Random Facts From Alaska to New York and Beyond
A collage of trivia on rail lines sugar beets and refined sugar bakers of German birth literacy in Mexico telephones in New York City and population figures. Notes on Colorado land farming capacity army firing positions and curious statements about character and industry. The piece closes with a Federal well drilling in Lake Michigan for a small life saving station.
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Alaska
America
Lake Michigan
Life Saying Station
Woman's Column Sours and Styles in a Busy Era
A collection of social notes and fashion guidance includes cautions about slovenliness and domestic hacks, observations on servant wages in Japan, Jersey wear trends, hair styles, and a call to self improvement. It mentions music education via a parrot teaching phonographs, female farm work wages in Scotland, a Chicago university chair for matrimony, and shifts in stage beauty away from blondes toward brunettes.
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Philadelphia
Scotland
On the Farm Times and Farming Advice Notes
A collection of farm tips covers profits from surplus horses and nut trees, nails for roofs, and demand for improved harvesting gear. It notes U S farm income around 5.5 billion dollars, 841 million acres under cultivation, and 10.5 million workers. It cites seed distribution, cow board, and housing for poultry, plus a Poland China hog sale and Australia’s large duck farm and incubator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Farma
United States
Grit and Politics in Early 1900s News Snippet
The piece surveys varied topics from federal employment and salaries to farmer road privileges, emigration trends, and agricultural costs. It notes government revenues and a surplus, discusses explosive materials and postal cremation rules, reports Georgia editors’ reunion with W R Hearst, German tiling costs, railway clerks’ injuries, and Alexander Dowie’s NYC campaign claiming 50 million dollars from followers.
Chicago Facts and a Note on Perambulator Invention
A crowded block of data on Chicago outlines population 2 231 000 and area 191 square miles, with 290 hotels 17 parks 780 churches 29 convents 21 libraries 68 hospitals and 992 public schools. The piece mentions the modern baby carriage inventor who earned over 50000 in royalties and discusses whiskey regulations and civic admonitions about neighborly encouragement.
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Mexico
New York City
South Dakota
Rhode Island
Colorado
Mint
South Africa
Ahoree
Williamsburg
Harness Hors
Prince Albert
Black Hills
Dakota
Army
Chicago
New York
Woman's Column
Mary Chandler
Lowell, Mass
Kansas
Reliance Shamrock
Capp
University of Chicago
Linda R. Wade
Western Dressmarket
Assn
Times
Faro Handa
Norway
Washington
Illinois
Solomon
Poland
Williamsfield
Australia
Uncle Sam
Central West
Post Office
Kent
Georgia
Atlanta
W.R. Hearst
Hearst
New York Journal
Chicago American
San Francisco
Germany
Alexander Dowie
Madison Square Warden
Dowie
Prophet Elijah
Western Avenue
Milwaukee
Aterpad
Henge
Whiskey Trust
Sothern Exapran Company
Moultrie
Council of
P Wrces
Railroad Commission
Savannah Press
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