Ostrich Farming Gains in Southern California
Special correspondence from Los Angeles reports a booming ostrich farming venture led by Dr. Sketchley. A six mile outpost hosts sixty acres with thirty adult birds and many more chicks. Birds weigh 300 to 400 pounds, stand eight to twelve feet, and produce high value white feathers. Flocks use incubators, drink water, bathe, and engage in entertaining foot races for figs, boosting profits through constant feather harvests and eggs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Africa
Sketchley
Galveston
California
Anaheim
Southern Pacific
Secret Caucus Report Reveals Shadow Gestures and Guesswork
A 20 year old memory recalls how reporters observed a secret caucus from a distant lighted window. Guards, indirect glimpses, and shadow pantomimes allowed seven reporters to identify speakers and infer positions. They compared gestures to recreate what happened inside the hall.
The Nuisances of Paris and Public Disorder
Theodore Child laments Paris losing charm to street hawkers crews and ragged sandwich men flooding boulevards with banners and loud cries. He notes camelots selling papers, scandal and pornography, and critics who challenge the Eiffel tower. He urges Paris to reclaim elegance to remain a winter and summer favorite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Camelot
Meissonier
Eiffel Tower
Theodore Child
London
Faros, Brahmins, and the mail box scheme
A San Francisco Chronicle excerpt describes a man failing at Chicago gambling and using an envelope mail trick to reclaim funds later. It also contrasts a Brahmin’s contradictions with Pariah stereotypes as observed in wooden load sales and social customs in British supervised streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John Oakhurst
Parson Davies
Davies
Sam
Paso
San Francisco Chronicle
Jubilee dress improver item sparks eccentric note
Mr Sabouchere cites a curious jubilee dress improver that reportedly emits God Save the Queen when the wearer sits. In San Diego a local laundryman known as the wisest Zhinaman runs a fifteen year old advertisement in the paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sabouchere
San Diego
Cal
Benares Sacred Bathing Ghats and Funeral Pyres Revealed
The report surveys Benares on the Ganges, detailing bathing ghats, temple life, and a funeral pyre as priests oversee rites along the sacred river. It highlights pilgrims, bathing scenes, a young woman’s dip, and the city as India’s spiritual hub. Also notes Easter Island images collected by Lieut Stone for the Smithsonian with burial practices described.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ganges
Benares
Mecca
Rome
India
Annapura
Buddha
Bindu
Aphrodite
Cawnpore
Chicago Tribune
Easter Island
Lieut. Stone
Smithsonian Institution
Mohican
Smithsonian
Washington Star
Warren wall coverings and decor services advertised
N K Wendelboo operates a decorating business in Warren offering wallpaper thousands of styles window shades oils and cloths picture frames and mouldings and painting supplies with estimates and supervision by a skilled crew at 209 Liberty Street plus an English spavin remedy sold by L G Noyes druggist Warren Pa promising savings on one bottle and warranty.
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N. K. Wendelboo
Warren
Liberty Sreet
L. G. Noyes
Drugg‘st
Pennsylvania
Charles Sparks
Oc. Sparks
Warren Morrison
K. Traquay
E. F. Price
Act of Assembly
Warren and Bradford Ferry Company
Allegheny River
New York
Corydon
Corydon Township
War- Ten County
Marsh Wilcox
George Whitcomb
Elk Township
H. IL Gouchek
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Buddia
Swihe
Eron
Hesselroth
Srgn
Lawrence Hesselroth
Chicago Ave
Pittsburg
Duff & Sons
Bell Bros
Bull Bros
Times
Warren, Pa
Rade Mare
George Ball
M.C. Holmes
Warren County
Uffaio
Rochester
Pittsburgh
M. C. Holmes
Protos
Glade
Conewango Bridge
Oo. L
Dalrymple
James
J. Means &Co
Jarhen & Bans
Lorse Cave
Ritters
A. W. Morck
Wile
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