New Mexico Shearing Scene Described In Wild Texas-Style Detail
A vivid, if sprawling, account details the annual sheep shearing near New Mexico, describing 2,500 sheep in corrals, 80 shearers, and the swift, precise work. It covers wages, process, and the hectic choreography as wool is freed, pressed into burlap sacks, and transported, with eye-catching notes on the culture and landscape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New
Mexico
Ube Corral
Ubeiy
Aerliasea
Nick Hsin
Lluree
Horson
Corral
Penella
Ducal
Mainler
Jesus
Rowmere
Tinishea
Ila Vradit
Han
Qeatag
Tin Sea
Haring
Shester
Rlethan
Pan
Aliouliers
Eurral
Towka Wedding Feast in Central America Described by Travelers
Travelers recount a Towka marriage feast marked by ritual color and public betrothal. A groom endures ceremonies using a roll of cloth, garters, and shells, while brides and guests celebrate with music, wine, and dances amid a conical central structure. Newsman style notes the bride and groom’s bold traditions and the bride’s arrival at the hut amid chanted rites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towka
Towks
Central America
Eroich
Eldara
Biroelf
bin Fatbar
Wales
Tim
Orice
Ksad
Eich Ommites
Batsles
Lewis
Lowey
Duige
Nod Marth
Landon
Printing in a Chinese temple village reported by correspondent
A North China Daily News correspondent in Shanghai describes Trimittus Printing in Far Cather. The village temple houses a temporary setup with movable type. About twenty tables hold type cases while one man types and another prints. A solid wooden Chinese case with a hollowed groove guides the type blocks.
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Trimittus Printing
Far Cather
North China Daily News
Shanghai
Gecrives
Vilage
Thierioe
Printing Craft Through the Ages and Wartime Echoes
The excerpt describes early printing with ink on wood blocks, inked forms, and careful hand finishing, noting a tradition passed within a single family for over six centuries. It then shifts to reminiscences of Lincoln’s assassination, the Libby prison move, and an eminent Chicago woman with relics from Ford’s Theatre. Additional pieces touch a Paris scientist’s methods, gender intelligence tests, Swedish colonial enthusiasm, and varied anecdotes from Washington to Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chianes
Keller
Libby
Chicago
Lincoln
Ford
J. Wilkes Booth
Ques Hon
Charles Hector
Paris
Delainiy
Cuk
Dhe
Lee
Sue
Weno
Gungel
Stufente
Ginas
Saya
Chambers
Fragmented Thoughts on Character and Trade Across Nations
A dense, fragmented passage weighs on character, business precision, and social fear. It cites a British port report, cotton goods trade shifts, and notes rumors of health effects from foreign textiles, hinting at concerns over colonial commerce and policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Chang
Vangisse
Szechuen
Tim
Niesed
Railways Link South to Midwest Strong Route Notes
Fragmentary OCR shows a historical railway partner network from the south to the Midwest. References to lines between St Louis and Kansas City with connections through Chicago and Louisville, plus east and north routes. Mentions Arkansas New Orleans Texas Florida and a polite southern Southeast region.
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Kansas City
Ark New
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Zagle
Mind Cure
Pune
Dane Tase
Wheeler Wilcox la Nes
New Mexico
Peetus
Cor Globe Democrat
Ens
Tenobelal
Henry Ward Beecher
Matthew Arnold
Beau Brumual
Mrs. Pew Sherwood
France
Faubourg St Antoine
Tial Architectura
Pala
Ts de Tindustrie
Jerfsl
Previows
Sedona Roblygos
Bastile
Capenal de St. Antoine
Feerssd
New York Evening Post
M. Mela
Hrnseris
Mechaninn
New York
Brendes
Laila
Mitiny
Cestraba
Graphia
William
Lown
Mary
Ting
Lavi
Gen. W. T. Sherman
Ace of Epuches
Caldi ‘le Dea
Johnson
Darky
Sherman
Washington
Chicago Times
Astoniahod Eoghan
Engisnman
North American Review
Anne ‘Ehould
London
Centreman
Teeru
Bal ‘Nye
Arkansaw
Prem Powis
New England
Houck, Thomas & CO
Sarcoxie, MO
Wichita, Kansas
Sedgwick Block
Globe Iron Works
A. Flacg, Prop'r
Wichita
Kansas
W. H Ponda
Mene
Wichita Mercantile Co
Grocers
Market Street
Louis
Pudio
Pullman
T Louis
St Louis
Townsend, Gen, Puss, & Ticket Agt
St. Louis
THE
Wichita Eagle
MM. M. Murdock & Bro. Proprietors
Paners, Biocers
Bank Book Mts
Avansad
W. Lowi
At. E Fhe
Vow Bock T & Fant
Cater
Henry Schweiter
H. Schweiter
Emporia
Loubarth
daMas L
Lonbal
Prsrew
Erotan
Seissey
Lombard Mortgage CO
State National Bank
Cor
Hawn, Herron & Co, “Golbsale
Alt Sinde
Petit Kanes
Hawn, Herron & C . Feup
Wiletita Mierator
Zephyr Milla
L. C Jackson
Hacemner & Jackson
Wichita National Bank
Eastern and Foreign Exchange
A & M. Feck
PTI Ene
Waias
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