Notable Color Changes for Bay Horses in Express Service
The United States Express Company plans to replace bay horses with grays and sorrels, claiming bays are prone to disease and injury. Grays and sorrels may command higher prices if this shift proceeds. Arizona grazing needs and territory size are noted, with water access a limiting factor. The piece also mentions French agriculture prizes and John Carter the English painter who uses his mouth to draw, selling a work to a Boston buyer for nearly $10,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kdes Moings
United States Express Company
John Carter
Bristol
Tatateher
Boston
Herald
Curious Organs of Corti and Burmese Royal Hair Exhibit
The text describes the ear’s Corti organs with about 8 700 strings linking to the auditory nerve, then shifts to Ex King Theeban’s hairy Burmese family visiting Europe. Muaphoa and Mo posi ti are depicted with long hair, unusual features, and a lack of canine teeth. It then discusses aluminum’s oxidation resistance and varied uses from tableware to ship fittings and hardware.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Callel
Corti
Theeban
Manda‘ay
Europe
Muaphoa
Yule
Court of
Ava
Mo-po-sin
Mo Positi
Unmapped Terrains Lure Geographers Beyond Polar Realms
Professor Graut of the Berm Geographical Society notes large inland areas remain terra incognita outside polar zones. Europe is nearly mapped, but Asia holds deserts, mountains, and hearsay. central Africa shows blanks in maps. the Nile, Congo, Zambezi sources are unsettled. Brazil and Gran Chaco remain largely untrodden. jungles near the Madeira Machato delta hinder travel for natives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graut
Berm Geographical Society
Europe
Asia
China
Central
Africa
Nile
Congo
Zambezi
Brazil
Gran Chaco
Rio Madeira
Machato
A Hero in a Warrior’s Fame and Death
Poem excerpt praising a fallen warrior whose fight and fame inspire the living. It speaks of his courage on the field, the tears of supporters, and the belief that death cannot spare his lasting glory. The tribute notes his acts align with his word and that death yields to his remembered fame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eric Mackay
Independent
Fire in Number Two and Ruth Silver's Courageous Rescue
Ruth Silver faces social ruin as Charlie Manton ends their engagement amid a mill town scandal. Usher Cowan, a steady friend, helps Ruth and her father. when a factory fire traps Ruth, Usher rescues her from a perilous window. The mill awards Usher, and Ruth accepts a life with him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles
Mother Manton
Charlie Manton
Ife
Charlie
Ruth Silver
Ruth
No. Two
Engand Valley
Drella
Charle
Central Park
Sle
Judge
Usher Cowan
Mr. Silver
Usher
Jack Linton
Jack
Apothecary
Asher Cowan
Asher
Ugher
New Jersey
A'Ming
Mill Corporation
Miss Silver
Charles Manton
Frank Leslie
Deaf Mutes in Antiquity Faced Cruel Treatment and Slow Change
The article traces attitudes toward deaf-mute people from Greek and Roman times, noting brutal practices and laws under Lycurgus and Sparta, then Athens and Rome. It cites Aristotle’s view on congenital deaf mutes, Lucretius, Quintus Pedius as an educated deaf artist, and suggests Egypt and Roman influence improved conditions as Egypt integrated into Rome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Sparta
Aristotle
Tiber
Lucretius
Pliny
Quintus Pedius
Augustus
M. T. Muller
Egypt
Tobacco Use Cited In Old Sailors Poisoning Case
Dr. Cyrus Edson links recent poisoning and ophthalmia aboard the bark Syringa to tobacco excess. He cites the British Medical Journal and Mr Shears’s Liverpool tobacco amplyopia report noting rare optic atrophy from smoking and a large factory with 12,000 workers showing no eye deterioration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyrus Edson
British Medical Journal
Stiears
Liverpool
Shears
New York Mail and Express
Canary on Streetcar Sings Mikado Sparks Unwanted Drama
A Chicago Herald clipping recounts a Van Buren streetcar passenger trapped with a canary that only sings Mikado. The bird’s relentless performance drives the man to desperation, threatening a murder if it cannot be rid of the bird by the next night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Herald
Shoudy & Son
Teka Moockford
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Arizona
Society of French Agriculturists
Mutual Agriculture Credit Asso
Ike Ruth Silver
Ance Accounts
Silver
C. Manton
ATLAS
Durkees
Aei S
Grand Conservatory of Music
OF New York
Augustus Baus & CO
Wras
New York
Ross TasLe Be
Forest City Furniture
Rookford
Ill
tMaa Matte
Avon
Rav
Badlae
Conover Bros. Pianos
Onur
Conover Bros
AKAM
Akam & Skinner
Broadway
New
Yor
Akam WS. CO
Adams Street
Chicago
Hayward
Ehunaton
Geog
Hayward Hand Grenade CO
Jennie June
June Manufacturing CO
North Pearl Street
Albany, N. Y
Atkins Soap CO
Indianapolis, Ind
Troy Spring
Wheel Works
Froy, Ohio
Bing Tage
el We
Troy
Ohio
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