Census plan and public notices on cattle and science
The bill for the national census sets June as the start, with returns by July and a 150 supervisor limit. It also notes the Washington inspection of cattle at Union Stock Yards dispelling pleuro pneumonia fears and reports on Wisconsin history society, its library, and collections. It also discusses planetary perihelia predictions, a dairy stock co, and various Iowa local notices and fires.
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Congress
Senate
Washington
Smith
Chicago
Union
Joseph T. Bushman
Quartermaster’s Department
Wisconsin
State Historical Society
Lyman C. Draper
Northwest
A. C. Dodge
Iowa
Northern Iowa Butter and Cheese Association
Manchester
Col. Littler
Davenport
Northern
Iowa Butter and Cheese Association
Monticello
Jones County
Scott County
Royal Agricultural Society of England
London
National Butter, Cheese and Egg Association
Plain Rice Pudding from Early Cookery Note
Three pints of milk but rice and sugar and butter and vanilla in a simple method. Wash rice, simmer two hours with salt and half the milk, then add remaining milk gradually, stir to prevent settling. Add butter sugar and vanilla, bake ten minutes to brown. Serves six, cost about twenty cents.
Beets Move to Courtship at Hotel Table
A playful exchange near a hotel table sees a young man offer sweets to a young lady who responds with beets causing a brief shift from smiles to a gloomed countenance, as onlookers note the moment.
Maine News Advertisement for Hop Bitters Cure
An advertisement from Portland promotes Hop Bitters as a cure for ague biliousness and kidney ailments. It urges readers to try the product and promises those who use it will become enthusiastic about its curative qualities.
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J’ortland
Public Debt Official Statement From Washington
The public debt statement shows totals for six per cent bonds 640 105 250 five per cent bonds 266 650 four-and-a-half per cent bonds 250 000 000 four per cent bonds 406 900 000 total coin bonds 2 014 271 900 legal tenders 346 742 941 certificates of deposit 46 100 000 fractional currency 15 986 412 gold and silver certificates 19 087 680 total without interest 427 917 083 total cash in treasury 46 100 000 debt less cash in treasury 4 ncrease du anuary bonds tasked to the Pacific Railroad Companies interest payable in anl money principal out Interest accrued and not yet paid 2 026 207 541 1 411 512 on 41 778 745 10 658 076 81 115 608
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Washinotos
Pacific Railroad
United States
Transparee
Cocoanut Balls Recipe From Old Column
A simple coconut confection method using one pound grated cocoanut one pound leaf sugar and the whites of four eggs, dried and baked into small drops on paper.
Leper Hospital in Bull Run Alley Exposed in San Francisco
A Chronicle report details a leper hospital in Bull Run alley Chinatown San Francisco revealing eighteen leprosy victims in early stages of the disease. The piece contrasts squalid conditions with the city’s supposed vitality and notes odors, fires, and degraded housing.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Bull Run
Leper Hospital
San Francisco
Chinatown
America
Chronicle
Bull Run Alley
Can Ous
Vegetable milk from Venezuelan trees praised as milk alternative
The report notes Venezuelan vegetable milk, analyzed by M. Boussingault, resembling cows milk with cream like richness. Indians tap tree sap daily to collect the milk, forming a staple food, and its potential spread to temperate zones is discussed amid arboriculture advances.
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M. Boussingault
Academy of France
Humboldt
South America
Venezuela
The Albani Story of Courage and Early Doubt at Saratoga
An old French father urged belief in his daughter’s singing at the United States hotel in Saratoga. Though dismissed by many, Albani persisted, eventually earning fame and multiple recalls in St. Petersburg as critics crowded to hear her. The piece urges perseverance amid early disbelief.
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St Petersburg
Prince Kropotkine
Chaikoff
Berlin
Russia
Balkans
Rou- Melia
St. Petersburg
Charakoff
Russian Socialist Party
Prince Louis Napoleon
Reuter
Cape
England
Scribner
Holland
Canada
United States
St. Louis
Saratoga
Albani
London
Onion Spelling Contest Ends in Silly Swear
Edward Eggleston recalls a Bethel school spelling drill where a boy known for poor position in class correctly spells onion after the head rows miss it. The master calls next and the boy loudly pronounces the letters, prompting a harsh strike for swearing as he reaches the head of the class.
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Edward Eggleston
March Scribner
Bethel
Graham Bread Mix With Yeast Rise
Instructions describe making Graham bread by mixing graham meal with warm water and yeast, letting a thick batter rise, then adding more meal and sugar or molasses. The batter should rise and bake in the baking feet without overproofing or kneading to prevent dryness. Graham sours quicker than fine flour.
Court Etiquette in Prince Albert’s Era
The piece recounts strict court manners in Prince Albert’s days. Young ladies were to stand when the queen or prince entered and not speak unless invited. A maid of honor ignored a piano request, another sat in the wrong seat at the opera, and a rider appeared in trousers at dinner, apologizing for tight breeches.
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Prince Albert
Prince Consort
Rancid Butter Found Washed in Lye? Historic Claim
A fragment suggests butter treated with lye or washed in lye caused rancidity in a historic dairy process. The note hints at chemical handling and potential health concerns linked to butter production practices of the era.
Early English Dwellings and Their Stone Foundations
The early English homes were wood and plaster with stone foundations common since antiquity. Timber remained the main material as England’s forests supplied wood. Stone appeared in churches and noble halls. halls were single story with a central hearth, straw thatch roofs, and open turrets for smoke. Rooms featured wool or silk curtains, tiled floors, and heavy tapestry in sleeping chambers, with wax candles and small windows.
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England
el Lyow
Tea exports rise from four pounds to vast annual flow
In 1840 India shipped four pounds of tea. Now the country exports 40 million pounds yearly as cultivation spreads across the Indian archipelago. Harper's Drawer recalls a three year-old who tasted a cough remedy, exclaimed it was awful, and urged to keep it for papa.
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India
Harper's Drawer
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