Electric railroad plans span Rome to Naples route
The article notes near completion of an 133 mile electric rail line between Rome and Naples with fast train service planned. It also mentions a large copper crown ingot found in Central at sea and wolves raiding sheep near New Buffalo Michigan. Navy officials discuss recruiting from farms and interior towns, away from big cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Naples
New Buffalo
Mich
Pune
New Bur
Navy Department
Vernon county prosecutor may face suit for fees
A. J. King recently elected Vernon county Mo prosecuting attorney may face a suit for 4000 dollars the county claims he owed in fees collected and not turned in the case has traversed circuit courts and is set for rehearing January 28. Also mentions Samuel Johnson quote and Porfirio Diaz inauguration in Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. King
Vernon County
Marine corps commandant proposes rotation for Philippine duty
Heywood, commandant of the Marine Corps, is understood to favor recommending that officers who have served in the Philippines for two years or longer be brought to the United States within a few months. Their billets would be filled by others whose service has been largely ashore as they receive commissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dt Ie
Gun. Heywood
Marine’corps
Philippines
United States
Aluce
Temperance union backs federal liquor oversight department
Indiana Woman's Christian Temperance Union endorses a new federal department to supervise manufacture and use of alcoholic beverages to keep the trade pure and reduce profits that sustain saloons. The report contrasts this with broader social notes on railway salaries and postwar reforms, including a piece on Netley hospital huts built of paper for convalescents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Christian Temperance Union of
Indiana
Ueves
General Sanger Appoints Cuban Women as Enumerators
General Sanger appointed Cuban women as enumerators amid astonishment and doubts about their efficiency Yet the women proved capable and resilient in rural districts overcoming dangers and discomfort Their patience tact and determination impressed the general who praised their enthusiasm and businesslike conduct on duty
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanger
Mtty
Typhoid Outbreak Traced to Infected Mangling Machine
In Lambeth England a typhoid outbreak spread through 41 cases in 24 houses after laundry was done in a single mangling machine used by multiple families. Interhouse contact and sharing laundered items spread the fever. Four separate infected mangles were identified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lambeth
England
Dairy and Poultry Practices and Butter Export Trends
A dairy and poultry notes piece discusses cleaning wooden dairy utensils thoroughly, steam limitations, and ensuring heat penetrates wood. It cites Australasian exports of over 883 tons of butter to England, aided by government supervision. It also covers false branding of cheese and butter, New York laws to prevent imitation, and enforcement challenges across states and borders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australasian
Melbourne
Australia
Turing
Agricultural Department
R. M
Ophir
London
Department of Agriculture of Australia
Department of Agriculture
England
Thie
St. New York
New York
Bay
Dairyman’s Hows on Hogs and Butter Making
A dairy writer urges dairymen to prioritize pure bred hogs over scrub breeds to maximize profits. He argues feed efficiency, meat quality, and market appeal favor high grade hogs, noting minimal differences between Berkshire and Poland China in feed needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lot
Poultry Yard Hygiene and Incubator Placement
A historic note urges keeping poultry yards clean to prevent disease and suggests placing incubators in the cellar. It argues against foul yards, supports winter spading when feasible, and recommends cellar placement for stable temperature and easy regulation.
Separate Breeding Fowls and Varied Diet for Best Eggs
The piece argues keeping laying fowls separate from breeding males to avoid sterile eggs and boost egg quality. It stresses that hens perform best with a varied diet, reflecting fowl omnivory, including insects, weed seeds, grasses, and other greens, and that natural variety yields better results.
Dairy Education in Belgium Today
Belgium’s small dairy sector shows growing co operation with Unie approaching export status for butter. Foreign cheese imports exceed £120000 yearly, prompting emphasis on cheese making and agricultural education. Dairy schools stress bacteriology, micro organisms, and the need for cleanliness, heat treatment, pasteurization, and pure cultures to improve butter and cheese quality and farmer reputation.
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Belgium
London
Australia
Brain disease in poultry and home remedies
A Delaware Agricultural College bulletin explains brain disorders in poultry caused by indignation or intestinal worms. Symptoms include vertigo and epileptiform fits with unsteady gait. Treatments include cooling the head, purgatives, rest in shade, and potassium bromide if needed. Worm treatment advised if worms are the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware Agricultural College
Baldness and hair health in early health guidance
The article argues that baldness is unsightly and head exposure increases vulnerability to drafts and illness. It claims hair protects from cold and improves warmth and ventilation, asserting healthy hair feels warm and pleasant and does not trap perspiration when properly cared for.
Carnegie to Spend Summer in Golfing Hideaway
Andrew Carnegie plans a cross country summer stay to play golf near St. Andrews Golf Club in Westchester. He aims to build a summer home, opposes semi professional golf, and recalls a famous clash with Charles M. Schwab over the game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Varden
Andrew Carnegie
Westchester Hills
St. Andrew's Golf Club
Saga
Chicago Chronicle
Carnegie
Claus
Charles M. Schwab
Carnegie Steel Company
Schwab
Pittsburg Works
Schweb
Holy of Holies
Charles
Behwab
Field for Poor Men in Ozark Mineral Belt Shows Riches
A Forsythe correspondent touts the Ozark mining region as a field for poor men to strike it rich with minimal capital. He describes tailings piles in Missouri Kansas and Arkansas containing lead and zinc, worth $40 a ton for lead and much more for zinc, and outlines a model where a 10 percent royalty allows a worker to earn $19 to $20 daily using only a rake and spade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joplin
Missouri
Kansas
Arkangan
Parisians Sell Spanish Nobility Titles in Circulation
An agent in Paris sends confidential circulars to wealthy Europeans offering Spanish noble titles. Circulators have reached the United States with little response. Americans buy titles openly, but Europeans accept any title. brokers in Paris offer baron viscount and count titles from 600 to 1000 dollars with attested patents claimed to be legal by the Spanish government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tome Byanise
Sain
Paris
Europe
Beet Sugar Production Shifts in France and Germany
France has nearly tripled beet sugar output over thirty years but fell from first to fourth by 1900, trailing Germany by about 120 percent. France cultivates 255000 hectares versus Germany's 427000, reflecting a wide production gap.
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France
Germany
World’s Largest Steam Engine Built in East Pittsburg
A massive vertical cross compound condensing engine, about 35 feet high and 38 feet long, is completed in East Pittsburg and set for shipment to Bay Ridge New York. Rated at 4000 HP with overload capacity to 7000 HP, it drives alternating current generators on a single shaft, featuring a 99 inch shaft diameter and a 28 foot flywheel. The plant’s facilities include the world’s largest straightaway and boring mills, drawing global attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Bay Ridge
N. Y
Kings County Electric Light and Power Company
Westinghouse
Inducement to Trade by Ithaca Grocer Drummer
An energetic canvasser from a Ithaca grocer markets his firm to housewives. After exhausting his appeal with a tired claim, he questions a customer about whether her current grocer cares for her beyond money, claiming his firm will ensure complete satisfaction and even plant roses on her grave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anan
Merchants’ Review
Ithaca
Pon
Curran’s Clever Reply to Lord Clare in Court
Irish lawyer John Philpoot Curran faced Lord Clare in a court where Clare disliked him. To mock Curran, Clare patted a mastiff in court, prompting Curran to pause. “So on, Mr Curran” the lord chancellor said, to which Curran replied, “I beg your lordship’s pardon, I thought you were engaged in consultation.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Philpoot Curran
Lord Clare
Clare
Curran
Balloon Route Across Sahara Proposed by Leo Dex
Mr. Leo Dex proposes balloon travel to cross the Sahara from Tunis toward the Niger River. The airship would carry ground support to avoid ballast and feature an electric wire in the envelope to deliver shocks if natives attack the balloon car.
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Desert
Leo Dex
Sahara
Hontile
Tunis
Niger River
Noteworthy Paris Chapel Commemorates Bazar Fire Victims
A Paris chapel on Rue Jean Geajon commemorates the Charity Bazaar fire victims with a gold dome statue of the Virgin and a memorial mausoleum. Duchess d Alencon is honored among the stations of the cross. Count Boni de Castellane funded the living charity bazar, but debts remain to be paid on the bazar.
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Paris
Jean Geajon
Maxazar
Guibert
d’Alencen
Boni Do Castellane
Anna Goukl
Cane Boni de Castellane
Ingenious servant traps burglar with sweeping ruse
A cunning maid in Trinity Aw feigned routine cleaning near a clothes closet where a man hid. She used gradual sweeping to inch the closet door closed, then called for help via a ground crew tapping a wire to summon police. Two officers arrested the intruder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Electrical Review
Portrait of a royal benefactor in Farnborough residence
The ex-empress Eugenlo Ig, described as a sad, white-hating, rheumatic woman, endows a monastery near a white church and mausoleum with two red granite sarcophagi. Three Benedictine monks pray for Napoleon and the imperial prince. The empress mourns the prince imperial’s death and is a town benefactor to the poor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugenlo Ig
Farnborough
Surrey
Napoleon
Prince Imperial
Elopement by Bribing Trolley Conductor on Long Island
A Long Island couple elopes on a trolley with the aid of a bribe to the conductor. Pursuing papa signals, the car slows. the young man hands the conductor a bill, the bell is rung, and the lovers ride off as the father arrives to witness a parting blessing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Island
Papa
N-Lan
Carson
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Idaho
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Buswell
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Mexican Republic
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Ufe
Netley
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Elias Gullup
Carmegie
Electriet Bight
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