Farmers Urge Safer Poultry and Dairy Practices
Farmers discuss safer handling of poultry and dairy operations, noting risks from live birds and wires, and detailing laws on tuberculosis compensation and oleomargarine usage. They warn against unverified hog cholera serums, urge authorized agents, and review Belgium’s growing co operative dairy movement with small farmer participation and profit sharing.
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Hogue Hog Cholerm Seram
Indiana Agricultural Experiment Station
White
Warren
Pulaski
Fulton
Ind
Marshall
Kosciusko
Indiana State Board of Agriculture
Farmers’ Review
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Animal Industry
Precocious Peafowl Lays Eggs at Eleven Months
The writer notes peacocks may reach productive age sooner than commonly stated. A hen born July 1898 laid fertile eggs at eleven months, while another older hen laid six eggs at the same time. He suggests confinement allows one peacock to manage several hens and questions if egg counts could rise even more.
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L'Aviculteur
Howland and Baker Islands in the Pacific Possessions
The article details Howland and Baker Islands near the equator, their discovery, possession by the United States, guano deposits, and coral reefs. It notes anchorage, water scarcity, meteorology, and historical visitations, with references to Meade, Netcher, and Meade’s 1872 expedition.
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Wis
American Guano Company
Baker
Istend
Howland
Holland Islrict
G. EB. Netcher
Isabella
United States
Portsmouth
Natcher
Meade
Narragansett
Netcher
Pelican
Howland Island
Jsland
Mrs Langtry's Kentford Home Details Modern Comforts
Mrs Langtry's country residence lies in the village of Kentford four miles from Newmarket. The house is fitted throughout with the latest modern conveniences and luxury. The entrance hall features a wooden...
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Mra. Langtry
Kentford
Newmarket
Aluminum production and value in 1888 notes
A historical record notes that in the United States 5,200,000 pounds of aluminum were produced last year valued at $1,716,000, giving 83 cents per pound. It also states that in 1888 only 19,000 pounds were produced, valued at about $3.83 per pound.
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United States
Boer tethering horses sparks humane protests
The method shows horses hobbled for grazing by a Boer camp, praised for effectiveness yet condemned as cruel. Humane groups in South African colonies protest the practice, while some claim church affairs pose no risk to outsiders.
Variety of Jokes and Songs From a City Laugh Book
A mixed collection of verse and quips appears, including light lyrics about saying goodbye and unseen lovers, comic exchanges from Chicago humor pages, and a rowdy dialect exchange about walking in a narner past Brudder Sassafran, reflecting early 20th century social humor.
A Crust Joke From Sandy Pikes Billy in Dialect
Sandy Pikes Billy joke twists as he asks a woman for a quarter to trim his hair. She replies with a choice of trimming it with ribbon or lace, delivering a playful regional punchline.
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Sandy Pikes
Billy
Billy Coalgate
Sandy Piker
None from Him on Cigarette War Subscriptions
A caller asks a business man for 25 cent subscriptions to fund a war on the cigarette evil, saying it is on behalf of their society and that they can rely on him in the battle to the death. The man replies curtly with a pledge of no quarter and ends the conversation.
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Philadelphia Record
Such Shock and Editorial Snippet From The I Journal
A fragmentary quotation notes astonishment at discovering a caddle am ed cigarettes and references The little rascals and a remark about Scots who often smoke a pipe, illustrating a quirky historical columnist voice.
Description of cashier height and missing funds in Pettyville tale
In a Judge and Mrs Hoon exchange a defaulting Pettyville cashier is described as six feet tall and twelve thousand dollars short. Clara quips about a bathing cult, noting it never seems to get wet, while Trettess May comments on the creature as a duck.
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Hoon
Clara
Questionable Height and a Riddle of Length
A fragment asks about height with figures like four feet and six feet. It appears as a playful, unclear measurement exchange likely from a casual column or note in a 19th or early 20th century page. The readable bits center on comparing a child’s height to a parent and a playful guess about one’s own stature.
Tove and Theftt From the Chicago Tribune
A garbled exchange hints at a romantic gesture as a man asks for a ring amid a confusing, fragmented dialogue about engagement. The misquoted lines reflect a chaotic scene with characters Rachel and a suitor, seemingly from a sensational press snippet.
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Capone
Emma Clearwaters
St. Bernice, Ind
Belgium
Oostcamp
Flanders
Pacific Islands
Hawaii
Baker and Howland
Fort Sumter
Senate
Baker Island
Henry Foster
Jamaica
Canmander Meade
South Sea
Houlders Bros
London
George
Lord Bishop of
Columbia
Sland
Mrs. Langtry
Sitty
Postal Savings Bank
Goodby
Kiser
Chicago Times-Herald
Percy
Ethel
Puck
Sam Sparks
Stucder
Brudder Sassafran
Brudder
Chicago Tribune
Rachel
New York World
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