Sugar independence a path to cheaper beets and syrup
The piece argues for expanding sugar production in the United States by promoting beet, sorghum, and cane cultivation. It cites Louisiana and southern states, cites California beet sugar success, and urges tariffs to protect regional growers. It emphasizes American genius, labor-saving machinery, and large beet yields to reduce prices and reliance on imports.
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Louisiana
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Journal of Commer
Congress
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Alabama
Florida
Texas
California
Sacramento Valley Beet Sugar Company
Sacramento
American River
Sandwich Islands
San Francisco
France
Germany
AMS
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Russia
Holland
Waite
Belgium
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Europe
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Kansas
Queer Beavers Aid Pacific Rail Dams 1568
In 1568 beavers helped a contractor raise water levels for timber rafts to build crossties for a Pacific Railway crossing. Nightly beaver damming, alongside beaver labor, aided the project as workers paused. New York December 2 reports the Methodist Episcopal Board of Education meeting with officers elected and ministry aid figures.
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Pacific Railway
Laramie
New York
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Bishop Jones
C. A. Holmes
Oliver Hoyt
F. H. Roat
Buffalo
John Elliott
C. C. North
Bausman
Missouri
O. Hoyt
D. P. Kidder
S. W. Lindsey
J. Owen
Baltimore
Discovery at Jerusalem Uncovers Ancient Rock Cut Tombs
The London Atheneum reports a dig near Damascus Gate outside Jerusalem unearthed a hollow sounding rock revealing sephulchral rock cut chambers. A larger vault contained a seven foot seven inch stone chest with human bones and possible coffin remains. Dr Chaplin suggests a date near tombs and questions a link to Stephen church and Eudoclay’s resting place.
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London Atheneum
Damascus Gate
Chaplin
Stephen
Chaplan
Eudoclay
Snakes in her stockings and a Confederate colonel dies
In Madisonville Kentucky a woman reports visions of snakes after tasting barrel cider, describing a vivid parade of green red yellow striped and many others twisting around her stockings. The tale ends with her resolving to quit hard cider and join a temperance lodge. Nearby Colonel George Terrett a former U S Marine and Confederate officer dies near Alexandria Virginia after a paralysis illness.
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Terrett
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