Markets Spark Gossip
A collage of city papers comments on women’s fashion and labor. The Minneapolis Journal questions the new woman’s style while the New Haven Register jokes about women in a Chicago billiard room. The Detroit Journal notes Mrs. Hannah Gould leading 40 women in a Klondike venture and a minister’s involvement, portraying a bustling, modern mood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis Journal
Chicago
New Haven Register
Hannah Gould
Klondike
Detroit Journal
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pinehurst Casino
Pinehurst
the Casino Cafe
Casino
New England
Table Board
A. E. Upham
Pinehurst, N. C
Thomas H. Briggs & Sons
Raleich, N. C
Powell Hotel
Aberdeen, N. C
TH. TL. Pow
Moore County
Southern Pines News Depot
Ares
Suite
Batomiologiat
Pinehurst Nurseries
Otto Katzenstein
Sarah D. Gilbert
New York City
Europe
The
Kainit
Nassau St
Uncle Anson
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