Christmas Dream and a Dear Little Sister
A girl dreams of a baby sister at Christmas guided by Santa. The tale follows Nettie Norris in a Sunday school scene as she learns to live by kindness, seeking divine help, and making amends with a schoolmate. She starts a day of service and resolves to help her brothers with their garden, choosing patience over anger.
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Katie
Jeena
Jesus
Cood
Santa
Miss Lawson
Nettie Norris
Nettie
Earth
Rob
Ray
Netties
A Very Happy Day of Humility and Forgiveness
Nettie reflects on a day of selfless acts in the garden and gratitude from others. She forgives Fannie and helps her mother, realizing happiness comes from serving Jesus and others rather than self. The Interior notes such selflessness brings present blessings and future reward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rob
Nettie
Fannie
Mother
Jesus
Interviewing a Great Man and the Reporter’s Drive
A Brooklyn Eagle essay compares reporters to race horse jockeys chasing a barrier as they pursue fresh interviews with arriving public figures. It notes the hurried pace, crowded hotel doors, and the pressure to secure timely quotes before papers go to press.
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Telegraph
Fifth Avenue
New York
United States
Brooklyn
Aday
Brooklyn Eagle
Revival of Whaling Along the Eastern Coast Emerges
The whaling industry on the U S eastern coast is reviving after a long decline since the revolutionary era. Black whales Balena biscarksctica have reappeared, with specimens drifting ashore near New York and one 40 foot example towed to New York harbor from Long Branch.
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United States
New York
Long Branch
New York Harbor
Cincinnati Enquirer
Man Demands A Ton Of Coal Carried In Basket
A mock scene from Chicago News shows a man asking for a ton of coal and insisting on carrying it home in a market basket. The coal merchant offers a wagon delivery but the man declines to avoid paying the bill by wagon.
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Chicago News
The Three Stages of Life in a Boston Courier Note
The piece muses on youth, manhood, and age, noting hope, possession, and memory across life. It ends with a tersely odd line about a boardinghouse not being a home, while the landlady’s habit of inviting a continuation remains implied.
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Boston, Courier
Farm and Home Matters of Interest Relating to Farm
Agricultural column outlines farm stable and orchard tips for kitchens and parlors. Practical notes cover animal care crop storage and home farm economy with timely advice for rural households.
Ivy lawns offer self maintaining greenery as alternative landscape
An article from Farmers Gazette discusses ivy lawns as a low maintenance option that requires no mowing or watering once established. It notes they are not suited for games, resist damage, and provide durable verdure, while recommending salt hay mulch to deter gooseberry mildew and maintain even soil temperature near coastlines.
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Rich Farmers Gazette
Harness Care Suggests Velvet Grain Blacking Improves Leather
A correspondent advises treating rough harness leather by shaving the grain to a velvet surface, blacking with oil and lampblack instead of copperas. This method increases durability, smoothness, and pliability, reduces cracking, and requires little extra cost. Cod liver oil is preferred over other fish oils for oiling harness.
Preserving Vegetables for Winter Use
The New England Farmer advises storing root vegetables in a cool damp cellar, not deep piles, to prevent wilting. Pit storage suits many roots. avoid furnace heat which dries air and harms crops, except Hubbard squash and onions which tolerate warmer, drier conditions. Squashes and onions may also be kept on shelves or in cupboards near heat.
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New England
Storing Ice in Farm Buildings Without a Dedicated Icehouse
A practical method to store ice in existing farm spaces such as wood or cattle sheds. Use an eleven by eleven foot area lined with boards or scanings, packed with two feet of ice and eighteen inches of sawdust. Cakes should be two feet square, edges straight, resting on a straw or sawdust bed, covered top to keep air moving and prevent melt. Filling space promptly after removing a cake. Cost possible under ten dollars if lumber is cheap.
Deep Plowing and Moisture in Grafting Techniques
Kansas Farmer reviews proper handling of ligneous cuttings for grafting. He criticizes cellar storage with damp sand, noting failures to root from improper moisture while praising open air pit storage with shallow earth, manure mulch, and upside down bundles to finish callousing and successful rooting for grapes and various trees.
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Budd
Iowa
Kansas
Stock and Graft Show Grafts Keep Identity Beyond Stock
Peter Henderson argues grafting preserves the graft’s own character despite the stock whether sour crab apple on sweet apple or vice versa. He notes repeated grafting retains identity, as with a hundred roses on a single bush, where color form and fragrance stay true to each graft.
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Peter Henderson
Strawberry jeal-roller and fruit notes from the field
A note on the strawberry leaf rolling insect the leaf roller attacking strawberry plants suggests hellebore spray as a remedy. It mentions Persian persimmon as a wild fruit with annual full crops and good market value. Recommendations include bone meal ash mulch and pure ground bone fertilizer for soil nutrition.
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Trendana
Crawford
Ohio
The Stock-Breeder Imitation Cheese Warning
A New York sample of cheese sold in London proved to contain no milk. It was mainly lard and coloring, a vile product. The piece urges stronger New York laws to outlaw lard cheese and protect dairy industries nationwide.
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New York
London
Hog Cholera and Corn Dieting Debate
The article discusses hog cholera and whether it is caused by exclusive Indian corn feeding. It states Indian corn fattens hogs due to starch and oil but is low in nitrogenous matter. Wheat barley and oats have more nitrogen. peas are richer still. Adding bran and fine middlings with corn could balance nutrients, though pigs may reject bran, and a low wheat price allows testing healthier feeds with reduced corn.
Tobacco for Pigs and a Doctor’s Tobacco Cure Claim
A Washington periodical drew attention to Gen. Clingman’s tobacco cure for hog cholera. Dr. W. S. Johnson of Missouri recalls losing 97 hogs in 1871 before treating with a tobacco infusion in buttermilk, after which no further cholera deaths occurred.
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Washington
Clingman
North Carolina
W. 8. D. Johnson
Lewis County
Missouri
Hatch
Profit in Sheep Husbandry by Boyd Bros Near Meno Dakota
The Boyd brothers from Ohio report 54 merino sheep five miles south of Meno, thriving in Dakota with dry air reducing winter losses. They fed from December 16 to March 26, yielding about nine pounds of wool per head at 16 cents per pound, and lambs numbered 147 from 116 ewe. They claim stock raising in Dakota dominates grain returns, promising 100 percent more over time.
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Boyd Bros
Menoken
Ohio
Boyd
Sendom
Dakota
Bismarck Trine
Poor stock feeding fools and fattening cows while horses get warm stalls
The author argues against overfeeding horses while cows are underfed, noting cows provide winter income from dairy and calf sales and can be quickly turned to beef if needed. He warns that good condition is essential for cows to sustain milk, and to cover losses from accidents.
Raising Ducks for Thrift and Market Profit
The Poulterer extols duck farming as economical and sensible. Ducks need coarse vegetable foods and small amounts of potato and grain, mature early, dress ten to twelve pounds per pair at five to six months, and yield feathers. They thrive on scraps, grass, ponds, or marshes, and require modest housing, making them suited for market or table use.
Poultry Tips And Breeding Rules From Farmers World
Poultry notes advise March to May hatched pullets for winter laying and warm quarters. A Wilson Bros bone mill is praised for grinding bones and shells. A Nevada woman preserves eggs by corking shells in bottles stored neck down for freshness. A cheap poultry powder recipe uses bones chalk dried meat linseed meal fenugreek salt and copperas fed daily. For sex determination of eggs, breeding rules suggest mating age guides to influence male or female offspring.
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Wilson Bros
Nevada
Nail-Kegs as Bee Hives in Vermont Bee Keeping
A Vermont correspondent notes simple bee hives suffice a nail keg or box. Bees seek hollow trees, yet nail kegs have become popular as forests diminish. Bees travel up to twelve miles searching for forage, so any home roof, porch, or attic can host hives. An observatory hive with glass sides lets families study brood care and honey production at home.
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Vermont
New England
Hive construction notes with netting and ventilation
A hive is set near a window with a possible raise or hole in lower ash. Fine wire netting covers the front to keep bees inside the room and prevent them from flying out.
Remarkable Honey Yield From California Apiary
H C Parks near Riverside California harvested seven and a quarter tons of honey from thirty three hives this season an average of .14 pounds per hive. Maine beekeepers praise Aroostook region for premium honey while fireweed and wild raspberry blooms boost production in burned timber areas. Bees mainly harvest nectar from trees and garden flowers even with hives in cities.
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H. C. Parks
Riverside
Cal
Maine
Aroostook
The Housekeeper Work Basket Craft Idea
A practical guide describes making a decorative work basket from peach baskets. Baskets are screwed bottom to bottom to form an hourglass shape, covered with colored sateen in full pleats, top lined with esteen, and finished with pasteboard insert, pockets, and a ribbon bow for a neat final touch.
Apple Butter How-To From an Old Style Recipe
A 19th century style guide explains making true apple butter from cider and apples. It details selecting apples, adjusting sweetness, cooking times, stirring, and spice timing, noting cost and labor, and suggests quantities for family use and storage.
Household Hints From Practical Home Advice Column
A HoT shovel over varnished furniture removes white spots. Lubin's powder inside gloves prevents blisters. Wet brooms in boiling suds weekly to harden them and extend life. Tepid plant water in cold weather prevents damage. Glass jars preferred for fruit preserving to avoid tin corrosion. Skim grease from broth with writing paper to lift it. Two ounces of soda in a quart hot water cleans old painted work before repainting. Kerosene softens waterlogged boots and brightens tarnished tin kettles used on vessels. Kerosene can remove varnish from stairs and furniture but should not light kitchen fires with it.
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Lubin
Properly Cooked Potatoes Keep Skins On
Potatoes should be cooked with jackets on and not peeled. Skin preserves juices and nutrients and must be protected from damage. A chemical analysis finds boiled peeled potatoes contain seventeen grains of carbonate of potash per pound, considered wasteful.
Two Classic Methods For Perfect Brew Coffee
A guide to quality coffee notes three requisites fresh roast grind and make. It presents Thur ber’s egg-assisted method for four and Soyer’s simple two ounce grind steep cloth filter approach. Both yield a clear hot brew with emphasis on freshness and cleanliness.
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King of Cooks
Clo Ely
Popular Science News
Home Cured Dishes and Simple Kitchen Tricks
Good Cookery Lemon Sauce boils sugar and water then lemon juice. Carrots sliced and boiled with salt until tender. Oyster Farterns batter with milk eggs and flour fried in hot lard. Beefsteak tea recipe cuts beef into dice and extracts juice in twelve hours. Ham and eggs brown in frying pan using hot gravy for cooking.
Remarkable Personal Escape From Hidden Kidney Disease
A physician in Rochester describes years of misdiagnosis and worsening Bright's disease. He details a public vow after near death, crediting Warner's Safe Cure for recovery and weight gain. He warns readers that kidney failure often mimics other illnesses and urges early attention to any related symptoms.
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Edi
Rochester
N. Y
Democrat
America
Maine
California
Bright
Foote
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Lowe
Warner
J. B. Hentson
M. D. Recugister
Adulteration Examples In Food Mentioned By Tennyson
The passage describes various food adulterations including mustard with lime and other fillers, pepper with charcoal and shells, allspice with cocoa shells, and cream of tartar tested by dissolving in hot water. It cites chalk, alum, plaster and terra alba as adulterants and warns of adulterated bread, drink, and spices.
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Tennyson
Deaths in Shakespearean Plays by Cause and Manner
A study counts about ninety important deaths in Shakespeare’s plays. Most die by cold steel, with two thirds by dagger or sword, while twelve die of age or decay. Beheadings total seven, poison five, suffocation two, strangling two, one each from a fall and drowning, three by snake bite, and Horner the armorer is killed with a sand bag.
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Shakspeare
Hamlet
Desdemona
Horner
Classic clash of Smith and Johnson over Hume letter
Croker recalls a heated meeting where Dr Johnson accused Dr Adam Smith of lying after a dispute about a letter on Hume's death. Smith defended the statement and retorted with sharp insult as the two famed moralists confronted each other in a tense exchange.
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Johnson
Adam Smith
Hume
Smith
Croker
Delicate Meat Dinner Tale From Arkansaw Traveler
The Arkansas Traveler piece tells of Dan and Louisa discussing meat at dinner. Dan brags about finding delicate lamb meat to please his refined boarder, claiming the meat is so delicate it flusters her with its tenderness. The narrator recounts the dinner scene with rustic humor.
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Dan
Louisa
Chile
Old Dan
York
Arkansaw Traveler
Hydrophobia Symptoms in Dogs Warned by University of London
The University of London outlines hydrophobia signs in dogs of all ages and seasons. Changes include dejection, moroseness, roaming, throat rubbing, salivation, biting at objects, and agitated reaction to noises, with no water dread. Alert owners to muzzle and restrain if symptoms appear.
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University of London
Red Star Cough Core Praised by Deputy Sheriff
James Brunt a deputy sheriff from Baltimore Maryland writes of a thirty year experience with cough remedies. He claims one bottle of Red Star Cough Core cured his severe cold and deep cough after trying many so called specifics.
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James Brunt
Baltimore
Maryland
Pig on a greased pole contest in old England
A 30 foot greased pole with half on shore and a buoyed box at waterline held a trapped pig. Seven men faced slips and tumbles as they tried to reach the pig. One man finally extended far enough to open the trap and retrieve the live pig from the water amid much laughter.
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Kent Cor
Brooklyn Union
Mason Hamlin reed improvements and new upright piano
The Mason & Hamlin firm, long known for reed instruments, claims major improvements in cabinets organs and now an uprigth piano. The piano design eliminates wood holding strings, using metal fastenings to an iron plate for pure tones and durability, avoiding wood changes. The note cites the organ trade and extensive U.S. production and exports.
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Mason & Hamlin
Iston
The Wife Wins in a Quarrel Over Reconciliation
A husband asks which spouse should seek reconciliation after a quarrel. The wife answers that the better natured and wiser partner should advance, and the kiss ends the dispute. The anecdote appears in a section titled One of the Sweet Things You Read.
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New York Ledger
Ideal wife described by Lord Lytton in caustic Quarterly tale
The article recalls Edward Bulwer Lytton’s famed “puppy dog” letters and cites a Quarterly description of his notion of a perfect wife. Edmund Yates’s memoirs mention the story, noting the wife would sit on a footstool at his feet and whisper that he was the handsomest creature on earth.
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Edward Bulwer
Lytton
the Quarterly
Edmund Yates
Rees
New and Improved Methods Cure Severe Stricture
The pamphlet offers a rap treatment approach claiming to speedily yield inveterate cases. World's Dispensary Medical Association in Buffalo New York provides terms and references for two to three cent stamps.
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World's Dispensary Medical Association
Buffalo, N. Y
Golden Medical Discovery Promised For Consumption Cure
An advertisement asserts early use of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery can halt consumption if accompanied by proper care. It claims thousands cured when other remedies failed and urges readers to obtain the complete treatise via mail from the World’s Medical Association in Buffalo.
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Dr. Pierce
World's of Medical Association
Buffalo
Grand Union Hotel Promises Luxury at Urgent Rates
When visiting New York City, Baggage Express and Carriage Hire advise stopping at the Grand Union Hotel opposite Grand Central Depot. The 600 room hotel, built at one million dollars, offers rooms reduced to $1 and up daily under a European plan with elevator and restaurant. Horse cabs, stage, and elevated railroad access all depots. Families can live better for less than at any first class hotel in the city.
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New York City
Grand Union Hotel
Grand Central Depot
Grand Union
Young Men Offered Trial of Electro-Vol Tan Beet Devices
Turbowrate Bet Co of Marshall Michigan advertises ELECTRO-VOL Tan Beet and other ELECTRIC APPLIANCES for thirty days trial to men with nervous debility loss of vitality and related troubles. Claims complete restoration to health vigor and manhood with no risk during the trial. Free illustrated pamphlet available upon request.
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Turbowrate Bet Co
Marshall
Mich
Gault House Chicago Offers First Class Rooms
The Gault House at Clinton and Madison streets advertises first class accommodations for two dollars to two dollars fifty per day. Located in central Chicago, one block from Union Depot, the hotel features elevator service and complete appointments. Proprietor H. W. Hoyt.
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Gault House
Chicago
Clinton and
Madison Streets
Union Depot
H. W. Hoyt
MensMan's Peeronizep Beer Tonic advertised
An 19th century medicated tonic claims beef based nutrition with blood forming life sustaining properties. It markets for indigestion dyspepsia nervous prostration debility and exhaustion from overwork or disease including pulmonary complaints. Caswell Hazard & Co New York sell through druggists.
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Caswell, Hazard & Co
Proprietora
New York
Athiophoros Claims Blood Remedy for Neuralgia Rheumatism
A vintage medical advertisement touts Athiophoros as a blood cleansing remedy for neuralgia and rheumatism. It promises to reach the source of illness by clearing poisons and restoring vitality. Price one dollar per bottle, with mail order address at 112 Wall Street, New York.
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Athiophoros
Athiephoros Co
Wall Street
N. Y
A. J. Hileman
Appison
A. J.colbom
Sereerset Herald
Tean
Carboline Hair Renewer Maintains Front Rank
The market overflows with ineffective hair tonics but Carboline the petroleum hair renewer remains the leading preparation for restoring and dressing hair, now improved and perfected for public use.
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Ule
Broile
Evry Orchard
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Washington Territory
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Laura B
England
Cincinnati En Zuirer
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Blaze
Gouverneur Herald
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Wm. D. Kelley
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Dra. Starkey & Pa’en
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Sele
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Mass
ALE Line Bros
Janesville, Wis
J. Sterwens
Lebanon
Obia
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Bull
Main St
Louisville, KY
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Aulen
Astonta
April Tentle
Gene Tien
Tru Mooney
la Faserre
RR Davis
J. N. Harris & CO
Cincinnati
Singer
C. G. Akam
Lil
Bingham
Washington, D.C
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Yokohama International Tea Co
Madison, Wis
K. J
Ftman
Jefferson
Wisconsin
H.W. Uckbee
E Street
Rockford
Ram
Ana Retul
American Rug Pactern CO
Middefort Me
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Cai Sion Om Harvestows
Taylor & CO
Dearborn Street
Woodley
Ciienlar
Mook Woodley
Chug
Rogers
Rocers & CO
State St
Iisa
R. U
Lorillard
Lolerd
Pure & Best
R. H. Shumway
Rockford U1
Geo. E. Brown & Go
Aurora
Ill
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Anglesea
Molstein Cattle
Freiyer
Europe
United of the Sea
Holand
Beard
Palatine
T. A. Slocum
Peart St
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Acents
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John Ie Thompson
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