Oddities and laws cross Atlantic notes in Silver Messenger
The piece surveys Mary Owens of Chicago claimed as a lone female regular police worker and lampoons regulations in Saxony requiring biblical verses. It notes an Ohio attorney profiting during a stock decline, urges regular walking for women, and traces Tammany’s symbols. It covers bills on railways, interurban electric lines, and telegraphy teaching tools, plus drink economy stats and British language funding debates.
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New York
England
St. Louia
Brown Bax
Chicago
Stock Exchange
Language Slang Shapes English as Theres Old and New
The article notes how American usage injects lively slang into English and how farm folk, wrecking crews, and miners drive enduring terms while urban slang often fades. It cites examples like boom and cinch and discusses Johnsons sharp retort and college slang's rise in dictionaries.
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United States
States
England
London
Great Weet
Flint bowlder in England yields fossil toad inside
A remarkable flint bowlder found in England contained a full grown toad in a cavity. Likely it entered as a juvenile and died waiting for exit as the hole silted. The specimen was shown to the Linnean Society and will be placed in the Brighton museum.
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England
Linnean Society
Brighton Museum
American widow defies Italian crackdown with New York editions
Mrs. Papa, widow of Milan republican journalist Tate Tallan, now in Paris, published two issues of Ttalla del Popolo in New York after the government suppressed the paper. She argues Italy has just faced a crisis ignored by other powers, while editors and contributors faced confinement or exile.
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Papa
Italy
Crisia
Chicago Journal
Inventor’s Scrubbing Machine Aims To Ease Floor Work
A Chicago inventor describes a wheeled scrubbing machine that cleans floors in one motion. It uses warm soap water, brushes and cloth rollers rinse and dry, with waste water collected in a tin box beneath. Sized 10 by 10 by 20 inches, designed for large floors.
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Chicago
England's Most Serious Problem
The article argues Britain misjudged Boer War costs and casualties. It cites Stead's warning on costs and notes official figures through December totaling 51,687 with 12,158 deaths, asserting John Morley’s Cassandra remark as vindicated.
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England
Stead
Carnarvon
John Morley
Cassandra
Turco Instructions Prompt Fire Prevention Crackdown
In Constantinople the police conclude fires stem from insurance and move through poorer districts demanding cancellation letters from insurers or imprisonment. Many residents seek to cancel policies. As an alternative, police accept guarantees of several thousand pounds that no fire will break out in the house and six neighboring properties.
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Qasar Businessn
Turkey
Farm and Garden Hints on Lawn and Pasture Seeding
Ohio Experiment Station bulletin outlines spring soil prep, fertilizing with 4 to 6 percent nitrogen 8 to 10 percent phosphoric acid and 2 to 8 percent potash. Recommends Kentucky bluegrass red top mix with white clover, sowing rates two bushels per acre, and harrowing to avoid rain compaction. Details for permanent pastures favor mixed grasses with clover and timothy, final pasture succession, and economical seed use. Also discusses manure as fertilizer and occasional dressing of air stacked lime for bare spots. Finally evaluates crude petroleum for San Jose scale control with cautions on tree safety and inconsistent results, suggesting a light summer wash with water and whale oil soap as interim measure.
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Ohio Experiment
Ohio Experiment Station
Iona
Ohio
Greharta
San Jose
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
Plum Curculio Control Methods for Plums
Prof. B. C. Green explains the life cycle of the plum curculio and how it damages plums. European growers report success with arsenical sprays, applied thoroughly after pruning to open the tree, with repeated spraying after rain and increased strength if egg-mark is seen, aiming to dren ch the fruit and kill the larva after hatching.
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B. C. Green
Ships That Carry Live Stock Inspections Benefit Vessels
The 1900 Bureau of Animal Industry inspections counted 862 vessels carrying live cattle. Regulations improved ship design and ventilation, cutting losses from 21 in 1000 to 3 in 1000 after inspection began. Insurance costs fell, saving over $2,000,000 annually.
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Bureau of Animal Industry
Bureau
Secretary of Agriculture
United States
Fruit Beetles and Wilt Disease in Western New York Orchards
A New York bulletin discusses the fruit bark beetle devastating peach orchards and to a lesser extent plum and cherry groves in western New York. It details bark punctures, gummy exudates, twig damage, and the beetle’s habitat in dead bark, with preventive washes and burning infested twigs recommended. It also explains the wilt disease of cotton, caused by a soil-penetrating fungus, inhibiting nutrient flow.
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New York
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