Marriage in the Orient Turkish Betrothals and Delicate Ceremonies
Turkish children often betrothed in infancy as mothers arrange matches for sons. The article describes betrothal, dowry practices, and elaborate ceremonies in Constantinople, detailing how the bride’s family conducts hidden meetings, baths, and endless compliments before a formal union.
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United States
Cox
Turkey
Constantinople
New York
Mike
Amercais
Beng
Dolundus
Thin Fal con Mills iron sheet mirrors metal progress
A sheet of iron from Fal con Mills in Niles proves the mill can roll exceptionally thin, illustrating sheet-thickness capability. Solar rays through ice remain unmelted near zero, while heat usually penetrates ice.
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Falcon
Niles
How the Premier Saved his Dog
A Greek ex-Premier Deliyannis aboard an English steamer near Constantinople risked his life to save his dog after it fell overboard. The captain refused to stop, but the Greek swam after the animal, prompting the English sailor to overrule orders and rescue both.
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Vienna
Delyannis
Limaa
Constantinople
Deliyannis
Benight Reseus
Lei
Pall Mad Gazette
Terrible Gagus described by sea captain
The sea captain describes gagus a sea plant on Gaupul Island where natives crush the sap and ferment it. Drinkers become stupid within half an hour and the effect lasts days. The native victims soften bones and eventually die in misery, typically after about two years of continued consumption.
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Gaupul
Paradise
Remarkable German Sewing Machine Advances
A German inventor demonstrates a compact sewing machine not a wheel, eight inches high by two inches wide and one inch deep. It uses a vertical plunger and spring to create a lock stitch and can sew various fabrics. It clamps to a table edge and operates with a child, selling for about $5. Also noted is a curious observation that cinchona trees in Europe’s wet soils produce bark without quinine.
Grass Seed Sowing Tips For Effective Pasture Growth
The article urges sowing grass seed early and after soil prep, noting that phosphate with wheat grain aids grass growth. It mentions winter wheat harvests may yield hay due to cold, with Timothy appearing in wheat straw, providing good winter feed for livestock.
Wood Litter as Bedding The Lumbermen's Waste Debate
Fernow argues at the American Forestry Congress that wood litter including sawdust shavings and brushwood provides cleaner bedding and faster drying of excrement than straw. It absorbs moisture, reduces stable dampness, and preserves manure nutrients, with soil benefits comparable to straw when blended with mineral fertilizers.
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B. E. Fernow
American Forest
Y Congress
Fernow
Tighten wagon bolts to extend life of farm wagons
Dry weather causes wood to shrink loosening joints and bolts, accelerating decay. Regular weekly tightening during dry spells prevents water entry and frame damage. Worn wagon tires require costly repairs, so tighten promptly. Also notes on poultry, grapes, dairying, salting, tomato vines, glandera in Ohio, and strawberry planting.
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Missachusetts
Caldwell
Ohio
Farmer Finds Water Trough Method Improves Hog Health
An excerpt notes practical farming tips from Kansas and French agricultural work. It describes keeping water flowing, using ashes from burned feed to curb hog cholera, and salting animals per Department of Agriculture guidance. Experiments show meal aids digestion after hay, and adding oil-cake can boost butter yield in dairy cows.
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Kansas
Department of Agriculture
Persian Horses and the Persian New Year Races
An 19th century travel description notes Teheran’s rough roads, horse breeds including Arab and Turcoman stock, and a yearly Persian New Year race on a five mile circuit. Races draw around two hundred spectators with gold and silver purse bags. jockeys are mainly boys and audiences dense along city walls.
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Persia
Teheran
Bagdad
President Roberts Pays Fare After Pass Check
A Newark New Jersey dispatch recounts a stormy winter day on the New York division of the Pennsylvania Railroad. President Roberts, attempting to test enforcement, fails to show a pass and, after a tense moment, is identified by a ticket puncher who insists on the fare. Roberts then reveals his absence of passes and pays five dollars at the next stop.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Roberts
New York
Newark N. J. Catt
Ground Swell near Cannelton Feeds Gas Theory
A freak land feature near Cannelton in Beaver County bulges and breathes like the ocean with intermittent explosions audible at a distance. Burns White offers it as natural gas driven, noting nearby farms produce gas in paying quantities.
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Cannelton
Beaver County
Burns White
Bradford
Random Reflections From An Old Ledger Of Facts And Fables
A collage of trivia on travel, language future projections, royal heart relics, a math teacher’s paradox, U S gold production, ancient Roman money, military pay terms, the 1665 plague, Great Fire of London and their claimed effects on plague.
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Washington Monument
Ludwig
Altotting
Bavaria
United States
California
Rome
London
Cty
St. Paul's Cathedral
Fish Tales and Odd Encounters From Local Waters
A report compiles various fishing anecdotes including a Clark's Harbor man finding a mouse in a caught fish, anglers in Missouri and Wisconsin hauling large catches from hollow logs, and a Corydon Indiana carp pond fed by a bell. The feature notes peculiar pike folklore and skeletal curiosities tied to birds and legends.
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James Smith
Clark's Harbor
N.8
Lick Holman
Alexander James
New London
Milwaukee
Okauchee Lake
Levi Shields
Corydon Ind
Eckstrom
M. Molier
Lake
Frysdale
Germ origin of disease credited to Goiffon
A French journal credits D Goiffon of Lyons, dead over 150 years, with first describing germ origins of zymotic diseases in 1721. His essay, Origin of the Plague, argued microscopic worms explain infections unseen by current microscopes, challenging stars or exhalations as causes.
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M. Pasteur
D. Goiffon
Lyons
Goiffon
Appeas
Molliere
Ways of City Beggars From a New York Sun Reflection
A New York Sun piece analyzes beggars in the streets of New York, detailing tricks to feign illness and injury. It contrasts loquacious and silent mendicants, noting fake wounds, blood spit, eye tampering, and counterfeit paralysis. The essay condemns loud complaints as artificial, praising silent sorrow as a truer sign of distress.
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New York
New York Sun
Community Church Notices and Schedules
Pane Class meeting Tuesday Prayer meeting Friday Ladies' Church Aid Society meets in the vestry on the second Thursday Helping Hands meet fortnightly All are welcome to worship Sunday services 1030 a m Jonns Episcopal Mission Leeee w c T U meets alternate Wednesday at Mrs Samuel Winthrow’s home Union Golden CP P Floyd Commander First and third Wednesday at town hall Mail arrangements and delivery times Union Church Beachmont Episcopal services 1045 am Congregational Sabbath school at 2 pm Congregational service 3 pm Song service 7 30 pm Weekly prayer meeting Wednesday Ladies Sewing Society meets Wednesday 2 pm Rev J W Winker Pastor Preaching 1030 am Sunday school 12 pm All welcome Ladies Social Guild meets Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock
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E. E. Crosby
J. W. Cordes
Charles Floyd
Eda Richardson
Ladies’ Church Aid Society
Rev
John
Hewlett
JP. Bixby
Revere
Marshall S. Rice
Ladies’ Sewing Society
J. W. Winker
A. Mt
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