Wild geese join tame flock at Lake Keuka tale ends
A farmer Purdy chased wild geese from Lake Keuka near Hammondsport New York. He shot at a later flock while hoping to kill a few, but the geese fled and returned home. The same geese later returned to the lake and Purdy killed and wounded one or more of them. The other items tell of Dr Ribeiro of Brazil wearing a physician ring and his profession badge, a blind tobacco drummers story, a monk tale from Kentucky, and various oddities.
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Lake Keuka
Hammondsport
N. Y
Purdy
New York
Dr. J. Dias Ribeiro
Dr. Ribeiro
Brazil
Rio
Kansas City
Wyandotte Street
James Harrison
Richmond
Kentucky
la Trappe
Gethsemane
Ife
Napoleon
Mathilde Kittleson
Winona County
Rushford
Stillwater
Edgar Wilson
Wilson
Williams
W. D. Branton
Stephenville
Tex
Perkins
Shands
Blanton
Helvellyn
Cumberland
England
Charles Gough
Wythburn
Patterdale
Gold
West Africa
Egypt
Adolphe Berthalot
Marengo
Iowa
Berthalot
Onondaga
Milton Young
MacGrathians Farm
Camp Independence
Inyo County
Cal
Charley
A Spanish California Wedding Cavalcade
A wedding described in early California history features a bride carried on a saddle led by a relative and a groom’s party on ornate horses driving from the ranch to the Mission Church. The custom includes silk tasseled cords binding bride and groom and a handmade satin shoe ritual.
Death by Own Action in Michigan Weighs Demographics
Detroit Free Press analyzes fifteen years of personal crisis reports showing 1 105 deaths by own action in Michigan. Poisoning leads with 32 percent, followed by hanging 28 percent and shooting 20 percent. Men predominate in most methods. women largely poison or drown themselves. Farmers and household workers are prominent among the deceased. unemployment features in many cases. Foreign birth among decedents skews toward Germans, with Germans making up over half of foreign-born cases. Ministers and saloonkeepers appear in the occupational mix. average ages noted for these groups. More married people die by own action than single, and months show higher counts in spring and summer.
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Michigan
Fwo de
United States
Seal Skins And Alaska Seals In Ledger Description
The Ledger describes seal fur, under fur quality, and methods to remove loose exterior hairs. It notes Alaska seals breed April to June, males fast during pairing, weigh 500 to 700 pounds when eight, females 80 to 100 pounds, and that only young bachelor seals are hunted for superior skins. Finest skins come from South Shetlands and Antarctic islands. London emporium buys few from Alaska.
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T&jr
OtGrie Wienig
Alaska
South Shetlands
Antarctic Ocean
London Emporium
Ths
Terrifying Hawaiian Volcano Eruption Described
An account of a Hawaiian eruption describes molten lava filling a crater to 500 600 feet depth and breaking a 27 mile subterranean passage to the sea. The scene includes a fiery river of fused minerals, 10 000 vents, blazing forests, and deafening gas explosions heard 25 miles away. Six weeks later coastal waters remained scalding and steaming.
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Hawaiian Islands
Medical Vegetables and Their Traditional Effects
Spinach benefits kidneys while beets and turnips aid appetite. Tomatoes affect liver and purgatives. asparagus purges blood. Lettuce cucumbers cool the system. Dandelion greens help kidney troubles. Celery aids nerves and rheumatism. Onion soup boosts digestion. red onions diuretic. white onions aid insomnia. Onions garlic leeks olives and shallots stimulate circulation and digestion.
History of Ballot Voting Across Eras and Nations
Mr Ludovic Benet discusses the ballot’s origins in Athens 500 B C and its spread to England via the Dutch before the sixteenth century. He notes King Charles opposition to the ballot box, colonial adoption in Massachusetts 1654 with bean counting, Rhode Island 1715 ballot stuffing laws and secrecy concerns, and early transatlantic transfer with moral and political context.
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Ludovic Benet
Brooklyn
New York Academy of Anthropology
Benet
Areopagus
Athens
B.C
England
Charles
East India Company
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Magpies Invade Old Station On Tuscarora Road
Stage driver Harry Babowk reports a magpie raid at Pit Glugage's old station eight to nine miles from Elk Net. The birds shredded shingles, forced entry, and carried bedding and stove covers before giving up after a noisy, fruitless theft effort.
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Glugage
Tuscaro ™ Road
Elk. Net
Insect Respiration Studied by Contejean
A fragment notes Contejean studying grasshopper respiration. It describes inspiration as passive and expiration as active, with air expelled by contraction. wounds can halt movements. Observations imply invertebrate respiration mechanics and similarities to vertebrate limits.
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M. Contejean
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Walter Williams
M. Ottenheim
Versailles Photographic Society
Imperial Court
Leipsic
Supreme Tribunal
Germany
Lubeck
Meen
Oburg
Barbarossa
New London
Conn
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