Mormon Apostle Heber J Grant Sails to Japan as Missionary
Salt Lake millionai re banker Reber J Grant, worth about 4 million, resigns banking posts and travels to Yokohama on a two year missionary assignment. He leaves behind wealth and family to spread Mormon doctrine, tithing $9,600 for six months before departure. He is accompanied by Elders A O Taylor H S Ensign and L A Kelsch.
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Japan
Salt Lake
Heber J. Grant
Yokohama
A. O. Taylor
H. 5
Ensign
L. A. Kelsch
Illinois
Utah
United States
Joseph Smith
Asia
Grant
Deseret Bank
The
Chicago Tribune
Great West
Salt Lake City
Andrew J Montague Virginia Attorney General Career
Andrew Jackson Montague born October 3 1862 in Campbell county rose from self funded student to lawyer. He practiced in Danville and became United States attorney for the western district of Virginia in July 1893. He served as district attorney ad interim after McKinley resignation issue and was elected attorney general of Virginia in fall 1897 winning by about 1000 votes.
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Andrew Jackson Montague
Campbell County
Rappahannock
Middlesex County
Robert Latane Montague
Confederate Congress
Montague
Middlesex
Richmond College
Orange County
University of Virginia
Danville
United States
Western District
Virginia
McKinley
Fuller
Submerged Plum Pudding Bets Success Under Thames
A London resident won a wager by cooking a plum pudding ten feet underwater in the Thames. He sealed the pudding in a tin case and submerged it in lime, where the lime’s heat, activated by water, cooked the pudding in two hours.
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London
Thames
Lobsters Fear Thunder Amid Electric Storms
Lobsters dread thunder and seek deep water during electric storms, using the vibrations and sounds to avoid danger and stay sheltered from rough seas and shocks.
Poor Country for Milliners. Bonnets scarce in Mexico
The brief observation notes a scarcity of bonnet wearers in Mexico, even among wealthy women. The report comments on the social fashion trend and the girls’ absence of millinery demand in the region.
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Mexico
Straw mover device ferries hay on a wheel frame
A compact straw and hay mover is described using light lath and boards to form a nearly square frame with handles and a small wheel. The front braces and side strips strengthen the cart to carry straw with less effort, suitable for small quantities and cold or windy days. J. G. Allshouse notes it as a time saver from Ohio Farmer.
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J. G. Allshouse
Ohio
Abundance of Forage: Orchard Grass as a Premium Pasture Plant
Orchard grass is praised as a durable, high yielding forage plant adaptable to all soils and climates. It grows early in spring, provides long pasturage, and outperforms bluegrass in a single season. Two bushels seed per acre recommended. it resists drought and enriches soil more than timothy. Imported to England from Virginia in 1764 and highly valued there. Sheep and other stock favor it for pastures and aftergrowth.
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United States
Europe
America
Africa
Asia
Kentucky
Ohio
England
Virginia
Corn Cutting Knife Described From Old Scythe Blade
A homemade corn cutting knife made from an old scythe blade proves useful. The illustration shows the blade cut from the scythe and the device labeled for cutting corn.
Home Made Corn Knife and Fodder Handling Advice
A reader describes a home made corn knife with a hammer fashioned handle and discusses fodder storage. Prairie Farmer advises against outdoor haystack like in western states, endorsing proper curing in shocks and suggests using a shredder to produce better feeding product and save husking effort.
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Iowa
Coffin-Shaped Chapel Draws Suffolk Visitors
The Baptist chapel at Fressingfield Suffolk resembles a coffin and is nicknamed the coffin chapel. Built by a former pastor to remind worshipers of mortality the striking design attracts many visitors weekly and draws varied opinions from locals and strangers alike.
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Fressingfield
Suffolk
London Daily Mail
Eng
Endurance of the Horse and Its Water Limits
A horse can survive 25 days with unrestricted water intake, 17 days without both food and water, and only five days when restricted to solid food with no water.
Moistening the Eggs During Incubation
The author reports mixed results from sprinkling eggs with moisture while hens incubate. In a drought, moistening four nests yielded 38 chicks versus only five from two dry nests, suggesting moisture helps under dry conditions, but the practice often brings no benefit.
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Wallace
First Cattle Arrive at Plymouth Colony 1624
Gov. Bradford records that three heifers and a bull arrived with a ship in 1624, the first cattle seen in the land. The note marks the dawn of livestock in the Plymouth colony era.
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Gov. Bradford
Plymouth Colony
Pig and horse feeding guidance from Iowa farmer
Harvey Johnson of Iowa outlines livestock management tips. He describes rearing multiple pig litters together, early weaning at three to four weeks, careful feeding after weaning, and keeping sows with dams until wean. For tired pastures he suggests oats for yearlings and horses, noting many stallions stunt their first winter and benefit from steady growth.
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Harvey Johnson
Iowa
Nafiouna
Stackman
Peruna praised by Miss Bessie Kellogg of North Dakota
A Valley City woman writes how Peruna relieved severe monthly pains after doctors failed to help. She credits the remedy with complete cure within two months and urges other women to try it. Other testimonials praise Peruna for catarrh of the stomach and pelvic organs.
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Bessie Kelley
Young Woman’s Club
Valley City
North Dakota
First Street
Peruna
Bessie Kellog
United States
Christopher Fliedmann
Amsterdam
N. Y
Hartman
Dr. Hartman
The
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus, Ohio
Sterling Rexedy
Chicago
New York
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Moreman
Andrew J. Montague
Queer English Chapel
Fressingfield Chapel
John E. Burns Lumber Company
Monroe
Chicago Ave
Chicago, Ill
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AKES
MA van Buren
Galltursia Ave
Seetes Mavortany
Home Tea Company
Pearl Street
New York City
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