Available Lands for European Settlement Discussed
A British Association meeting in Popular Science Monthly examined global land for settlement. Ravenstein estimated earth capacity at 5.699 billion people, noting temperate zones favor Europeans and highlighting health, climate adaptation, and the need for sanitary progress and temperance in emigration.
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British Association
G. E. Ravenstein
Arctic
Antarctic
E. J. Marend
Africa
Matabeleland
R. Rawson
Europe
England
Ofurope
John Mackenzie
South Africa
Cunningham
Wells
Brazil
Transvaal
South America
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J. G. Garson
Popular Science Monthly
New York Clog Maker Anton Lecroix Builds a Nineteenth Century Trade
A French immigrant named Anton Lecroix arrives in New York and starts the city’s sole clog factory on Essex Street. Each clog is handmade from maple wood with foot shaped boring to fit customers, priced from 75 cents to 1.50, guaranteed four months or up to one year for farmers on soft ground. The article also briefly touts Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription for women and Hall’s Catarrh Cure, plus other assorted notes.
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New York
Europe
America
Anton Lacroix
Castle Garden
Atlantic
Essex Street
Ludlow Street
Anton Lecroix
New York Telegram
Beards and Barbers How Facial Hair Defies Razors
An expert barber explains why certain men are harder to shave than others. He cites dense chins that wear down razors, scant necks with heavy cheek hair, and beards curling at the ends, noting younger men are easier but still demand careful handling.
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New York Herald
Haine Monastery Stands 16000 Feet Above Sea Level
A Haine monastery rises to about 16 000 feet above the sea, marking a remarkable vertical height for the isolated religious site.
Tobacco Experiments With Animals At Berlin Zoo
Professor Paul Meyerheim tests the effects of tobacco on zoo animals in Berlin. Brown bears show enthusiasm for cigar smoke, a lion sneezes after a tobaccos puff, goats stags and llamas also eat tobacco with apparent satisfaction. The scientist notes a maliciosa guanaco becomes friendly after repeated tobacco feeding. London Telegraph reports these notes and adds a fact about Berne having a single theatre and Canada planning a Montreal jail costing 1,000,000 dollars.
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Berlin Zoological Gardens
Paul Meyerheim
London Telegraph
The Ladies Delighted and Public Notices Collected
Various advertisements mention Scrop of Figs as a safe laxative for women and families. Other items note flood fatalities in Conemaugh, Dobbins's Electric Soap since 1865, Louisville adopting ballet law, Bereenam's Pils, Kentucky penitentiaries with 161 life inmates, and Dr Alins’s Nexus Restorer claims with trial offer. The fragment ends with library statistics for Germany.
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F. J. Cnexey & Co
Ropa
Toledo
Maryland
Florida
Berne
Switzerland
Canada
Montreal
Conemaugh
Dobbins
Louisville
Bereenam
Kentucky
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Ur. Kline
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Germany
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Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
Ohio & Miss
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Dolphin Stree
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Charles A. Vogeler
Baltimore, B
G. G. Green
Woodbury, NJ
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Humboldt
Kansas
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Engle Gun CO
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Ocage & Co
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Perenne
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Brockton
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