Engineering Feats and Notable Bridges Across History
A historical survey highlights major engineering feats from ancient canals to modern bridges. It notes Corinth's waterway era, the Suezanalog, the Hudson river span at 4100 feet, Manchester Seaport bridge plans, Firth of Forth, Niagara Falls structures, and Canadian Pacific lines, ending with a brief aside on a remark from Mr. Barnstormer about a starving star.
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Corinth
Gulf
Wento
Arhina
Adri
Periander
St. Petersburg
New York and
New Jersey
Hudson River
Manchester
England
Ester
I Firth
Forth Bridge
Scotland
Australia
Ipsie
Pacific
Fatal duel echoes from a drill field tragedy
A quiet Australian drill ground becomes the scene of a fatal accident when a mounted trooper Maloney is shot during revolver practice. Heath, the rider responsible, cannot face his deed and nurses and doctors try to calm him as Maloney’s loss haunts him in memory.
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Aire
Baby Queen Blossom Of Girls Poem Excerpt
Archibald Lampman writes of a child’s beauty and innocence in a lyrical poem excerpt. The speaker expresses tender adoration, describing soft hands lips hair and eyes, and the protective embrace of a loving parent. The tone is intimate and reverent toward the child.
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Archibald Lampman
Plea for the Cline from the Montana Live Stock Journal
A defense praising the Cline’s virtues. The piece lauds him as scrupulously clean honest and polite with neat clothes and a distaste for dirt. It argues he harms no one and avoids schemes against others, contrasting him with purveyors of deceit often in black attire.
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Virtue
Stock Exchange
Montana Live Stock Journal
Landlord Confesses His Vote For Mayoral Self Victory
A Memphis man recalls a Mississippi tale where a mayor, earlier defeated with one vote, learns his landlord also claims to have supported him. The landlord boasted that he would vote again to help rout his enemies, only to hear the mayor retort that he received only one vote and voted for himself.
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Memphis
Mississippi
Itate
Memphis Commercial
A Fair Question About Age From A Detroit Joke
A Detroit Free Press quip asks a child how old he will be if he lives to his next birthday and how old if he does not. The mother reflects on mortality with a wry, darkly humorous exchange. The brief relies on a playful parental retort and a universal life/death joke.
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Mamma
Twro
Detroit Free Press
Moth Bronze Turkeys Promising Yet Size a Drawback
The bronze is hardy and developed from a cross with wild and common turkeys. Plumage is bronze and the birds are good layers. Gobblers average about forty pounds and hens twenty to twenty five pounds. Market fears grew after a harsh winter, with large birds unsalable and prices low. Cold storage saved the market and a shipment to England offers hope for new outlets.
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England
Poultry Raising and the Happy Fowl Keeper
A lively essay argues poultry farming is a pleasant life with pure bred fowls like Light Brahmas White Crested Black Polish Games Hamburgs and Leghorns. It contrasts loving caretakers with cross husbands who abuse birds and laments misused eggs and space. The piece ends urging parents to foster care for fowls so children grow to bless them.
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Haron J. Felthouse
Black Langshans: An Asian Breed Ideal for Markets
The Langshan fowl, a Chinese breed introduced to England over 25 years ago, is noted for its striking jet black plumage with greenish neck and back. Males weigh nine to ten pounds, hens slightly lighter. they mature early, lay well, and are good sitters though less prone to brood than other Asiatic breeds. Flesh is white with thin skin, leading to market bias against them in places demanding golden carcasses.
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England
Black Langshans as Winter Layers and Table Fowls
The N Y World lauds Black Langshans as five month old layers with large brown eggs and strong flavor. They rival Brahmas in winter laying, excel in confinement, are quiet and hardy, and rank with Dorking and some game varieties as prime table fowls.
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N. Y. World
Horse Breeding Notes From a Market View
Breeding alone won’t sell poor stock. select for local market needs and manage with care. The Year Book lists Hambletonian line offspring and other sires. responsible colt handling and steady training yield well-broken, useful horses.
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Hambletonian
George Wilkes
Almont
Belmont
Tile drains and joints in marshy farm ditches
In sloughs or marshy farm areas with willows and trees, straight ditches help tiles fit tightly and prevent root intrusion. If joints are loose, tree roots enter and clog the system. When roots are thick or joints not tight, lay joints in water with lime cement to seal. The same care applies to tile drains to stop water entry.
Shepherds on stilts in Landes France peculiar customs
A. B. Ericus from Landes, France describes peasants and shepherds in the Landes region. Sheep and pigs roam barren sands while locals believe potatoes cause apoplexy and that onions and rye bread are healthiest. Shepherds walk and rest on stilts, wearing a woolly sheepskin hooded coat as they traverse the dunes.
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Landes
France
Ericus
Removing Combs From a Bee Gum With Care
Step by step guidance on safely removing combs from a gum to relocate a hive. It advises smoke to calm bees and delaying attacks, placing the hive in a forcing box, wrapping with cloth to prevent escape, and tapping the gum to cluster bees. It warns about queen absence and avoiding crushing the combs during removal and cutting supports with a knife or small saw to lift the gum whole.
Markets Briefs Flour and Grain Prices Across Cities
The Markets column lists winter flour patents and various grains with mixed prices. Wheat No 2 red and No 2 Chicago spring figures appear alongside corn No 2 and oats No 2 mixed. Regional notes from Indianapolis Louisville and Baltimore show local price levels for flour, grain, pork, lard, and cattle.
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Chicago
Baltimom
Indianapolis
Louisville
Ceeds Cie
Cincinnati
New York
Western Steam
Summer Poultry Feeding Guidelines From a 1900s Guide
During summer, change from winter feed. Reduce heating and fattening foods as weather warms. Offer fresh grass and vegetables, allow range for seeds and insects, and limit corn and grain to prevent disease. Best foods are fruits vegetables greens seeds and insects.
Do You Wish the Finest Bread and Cake
A vintage note promotes Royal baking powder as absolutely pure with a warning against substitutes. It frames Royal as offering protection for bakers seeking the finest bread and cake. No explicit dates or locations are provided.
MisTaKen Idel and scattered comic exchanges
A column of lighthearted social scraps portrays mistaken betrothals, playful banter, and flirtations. A Detroit Free Press note references a marriage notice misread as a lottery while Brooklyn Life quips on kisses and social mores. The dialogue showcases witty exchanges and light satire from period chatter.
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Detroit Free Press
If My Plan Was Adopted Wear a Wig
A humorous Texas Siftings item features Barser claiming a plan would end bald heads and a customer calling preparations hum bugs. The witty exchange ends with Barser proposing wearing a wig as the solution, highlighting playful banter.
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Barser
Texas Siftings
Tory Must Gremain Stage Manager Angle
Stage notes recount a delay in a performance as the prompter explains the villain lacks tooth powder and refuses makeup without it. The quip frames backstage comedy about stage readiness and improvised fixes during a show.
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Tory
The One Tune Nereprun Interrupted Dialogue
A short dialogue fragment centers on confidence and lending money as a character asks for five dollars and is met with hesitation. The exchange hints at a plot point or character dynamic, leaving the outcome unresolved.
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Ruth
Hall's Catarrh Cure Claim Promises Deafness Cure
An advertisement asserts that deafness from catarrh is curable with constitutional remedies. It explains Deafness stems from inflamed mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube and promises one hundred dollars for any deafness case caused by catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Also promotes Jail's Family Pills.
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Hall
F. J. Cneney & Co
Toledo
Man with Jaws Never Works at Useful Occupation
A Boston Gazette item quips that a man who constantly talks with his jaws has no time for productive labor, illustrating a humorous take on idleness and speech.
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Tne
Boston
Zazette
Fragmentary highway standoff line from Buffalo Courier
A truncated quote from the Buffalo Courier suggests a highway standoff remark about holding up a barrier for minutes daily, though the garbled text lacks full context or clear events. The fragment hints at a protest or obstruction but provides no concrete names, dates, or locations.
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Buffalo Courier
Hidden Shoals Wreck Strong Ships and Ship Health
A chesty ad-style notice urges readers to take Hostetter's Stomach Bitters to restore vigor and prevent kidney disease. It claims the tonic steadies kidneys, guards against Bright's disease diabetes and dropsy, and wards off malaria rheumatism dyspepsia liver complaint while promising safe passage to health.
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Mariner Hope
Hostetter
Bright
Night Songs and Cat Calls in French Question
The fragment poses a question about Chansons de nuit and offers a cheeky reply implying cat calls. It appears as a brief, informal note mixing language inquiry with a humorous retort.
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Sones
Rue Nient
Alleviating Pains Advertised in Troy Press
An early Troy Press notice promotes Glenn’s Sulphur Soap for relief with Alleviating Pains, while Hill’s Hair and Whisker Dye is listed at 50 cents. The ad mentions Adventisiness and sovereign rem or dull times in a terse local classifieds style.
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Allev
Glenn
Hill
Troy Press
Syrup of Figs Promises Health Benefits and Comfort
An advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a superior laxative improving health with pleasant taste. It claims cleansing effects, cold and headache relief, and kidney, liver, and bowel support, asserting wide professional approval and urging purchase of 50c or 1 bottle sizes only from California Fig Syrup Co.
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K&a
California Fig Syrup Co
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Elys
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Starr
Turkey
Mammoth
Landes Shepherds
Verkrep
Brooklyn
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Department U
Sargent
F. F. Sargent
TI North-Western
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Duluth
Deadwood
Dakota
Hot Springs
Denver
Colorado
Davis International
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Fine Brands of
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United
Wile
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