Peril and Progress Mix in Silver Messenger Summary
The Silver Messenger notes U S cotton exports at 2 390 900 448 pounds and reports travel driven relocations to Colorado by 2 000 people. It highlights a morbid ad by W S Coburn seeking body sale postmortem and recounts a New Zealand submarine cabin cursed by a bite. It also cites plans to make the census Office a permanent government bureau to improve decennial counting.
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New Zealand
Reyair
Congress
Census Office
Branded wife punished. brutal assault leads to year in jail
In Aliapore Bengal Shaik Oxer was charged with branding his wife with a red hot tongue after torturing her and forcing her from his home. He received one year of rigorous imprisonment. Separately, a three inch hatpin was found in the intestines of Alfred Phillips, a four year old from Brooklym, after an appendectomy revealed perforations and possible blindness.
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Alipore
Bengal
Shaik Oxer
Bastatolla
Hav Og
Alfred Phillina
Wythy Avenue
Brooklym
Pullman
Bowers
Mr. Pullman
Miss Fermild
Huadband
Brazelle
Sanger
Arlington Hotel
Carson City
New
California
Beer consumption world rankings challenge common belief
A Briign Board of Trade report refutes the idea Germans are the heaviest beer drinkers. It shows last year Germans averaged 27 gallons per person while Englishmen averaged 32. The United States consumed less than half per capita compared with Germany, with Helgians as an exception. British tax revenue from beer, wine, and spirits stood at 86 percent, underscoring potential budget shifts if abstinence rises.
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Statistica Publahed
Briign Board of Trade
United States
Germany
Great Britain
City seeks pay for damaged teeth from sidewalk mishap
Andrew Pay, stonemason, asks New York City to buy him back teeth as compensation after a September sidewalk accident on Helaly avenue and West Taylor Street left three front teeth driven into a scantling. The damaged scantling with the teeth will be shown at trial. Also announced is the death of T. J. Burns of Dunedin New Zealand, a descendant of Scotland’s national poet. Dunedin’s settlement era began under the Free Church of Scotland with Rev. Peter Burns among the early settlers.
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Andrew
New York
Foy
Helaly
Kolzie Avenue
West Paylor Street
New Zealand
T. J. Burns
Dunedin
Beotland
Free Church of Scotland
Peter Burns
New Kealang
Death of George Pullman Jrs A Tale Of Wealth And Scandal
George Pullman Jr aged about 26 and twin Sanger Pullman born June 25, 1875, died in California of acute pneumonia. The sons of George M Pullman faced disinheritance, marriages, elopement, and public scandals as their fortunes and lives unfolded amid a world of luxury.
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George Pullman
Calfornia
George M. Pullman
Sanger
Pullman
Providence
GUITEAU INSANITY QUESTIONED BY DOCTOR
Doctor Buckley details Guiteau during a Century Magazine interview. He posed mental and moral questions about the Garfield attack, noting Guiteau answered clearly and showed no signs of irresponsible insanity. The piece discusses motives, family ties, and the possibility of lasting affection between the Pullman brothers amid scandal.
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Iim
Guiteau
Garfield
T. M. Buckley
The
Century Magazine
Sleep Inducing Clock Attachment For Insomniacs
A new sleep producing device attaches to an alarm clock. Two ebony panels rotate in opposite directions, reflecting bright mirrors to the sleeper. Darken the room and fix gaze on the revolving panels to fall asleep and wake at a set time.
Alpine danger from lightning strikes on protective cables
An Alpine ascent on July 20 near Tribulann in the Stubuter Alps reveals hazards in wire cable protection. A thunderstorm produced electrical sparks when an ice pick touched a cable, followed by a lightning strike that stunned a tourist and the guide, hurled them hundreds of metres, and injured several others among the climbers.
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Alps
Stubuter Alpa
Electricity replaces fuel in Davos bid for all power
The people of Davos Switarland propose abandoning all fuel types and relying entirely on electricity for industrial and domestic needs. Electricity is already used extensively in cooking heating and lighting in several villas and a large district bakery is fully electrified.
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Davos
Switarland
Oxygen Extraction By Physical Means Sparks Inquiry
The scientific world awaits details on a new process that extracts oxygen from air through physical methods rather than chemical means. Researchers anticipate results that could impact industrial and medical fields and prompt scrutiny of feasibility and safety considerations.
Up-to-Date Hints on Cultivation at Exposition Farms
Agricultural exhibit details at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition will showcase soil types by region, crop rotation, drainage, irrigation, and fertilizer use. It covers farm engineering, architecture, and the home, with exhibits on stock raising, farm buildings, machinery, and tools.
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Agricultural Department
United States
Inquirer
Feeding wheat to farm animals in Oklahoma experiment notes
Feeding wheat to farm animals is not new to farmers, with earlier trials in 1898 1894 and 1895. At 57 cents per bushel wheat is the cheapest grain, and with proper methods it can profitably substitute corn. Wheat’s feeding value varies by livestock. pigs gain 12 to 15 pounds per bushel when fed, grinding raises efficiency, soaking helps modestly, and mixing with bran or cotton seed meal improves cattle and dairy outcomes.
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Oklahoma
Olja
Kansas
Michigan
Lamba
Feeding Wheat For Livestock In Variable Prices
The text discusses balancing wheat with bran oats or corn to improve protein intake for livestock. Cotton seed meal is suggested as a protein source, especially when corn or wheat costs 25 to 80 cents per bushel. It notes prices affect profitability and argues wheat feeding pays when used for growing and breeding stock rather than fattening rock.
Fertility of River Silt Highlighted by Arizona Expert
Prof H H Forbes of the Arizona Experiment Station explains that river silt adds fertility to irrigated lands. He notes nitrogen and organic matter as key nutrients from mud deposits, comparing Nile silt to Arizona soil improvement and citing Salt River valley figures of about eight dollars per acre in value for 1900.
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H. H. Forbes
Arizona
Ringes
Alta
Salt River Valley
Hog Feed Strategies for Young Hogs Boost Gain
The article claims young hogs gain more with the same feed than older animals and warns against keeping pigs on minimal rations. It discourages summer or winter maintenance with scant food, notes swill and milk do not pair well with slage, and describes a winter ration where corn is one third to one half of the mix, supplemented by swill with ground peas and oats. It also mentions a feeder who blends swill of milk and middlings with a barrel of hardwood ashes added.
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Misa Lynne Fernald
J. W. Fernald
Chicago
Pullman
George Pullman
Mixa Fa Ucite Ogeshy
Tlinole
George
Miss Fernald
Eyburn
N. J
New York
Sanger
Thin Sanger
California
Blanche Bowers
Gearon Gomie
Potash Supply Found in Stussturt Germany
The greatest supply of soluble potash salts is mined in large quantities at Stussturt Germany.
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Stussturt
Germany
Burning of Yemily Prunder on election night scene
The account notes a riotous election night in lower wards with a tradition of burning family plunder in a bone fire. Women purge timber-rooms by casting trash into streets as authorities often enforce strict surveillance during the event.
Sermon Language Quotation From Mr Cho Kab
A Cleveland Plain Dealer line notes Mr Cho Kab’s sermons use a blend of biblical text and Shakespeare. The quote praises the eloquence while joking the mix of religious and dramatic sources. The snippet reflects local media commentary on sermon style.
Between Dentist and Pugilist Difference Stated
One pulls teeth and the other knocks them out that’s the difference between a dentist and a pugilist. This quirky line contrasts two professions in a compact, period-voiced aside.
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