Bill to reward natives for aiding wrecked ship crew
A House Commerce Committee report favors a 1009 dollar appropriation to reward Asiatic coast natives who cared for Vincent, sole survivor of the wrecked bark Napoleon. The act aims to thank the hardy group and provide blankets and goods to encourage kindness to shipwreck victims.
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Napoleon
House Committee On Commerce
Vincent
United States Revenue
Vicks Floral Guide 1858 Promises New Engravings
An early winter note highlights Vicks Floral Guide for 1858. The annual catalog features three colored plates of flowers vegetables and grain with lavender cover designs and new engravings. Published by James Vick Rochester NY price ten cents with certificate for seeds.
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Vick
James Vick
Seedman
Rochester
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Disgusted New York lawyer Howe joins Republicans
Howe Call an eminent New York City lawyer and former Portsmouth resident renounces the Democratic Party over tariff policy. In a letter to Exeter’s Gilman Mattson he pledges to support American labor and industry and to help defeat Cleveland. His fall from Democratic ranks is noted as a major setback for New Hampshire Democrats.
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Portsmouth
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Democratic National Committee
West
Gilman Mattson
Exeter
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Cleveland
Call
New Hampshire
Frank Jones
Boston Journal
Lynching Toll in 1587 Ranked by State and Race
The year 1587 saw at least 123 men lynched in the United States. Texas led with fifteen cases, followed by Mississippi with fourteen. All victims were male, eighty of whom were Black.
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United States
Texas
Mississippi
Bible Reading Habit Recorded by Eighty-Five Reads
A seventy five year old woman named Legan has read the Bible completely eighty five times. She begins and ends each cycle with the same passages and reads the book once every year.
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Legan
Dr Lindsey's Blood Searcher Cures Various Ailments
An old advertisement touts Dr Lindsey's Blood Searcher as a universal cure for skin and inflammatory ailments including running sores ulcers pimples boils scrofula and erysipelas, claiming quick relief and restoration of health.
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Lindsey
Dr. Pierce
Pittsburg Scientists Claim Water Purification by Electricity
Two Pittsburg scientists report a method to destroy animal matter in water by passing an electric current. Tests with Monongahela River water show the water becomes clean after treatment, suggesting the discovery could provide pure city water and curb disease risks from contamination.
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Pittsburg
Monongahela River
Cincinnati
Snow melts expose cross-town real estate scam in Dakota
A Chicago Tribune quotation recalls a Dakota real estate dispute. A buyer confronts a local agent over selling the same lot to an eastern speculator for 500 while he paid 350 last fall. The snow line and melt symbolism frames the dispute amid winter conditions.
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Dakota
New England
Boston
Gulf of Mexico
Fred Carruth
Chicago Tribune
Farmers of Columbiana County Support Wool Protection
The column argues Ohio farmers deny wool as a raw material and note the high costs of North American wool production. It contrasts South American wool production where shearing suffices for market, and criticizes Cleveland and Democratic free traders for favoring flock owners in milder climates. It urges farmers to demand protection.
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Columbiana County
South America
Cleveland
Ohio
German Paper Resists Fire and Water Made by Ladewigg
A German paper by Herr Ladewigg resists fire and water. The process mixes aluminum sulphate with zinc chloride, washes, then treats with rosin soap and aluminum sulphate solution before forming pulp into paper like ordinary pulp.
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Herr Ladewigg
Germany
Blood Purity Tonic Sale Advertisement
Languor and aches come from impure blood says Dr Guy Vott. Keep blood rich and pure with Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla tonic. Safe cure for blood diseases. Sold by FE RK Lash.
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FE. RK. Lash
Free Trade Factionalism Rouses Democratic Reproach Across Papers
A collage of editorials from the Albany Journal Philadelphia Times Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette Baltimore Sun Dem New York Tribune Chicago Tribune and others condemns free trade and Lamar appointments. It cites Democratic infighting in Harrisburg and calls for resignations where party loyalty is lacking.
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Etter Go Gallagher
Philadelphia Times
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Harrisburg
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Lamar
New York Tribune
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Nevada
Chicago Tribune
Labor and intelligence in farming and a leap year dialogue
The text urges evaluating local farmers by work quality and notes that hard labor without strategy is like a horse. It also advertises SOZODONT and SPALDING's GLUE, then cites a diary-esque leap year exchange about engagements, a list of medical claims, and a political protest over the Carlisle-Thoebe election ruling.
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Leber
Ike
When Raby Was Sick We Gave Her Castoria
A brief note states that during Raby illness Castoria was administered as treatment. The record preserves a simple health remedy mention without additional medical details.
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Raby
Dream Basin remedy and lighted fire cause affection
The passage recounts a domestic quarrel about love and daily chores followed by an ad for Ely's Dream Basin claiming relief for catarrh hay fever and colds. It notes the remedy is not a liquid powder or snuff and can be used anytime with immediate relief. It cites testimonials including office attaches. The section also mentions a humorous exchange about the sun’s distance and Massachusetts rail accident statistics for 1897.
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Dream Basin
Spirit of the Times
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