Bicycles Aid Farmers While Hay Falls Behind
The bicycle boom lowers demand for horse carriages and hay as bikes replace horses for transport and professional calls. Livery stables suffer fewer transient rides. bicycle factories churn out machines as farmers see cheap transport and closer buyer links, though hay crop worries persist. The era’s road work and tree buying tips follow with practical farming guidance.
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Lwo
Wayne
Reg
Ry Stables
United States
N. Y
Provisional Evaporator Sketch for Efficient Drying
W B Troop outlines a compact evaporator design suitable for home use with seven perforated zinc sieves stacked above a stove. The top is open to let heat rise, cooler air enters through ventilators at the base, and sieve positions adjust to control drying rate while conserving space.
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W. B. Troop
Remarkable Prehistoric Road Found on San Miguel Slope
San Diego letter reports discovery by Herman C. Cook and C. A. Faugel of a prehistoric stone road on the north slope of San Miguel mountain California. Findings include a masonry wall enclosing an arastra and floor debris a tunnel mouth and a keystone arch plus foundations of 19 small houses an undeciphered inscribed flat stone and mining dumps suggesting ancient man activity in the region.
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California
San Miguel Mountain
Herman C. Cook
C. A. Faugell
Ora
San Diego
Cal
Orchard Care And Branding For Fancy Fruit
Practical farming notes advise planting young trees, avoiding fresh manure, and pruning in autumn. Address pest control with burning tent caterpillar webs and orange rust on raspberries and blackberries. Emphasizes branding each package with true variety name and grower address to prevent mislabeling in markets.
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Eforts
N. E. Homestead
Fragmented Notes on Religion and Education in Early America
A compilation notes Harvard’s age, Sioux church affiliations, a Cairo Egyptian studying American law, early Christian dating eras, Morse’s prayer stance, a Thesaurus Linguae Latine project, pilgrims kissing a shoe cross, Bambino di Ara Coeli lore, college marriage rates from Century, Kansas church land sowing for funds, and Julius II Holy Alliance aimed at Venice with French expulsion, all drawn from scattered historical references.
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United States
Harvard
Tenago Sehyoxa
Benda
Egypt
Cincinnati Law School
Alexandria Law School
Boston
Elijah A. Morse
German Philological Association
Bacheler
Leo and
Wolfflin
Kansas
Holy Alliance of 11
Julius II
Spain
Venice
Switzerland
Louis XII
Julius
The Lonely Englishman of North Haven Island
A New Yorker tale recalls an Englishman cast ashore near Maine’s North Haven who lived in a rock cabin and earned a meager living from fish factory refuse. After years of isolation his fire fatality revealed a note of despair, ending in self-inflicted death and burial on the rugged shore.
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North Haven Island
Maine
North Haven
Tife
Highest of all in Leavening Power? A curious collage
A collage of quotations and ads from old newspapers mentions leavening power, a canary, smallpox, train routes Chicago to Atlanta, cheap southbound rail fares, religious liberty caveat, Beecham’s Pills claim, and a domestic dialogue about sleep. It blends humor, travel notices, toning and marketing snippets.
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Scott &Bowne Chemists — York
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Dearborn St
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Columbus Avenue
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