Washington War announces weekly publication plans and rates
The Washington War will be published every Saturday morning by James McCafferty. The price is one dollar per year for a single subscriber and five dollars for a six person club. Ten dollars for a twelve subscriber club, payment in advance. Post Office rules allow postmasters to collect subscription payments. Advertisements priced by size and frequency with annual discounts for yearly advertisers.
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James McCafferty
Post Office Department
Root Culture and Turnips Improve Cattle Farming
Agricultural review praises root culture for doubling feed and tripling manure value, noting turnips and beet culture boost beef and sugar production in Europe. It cites New Edinburgh Encyclopedia on the revolution in British husbandry, plus an anecdote on wheat quality and an apple orchard method by Mr. Gray of Tewksbury and the federal legacy of drainage stones aiding water management.
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Germany
France
Flanders
Great Britain
John Bull
Britain
B. Gray
Tewksbury
John Welles
N. E. Farmer
A Cortous Experiment Attracts Farmers In 1780s Garden Plot
Joseph Cooper of New Jersey planted fourteen grains of wheat from the Cape of Good Hope aboard the Empress of China in 1785. Seven grains were lost, the rest sown in fall 1786 alongside his common wheat to test results.
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Joseph Cooper, Esq
New Jersey
Cape of Good Hope
John Green
Garden: A Garden's Peace and Sacredness in Life
The piece extols gardens as sources of health beauty and contemplation. It links gardening to moral and spiritual insight citing Saviour, Gethsemane and nature's harmony. It contrasts the joy of cultivation with urban deprivation and notes gardens as divine gifts.
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Adam
Inito
Gethsemane
Earth
Garden of Olives
Watchtower
A Little Cloud and a Boy’s Prayer in Zion
A description of a small cloud forming into a watering rain and a rivulet growing into a river of commerce, followed by sun and life, then a boy by his mother reciting a hymn and praying for blessing and protection from temptation. The scene ends with a continuation implied.
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Zion
Jesus
Basket Maker Husband Triumphs Over Nobility Tale
A Polish nobleman is foiled in marriage by a father who will not allow his daughter to wed unless the suitor becomes a basket maker. The nobleman adopts the tradesman life, proving success as a basket maker. The tale ends with fortunes shifting after a revolution, while the Hartford Deaf and Dumb Institution reports 123 pupils this year with an endowment over $200,000.
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Hartfort Deaf and Dumb Institution
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Connecticut
South Carolina
Georgia
Patriot
Eagle
Europe
Washineton
Washington
A Boanerges and a Mother's Quiet Harvest
A narrator recalls a preacher’s early calling and a mother who shaped him. Observations span childhood lessons, Sabbath school exhortations, and the mother’s lifelong toil. The passage links soft maternal influence to a son’s later spiritual reach and final repose.
Quaker in Paris Trials Gift Dilemma With Workmen
A Paris Quaker hosts four workmen who seek New Year gifts. Each asks for a choice between fifteen francs or a Bible. One cannot read and takes money, another reads but has needs and also takes money. The tale continues with the remaining workers.
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Paris
Quaker Offers Bible Gift to Young Readers
A Quaker gives a Bible to a boy and two others refusing, urging work and patience. The thirteen or fourteen year old accepts the book and reads it to his mother, discovering a gold forty franc coin between pages while the others regret their poorer choice.
Monument of Bunker Hill speech by Daniel Webster
The oration at Bunker Hill drew perhaps 160000 people as Daniel Webster defined the monument as a symbol of unity and American ideals. He praised Washington and warned against local sectionalism while highlighting the monument as a vast national emblem for all generations.
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Daniel Webster
Bunker Hill
Mr. Webster
Massachusetts
South
West
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