ISCENSES OF PUBLIC MEN
A historical sketch describes displaced freedpeople after the Civil War arriving in Washington DC. It recalls their hardships and later notes Abraham Lincoln's renomination at Baltimore in 1864, praising public trust over political scheming and outlining divided views on war powers and emancipation. The piece also references Morton ridiculing Puritans and Samuel Maverick’s anti Puritan stance.
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District of Columbia
Washington
Baxem
Missum
Capitol
Abraham Lincoln
Baltimore
Lincoln
Prat
The Engine Heads That Were Dinner Pails
Superintendent Couch recalls a remarkable New Castle road accident where a trackman leapt from a hand-car to avoid a false engine sighting. He landed on stones, suffered severe injuries, and learned the supposed cylinder heads were two dinner pails carried by section men.
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Asiitabula Telegraph
Puritans Encounter Early Settlers on Massachusetts Bay
In 1660 Winthrop led Puritans to Massachusetts Bay while earlier adventurers like Thomas Morton at Merry Mount and Samuel Maverick at Noddle's Island had formed settlements since 1624. The old planters resisted Puritan authority and faced bans on church membership and worship.
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Winthrop
Massachusetts Bay
Thomas Morton
Merry Mount
Samuel Maverick
Noddle’s Island
Boston
Puritain Church
Will of a de L judged by widow’s wit
An elderly man’s will is read after his death. His widow, Mrs. Miller, notes the line I James Miller, being of sound mind, fits him. She recalls his long quarrels and odd acts, praising his confidence to the end, as recorded by the Schenectady Union.
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James Miller
Schenectady Union
Northern limits of corn growth across latitudes
The article notes corn fails above 50 degrees on Asia’s northeast shores but matures to 62 degrees inland, and on America’s east coast to 50 degrees west to 57 degrees. It also cites inland Asia reaching 65 degrees, with sun and dry regions boosting yield. Norway reaches 70 degrees warmed by the gulf stream and clear skies, while sparsely vegetated northern zones show sun-exposed growth like scurvy grass beyond 80 degrees North.
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Asia
America
M. Buysman
Norway
Walden Island
M Renan Lecture Described by Student Reporter
The scene of M Renan teaching his class is sketched with humor and detail. The professor appears bulky and gay in manner with a lively voice and animated explanations of the Pentateuch and the Book of Joshua.
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M. Renan
M. J. Lemaitre
The Goulds In Social Life
The Goulds avoid social life and public appearances preferring private circles. Jay Gould shuns evening gatherings and his wife stays distant from society yet remains cordial and well mannered when encountered, while at home or on yacht they are jovial and liked by all.
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Goulds
Jay Gould
Astors
Vanderbilts
Brooklyn Eagle
Daniel Webster's Fees Through Early Career
The Worcester Spy notes Daniel Webster kept regular accounts of his legal earnings. At age 37, receipts reached 15 181 dollars from 129 items, with a 2 000 dollar largest charge and 24 retainers totaling 1 310 dollars. The 1832 3 year show 8 212 dollars in receipts, minus 992 dollars for congressional pay.
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Daniel Webster
Webster
Congressional
Worcester Spy
Twoing and Pebbling at Mount Desert
A New England widower explains his engagement to a charming young woman as a tale of twoing and pebbling at Mount Desert. He describes a couple walking, kissing a bowlder, then moving on kissing another, leaving pebbles behind as the courtship grows. The metaphor suggests many pebbles lie at Mount Desert.
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New England
Mount Desert
Boston Transcript
A Considerate Menial Sam Walkup and Tom in Austin Fashion
In Austin a well to do man named Sam Walkup contrasts with his body servant Tom who dresses stylishly. Walkup notes the cost of Tom's clothes, and Tom replies he spends it entirely on Walkup's account to maintain respect and appearance.
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Sam Walkup
Austin
Tom
Mr. Walkup
Ened
Farmer finances and winter supply planning advice
The text urges farmers to grow efficiently and buy at favorable prices. It notes farmers sell mainly wholesale and buy retail, suggesting they switch to wholesale purchases when possible. Forethought can cut grocery costs, and buying winter supplies in fall saves trips and reduces expenses.
Sowing Light Oats as Seed Trial Yields Surprising Crop
A farmer reports sowing small thin oats as seed on rich soil with a favorable season, resulting in a large, vigorous crop. Similar results with oats and barley were noted, suggesting value in further careful experiments across variable seasons.
Concentrated Fertilizers and Manure Quality
Farmers measure manure value by its nutrient content rather than volume. Poor feeding leads to low quality straw manure, while good stock feeding improves manure value, reducing the need for costly fertilizers.
Proper Grease Use Extends Wagon and Carriage Life
The guide advises on greasing methods for wagons and carriages. It warns against using lard, recommends tallow for wooden axle trees and castor oil for iron hubs, and stresses applying only a light coating to the spindle. It also details cleaning the spindle with turpentine and using about one teaspoon of castor oil for the entire axle.
Health of the Farmer and the outdoors remedy
The piece argues farmers enjoy unique health due to outdoor labor and fresh air. It claims switching from indoor trades to farming cures dangerous illnesses and that farmer medical costs are generally lower, urging consideration for those showing chronic disease signs.
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Germantown
Two Sides to Fruit Raising Warned by Observers
A Vicks Magazine excerpt cautions readers about overoptimistic fruit growing advice. It notes that tree dealers push orchard investments during grain price slumps and that many inexperienced planters abandon projects. The piece urges balanced view and rational, businesslike effort.
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Vick’s
Gophers and Moles in Marcus Orchard
A San Francisco correspondent reports that Marcus near Watsonville used manure around tree roots to deter gophers. Since applying forks of manure, the orchard shows no gopher signs and trees appear healthier, prompting praise for the simple method.
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San Francisco
M B. Marcus
Watsonville
Mr. Marcus
Marcus
Orchard Notes on Hardy Fruits and Pruning Time
The column lists hardiest fruits including Ben Davis and Kome Beauty Apples and several pears. It advises grafting on pear stocks for standards and augus quince for dwarfs, notes onion land value rise in Chester Orange County New York, and mentions Kieffer’s Hybrid pear. It warns Western pruning should occur from leaf growth to avoid winter injury and July 1 pruning risks.
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Kome Beauty Appies
Chester
Orange County
N. Y
Kieffer
Buying Food for Stork
Farmers hesitate to buy feed, fearing poor stock cannot justify expense. Yet the poorest farmer may still produce from his own farm to feed stock.
Cattle Need Winter Exercise to Stay Healthy
Farmers warn that cows kept indoors day and night will chill, shiver, and fail to develop resistance to drafts. Just as horses are exercised in winter, cows require some daily movement to maintain health and long term breeding quality, even if milk yield drops slightly.
Milk yield rebounded by water and heat care in cows
A Bucks County paper reports a village cow yielded sixteen quarts daily until well water was cut for a week. After switching to cistern water and hot treated feed, milk output declined to twelve quarts in four days, then rose to fifteen with warm water and soaked feed, illustrating how small factors affect dairy production and potential gains from minor management.
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Bucks County
Stock and Dairy Notes from a Farmer's Journal
A Kansas farmer doubled his flock from nine to 1,700 sheep in nine years, worth 5000 dollars. English experiments say sugar rich foods may reduce cattle fertility, relevant as sugar is cheap. Regular milking and feeding are advised. charcoal fed to pigs aids digestion and fattening. Sheep should be housed with cows at night. dogs are deterred by the boss cow. A scrub cow supposedly produced high milk and butter, but verification is doubtful.
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Kansas
Iowa State Register
The
Southern Live Stock Journal
Getting Bees Out of Honey-Boxes by J H Andre
J H Andre of Lockwood New York shares a method to remove bees from honey boxes. He suggests using a long box with glass in the bottom then placing lath strips inside to guide bees toward light and out of the honey boxes. Rising the box on legs and lifting the cover attracts bees to exit while keeping robbers out.
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J. H. Andre
Lockwood
N. Y
American Bee Journal
Clipping Queens to Move Swarms in Bee Keeping
American Agriculturaria describes a method where clipping one wing of each queen prevents swarms from following the old hive. The keeper cages the queen, moves the hive, and the swarm rehomes in the new hive, with risks of lost queens and misdirected clustering. It notes potential dissatisfaction among clipped queens and techniques to locate a queen and hasten clustering.
Poultry care and kitchen hints from old farming notes
A wide array of household tips on poultry health and care including winter feeding, warming mashes, and tepid water. guidance on shipping eggs for hatching in proper boxes. grass and hay as year round poultry feed. recipes and methods to control lice with sulphur. plus domestic crafts and dessert ideas such as a raspberry meringue with whipped cream and eggs.
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Express
Poultry World
India
Pacific
England
America
The Care of the Garden in Seasonable Duty
Eben E. Rexford advises steady garden care to prevent weeds overtaking flowering beds. Regular watering, mulching in dry periods, and avoiding crusted soil are key. Timely pruning of fading blooms sustains a continuous display of flowers all summer.
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Eben E. Rexford
Chicago Ledger
Loosening Rusted Screws by Heating End Method
A simple method to loosen rusted screws is to heat the screw end. Heat a small iron bar, redden its end, and apply for two to three minutes to render withdrawal easier.
Furniture Stain Removal Polish Recipe
A home remedy for removing stains spots and mildew from furniture uses 98 percent alcohol resin and gum shellac linseed oil mixed and shaken then applied with a brush or sponge. The formula calls for half a pint of alcohol a quarter ounce each of resin and shellac and half a pint of linseed oil.
Household Perils and Safe Use of Hazardous Liquids
Cautionary notes warn that benzine ether and strong ammonia are highly volatile and flammable, advising against use in lighted rooms and recommending careful handling or avoidance. Ammonia can be deadly if misused, while oxalic acid used for cleaning is highly poisonous, requiring proper labeling and safe storage in every home.
Graham Cake
A simple Graham cake recipe uses two cups graham flour one cup sugar one cup sour cream two beaten eggs and one teaspoon soda. Bake about one hour for a light textured cake.
Coffee Cake Without Eggs
A simple historic recipe for an eggless coffee cake combines strong coffee molasses sugar and butter with flour raisins and baking soda. Spices of cloves cinnamon allspice and nutmeg flavor the batter for a rich old fashioned loaf.
Orange Omelette Across Two Eras
A recipe describes beating yolks and whites separately, then combining with orange juice, powdered sugar, and salt. The mixture is folded into the whites and cooked in a buttered omelette pan until fully set in the oven or on the grate.
Cooking dish for round steak bake in a deep dish
Cut one pound round steak into small pieces and season. Prepare a batter with one cup flour one pint milk one egg and half a teaspoon salt. Beat until smooth then pour over the steak and bake one hour in a moderate oven.
Minced Veal on Toast with Savory Gravy
Cut the veal from the bones and mince finely with lemon peel and parsley. Salt and pepper. Simmer bones with onion and savory to make gravy, strain, thicken with flour and butter, add the mince, heat through, and pour over toast slices.
Old-Fashioned Connecticut Doughnuts
A historical recipe lists ingredients for doughnuts: sugar butter milk eggs nutmeg soda and flour to make a stiff dough. The method says to mix at night let rise till morning roll shape fry in hot lard and dust with pulverized sugar. Adding fresh suet to the lard is said to improve flavor.
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Connecticut
Jacques and Madeleine in Clamart Memory
A Chicago Inter Ocean account recalls Jacques and Madeleine at Clamart, tracing their quiet love, Madeleine’s death, and Jacques’s death amid siege ruins. The narrator revisits the destroyed house, gardens, and the bleeding chamber, ending with Jacques’s last stand beside Madeleine.
Woman's role in progress and invention debated in Washington
A satirical critique argues women excel in home life yet lag in machinery and invention. It asserts women can secure bread and manage households while men fail, noting the inequality in patent records and urging practical solutions to ease domestic labor.
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Patent Office
Oine
Washington
Ian
Elephant and Boa Encounter in Jungle Tale
The author recounts an elephant ride toward the Caves of Gautama ending with a dramatic encounter with a freshly fed boa constrictor. The mahout’s commands and the elephant Old Injin Rubber trigger a twisting, beating struggle as the serpents life ends under the elephant’s powerful yet careful actions.
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Irrawadgy
Gautama
Inside the Kremlin A Personal Tour by John L. Stoddard
The author describes the Kremlin's vast extent with palaces churches monasteries and arsenals inside walls many watch towers and the Red Square famed for judicial murders. He notes the Redeemer Gate the Convent of the Ascension the oil making place the King of Cannon the Ivan Tower and the Czar’s throne with its implied absolute power over Russia.
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Kremlin
John L. Stoddard
Red Square
Redeemer
Convent of the Ascension
Ivan
Russia
St. George’s
Daniel Webster's Thrifty Dinner and Market Debts Recount
Ben Perley Poore recounts Daniel Webster’s frugal morning as he sends John to borrow five dollars, lends ten to a needy woman, then borrows more to settle vendors at Quincy Market while forgetting debts and moving on with a debate about payments.
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Webster
John
Mr. Webster
Court
Washington Streets
Dock Square
Quincy Market
Faneuil Hall
Webster Tought
Ben
Perley Poore
Boston
Hammock Making and a Perthshire Minister Anecdote
Instructions for crafting a rope hammock from a flour barrel and staves describe soaking weaving and tautening the rope. A Scots anecdote follows about a minister in Perthshire who joked an eminent scientist was “awful unsound” after a late night debate and prayer.
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Perthshire
Bright's disease portrayed as fatal, urgent health warning
The piece argues Bright's disease underlies many deaths misattributed to other ailments and critiques physicians for misdiagnosis. It urges independent use of Warner's Safe Cure, citing Ex-President Arthur's case as typical and calling for public awareness and self-advocacy against medical misdirection.
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Rochester
Old Point Comfort
Atlantic
Europe
Bright
Searoy
Warner
Engishman
Arthur
Odd Plow Traditions Of Mexico From The Times
A New York Evening Post correspondent describes Mexican peons guiding massive steers with a primitive plow. The ancient implement is a hardwood spearlike tooth with a beam, single handle, and rawhide lashings. The plow makes shallow gutters, two to three inches deep, with ridges ranging from an inch to several inches. Chicago Tribune report.
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New York Evening Post
Beon
New Jersey
Chicago Tribune
Secretion That Contaminates Blood Urges Bitter Remedy Use
The article explains bile misdirection into the blood in liver complaints causing a saffron skin tint and symptoms like vertigo nausea right side pain and indigestion. It promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as an alterative and tonic to restore liver function and oppose mercury based medicines.
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Hostetter
Sorrowful Tree Blooms Only at Night in Goa Island
A Goa island plant near Bombay, called the sorrowful tree, blooms only after sunset. By night its flowers open with a sweet scent, yet as dawn arrives many petals fall, continuing to flower throughout the year under moonlit hours.
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Bombay
Goa
Abt’s Gourmet Quip On One Turkey Dinner
The writer Franz Abt jokes that a goose is too much for one and too little for two. Entering a restaurant he smiles as a friend asks about his meal. He replies he had a fair dinner, a turkey, with only two at the table: the turkey and himself.
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Franz Abt
New Urethral Stricture Treatment Pamphlet Issued
The World’s Dispenser Medical Association advertises a pamphlet on curing severe urethral strictures with improved methods, offering references and terms for two three-cent stamps. A New York notice lists the address at 663 Main Street Buffalo. A separate note jokes about a St Louis man dying of heart disease while sawing wood, contrasting Chicago where the wife does the sawing.
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World's Dispenener Medical Association
Main Street
Affalo
N. Y
St. Louis
Chicago
Grand Union Hotel Baggage Excarriage Hire Details
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a location near the Grand Union Hotel and Grand Central Depot with 60 rooms tied to a one million dollar project. A conversational line mentions sealing a large fish, indicating a staged or staged dialogue within the text.
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York
Grand Union Hotel
Grand Central Depot
First Class Gault House Hotel Ad in Chicago
The Gault House Chicago offers first class accommodations at two to two fifty per day. Located at Clinton and Madison, one block from Union Depot. Elevator and all appointments are first class. Hoyt & Gates, Proprietors.
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Gault House
Chicago
Clinton and
Madison Streets
Union Depot
Hoyt & Gates
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