Young Woman Learns to Grow Asparagus from Cornell Course
A Cornell short course helped a young woman master asparagus farming from soil prep to root planting. She uses one-year-old roots, rich manure, and careful ridging to produce high quality spears, noting ground fertility and timely top dressings as keys to success alongside diligent summer cultivation.
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Agricultural College of Cornell
Tni
Ashe
New York
Cor
Wade
Italian Revenge Story of a Street Sale Gone Wrong
An Italian vendor hawks Garibaldi trinkets to a well dressed drunkard. The exchange ends with the drunk smashing the Garibaldi sculpture and retaliation as the vendor hurls Washington statues, leading to a brief, fiery confrontation.
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Garibaldi
George Waeh
Maine Disaster Revealed How It Was Destroyed by a Mine
Four weeks of court findings show the Maine was blown in two by a submerged mine near Havana. Divers examined wreckage as witnesses testified. Officials noted no evidence of internal explosion or cable links, while rumors and conspiracies were dismissed.
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Maine
Havana
Montgomery
G. A. Converse
Court of Inquiry
Ag Td
Vesels
United States Naval Institute
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
Viscaya
Measles Cannibal Ritual on Vancouver Island
A Scientific American account describes an Vancouver Island tribes ritual where a medicine man impersonates the hamatsu, the measles cannibal. The staged capture, fire, and escape fake a threat to children, later repeated as a yearly rite managed by a secret society of shamans.
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Scientific American
Vancouver Island
British Columbia
Fort Aunert
Fes
A Gale by Another Name in Ocean Lore
A New York Sun feature explains the Beaufort scale and wind force terms used by deep sea sailors. It traces Force 10 hurricane winds to the Beaufort method, notes its influence on language and art, and touches on a German film titled Windstarke 10 11. Also mentions a traveler moving to a country place seeking scenery.
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Barbor
Beaufort
Artst
HERRING CAUGHT BY HAND BY BROTHER WALTON AT POTOMAC
Brother Walton and a friend try fishing on the Potomac near the Chain Bridge. After swimming to a river inlet they catch two herring instead of bass or perch, proving the tale and the temper of truth. Walton admits the misadventure and learns not to mistake a herring for game fish.
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Walton
Isaak
Potomac River
Chain Bridge
Virginia
Brother Walton
Captain of the School at Public School 126 Brooklyn
Principal James C. Rogers explains a student body program creating a captain of the school. A student committee from each grade selects captains who represent the school to the principal and guide athletics and social activities. Two captains received gold badges for their service.
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Public School
Brooklyn
James C. Rogers
Rogers
Long-Lived Leicester Line Noted In London Globe
A London Globe report highlights extraordinary lifespans in the family of the second Earl of Leicester. The deceased peer died at 86. his father lived to 80s. Queen Elizabeth’s lord chief justice died at ?. the first Earl was six at his heir’s birth. the second Earl outlived his father by 155 years and remarried a century after his father’s marriage. Julia, Lady Panecourt, and Lionel William Coke were among the grandchildren born within a short span.
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London Globe
Earl of Leicester
Carl
Viscourt Anson
Jie
Lord Leicester
Julia
Panecourt
Lionel William Coke
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