Vatican Treasures Worth Billions Hidden From View
A detailed inventory under Pope Pius X estimates the Vatican wealth at 850 million dollars, including palaces, art, treasures, wines, jewels, and gifts. It notes major holdings from Sevres vases to the Codex Vaticanus and Raphael paintings, with endowments and Peter’s Pence allocations shaping ongoing administration.
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Lateran
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Queen Victoria
Czar
William LI
Germany
Lateran Museum
Italy
France
Spain
Austria
Bordeaux
Port
Borgogna
Malaga
Alicante
Turkey
United States
Persia
Europe
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Mexico
India
South Sea Islands
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Countess de Plessiere
Curia
Monsignor del Azevado
Wen
Pope Pius X At Vatican Window Gazing Nightly
The elderly pontiff, perceived as sturdily built but wearied by relentless toil, often retires late after midnight at his apartment rather than his duties. In Rome, whispers say confinement and labor age him, and the Vatican lights fall as he stands solitary at the studious window within the Palace of the Popes gazing into the starry night.
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Pio
Pius X
Rome
Vatican
Pontifical Stud Ly
Courting Was Not Expensive In New Hampshire
In Epping New Hampshire an old man famed for frugality hosted a schoolteacher and her weekly beau. After a cold winter the man hinted to the young man that a small sum should settle the cost of heating the parlor. The young man offered to pay a reasonable amount. He suggested ten cents as a fair share.
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New Hampshire
Epping
N. H
Waal
Mr. B
The Ways of Society Curate’s Grand Hall Visit
A country curate, famed for study over worldliness, is invited to a county hall visit by his patron. Advised to dress smartly and even take a servant, he attends in fine attire with parlor-maid in tow, revealing lessons in etiquette from a worldly friend.
Mosquito War In Germany Reported By Consul General
Consul General Guenther of Frankfurt cites Breslau hygienic institute director announcing results from mosquito warfare experiments. The initial aim was to destroy mosquito eggs and halt larval development as part of a wider control effort.
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Germany
Guenther
Frankfort
Breslau
Vatican palace inventory shows vast wealth and daily routines
The Vatican inventories grand objects including Laocoon and the Venus of Milo cataloged with priceless art and ancient coins. A vast staff of 360 within 540 suggests a palace economy. Pope Pius X personally reviews daily reports, noon meals follow, and palace tours occur. Separate Breslau mosquito efforts outline larvicide use and plans to combat plague with city uptake.
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Milo
Augustus
Pontifical
Pius X
Vatican
Pius
Laccomb Quizzed Over Pocket Peddling Charge
A French-Canadian known as Laccomb, previously jailed in Waterville Mo for drunkenness, was arrested on a pocket peddling charge near the circus grounds. He pleaded not guilty claiming he is a consumer, not a dealer, to the judge.
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Laccomb
Waterville
Ashes for Orchards A farmer touts ash fertilizer value
In a Farmers' Review letter S G Soverhill of Bureau County Illinois extols ashes as a potent orchard fertilizer. He recalls reviving dead trees with thick ash application, notes premiums at fairs, and cites a York state visit where ashes from Canada are shipped by the carload. He argues old soils lack potash and ashes can replenish it.
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York State
Canada
S. G. Soverhill
Bureau Co., LL
Farmers’ Review
Fixing a Quality in Corn Plants and Breeding Limits
A Farmers’ Review cor respondent argued that selecting corn from the same joint cannot reliably fix a seed’s ability to reproduce its traits. The piece notes natural variation, slow progress through selection alone, and the rarity of prepotent sports, urging caution before claims of fixed seed quality. It also acknowledges the pleasure and challenge of exploring such genetics.
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Farmers’ Review
Stock In The Orchards Warned Against
A Farmers' Review correspondent warns that letting stock roam in orchards causes the most damage. Rare sandy ground and tall trees might permit limited access, but in the middle West, ground packing kills trees. Hogs root, disturb soil, yet small numbers may be tolerated. overall, stock running in orchards is unsafe.
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Farmers’ Review
Middle West
Do Away With Substitution Clauses and Blank Note Space
Nurserymen should not print substitution clauses on orders but leave a blank for mutual agreement. Orders should be fulfilled per the agreed terms. when shortages occur a sham agent may misrepresent true varieties. The purchaser relied on the agent’s word that the varieties named were true to name.
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Bonrell, Richland Co
Incubation Methods For Winter Hatches Shared
C W Brehn of Clay County Nebraska describes winter incubation to produce strong winter layers and top show birds. He uses two incubators, each holding 150 eggs, staggered hatching every ten days for a steady hatch cycle. Eggs are set 15 per hen, with basement incubation if weather is very cold.
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Wanda
C. W. Brehn
Clay
Barbed wire deemed unsuitable for hog fencing
Opinion argues barbed wire cannot be made tight enough to contain hogs without risking unnecessary wounds, recommending alternative fencing approaches.
Destroying Weeds In Cass County Illinois
A Farmers' Review note from J. J. Edwards of Cass County Illinois warns that early first plowing and frequent shovel cultivation are crucial to control weeds in corn. Delayed cultivation lets weeds root deeply, making them hard to remove. Milkweed in small fields must be pulled by hand due to ineffective state law in the locality.
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J. J. Edwards
Cass Co
Farmers’ Review
Hay Meadows Neglected By Local Farmers In Mercer County Il
In Mercer County Illinois farmers neglect hay meadows with little drainage or fertilization. Principal crops are clover and timothy with native grasses in fields. Most hay is fed on farms rather than sold, yield ranges from one to two tons per acre.
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J. E. Reed
Mercer Co
Portable Hog Houses For Winter Farm Use
The article notes farmers manufacture portable hog houses in winter, with various shapes as long as portable and adjustable. They can haul them around the farm, aiding movement of pigs, especially during cholera outbreaks, and experiment stations report broad use and high satisfaction with movable houses.
Sorghum and Corn Silage: Yield and Cost Insights
Redhead sorghum and Virginia silage corn mix well for silage. Grown in three foot rows, 114 days to mature, average yield 10.4 tons at $1.85. Costs ranged from $1.41 to $2.08. Combined crops improve quality, raise yield, and lower cost per ton versus corn alone. Tennessee Station.
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Téunesses Station
Senate committee backs plan to elect U S senators by people
Des Moines reports the senate committee on appropriations votes to recommend passage of a Lewis bill to call a conference of delegates from states to secure a convention to amend the federal constitution for popular election of U S senators. Other items include juror verdict changes, buffalo arrivals from Wyoming, and executive session record rules.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Senate Committee On Appropriations
Lewis Dl
Big Union
United States
Lewis
State Senate
G. 8. Robinson
Senate Board of Control
Senate
Saunders
Board of Control
Upo
Robinson
United States Senate
Minister recalls wedding in Walla Walla and cash doubt
A preacher recalls performing a ceremony for a young negro couple in Walla Walla Washington. When asked for payment the groom measured the value in his eyes and replied that the minister had ruined him, saying the act was priceless. The tale highlights local racial dynamics in the town.
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Walla Walla, Wash
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