The Black Masks of Louvaine Unmasked by a Curate
In 1818 near Louvaine a band calling themselves the Black Masks terrorized the region. Father Gervaise learns of their murders and, with the mayor, traps the thieves in his house. Julian de Montressor is exposed. the robbers are captured and executed, while the curate never speaks of the events again.
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Louvaine
Cenviers
Gervaise
Julian
Father Grevasse
Father Rvaise
Julian de Montressor
The Hatters Sign and The Cost of Living
A reflective piece compares how fashion and custom shape behavior more than necessity. It argues Americans overstate expenses since 1861, noting rising luxuries, broader travel, and flatter savings, urging careful spending and moral duty amid tightening finances.
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Franklin
John ‘Thompson
John Tpson
Don
Russia a nation of horses and dairy tips
A correspondent notes Russia's horses per capita compared with Austria Prussia Britain France and the United States. He also asks how to prevent milk from turning bitter in cold weather and learns that scalding milk when strained prevents bitterness and preserves cream.
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Russia
Europe
Austria
Prussia
Great Britain
France
United States
Senate and House Debates on Pension Bills and Amendments
The Senate considers pensions for Dr. Walker and Mrs. BA widow of Gen. An the United States army, and edits to constitutional amendments. A Chinese immigration bill passes the House and is referred to foreign relations. executive session follows. House debates postal transport expenses and vessel lighting penalties while approving a railroad bridge project at Lexington. Washington notes on amendments to the 13th 14th and 15th amendments and related executive sessions.
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Senate
Walker
House
Robert An
United States Army
Edmunds
Committee On Foreign Relations
Allison
Judiciary
Christianey
Aes
Touter
Foster
Committee On Commerce
Chillicothe & Des Moines Railroad
Missouri River
Lexington
Washington
Morgan
Moran
Burnside
Joint Committee On Army Organization
Post Office Appropriation Bill Passes Amid Increases
The post office appropriation bill was enacted after many amounts were raised. A motion to send the army bill to committee of the whole failed 113 to undefined. A resolution set Monday February 10 for House operations to begin at 11 a.m. Several bills were introduced and referred before adjournment.
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HOUSE
Cutter
Archype
Abaebian Gs
Fort
National Board of Agriculture
Clark
Jacobs
Terrence Quinn
New York
Pension and war department transfer debates reported
Congressional reports describe a pension office clerical increase to speed claims and examinations in the Surgeon General’s office. A proposal to move Indian tribes from Interior to War remains undecided. Other actions include foreign relations on Paris expo expenditures and naval abolition amendments.
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Washinetox
Voorhees
Committee On Pensions
Secretary of the Interior
Pension Office
Surgeon General's Office
Shields
Cessor Gunders
Transf
Indian Bureau
Interior
War Department
Saunders
Hamnia
Committee On Foreign Relations
Paris
Senate
Transfers and land claims mix in early Senate actions
The Senate debated transferring Indian affairs to the War Department and examined a Spanish and Mexican land claims bill for New Mexico Utah Arizona Nevada and Colorado. A minority report urged a sixteenth amendment prohibiting sex-based disfranchisement while the House discussed pension arrears and a northern railroad timeline amid votes on rules suspensions.
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Cameron
Wisconsin
Jehell
Senate
New Mexico
Wyeaton
Utah
Arizonia
Nevada
Colorado
Morgen
Bayard
Washineton
McCreery
Office of Indian Affairs
Interior
Mexico
Teller
Gaidens
Harris
United States
Bureau of Public Health
Edmonds
Post office subsidy amendments and Senate actions noted
The report covers amendments to a post office appropriation bill funding steamship lines New York Rio de Janeiro via Norfolk and New Orleans Rio de Janeiro with 150000 dollars per line, plus political committee activity. It notes executive sessions, committee votes on army strength and Mississippi levee proposals, and adjournment after debate on amendments.
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Post-Office
New York
Rio de Janeiro
Norfolk
New Orleans
Iine
Sombie
Ronen Cal Post-Office
Chicago
Wisconcan
Arine
Dave T. Corbin
Butler
Morrill
Edmunds
Senate
Perihelia Terror Prompts Caution Over Planetary Alignment
The piece argues four great planets Jupiter Saturn Uranus and Neptune near perihelion will trigger solar disturbances and pestilence. It warns of upcoming celestial conjunctions near 1880, urging prudent measures while calling on science to avert calamities.
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Comi Planeta Uartet
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Earth
Aphelion
Expressing the Message of Early Postal Relay
A Traveller writer recalls how presidents’ messages traveled to Boston long ago. Postboys stood every mile as the relay sprint carried the dispatch forty two miles in under two hours. Fast horses and riders swapped off to deliver the message in record time.
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Boston
Alon
Scotch Short Bread Instructions
A recipe fragment describes mixing four pounds flour two pounds shortening with half lard half butter one egg milk to fill an egg shell then sugar four pounds total knead until soft roll half inch thick cut shapes form dents bake.
Humorous snippets and anecdotes from a 19th century page
A compilation of jokes and quips about modesty, biblical references, a literalist prophet, misers, a couple’s parlor scene, a tramcar etiquette moment, a lavender glove query, a tea table exchange, a precocious child, courtroom quips, and short notices for booksellers and remedies. The tone is light, era style miscellany.
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Isaiah
Henry
Laura
Rutland
Paul
Biddeford
Gath
Jerusalem
Harvard Lempson
London
Baggs
Wisconsin
Wal
Russia
Morocco
Retu
Marion
Tos
Best whitewash for poultry houses from simple ingredients
The guide recommends mixing a cup of soft boiled rice into a pail of whitewash with ten to twelve drops of crude carbolic acid for interior hen houses, then swabbing. For exterior walls replace the rice with rock salt and omit carbolic acid. The method is claimed to be uniquely effective.
Blood Tonic Promises Health Then and Now
The advertisement touts a tonic to stimulate digestion and improve blood flow. It claims Hostetler bitters enrich and quicken the blood, restoring a rosy complexion and steady health by boosting nourishment and circulation throughout the body.
Quack Remedies Promoted Amid Mixed Claims
In a period snippet, advertisements tout Hop Bitters for mood and energy, Kupurn’s St Seder for biliousness, and various tonics. Uncle Sam's Nerve and Bone Liniment sells for injuries, Tutt's Pills billed as a liver regulator, Brown's Bronchial Troches aid voice and throat, with eyeaches and fevers linked to climate.
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R. R Burta
Tutt
Million Bottles Claim Revolutionary Hair Regrowth
A claim touts Cannotine as a deodorized extract of pity that will produce new hair on a million bald heads and a single preparation never before discovered.
American organ wins highest award for Mason Ham
Mason Ham receives the top prize, marking the first time an American organ achieves this highest award at the event. No other American organ has reached this distinction to date.
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Mason
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