British egg shortage blamed on farmer conservatism in lean season
A London paper argues that Britain’s egg shortage stems from medieval farming practices and slow home production. It notes 1899 imports of 1.94 billion eggs valued at £5,044,392 and urges farmers to start laying early to improve supply. The illustration shows rail wagon equivalents of annual egg consumption with foreign and domestic shares.
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London
Great Britain
Poultry Organization Society
Freak shoes and polar map blunders in Arctic lore
The tale contrasts a man with mismatched shoes and a cheerful payout with a scholarly recall of Julius Payer and Franz Josef Land. It notes Petermann’s influence, miscalculations of Mount Petermann’s height, and later corrections that King Oscar and Petermann Lands do not exist, urging map revisions.
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Esier
New York Sun
Toleut
Julius Payer
Astro Hungarian Arts
Carl Weyprecht
Franz-Josef Land
A. Petermann
Petermann
Payer
Paver
Greenland
Koldeway
Franz-Josef Fiord
Payer Point
Nathorst
Taver
Duke of
Abruzzi
Oscar Land
Petermann Land
King Oscar Land
Polar
Poor pay of German judges and a senator’s Shakespeare library
The London Telegraph notes Germany’s public official salaries, especially Berlin judges at 1500 a year, far below English standards. It describes a court’s snub of barristers and Prussian attitudes toward law. A separate item recalls Senator Davis who kept law out of his home library for two decades.
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Germany
Berlin
London Telegraph
Engulieh
Seuteh
Prussia
England
Senator Davis
Shakespeare
A Negro Town Eatonville Town Officials and Bank
The town of Eatonville Ja has 1200 inhabitants with no white residents. It maintains its full slate of public officials and a bank along with other businesses suitable for a town of its size.
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Eatonville
Prawns as Delicacy Flourishes in Gulf Trade
Reads describe sun dried Gulf prawns cultivated by Chinese sailors in New Orleans and settlements near Mobile Pensacola and Tampa. The shrimps are cleaned dried and stored for shipping across the United States altering old import patterns and showing thrift and enterprise in the Chinese community.
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Gulf of Mexico
New York Evening Post
New Orleans
Gulf
South China
Kwane-Tung
Mobile
Pensacola
Tampa
United States
China
Japan
The Fanny Man
A brief witty remark from the Washington La Democrat notes that a person who jokes constantly should land a real joke now and then, hinting at humor in daily life.
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Washington
Democrat
Women Beat Men in Wheat-Thrashing Contest
In Shanesville Pennsylvania four women challenged farmer Alvin D. Weller and three assistants to thrash a hundred sheaves each. The women began first and finished in record time while Weller and his crew lagged. Miss Nell, Miss Conrad, Mrs. Weller, and Mrs. Weidner operated the engine and feeder as the men took their turn, all observed by Laura Conrad and Hannah Weidner.
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Alvin
D. Weller
Mr. Weller
Shanesville
The
Philadelphia Inquirer
Laura Conrad
Sallie Nell
Alvin D. Weller
Hannah Weidner
Weller
Farmer Weller
Miss Noll
Mrs. Weller
Miss Conrad
Weidner
Manuscripts Plunder From Mukden Headed to St Petersburg
A London Daily Mail correspondent reports that Russians, after occupying Mukden, seized a large cache of valuable oriental manuscripts. They are being sent to St Petersburg for minute examination by the imperial library authorities. The collection may include Greek and Roman classical works, possibly looted by Mongols in the 13th century.
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Mukden
Manchuria
St. Petersburg
Imperial Library
London Daily Mail
Europe
Jenghiz
Thans
Italy
Russia
Poland
Giegnitz
Miss Rockefeller Says Happiness Not for Sale
A London interview with Miss Rockefeller, daughter of the oil king, questions happiness and wealth. She answers that money cannot buy happiness and wealth has not made her content, noting that poverty perhaps taught others to think.
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Miss Rockefeller
London
Sparrow Commits Death by Own Action in Field
Two English sparrows were found dead near Smith Pond in Cherry Valley Massachusetts by hunters. One bird appeared to drown itself after repeatedly ducking underwater and finally ceased breathing beside its mate, whom the hunters deemed a suicide.
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Smith Pond
Cherry Valley
Mass
Feaud
New York Sun
Passenger Sulfatu ser Haven For Philac Nov
Fragmentary OCR notes list travel times and routes from Pottsville to Cleveland, San Francisco, Louis and other places. It mentions departures at 4 30 pm and 7 00 pm with Sunday options and references to various names and destinations in a disjointed form.
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Sulfalu Ser Haven
Philac
Cent Pottsville
Soul Bi
Ne. m
Train Schedules and Times for Philadelphia Station
The fragment lists various train times and departures including morning and afternoon slots such as 7.08 a and 12.02 p with reference numbers like 1,455,19, and mentions Sundays and leave days. It references multiple stations or routes with abbreviations and times like 4.28 and 4.40, and notes of p.m. departures and specific train identifiers.
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Phil
Fragmentary transit notes and times from a local schedule
Readable fragments show departure windows and prices including a 10.00 fare and multiple times such as 5.00 pm and 4.15 pm. Mentions Portland and New York related routes with unclear destinations and times amid garbled text.
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South New Y Tregey i
Penny Tratis ShioMeKh and Rail Schedule Fragments
Fragmentary OCR shows travel times and routes with several city names including Altoona Pittsburgh Chicago and Cincinnati. Incomplete data lists trains and arrivals with errors, making a coherent schedule unclear. The readable elements suggest a mid 20th century railroad period card.
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Richard Irvin
North Oak Street
Mount Carmel, Penna
W.G Hollister
Herrick Shoe
Herrick
Oxfords
South Oak St
Mt, Carmel
Mexico
Fanny Man
Sparrow
Cleveland
Louis
Phila
Atta
Portland
Penny
Tratis Shiomekh
Baltimore
E.m
Myratre
Clevela
Pacirick Altoona
Altoon
Ittsburg
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