Excursionists Reach Boston From Maine on New Journey
Chelsea reporters describe a voyage from Portland to Boston aboard the fre Mont with sea sickness, a whale sighting, and smooth seas. They glimpse Gloucester and Benjamin Butler’s summer home, attend a grand land parade in Boston led by General Alger, and note Massachusetts welcomes visitors with festive decorations and orderly crowds.
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Chelsea
Mass
Iowa
Atlantic
Portland
Maine
Falmouth
Wilson
Fremont
Boston
Tremont
Europe
Massachusetts
Gloucester
Benjamin Butler
Alger
Illinois
Deer Island
New Hampshire
Boom echoes in Tama skating rink failure
The Tama skating rink, built years ago for at least three thousand dollars, collapsed after a rapid rise in public interest and unpaid rent. Constable Al Cory sold the building at auction for 440 dollars to C S Carr, likely converting it into a grain warehouse. owners may recover about ten percent of their initial investment.
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Tama
al. Cory
C. S. Carr
Tama Herald
Thrice dark that day and the cherished heirlooms of time
Poem by Helen N. Packard from Springfield Massachusetts Republican reflects on loss and memory. It contrasts fading sunsets, unshaken blessings, and cherishing tokens of love as time grows short. The piece emphasizes keeping beloved gifts with grace and light.
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Helen N. Packard
Springfield
Masa
Republican
You Can Raise Bears But They Won’t Stay Honest
A Pine Creek man recalls adopting a bear cub reared with pigs and a sow as foster mother. The bear later steals pigs, guides them to two wild bears, and is killed after a dramatic pursuit, illustrating that bears cannot be domesticated or made trustworthy.
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Lewis Shaffer
Pine Creek
N. Y
Thoughts That Arise in Me at the Play and Street
A Chicago Evening Post poem depicts a narrator amid city crowds. He endures ghoulish laughter and seeks to express inner thoughts while observing street life and a courting scene with a wealthy suitor and a sister pledge.
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Chicago Evening Post
Jessie’s Opportunity in a Family Lesson
Wickliffe faces his father’s threat of punishment for chronic lateness while his sister Jessie resents a lost blue silk umbrella. The quarrel between siblings over the gift umbrella reveals lingering anger and fragile reconciliation as family tensions surface at breakfast.
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Jessie
Wick
Arment
Defects of Character Rooted in Childhood Training
The article argues most life miseries come from inadequate early training and lack of self discipline. It cites lost potential from gifted youths diverted by ignorance and restraint, with anecdotes about a savings bank coin depositor and family tensions over a clock and temper, highlighting domestic lessons.
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Providence
Journal
Difference in perspective shapes courtroom defense
A Buffalo Commercial excerpt notes how lawyers present contrasting views in a trial. One side portrays the antagonist as a drunken brute abusive toward his sister. the other extols him as a loving, self sacrificing bachelor who forewent marriage for his sister.
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Buffalo Commercial
Jessie Controls Temper to Save Wick’s Morning
In this exchange from Ladies' Home Journal, Jessie pleads to warn Wick about a slow hall clock to keep him from being late for school. She then reconciles with him, and he promises a gift after appreciating her self restraint.
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Jessie
Wick
Mrs. Stone
Mr. Stone
Jane
Stina Ward
Eerwson
Florence
Stolen Treasures and the Shifting Sands of Venice
A Cornhill Magazine piece traces how Venice claims the famous bronze horses above St. Mark’s, noting their long journeys from Rome to Constantinople and back via Napoleon’s Paris, with satire on global looting and the idea that return would erase Venice’s essence.
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Venice
St. Mark’s
Paris
Napoleon I
Francis
Dandolo
Constantinople
Rome
Constantine the Great
Trajan
Nero
St. Mark
Syria
St. Saba
Ptolemais
Solomon's Temple
Evangelist
Alexandria
Cornhill Magazine
Boston Woman Hannah Adams and Her Literary Battles
The first Boston woman devoted to literary study, Hannah Adams, published View of Religions in 1734 and later History of New England and History of the Jews. A ten year controversy followed with Rev. Jedidiah Morse over alleged infringement, and Adams defended her rights in a notable dispute.
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Boston
Hannah Adams
New England
Jedadiah Morse
Invention of a 1868 safety coffin by German inventor Vester
The piece notes a safety coffin idea from 1868 by a German named Vester to prevent premature burial. The design includes a larger coffin with a movable head lid and an air trough to allow escape, plus provisions for food.
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Vester
Banta Claus
Amazing Lemicent Claims and Exposition Highlights
English Spavin Liniment advertised to remove horse blemishes with savings of 50 dollars per bottle. Shiloh’s Cure promised relief for croup and whooping cough. Minneapolis Exposition opens Aug 27 to Oct 4 features include Pompeii show, paintings from Europe, and Strauss' Vienna Orchestra of 50 artists.
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L. M. Bosworth
Ames
Lowa
Regan
Pompeii
Northwest
Europe
Strauss
Vienna
Publication delay for Harper's Magazine September issue
Harper's Magazine postpones September publication to August 26 due to delay in Across the Andes papers. Theodore Child's South American tour under Harper's Magazine auspices is highlighted as a major journalistic effort with personal maps and numerous illustrations by leading American artists to accompany the series.
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Andes
South America
Harper’s Magazine
Theodore Child
Harper's Magazine
Corn Crop Seen as Poor This Year in Government Reports
Government reports show a poor corn harvest this year the smallest in a decade and 600000000 bushels below last year. Wheat oats rye and barley are also short. Des Moines Register notes surplus grain will bring higher prices this year and benefits next year from shrinking visible supply.
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Des Moines Register
Illinois Third in Population With 3.8 Million
The census shows Illinois ranks third in the Union by population with about 3,800,000 residents an increase of over 700,000 since 1880.
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Linois
Union
Catarrh Cure Promised by Shiloh's Remedy
Advert shows Shiloh's Catarrh Remedy claims to cure catarrh and improve health and breath. It notes nasal injector free and lists Westerman & Arnold as sellers. Price in cents.
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Shiloh
Westerman & Arnold
Deacon Loses 33500 in Card Game Near Waterloo
G D Ellis a rich farmer and Methodist deacon near Waterloo was duped by sharpers last Saturday losing 33500 in his money.
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G. D. Ellis
Waterloo
Moltke Birthday Declared a National Holiday
Emperor William proclaims Count von Moltke's birthday a national holiday. The famed strategist was born October 26, 1800, in Parchim Mecklenburg.
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William
Count von Moltke
Parchim
Mecklenburg
Troy to Cast 15 Bells for St Patrick’s Cathedral
St Patrick’s Cathedral New York to receive the nations largest bell chime built in Troy. The set includes fifteen bells with a combined weight of about 30 000 pounds. In India the Ganges floods its banks causing severe flooding and loss of life while near Santa Barbara California a vast natural gas flow is reported at Summerland estimated at 3 000 000 cubic feet daily.
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St. Patrick's Cathedral
New York
Troy
Ganges
India
Summerland
Cal
Santa Barbara
Excursions to Tennessee Mississippi and Louisiana Offered
The Illinois Central Railroad announces five excursions to southern states on April 22 May 20 September 9 28 and October 14 with round trip fare and 30 day ticket validity. Stop overs south of Cairo allowed. Agents west of Duncumb sell for the prior day’s evening trains. For circulars contact J F Mexry Assistant General Passenger Agent in Manchester Town.
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Tennessee
Mississippi
Louisiana
Illinois Central Railroad
Cairo
Duncumb
McComb City
Manchester
J. F. Mexry
Pass
Uncle Sam Medicines Sold by All Druggists
Uncle Sam's Condition Powder and Uncle Sam's Nerve and Bone Liniment are advertised as two great medicines sold by all druggists. Sactly a Kan is a placeholder phrase indicating a Kansan origin or endorsement in the ad copy.
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Uncle Sam
Iowa Central Route Promotes Northwest Travel
Parties planning trips to Minnesota Montana North Dakota Washington Oregon and the Puget Sound Region should consult Iowa Central Route agents for lowest fares through baggage check and through trains. The line offers daylight through service to St Paul with new coaches and palace cars and provides time-cards and rates via agents A F Banks and P Barry in Marshalltown Iowa.
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Minnesota
Montana
Manitoba
Dakotas
Washington
Oregon
Puget Sound
Iowa Central
St. Paul
Northwest
Lowa Central
A. F. Banks
Gen'l
Marshalltown
Lowa
Tuos
P. Barry
Free trial bottles spark boom at drug stores
Their business booms as drug stores offer free trial bottles of Dr King s New Discovery for Consumption. The article claims it cures coughs colds asthma bronchitis croup and all throat and lung diseases. A test bottle is advertised as free with purchase.
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Dr. King
New Railroad Towns on Sioux Falls and Onawa Lines
In the heart of the corn belt several towns on the Sioux Falls and Onawa branches of the Illinois Central Rail road near Iowa are springing up and likely to grow into villages or cities. For business location or town property, contact Cherokee Western Town Lot and Land Co. Cherokee Iowa for rates and a pamphlet Homes for Everybody. Apply to J F Merry Ass't Genl Passenger Agt Manchester Iowa.
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Sioux Falls
Onawa
Illinois Central Railroad
Cherokee Western Town
Lot and Land Co
Cherokee
Iowa
Manchester
J. F. Merry
Electric Bitters Proclaimed Best Remedy By Two Druggists
The testimonial verdicts from W D Sult of Bippus Indiana and Abraham Hare of Bellville Ohio praise Electric Bitters as the top remedy. Sult reports relief in rheumatism after six bottles, while Hare calls it the best selling medicine in twenty years. The ad claims it cures liver kidney and blood diseases and lists a price of fifty cents per bottle at drugstores.
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W.D. Sult
Bippus
Ind
Abraham Hare
Bellville
Drunk Raps At A Newlywed Home Delights Local Party
A playful, if risqué, evening at a newly married couple’s residence ends with table tipping and spirit rapping. The bride asks for her husband and the spirits spell D r u n k. A telegram from the absent husband confirms he missed the train and will not return until tomorrow morning.
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Boston
Lawrence American
Lectures and Fees Hit Noted Explorers in Debate
The text lists payments to explorers and entertainers. It states Stanley receives $50,000 for fifty lectures about Africa, Kennan earned $320,000 for 200 lectures, and Max O Rell took $11,000 for fifty nights.
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United States
Mr. Stanley
Stanley
George Kennan
Max O’ Rell
Proverbs and Phrases Of All Ages In Two Volumes
An advertisement for a two volume set of 600 pages each containing 24 000 proverbs from all languages and ages. By Robert Curisty. Includes commission details and subscription department address at G P Putnam Sons New York.
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Robert Curisty
G. P. Putnam's Sons
West 23d Street
Humor Defect and the American Wit Reflections in Scribner
A critique on a man unable to hear jokes and the state of humor in society. It muses on deafness to humor, humility, and the bid to enhance laughter through education or science, contrasting American and Irish sensibilities with literary voices and social notes from Scribner's Magazine.
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Star
Frederic
Baron Dowse
Ireland
England
Noah Porter
Hood
Lamb
Scribner’s Magazine
Two Pretty Inexpensive Summer Costumes From N Y Post
Readers are offered two stylish and affordable outfits ideal for summer wear. The first features a cream white wool kilted dress with ribbon trims and a moss velvet hat, the second a pale mauve accordion-plaited skirt with white blouse and jacket, plus a silver-gray Henrietta ensemble with silk parasol and velvet hat.
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Sarah
Y. Post
Phosphates For Brain Workers
A historical note argues brain work requires phosphates and favors natural sources like grains and peas over advertised mineral supplements. It cites English authority Prof Weinger noting mineral phosphates are hard to absorb and costly, recommending extra wheat bread or oatmeal as a simple, effective alternative.
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Weinger
Materia Med Ca
England
Ne Logy
You Shouldn’t Find Fault With Temper In Marriage
The Washington Post reports a fragmentary exchange where a wife admonishes her husband for temper while recalling their wedding vow to stay together in good and bad times. The text reflects marital strain and implied disputes.
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Washington Post
Sunday-School Banter on Biblical Figures
Dialogue recalls biblical figures with a playful exchange about Paul and Saul. A Sunday-school teacher confirms the name change after conversion while a child’s quip notes Saul’s pre marriage mention. The snippet captures rural classroom humor from a historical period.
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