Diverse 19th Century News Items Across Cities
Reports from Chicago Baltimore Texas and Paris cover a shooting release and pursuit rewards. Insurance losses from cotton fires reach 1.5 million in the Southern States. Paris adopts glass flooring in cellars. Prussia amber fields yield a pound per twelve square feet. Mormon leader John Taylor plans a political social statement for North American Review. Sarah Stockton named physician at Indianapolis insane hospital. Lyons develops a feather cloth made from bird down with waterproof properties.
Atlantic Portrait Adds Hawthorne to Noted Series
Houghton Mifflin and Co publish an excellent Hawthorne portrait in the Atlantic portraits series. It stands as a first class work and a fitting companion to Emerson Holmes Lowell Whittier Bryant and Longfellow.
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Cattle in Kansas Struggle as Cold Rains Hurt Grazing
Central Kansas cattle suffer from a cold wet rainy season that hampers grazing and damages grass but farmers report adequate feed to meet stock needs in an emergency.
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Cattle King Lon Horn Sells Horn Herd to Maxwell Land Grant for 350000
Lon Horn, a leading cattle king in Southern Colorado, has sold a small herd to the Maxwell Land Grant Company for 350000. The Horn herd ran on the grant for years and became one of the largest in New Mexico. The grant claimants proposed to declare Horn's interest as the settlement.
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Grand Opening Of Canti Lever Bridge At Niagara Falls
The Niagara Falls bridge across the Niagara river will open on December 20. Erected by the Michigan railroad, the bridge represents low architecture and will greatly aid travel along its lines, marking a milestone for the constructing corporation and the traveling public.
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Cassell's Family Magazine 1884 debut details
The January 1884 issue introduces Cassell's Family Magazine as the first edition. It covers fiction, household topics, cooking, gardening, recreation, inventions, and modern life. The volume promises 800 pages annually with hundreds of illustrations, priced at $1.50 per year, published monthly by Cassell & Co. at 739 and 741 Broadway, New York.
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Hus bandry in Colony Times
Edward Eggieston continues in his January Century series on early colonial history with a paper on Hus bandry in Colony Times. He notes silk culture trials in Jamestown and other colonies, the early attempts to find a staple to end New England denial, and also describes beginnings of tobacco, rice, indigo and wheat culture.
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Eggles Won
How to Preserve a Piano for Long-Lasting Condition
Tips on piano care emphasize closing the lid to reduce dust but not for extended periods, regular opening for light to prevent ivory yellowing, and avoiding damp or overheated rooms. Protect with covers, keep away from moths with camphor, and ensure tuning by a competent tuner every three to four months.
Stoves Prove Safe Against Harmful Gas Emission
Professor Ira Remsen of Johns Hopkins reports cast iron stoves do not emit deleterious gases. Red-hot metal of even thin thickness prevents gas passage and shows no carbonic oxide under test.
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Johns Hopkins University
Iowa News Items From A Past Decade Highlight Local Happenings
A roundup notes the Iowa Legion of Honor listing 5080 members in 152 lodges, a Clinton pioneer Captain Otis Cottle dies at 75, and various town projects in Dubuque Burlington Muscatine and Algona. It mentions a Des Moines boy killed by a locomotive, Hedrick coal prospecting, and factory counts in Muscatine.
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Death of Ex Governor Ralph P Lowe
Ex Governor Ralph P Lowe of Iowa died in Washington DC on December 22 at about 79. He leaves a wife seven sons and two daughters. Lowe served as Iowa’s governor 1857 and later as a judge and US district attorney. He moved to Washington ten years ago to pursue a five percent claims case against the government and had recently submitted it to the Supreme Court.
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Distress in Tennessee and assorted 1884 incidents report
A weekly digest notes severe smallpox in Gadsden Tennessee with 14 deaths among 26 cases. It lists a Temple Texas cotton seed oil mill fire, a Rochester dry goods claim, a Chicago suicide, mine snowslide fatalities in Colorado, drowning near Paris Arkansas, a large St Louis broom factory fire, a jewelry robbery in Waterbury Connecticut, and financial suspensions in Ottawa.
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Forty Eighth Congress Debates Senate and House Actions
The record details Senate and House proceedings with bills on railroad regulation and court matters, nominations, a DC standard time, and land questions since 1876. It notes resolutions, committee appointments, executive sessions, and adjournments before the holiday recess, plus committee lists and a Washington address of ongoing bills.
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Swine disease report urges stronger western inspection
Washington matter reports Walter Evans and officials reviewing hog health in the West. Curtis finds Western swine disease higher than stated, rejects offal feeding claims, recommends two inspectors per packing house, notes Western eagerness for strict inspection and market protection. Also discusses rail and banking legislation and other political items.
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O Donnell Citizenship Case Analyzed by State Department
The report details Patrick O Donnell s claim to United States citizenship amid questions of his father s naturalization and his own residency. It notes uncertainties over service in the Civil War and a 1876 Ohio naturalization certificate likely irregular, with the secretary s conclusion that citizenship remains unproven but not definitively disproved.
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Disease prevention and treatment for animal scourge remedies
The article urges early treatment to prevent disease in livestock. It prescribes caustic balsam on the throat, ferrum phosphate and potassium compounds as internal doses, with intensified schedules for severe cases, noting recovery within days and high success when treated promptly.
Cats in ancient times worshipped to Paris cat holocaust
The article traces cats’ fates from reverence in Egypt and Turkish kindness to medieval France where cats were killed in a St. John’s Day ritual in Paris. It notes Louis XIV and Cardinal Richelieu’s affection for cats, yet their affection did not stop mass executions in the Place de la Grève.
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Mirthen and Recreation in Civilized Life at Hawarden
A report from Hawarden notes policemen attending a Dec 19 prayer at the Hawarden church amid Emigration Committee figures showing 5400 assisted emigrants. most went to the United States with some to Canada. The article blends social commentary on joy and recreation with warnings that monotonous labor harms health and vigor, especially among city children starved for recreation and civilization.
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Feeding birds from breakfast crumbs inspires kindness
A city yard scene shows a man feeding hens pigeons and sparrows with table scraps. The piece urges families to care for birds, noting the joy of helping living creatures and urging women not to discard kitchen crumbs.
How to Keep Cool in Tropical Heat
In the torrid belt of South America people stay cooler under high temperatures. A simple, costless recipe suggests cooling baths and evaporative methods to lower body heat before sleep. The text notes dangers from overheated conditions and mentions a man in Paris observing a dangerous episode.
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