Agricultural College Institute Sets Brookings Schedule in November 1890
The Agricultural College announces a five day Institute at Brookings from Monday evening November 17 to afternoon November 21 1890. No fees, meals at 15 cents, beds in men’s dormitory allowed. Lectures by college faculty and visiting specialists using library labs and stock. Evening lectures in College Chapel with one evening on State Dairymen’s Association. Contact Lewis McLovrs for details.
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Programme of lectures and clinics schedule
Monday to Friday events list includes lectures on plant nutrition insect control and farm management. Notable presenters include Dr. Orcutt Prof. Foster Prof. Keffer Dr. Cary and Prof. Shepard with topics on wind breaks irrigation sugar beet and dairy organization. Sessions run from morning to evening across November 17 to 21.
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Keffer
Foster
Shep
Cary
ASDAY
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Shepard
Dakota
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Retort Courteous as Count Bismarck Humblebrags
A youthful example of the retort courteous arises when Count Herbert Bismarck, son of Prince Bismarck, jostles an Italian dignitary at Rome during the emperor's visit. The Italian rebukes him with polite wit saying his excuse is insufficient but his explanation ample.
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Count Herbert Bismarck
Prince Bismarck
Rome
Imitators and Imposters of Allcock’s Plaster
A critique attacks imitators selling fake plaster remedies under the Allcock’s name. The piece dismisses fraudulent products as unsubstantiated and indistinguishable from genuine plaster, warning readers of deceptive claims and urging caution.
Reynie’s Disappointment Over World’s Creation
A fragment recalls Reynie as a man who feels let down by how the world came to be. The note hints at his disappointment with creation and its meaning.
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Reynie
Puffer From Enteric Illness Prompts Quick Hood’s Sarsaparilla Suggestion
Readers consider home remedies as they discuss relief for stomach troubles. The exchange mentions Hood’s Sarsaparilla as a potential aid, reflecting period wellness practices and popular patent medicines.
My Dream Comes On Excerpt by Maurice Thompson
A poetic meditation from Maurice Thompson printed in the Pittsburg Bulletin describes a dream lifting the speaker to heroic honor and boundless vision. It speaks of truth freedom grace and love replacing hate fear and sin as dawn rises and future songs awaken.
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Bayard
Maurice Thompson
Pittsburg
Why It Is Twelfth Day
A historical note on Twelfth Day highlighting its linkage to the visit of the Magi Christ’s baptism and turning water into wine. It records how twelve days after the nativity were celebrated in England from King Alfred’s era through the Sixteenth century with royal, academic, and common festivity and mutual visiting.
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Tion
Christ
Alfred
Inns of Court
England
The Holyoke Lawyer and His Son
In Springfield a Holyoke lawyer and his wife travel with their 6 year old son. The boy’s hat blows away and the father retrieves it. The boy laughs when the father whistles and later tosses the father’s new $8 tile from the window asks him to whistle again. Northampton Journal.
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Holyoke
Springfield
Annie Rooney
Northampton
Mass
Wealthy waiter Samuel Rocke and his trotting horses
A Brunswick dining room waiter, Samuel Rocke, valued at over 40 000, owns a large flat on 110th Street and adores trotting horses. He may be seen riding fast horses in public, with two sons at Harvard and a daughter studying in Paris New York.
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Samuel Rocke
Brunswick
Jay Gould
110Th Street
Rocke
Mr. Rocke
Harvard College
Paris
New York
Egram
Green Haired Men in Nevada at Martin White Mine
The Virginia City Chronicle reports a curious effect at the Martin White mine in Nevada where ore roasting turns hair and beards green without fumes harming the skin. The green tint appears in hair eyebrows and facial hair, not as a burn, and is thought to relate to copper in the ore.
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Nevada
Martin White
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Ginia
Young King Alphonso XIII Eats With Fingers
An exchange reports a young Alfonso XIII at luncheon saying kings do not eat with fingers but adds this king does. The remark illustrates a light, informal moment about royal protocol and childish independence.
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Alphonso XIII
Spain
Elizabeth
Conversation Fragments On Prejudice And Smoking
Dialogue fragment shows a traveler questioning a new acquaintance about a boy smoking a pernicious cigarette. The exchange touches on prejudice and the social tone of cigarette use.
The Maiden's Terror: Torture Device in Town Exhibit
A lurid description from the St. Louis Republic recounts a roadside wooden statue that hides a hollow chamber. Two swinging doors reveal steel spikes that pierce eyes and body, with a bound victim slowly killed and ground to mince before river disposal.
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Firs
St. Louis Republic
Vegetarian diets criticized by a doctor in New York Telegram
A club story recounts a physician’s harsh view that vegetarian meals harm health. He argues potatoes cereals brown bread and whole grains strain the body and nervous system while meat and fruit in abundance are proper. The piece notes other physicians may disagree and readers must choose.
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New York Telegram
The Jolly Man and Life’s Refreshing Humor
Excerpt from Chicago Herald praising the jolly man and hearty laughter. Defends public merriment against stiff etiquette, contrasting good men’s fecund laughter with villains’ hollow smiles and noting laughter’s harmony with life’s renewals.
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Carker
Chicago Herald
Skin grafts aid foot injury at St Marys Astoria
In a delicate procedure at St Marys hospital Astoria Ole Anderson had his crushed left foot skin grafted. Skin from the ankle and leg plus a donor section from another patient and from Andersons arm formed four of six grafts, with growth reported and a hoped for complete skin covering soon.
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St. Mary's Hospital
Astoria
Ole Anderson
Anderson
Pierson
Portland Oregonian
Ingenious Overhead Trolley System in Detroit Wheel Foundry
A Detroit car wheel foundry has introduced a wholly mechanical system for moving molten metal from cupolas to flasks and transporting wheels to soaking pits. Overhead trolleys with a wire rope carry ladles and flasks, enabling a capacity of 400 wheels daily and handling about 180 tons of metal in six hours.
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Detroit
New Sysorew York
Verdict Upheld for $20,000 in Railroad Crossing Injury
In a suit against the Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad a little girl injured when her foot was caught between the rail and a board at a pedestrian crossing saw a verdict of $20,000 affirmed by the Court of Appeals after a New York Sun interview.
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Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Court of Appeals
New York Sun
Sound Advice for Investing Four Thousand Today
Investor asks how to allocate four thousand dollars for tomorrow. Audio tips emphasize diversification, risk awareness, and selecting low-fee vehicles. Consider a balanced mix of stocks and bonds while maintaining liquidity for emergencies.
Grapes Triggered A Quiet Domestic Upset
A Chicago Special Press Bureau piece recalls a forty year marriage where a single dispute over grapes sparked a rare quarrel. The husband recounts leaving, finding his wife ill with the body found near a grapevine, then nursing her back to health. The couple remained happy afterward, with grapes becoming a go to cue to end any future flare ups.
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Chicago Special Press Bureau
Return to the Pipe Pushes Cigar Market Trends
A Madison street cigar man notes the shift of higher quality smokers back to the pipe. French and American factories are producing novelties like leather pipe cases with four briar pipes and adjustable stems. The outfit costs 36 dollars, with smaller sets available.
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Madison Street
America
Chicago Tribune
Chemical Lung Proposed for Tunnel Ventilation Tested in London
Four teen scientists tested a 15 by 18 room at 82 degrees with impurities as smoke and gas were added. A 4 by 2.6 foot device called the chemical lung was activated to purify and cool the air, with plans to use the invention in tunnel construction.
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London
Channel
Philadelphiia Record
City Board list error prompts critic over claims
A historic selection shows the compositor replacing a and with ak in a list of claims allowed by the board, leading to questions over accuracy and editorial process in the city records. The incident highlights concerns about how names and details were compiled and presented to the public.
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Trath
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