New Forage Plant Sachaline Sparks Farmer Debate
Agricultural observers scrutinize Polygonum sachalinense as a fodder plant with noted heat and cold tolerance, potential for up to five cuttings yearly and high yield. Critics warn irregular growth. proponents suggest riverbank protection and erosion control. Local tests at College Station report variable results with winter planting and root cuttings recommended for propagation.
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Sakhalin
Sachation
Sakhalien
Siberia
Moscow
France
Asia
Thero
England
Germany
Russia
L. Badd
Amps
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
College Station
Texas Central
New Yorker
McHaline
Gardeners’ Chronicle
London
A. J. Bexsox
Feminine Fancies Fashion Totles and Other Notes
A late 19th century fashion column offers beauty tips and social advice. It cautions against steaming the skin, suggests tepid water and olive oil soap, and describes treatment with salicylic acid for a facial mole. It advises backfitting hats, wholesome summer routines for children, and healthier travel and shoe care. It warns against overpampering at beaches, advocates outdoor activity, and notes risks of streetcar overuse. It also urges preventive measures for spring capes to guard against microbes. Subscribe for the Journal.
Powder Maker Dupont Good War Record and Delaware Senate Bid
Henry Algernon Dupont born near Wilmington in 1838, a West Point grad and Civil War veteran, led artillery in key campaigns and earned brevet ranks. He later ran the Wilmington powder works, led rail interests, and ran unsuccessfully for public office as a Republican. The senatorial contest in Delaware featured his opponent as his brother William, a close ally of J Edward Addicks.
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Delaware
Henry A. Dupont
United States
Henry Dupont
Eleuthere Irenee Dupont
Wilmington
Pierre Samuel Dupont de
Elba
Henry Algernon Dupont
West Point Military Academy
New York Harbor
Piedmont
Lexington
Lynchburg
Fisher's Hill
Cerar Creek
Halltown
Berryville
Opequan
Great Powder Works
Wilmington and Northern Railroad Company
Ex mayor Grant's Bride Ellen Murphy a Senator's Daughter
Ellen Murphy, eldest daughter of United States Senator Edward Murphy of New York, has married Hugh J. Grant former New York City mayor and longtime Tammany figure. Grant, born in 1858, is 19 years older than his wife, and the pair have long been courted by Washington society gossip. The groom is a Manhattan College and Columbia Law School graduate with a career in New York politics including sheriff and mayoral terms and a noted boisterous boulevard era.
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Murphy
Ellen Murphy
Hugh J. Grant
Washington
Miss Murphy
Grant
New York
Swell
United States
Germany
Manhattan College
St Francis Xavier's College
The
Colum
Bia College Law School
New York City
John Kelly
William R. Grace
Abram &. Hewitt
William L. Strong
Ingenious Nofeguards for Safe Locks and Time Locks
A historical overview traces safes and vaults from large keys and heavy locks to compact keys and early combination devices. It explains powder in keyholes, nail picks, and the progression to time locks, chronometer systems, and automatic bolt work enabling safe doors to remain shut for set periods.
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Het
Northampton
Mass
Milford
N. H
Jock
Shoota
Balta
Safemaker's Ingenuity Stays Step Ahead of Burglar
A Boston Commercist report notes a safemaker's clever time lock and automated vault locking for seventeen hours, illustrating advanced security invention. The piece praises the inventor's ingenuity and ability, contrasting with the burglar.
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Boston
The First Celebration of Independence Day in 1777
An account of Philadelphia on July 4, 1777 the first anniversary of independence. Ships fired 18 gun salutes, a congress banquet followed by toasts and artillery. Hessian prisoner musicians provided music. A military parade and fireworks closed the day with broad public revelry.
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United States
Philadelphia
Congress
Trenton
North Carolina
Ita
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Deans Selmon
Prirbsuuk
Hire’s
California
J. S. Sproat
Tele
East Sixth St
the Star Grocer
Huusband
Weill
the Stars Journal
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Furman’s
Kansas
Eters Aller Ak
Ine
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Hawley
Cantamastor
W. Stansfield
Hansansas Ave
Starz Jounsan
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