Farmlands and Tax Burdens in Palestine Described
Frank G. Carpenter details Palestine’s decline from biblical abundance to hardship under Ottoman rule. He notes taxed crops, high interest rates, and meagre wages, with shepherds near Bethlehem and Palestine sheep trade contrasted against ancient fields and caves along Sharon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank G. Carpenter
American Agriculturist
Italy
Jerusalem
Holy Land
Ohio
Palestine
Texas
Mount of Olives
Jordan
Dan
Beersheba
New York
Washington
David
of Sharon
Jaffa
Christ
Bethlehem
Goliath
Mizpah
David’s Tower
Sharon
Abraham
The Dervish Dance at Tangier Observed by a Correspondent
A Tangier correspondent describes a three day scene of dervishes in dirty white cloaks, drums and reed pipes, dancing and chanting around the Grand Shereef's patio. The account notes continuous noise and motion from dawn to dusk and a sudden accidental mortar fall that draws attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tangier
Africa
Meteorite from Iowa Farm Sparks Legal Battle
The St. Paul Pioneer Press reports Jens Johnson, Northern Pacific agent, brought meteorite specimens from a Forest City Iowa fall site to St. Paul. The largest piece weighed 110 pounds and was bought by Professor Winchell of Minneapolis for 105 dollars, but the farm owner sues Hogan for possession as the case awaits decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jens Johnson
St. Paul
Forest City
Iowa
Professor Winchell
Minneapolis
Peter Hogan
Hogan
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Indians Education and Reform Movements Across Nations
Bristy praises Carlisle Indian School graduates and Hampton efforts to educate reservations for citizenship and land ownership. Scottish Girls' Brigade trains young workers in drill, singing, sewing and temperance. A Harper's 1856 prophecy of wireless news is cited, with praise for Eastman of Sioux heritage, and caution on deportment of criminals through intermarriage schemes. Canadian Indians fear burial ground burnings, and German language decline in ballgames noted. Perfume distilleries in La Grasse linked to low tuberculosis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristy
New York
Carlisle
Hampton
America
Tur
Scotland
Edinburgh
Medical School
University of Boston
Charles Alexander Eastman
Tawakanhdiota
Minnesota
New York Tribune
la Grasse
France
A Thief's Use of a Good Opportunity
Montague Williams recounts a Bow Street tale where a man wakes to find his watch missing after sharing a compartment. A prosecutor admits a mistaken arrest, prompting Sir James Ingram to remark on an extraordinary coincidence. A Bow Street thief exploited the story to steal the watch.
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Montague Williams
London
Bow Street
James Ingram
Remington
James
Ins
Argonaut
Great Cathedrals and Their Massive Dimensions
A survey of Europe and Americas great churches detailing lengths widths and heights. Cologne notes 511 feet long 231 feet wide with unknown original architect while Mexico city cathedral begun 1573 finished 1667 measures 590 by 420 feet. Notre Dame Montreal seats 10 000 with two 220 foot towers and a 29 400 pound bell. Notre Dame Paris measures 390 by 125 front with nave 186 to transept and 224 foot towers. St Peters interior length 6154 feet and dome height 448 feet.
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Cologne
Europe
Mexico
St. Paul's Cathedral
London
Notre Dame
Montreal
Cathedral of
Paris
St. Peter's
Louisiana woodcock hunting at night with torch and light gun
A Louisiana shooter describes night woodcock hunting using a torch and a light caliber gun. Birds feed in dense briars and cornfields, rising when illuminated, allowing rapid bagging. The method relies on close range and bright torches to daze and shoot woodcocks.
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New York
Nine Thousand Manuscripts as Century’s Submission Tale
A Century Magazine note states about eight thousand five hundred to nine thousand manuscripts are submitted yearly, with only four hundred possible prints. The piece likens magazine editing to choosing flowers in a garden, noting editors cannot publish all worthy pieces and several bouquets may be rejected rather than one chosen.
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Louisiana
Century Magazine
America
Leprosy Spreads in New Caledonia Prompting Colonies
A Paris paper cites private letters from New Caledonia reporting 5000 leprosy cases among 40000 Kanakas, prompting new colonies on Goat Island in Dumbea Bay and Pic des Morts in Canada to confine all identified lepers. Cor respondents say action came too late. three Europeans have been infected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
New Caledonia
Goat Island
Dumbea Bay
Canada
Pic Des Morts
Medical Commission
Historic chairs tell nation’s story at Libby Prison War Museum
The Libby Prison War Museum showcases chairs linking key moments in U S history. A wooden chair sat by John Hancock for the Declaration, Lincoln’s prized wicker, a White House pivot chair, six Ford’s Theatre seats, Jefferson Davis’s office chair, and chairs used by Grant Hayes Garfield and Garfield after his shooting illustrate presidential and Civil War eras.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Libby Prison War Museum
John
Abraham Lincoln
Bern
Coln
White House
Ford
Washington
Lincoln
Confederacy
Jeff Davis
Potts
Richmond
Dents Grant
Hayes
Garfield
Dea
Chicago Herald
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Farms OF Palestine
Shepherds of
Egypt
Syria
United States
Dead Sea
Twas
Harper's Magazine
Harper
Henry M. Staney
Scribner's
British Columbia
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