Joe Sterling rises from tenement life to success
A New Year tale follows Joe Sterling a selfless clerk living with his invalid Uncle William in a decayed Bread and Butter Square tenement. Joe’s generous dinner and steady work lead Sampson and Sturges to reward his care with a promotion and eventual partnership, transforming their small circle.
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Joe Sterling Stubbin
Messrs. Sampson & Sturges
Filkins
Joe
Sampson
Sturges
William
Alnshouse
Uncle William
Mr. Sampson
Sterling
Mr. Knowles
Guardon
Tye
Nell Sampson
The Small Boy Tas Some Fun in Public Pranks
A cruel schoolboy named Tas boasts of a new prank using a long string with a brass key as a torture device. He and companions rig a maple tree seat near a sidewalk to drop the key on a lone woman.
Industrial notes on trains, barrels, and a remarkable ax
The itemized survey covers Goop locomotives dropping from 24000 to 7000 dollars, coal tonnage capable of moving trains thirty five miles, a Colora vean proposing yak introduction to high mountain districts, slate industry optimism from ground slate fertilizer, and Boston real estate price troughs with rents down sharply. It also notes the Bessemer steel share by country, the shift to paper barrels, and a tale of an English ax praised since 1840 with continual renewals. Additional tech includes tin plate scrap processing by a tin extraction method using heated air and a melting chamber.
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Vermont
Boston
Bessemer
England
United States
France
Germany
Chicago
Gladstone
N.Y
Farming hints for health and hardy trees in winter
Practical notes teach poultry care with simple omelet style nutrition and hen comfort to boost laying. It covers burns and scratches treatment, carrot poultices for horses, and detailed composting and garden waste methods. Guidance on planting windbreaks, evergreen care, pruning, group layout, and spring transplant timing.
Cuban slaves freed on Havana plantation ends a century old practice
A Cuban widow emancipates eighty slaves on her Santiago de Cuba plantation after her husband left a large fortune. Francisco Agramonte facilitated the act with a notary present. The freed slaves celebrated with joy as claims note the widow’s wealth and plantation ties.
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Cuba
Havana
Senor
Francisco Agramonte
Senor Antonio Fernandez Bramorsio
Santiago de Cuba
Senor Agramonte
Third Avenue Railroad
Manhattan Gas Company
Y. Tribune
Windbreaks to shield farms from harsh winds and drought
The article argues for planting belts of trees to block cold northerly and hot dry winds that dry soils and stress crops. It highlights evergreen varieties and pines like Norway spruce, white and black spruces, Austrian pine, and native pines as suitable shelter belts, urging timely action by farmers to preserve or restore forest cover.
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M. Y. Sun
New Jersey
More Conveniences for the Farm Home
Farmers are urged to spend idle time planning simple farm conveniences. Extend efforts to all departments for wife and hired help, reducing mud, long trips to well or smokehouse, and unsafe stair steps. Build gravel or plank walks, stock for feeding, wheelbarrows, hand-trucks, and storage racks to ease labor and improve family comfort at home. - Journal State Register
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Jouwn State Register
Simple Lessons On Soil Testing For Farm Boys
A plain method shows how to test soil for sand clay and loam using a tall glass and settling time. The piece emphasizes silica’s role in strength and grain firmness and advises buyers to check soil composition before purchasing land. It cites Iowa State Register and a testimonial praising Dr Bull's Cough Syrup.
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Iowa State Register
Wa. A. Crarwan
M. E. Church
Georgetown, D. C
Dr. Bull
Whale Towing a Fisherman's Boat Off the Coast
A three-mile coast tale describes a whale entangling an anchored fishing boat with a half inch Manila rope and dragging it at high speed. The vessel broke free after the crew cut the line, leaving cod lines and sinkers surfacing as the whale disappeared.
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Mr. Wise
American Hotel
Samuel Maclain
Daniel Wright
Martin Dangler
Wright
Bogus Certificates and Honest Medicine Contrast
A column lambastes fake cures and touts Hop Bitters as pure and effective. It cites Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser as a trustworthy, comprehensive medical guide with 900 pages and 250 illustrations, offered for $1.50 postpaid from Buffalo New York.
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Prentiss
Lexny
Bercen
Dr. Pierce
Pierce
M. D
Buffalo, N.Y
New Business Exchange Opens at Bryant & Stratton College
The Pryant Stratton Chicago Business College introduces THE NEW BUSINESS EXCHANGE to train young men for paying positions. A modern hall houses counting-house books, filing, copying, and complete transaction records from orders to settlements. Visitors praise the system as a radical improvement and a land success amid revived trade and firm prices.
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New Business Exchange
The
Pryant & Stratton Chicago Business College
Bryant & Stratton Chicago Business College
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