Flower farms of Provence offer perfume industry model
Consul Mason reports on Provence flower farms where violet, jonquil, mignonette and roses supply perfumes and essences. Elevation, calcareous soil, humidity, and shelter from Frost are key. Distillation and pomade production convert blooms into fragrances and oils for export, suggesting American investment potential.
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Consul Mason
Provence
France
Acre
State Department
Florida
California
Seillans
United States
Words of Wisdom on Temptation and Character
A collection of maxims on virtue, temptation, life, and love. It argues barbarism cannot cure civilization’s wrongs and urges lives of integrity over gossip. The text compares ill nature to a spider and stresses action when danger rings like fire alarms.
Comets: Their Frequency Orbits and Earth Impact Risk
Professor Young notes comets, though spectacular, are among the least significant heavenly bodies. Since AD 1, 660 have been seen. 3 to 6 new comets appear yearly. Some named, many numbered, with orbits often hyperbolic or elliptical. Jupiter's gravity commonly shapes their paths. a future Earth strike remains possible but likely harmless if the nucleus is dust.
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Young
Donasi
Encke
Jupiter
Making Wooden Toothpicks Factories In New York State
A Rochester Union report describes one of three U.S. toothpick factories located in Belmont, Allegany County, New York near the Genesee river. The process starts with maple and pine blocks, bark removal, shredding into trips, shaping into round or square picks, and drying before packing.
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United States
Belmont
Allegany County
New York
Genesee River
Rochester Union
Divers Seek Treasure From De Braak Wreck
The Startle and divers in armor search the 1798 English sloop De Braak wreck off Cape Henlopen for a treasure worth up to 10 million dollars. The 70 foot deep site lies about 1.75 miles northeast of Cape Henlopen and 0.75 miles from the Delaware Breakwater.
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Startle
Delaware River
Drew
Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
International Submarine Company
Arch Street
Cape Oe
Delaware Breakwater
Philadelphia
A Mole Portrayed as Friend to Farmers in Lecture
Rev. Mr. Wood describes the mole as a diligent burrower that eats caterpillars and worms. He notes the animal leaves mound impressions, does not damage crops, and provides soil turnover. The creature is built for digging with spade like forelimbs and has keen smell and small eyes.
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Mr. Wood
New Dahlias Trained by Pegging Stems to carpet Like Horizon
A French method for dahlia culture pins stems as they grow to create a green carpet with upright bloom stalks. Plants are set slightly inclined to lay down the stems and cover soil, using wooden pegs reusable for pegging. Strong varieties cover a square yard or more, with borders of single colors or varied designs. Viek's Magazine notes adaptability for many ornamental combinations and large grounds.
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France
Viek
Fall Plowing Advantage for Soil and Crop Readiness
The piece argues fall plowing improves soil structure by exposing it to moisture and frost, aiding disintegration and organic decay, increasing porosity, and reducing spring work. It notes early plowing lets trash decay before cold weather and supports earlier sowing.
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Chicago Tribune
Field of veterinary science urged for all physicians
Ben Berley Poore argues in the American Cultivator that country physicians should study veterinary medicine to diagnose and treat diseases in horses and cattle. He says animal health ties to human health and profits, and that scientific attention to domestic animals would repay society tenfold.
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Ben
Berley Poore
Cost of Making Milk From Small City Herds Explored
A Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station study reports on the cost of producing milk for households with one or two cows in cities villages and suburbs. The article outlines careful experiments to determine costs and efficiency for small dairy operations.
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Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station
Feeding Regimens Show Milk Cost Variations by Diet
The study details daily cow rations including bran, gluten meal, corn fodder, hay, and ensilage. It reports extremes in hay and ensilage intake, costs per quart of milk, and notes no major change in milk composition across feeding methods.
Preserving Poultry Droppings With Soap Suds
A Rural New Yorker writer argues daily cleaning and moist storage boost manure value. Do not dry the droppings but keep them moist with soap suds and a little kainit, then mix with dry earth if preferred to retain ammonia and improve plant food content.
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New- Yorker
Indian Territory Population and Education in 1880s
The Indian Territory houses about 75 000 people with 5 000 Chickasaws 19 000 Cherokees 16 000 Choctaws 14 000 Creeks and 3 000 Seminoles. Eleven US agencies administer appointive governance though tribes retain internal government. Courts constrain white party civil actions and offenses against whites. Territorial government debates persist. Oc mulgee convention of 1870 proposed governor and legislature but failed. There are 433 schools with 905 teachers and 19 593 enrollments in 1884. The five civilized nations run organized school systems with English instruction. missions and private schools also exist.
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Indian Territory
United States
Senate
Ocmulgee
Five Civilized Nations
Inter- Ocean
The Mexican White House Described as World’s Finest Palace
The Mexican Presidential residence is praised as among the most beautiful and artistic palaces. Notable features include ebony and gold bed chamber woodwork, a grotto tiled bathroom, a tropical first floor garden, and a richly decorated ceiling and walls with satin panels and damask.
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White House
Casarin
Messionier
Depores Oelor
Theess
Poisonous honey from kill-calf shrub warns of danger
A health column warns that honey made by bees from Andromeda Melisa, called kill-calf, is highly poisonous. The shrub grows in Long Island and from New Jersey to Florida, resembling buckthorn in appearance. A spoonful can burn and may cause vomiting or paralysis in large amounts.
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Long Island
New Jersey
Florida
Jilerald
Iealth
We Scott & CO
Philadelphia
Novel Paris Operation Extracts Fork From Stomach
Dr Polaillon performed a dangerous procedure in Paris to remove a large fork swallowed by a mountebank named Luchon. The fork lodged in the stomach causing pain until a special instrument enabled extraction. The academy report cites fourteen similar cases with seven abscesses in the stomach.
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Paris
Palaision
Luchon
Polaillon
Encouragement for the Feeble and Restorative Tonics
A promotional notice extols Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a potent tonic renewing digestion and vigor for the weak and nervous. Claims include improved sleep and flesh, blood nourishment, and safe, child-friendly composition. Also mentions cod liver oil, Tar Soap, Hall's Hair Renewer, Aver's Ague Cure, and a proverb about whitewashing a food character.
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Hostetter
Renewing Its Vigor The Vesuvius Eruptions Across Centuries
The article notes Vesuvius as an example of renewed volcanic activity over 2000 years. It recalls the Christian era when Pompeii and Herculaneum were buried in 79, with minor eruptions until 1086, and then infrequent blasts. Since 1681 eruptions have been frequent.
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Vesuvius
Pompeii
Herculaneum
Car Taken and Returned Promptly in Domestic Dispute
A wife retrieves her car after a playful exchange with her husband in a domestic scene. Richmond Eaton of New Bloomfield, Perry County, Pa., suffered rheumatism for over thirty years before an oil remedy claimed to cure him. Various notes praise Red Star Cough cures and Red Star’s effectiveness. Mahogany forests in Cuba, St Domingo, and Honduras supply the English market with Spanish mahogany.
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J. E. Bonsal
New Bloomfield
Perry Co
Cuba
St. Domingo
Honduras
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Mrs. Brown
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C.L. Hood & CO
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Cincer
Webster
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U. S. Supreme Court
GI &C.M
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Springfeld
Mess
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MEAD
John B. Gough
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Martford
Cone
BuFfaLo Scales
Faci Partieners
Rma
Buffalo Scale Company
Tuffalo
Haurorp
Saxford
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Congress
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Brocaion
Jealts
al St Lipse
GSH
Srenerey
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Reith Sete
Courtland
Ae Anya
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Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
Josiah Allen
Marion Harland
Rose Terry Cooke
Harriet Prescott Spofford
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Ella Rodman Church
Charity Snow
Margaret B. Marvey
Claris Potter
Christine Terhune Herrick
Eliza R. Parker
Mother's Corner
Elpritl
Eigestive
Hophieorne Johnson
Daisy Eyesbright
Lina
M. J. Clarkson
Boston
Eaima C. Hewitt
Mas 7
Iu. Lambert
Aaland
Floral Department
Ladies' Home Journal
Phila
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Dealy
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Frazer Axle
Blair
Mane Remedy Co
Lavay Yee
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