Global figures mix of tea and terror in odd century scroll
An unusually wide collage of data covers religious demographics in Ceylon, European power rankings, English mortgages, Parisian food intake, and a Los Angeles cooling tower. It includes claims about sugar production in 1818, African ivory, a Mexican lake earthquake, Chautauqua’s summer assemblies, and evolving horse headgear fashions for summer work days.
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Los Angeles Railroad
Sherman
Cal
Navy rebuke of Admiral Evans sparks broader debate
The Navy Department censures Rear Admiral Robly D Evans for attacking ex Senator Chandler and urges quiet respect for living public figures. Opinion columns elsewhere question the U S national spirit, noting language as a solvent of national character and citing Theodore Roosevelt on unity and freedom.
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Robly D. Evans
Navy Department
Chandler
Congress
Ryans
Navy
Evans
Chicago Tribune
Censor in South Africa Sparks Controversy Over Blackouts
A London Daily Mail war correspondent letters page reports the censoring of a front page, condemning the blackout process as unacceptable even in Russia where tyranny prevails. the censors’ edits are disputed as suppression of truth.
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London Daily Mall
Aftist
The
Daily Mall
Russia
Opening of Kiowa reservation prompts homesteading debate
The article argues the western states hold vast lands open to homestead entry, challenging the notion that the Kiowa reservation in Oklahoma is the last chance for free homes. It notes 100 million acres still available west of the Mississippi, larger farms average about 125 acres now, and estimates room for 800,000 more farms despite arability concerns.
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Oklahoma
Sam
Cripple Creek
Colo
Kiowa Reservation
N,y. Sun
Water usage in Europe and America compared
Statistics from the state department compare daily water use in European and American cities. Paris 116.66 gallons, Berlin 19.27, Vienna 27, Brussels 26.4. In the United States Chicago 145, Buffalo 240, Cleveland 448, Washington 190, Detroit 195 gallons per person daily. Authorities attribute higher American consumption to waste while European urban systems emphasize filtration and precautions against unnecessary use.
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Europe
America
State Department
Paris
Berlin
Vienna
Brussels
Chicago
Buffalo
Cleveland
Washington
Detroit
Mississippi River Commission Plans $2,000,000 Annual Program
The Mississippi river commission a board of engineers and citizens organized under an act of congress will recommend that the sum of 2 000 000 dollars per year be expended for six years on the work they have in charge.
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Mississippi River Commission
Board of Engineers
Congress
Pearl gift from Sultan honors Miss Marie Sweet of Denver
Miss Marie Sweet of Denver received a pearl gift from the Sultan of Sulu, noted as possibly the only Caucasian woman so honored. The sultan sent a Sanskrit letter on parchment, sealed with the royal seal, marking a first in correspondence with a woman.
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Sulu
Marie Sweet
Denver
Owen J. Sweet
Sulu Archipelago
Hadji Mohammed
Sulua’ Sea
Miss Sweet
Toward Better Hog Breeding and Honest Exhibits
An article argues exhibitors often fail by overemphasizing show quality over breeding improvement. It urges breeders to focus on raising stock, avoid overfeeding, and show only hogs they raised themselves to preserve breed health and community value. It cautions against using show success to sell ill bred pigs.
Origin of Turkeys In Poultry Book By B Thorne
B Thorne notes two wild turkey species recognized by naturalists Meleagris gallopavo and Meleagris gallopavoides in North America with Meleagris ocellata the Central American OCELLATED turkey. Formerly named Mexicana and Americana but merged due to minor plumage differences. Fossil records show additional Meleagris species in New Jersey Miocene Colorado beds. Turkey family relation to Guinea fowl explains the genus Meleagris.
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B. Thorne
United States
Mexico
Canada
Turkey
Central America
Meleagris
Meleagris Celer
New Jersey
Coleado
Hereditary Effect of Tuberentasis and Meat Feed Tests
A Prenel experimenter studied tubercle toxin effects on young animals gestation and offspring vitality. In poultry trials Barred Plymouth Rock hens fed fresh ground bone produced more weight, eggs, and healthier birds than those on meat meal. The piece also notes meat scraps quality and warns labor voters against political self-harm by opposing labor interests.
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Prenel
West Virginia
Plymouth Rock
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Chautauqua
Boston
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Bob Evans
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Theodore Roosevelt
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South Africa
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Qatar
Cedy
Cca Heen
Pany
Kacy
Mawrne
Wherset
Eben
P. Cuneo
Wyandot Republican
Upper Sandusky
Turin
McKinley
Cuneo
Naples
Henry TH. Rogers
Unitarian Society of
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Miss Makle Swilet
Dairy and Poultry
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Mexica
West Indies
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New York
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