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A collage of notes reports Chinamen crossing into Washington territory near Blaine, Averust wefsrom returns from Europe after eye concerns, and Yuet Bua the 93 year old wine merchant famed for a sixty year coat. Anecdotes on brain fat, Winans forests in Scotland, mocking birds fed in cages, a New Yorker’s mislaid summer house, and Julia Smith the tax voting Connecticut woman who later found happiness. Also items on unclaimed bank deposits, Napoleonic war indemnities, Alsace Lorraine palace intrigues, and Irish horse quirks. Argentina rejects American schoolbooks as outdated.
Bloomfield conviction threatens land grab schemes in Denver
Washington reports the trial and conviction of R C Bloomfield for defrauding the United States in obtaining fraudulent preemption titles under fictitious names. Bloomfield, an Englishman and manager of the Arkansas Valley Land and Cattle Company, controls vast land and water resources. Officials expect the verdict to deter others in similar schemes as land grant roads face scrutiny and possible recalls of excessive allotments.
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Ceneral Land Offien
R. C. Bloomfield
Denver
Colorado
Retault
United States
Bloomficl
Engishman
Arkansas Valley Land and Caltic Companys
Engustman
Bloomfielda
Interior Department
Bloomfeld
Commission Ingrange
Genera Land Office
1Ubinancoal
State Department
Tur
Naval Board
Mare Bland Navy Yard
California
Mide
Dhampshire
Waaebingt
Securraux Enpicorr
Aciate
Treasury Department
Bual‘nese
William B. Fleming
Supreme Court of
New Mexico
Qautia
New Orleans
Dhaser L. McCuenn
Virginia
Markets Report Kansas City grain and live stock update
Grain and stock prices rise across markets with wheat higher and active. Kansas City shows No 4 red winter wheat around 744g and corn firmer. cattle demand steady with good grass Texans priced up to 2.75 and feeders around 3.25 to 3.50. St Louis and Chicago quotes noted for wheat and corn. New York wheat mixed with spring and red varieties quoted amid market activity.
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Kansas City
Colorado
Telegraph
St. Louis
The Napoleonic Chair at Donchery a Historic Spot
A visitor describes the famed chair at the donchery road site where Napoleon and Bismarck reportedly met, noting the growing tourist pilgrimage and the booming chair-making trade as English visitors buy relics while locals sell replicas and claim its legend will outlive the nails and walking sticks linked to other historic relics.
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Honge
Napoleon Jrr
Buamarck
Fournaise
Henze
Napoleon
Bismarck
Voltaire
Waterloo
Napoleon I
Lightning protection by tall trees and farm pest control notes
Notes discuss using tall trees near buildings as lightning protectors, with species like oak and elm rated as effective. spacing of about fifty feet and a pond nearby recommended. Also shared are pest-control methods in California for mice and ground squirrels using water-filled containers, a Toronto bee farm proposal, and various agricultural tips on bulbs, poultry roosts, xylophasty wood shaping, cranberry crops, beekeeping, sheep diseases, and New York fruit and livestock data.
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Los Angeles County
California
Ontario Bee-keepers’ Association
Toronto
America
Ontario
England
Barnstable
Plymouth
Beorabcy
New York
United States
Ohio
New Hampshire
Jefferson County
Kentucky
Poagen
Muinois
Big Kansas land office day tops receipts record
Wednesday reports from Receiver Pilkenton show Western Kansas government land office receipts hit 4083 dollars the largest single day ever. Other figures note 88053 collected last week and September daily receipts near 1500 dollars while a state vet urges killing hogs and horses for disease control.
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Holcombe
Atchison
Winfield Courier
Universal
Kansas
Beloit
Tonio
Cunker City Journal
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W. Y. Morgan
W. A Morgan
Chase County
Shelby Webb
Marrie Wall
R. H. Wentworth
United States
Rock Pile
Washington Irving Literary Society
Mound Valley
Weather Report for September 1885 at Lawrence Kansas
Professor FE Snow of the University of Kansas reports September 1885 in Lawrence as frost-free, with nine of eighteen months similar. Mean temp 65.43F, 6.99F below normal. rainfall 0.41 inches, rain 1.97 inches above average. Winds SE 80, SW 24, other directions minor. cloudiness near normal. total wind run 8,611 miles, mean speed 11.96 mph. Barometer averages 29.08 to 29.10 inches with a monthly range of 0.64 inch. humidity 73.8 to 85.5 percent. fogs occurred twice.
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University of Kansas
Lawrence
Kansas
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