Musk Ox and Caribou Hunters Dominant Far North
Government explorer William Ogilvie reports on the Mackenzie River fur districts. Musk oxen inhabit barren lands east of the Mackenzie woods, with recent finds near Lake Athabasca. A white hunter and Indian guides slaughtered over sixty musk oxen and many caribou, wasting many heads. McKinlay cites a close season, noting Indians drive animals to barriers and slaughter them. Musk ox calves are born in April and often buried in snow when danger threatens. vast migratory bands of caribou move between Arctic coasts and wooded regions, with Indians spear fishing in streams. Meat yields vary from sixty to eighty pounds for cows and 150 to 200 pounds for bulls.
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Mackenzie River
William Ogilvie
tAs
Mr. Ogilvie
Lake Athabasca
Arctic Ocean
McKinlay
Indiana
Arctic
Chloroform Spring Near Butte Creek House
A spring near Butte Creek House in Plumas County, called the Keap Sleep spring by local Indians, emits slightly brackish water whose drink renders a person insensible within minutes. Superintendent Stout recalls reports from pioneers and shows several deer carcasses nearby, but no mineral explanation or analyses have been found.
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Stout
Butte Creek House
Plumas County
Oroville
Cal
Star Stones and the Star Sapphire’s Allure
The article explains star stones, including star sapphire, ruby, and topaz, noting their six point stars caused by crystal properties or foreign substances. It describes cabochon cutting to make radiating star points, and mentions Burton’s star sapphire carried as a talisman that commanded respect among Arabs in Africa.
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Burton
Africa
New York Dispatch
The Height of Courtesy in the Park
The Queen of Saxony caresses two babies in Dres den park. She jokes about twins prompting a nurse to correct her. The nurse reveals the father of one child has died, and the episode is recounted by La Belgique.
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Saxony
Dressen
la Belgique
J. Gurney & Co
Props
Toledo
J. Cheney
Y. Cheney
Lee Truax
Vanpinc
Kisxax & Manors
Hall
Dutch Kermess Scene Sparks Melting Swarms And Feuding Lore
On the second day the Dutch kermess crowds surge as gasoline lamps glow over the sea of heads. Chargers ram through gaps, theatres tout acts, and hurdy gurdies compete. Laren and Huizen clash in old rivalries, women’s caps differ, and a wooden clog becomes a weapon in the daytime fray until police separate combatants. Centiry.
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Donnybrook
Laren
Huizen
Plant Names Indicate Origins and Traits From Botany Text
A Chicago Times excerpt discusses how botanical plant names reveal origins and features. It notes examples like abutilon from Arabic roots, abuta from Cayenne, and achimenes implying cold tender plants. It explains genus names honor botanists and species epithets describe form color or habit.
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Cayenne
Chicago Times
Mexican Peonage in Tabasco and Other States
A local paper claims slavery exists in Tabasco but is false. Real peonage lingers via employer employee debt and long notice rules. Such laws burden workers, though federal interference is limited as many statutes remain local and increasingly fade from the Republic.
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Tabasco
Mexico
Horses Show Reasoning Power Through Gentle Riders
A Southern gentleman recounts how horses respond to women riders. In Southwest Missouri and Indian Territory, ladies ride with skill without whip or spur. He recalls a sorrel gelding named Martin bred in Kentucky, tamed by a doctor’s wife, who could control the horse, shoot from its back, and share affection, proving apparent reasoning rather than instinct.
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Missouri
Indian Territory
Kentucky
Texas
Martin
St. Louis Republic
Braiding the Hair for Bonnet Support in 19th Century Style
Ladies adapt hair braiding high at the crown to anchor small bonnets, looping the braid down and securing it to the head for stability. A period note from New York Telegram explains practical fashion choices for bonnet wear. Skirt fashion trends are urged toward moderate width, with distinct rules for walking house and evening wear. New gowns grow taller skirts, ranging from three to six yards bottom, lightly gored at the top, with crinoline or horsehair facings for heavy trimming, as Describes in Demorest's Family Magazine.
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New York Telegram
Demorest
Detroit Free Press
Premonitions of Panzers in Spring Fashion Notes
The piece outlines evolving silhouettes with deep flounces, panier-inspired lace, and puffed bodices. It describes back-focused styling, new trims like pearl embroidery on white slippers, and empire gowns with varied trains, plus youthwear introducing double-breasted waists and velvet trims.
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New York Post
Couturiers
Curious Facts From Around the World and History
A compilation of oddities and curiosities: from leather count in shoes to burial land, mines in Tombstone named The Lucky Cuss Toughnut and Good Enough, sauerkraut popularity, big trout catches in New Zealand, ancient olive trees in Jerusalem, a lone Philadelphia hotel with a library, a Pittsfield coin find worth 225 dollars, hats in the British Commons, ice-making ponds in Kentucky, a 583 pound South African lion, hot artesian water in Boise City penitentiary, a towering Beaver Crossing girl, a woman who lived under every U.S. president, Leif Erikson statue critique, Asafetida origins, a Pennsylvanian pie eater, a peculiar fourteen-ear corn claim, high New York ad rents, Isa-To-Ba of the Chickasaw Nation, and other oddities of era life.
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New Zealand
Jerusalem
Philadelphia
Pittsfield
Ill
House of Commons
Omen
John Otto
Koppie
Aliwin
Orange Free State
South Africa
Boise City
Idaho
Nebraska
Boston
Persia
Beloochistan
India
Samuel Harmon
Fox Hill
Penn
Auselain Springs
N. C
New York City
Denison
Texas
Isa-To-Ba
Chickasaw Supreme Court
National Auditor
Josiah Brown
Permanence of Roquefort Cheese Making
The article notes the enduring method for Roquefort cheese from the Roquefort district in southern France. It explains the ancient practice, cave curing, and continued supply to Rome, citing the natural limestone caves and long history of sheep milking. The elder Ping and Roman consumption illustrate enduring agricultural technique and luxury tastes through conquest and time.
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Rome
France
Europe
Ping
New Patented Horseshoe Aims For Better Grip And Shock Absorption
A newly patented horseshoe features apertures between nail positions with dove tailed openings. Elastic rubber studs project through these holes and are fixed to a rubber strip under the shoe, allowing nails to pass during shoeing. The design increases hoof grip on slick surfaces and reduces leg strain in horses.
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New Orleans Picayune
Testing Pure Water by Visual and Olfactory Cues
A New York Telegram excerpt describes simple tests for water purity using color clarity in a colorless bottle and a warm storage method. It notes that clear water can still be unsafe and warns that well water often decomposes rapidly despite its brightness.
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New York Telegram
Cooling a Daly and Soya Bean Feeding in Dairy Ration
A metal ice box assists cooling in a dairy with added salt lowering temperatures by up to thirty degrees. Salted ice disposal on manure saves costs. North Carolina experiments find cowpea vine hay comparable to standard rations for heavy work and milk. Soja bean silage helps reduce grain needs and sustains yield with high protein, yielding balanced nutritive ratios when mixed with corn silage and hay.
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New York Times
North Carolina
Raleigh
New York World
Care of Fruit Trees and Farm Notes from The Homestead
Guidance on winter care for fruit trees including snow removal methods, limb support, graft balancing, bark protection, and healing of wounds. Farm and garden notes cover hens, corn feeding, fowls profitability, chick rearing, dusting areas, sweet potatoes storage, pork market, and a simple nonleaking trough construction. Parsley cultivation tips for year round harvest.
Serious Facts About Bread and Alum Baking Powders
A public health warning against alum baking powders and their dangers to food. It urges using Royal Baking Powder for purity and safety, citing medical authorities and government reports. The note warns buyers to avoid cheap or branded substitutes and to protect family health.
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Board of Health
Phys.c.an
U. S
Chemists and Boards of Health
Floral Curtains for Decoration Using Fish Net
A decorative idea describes using fish net as a foundation for floral curtains. At a white and gold reception yellow roses were woven through the netting, with finer mesh options and gilded variants offering exquisite effects for doorways or draped mirrors, complemented by various flowers and greenery.
Dyspepsia ads and quips echo in a stray column
A fragment from a 19th century page features a classroom retort on “retribution” then pivots to health ads for Hostetter's Stomach Bitters and Brown's Iron Bitters praising digestive aid benefits. Marginal chatter includes a few gossipy exchanges about aging and worry.
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Minks
Leader
The Largest Things Across the World
A catalog of world records listing the largest city river island empire bridge inland sea cavern tree desert volcano lake and church with figures for population length width area span height and other measurements. It notes London Amazon Australia Great Britain Brooklyn Castle Mammoth Cave Sahara Etna Lake Superior St Peters.
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Amazon
Australia
Great Britain
Globe
Brooklyn Bridge
Caspian Sea
Europe
Asia
Mammoth Cave
Kentucky
Tulware County
Cal
Sahara
Africa
Etos
Lake Superior
T, Peter's
Rome
Good Lemonade Secret Revealed by English Hostess
A woman recalls an English friend's lemonade method learned during a visit. Freshly boiled water is used, with three lemon juice and rind from one lemon, two ounces powdered sugar per quart, then mixed when water is tea-point and cooled. The tale ends with a quip about church weddings and social chatter.
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New York Times
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