Bee Keeping as a Home Occupation for Women in the City
A Boston woman shares practical experience showing how bee keeping, with simple equipment and cautious care, can be a profitable home occupation for women in urban yards. She credits Mrs Lizzie Cotton for instruction, argues bees thrive with minimal care, and outlines profits, costs, and broader benefits to families, orchards, and education, urging readers to consider this assistive venture.
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Lees
Boston Highlands
Lizzie E. Cotton
West Gorham
Hov
Jenyns
British Keepers’ Association
America
Garien
Navy
Cotton
Ood
Boston
G. Williams
Highland Park Avenue
Roxbury District
Cucumber's Lament in a Spring Frost Fantasy
A green cucumber laments its fate in a vegetable shop as April freezes threaten its tender life. Beside it rest beets and rutabagas, while the speaker pleads to be warmed and cooked, imagining stove, kettle, and rum to stave off chilling doom.
A Complex Task of Women
A Harper's Bazar vignette depicts a shrewd woman who tests her husband by making him dress two children for school on winter mornings. The piece humorously contrasts male nerves with maternal routines, noting the husband’s meek compliance and the mother handling another child with calm efficiency. It argues women bear daily, twice‑daily school prep, while men falter.
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Harper's Bazar
Albany Girl Threats Work For Present Fashion
Albany New York girl threatened to take a dry goods clerk job if her father did not buy her a handsome present. She now wears an elegant pair of outfits as the result.
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Chicago Times
Albany, N. Y
Talk of Thieves Slang and Hidden Language
A St Louis Globe Democrat piece explains thiefs slang and signals, detailing terms for crooks, picks, and captures, with examples from detectives and criminals. It notes slang moves from high criminals to newsboys, the evolution of terms, and references to slang dictionaries for further study.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Inne
Four Courts
Broadway
Europe
Monte
Maters
Anrishman
Peck
Nancy Wan
Claren
Dallinger’s Microscope Experiments Defy Climate Limits
Rev Dr Dallinger, president of the Royal Microscopical Society, describes ten years of experiments on monads in a water droplet. By gradually raising temperature from 60 to 168 Fahrenheit, the tiny life forms adapted with remarkable endurance, supporting Darwinian ideas and illustrating how species respond to changing conditions. The work, begun with care and patience, ends with a striking demonstration of heat tolerance in these minuscule organisms and a cautious note on limits of the test.
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Tlonden Telegraph
Dallinger
Royal Microscopic Society
Varwin
Schafer
Darwin
Lin
del Cate
Troy
London
Cape Town
Apa
Dallanger
Jolly
Sandys
Crimoson
Equator
Stories of the Circus and the Battle Between Advance Agents
Veteran showman Julian Ralph recounts battles between circus advance agents, notably John W Hamilton and rivals like Durand of the London show. He details 1876 Worcester clashes, libel threats, war-room plotting, a night parade scheme in New York, and a Bermuda ground hustle that secured ground under patronage.
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New York
John W
R. F. Hamilton
Brooklyn
Erastus Wiman
Staten Island
Howes & Cushing
Barnum
New York Aquarium
Shook & Gilmore
Gilmore's Garden
London Circus
Melville, Stickney & Hamilton
Hamilton
Barnim
London
Parks,Davis & Dockrell
Worester
Springfield
New Haven
Worcester
Bill Durand
Narnum
Woonsocket
Durand
Javon
Thad
Narnom
Barum
Tuarner
Lennon
York
Bowery
John H. Murray
Bermuda
Howes & Warnings
Royal British Menagerie
Fourth Avenue
James Murray
John
van Cushing
Cushing
Howes Custman
Mike Coyle
Coyle
Ric
LeFloy
Hey
Sol
Ani
Bia
Nothcea
Murray
Julian Ralph
What a Germanic philosopher says about honesty and luck
A humorous voice reflects on honesty, trust, and social judgment across class lines. It argues some men steal or lie yet are endured, while others suffer poverty, belief in providence, and the idea that wealth shapes fairness. The speaker notes rough morals, tolerance, and warnings against quick insults.
Cat skins used for buffalo robes alleged in Norwich
A Norwich man is accused of paying twenty cents for cats and using their skins to make buffalo robes. The claim may point to a grotesque animal cruelty scheme, highlighting a sensational local probe.
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Norwich Bulletin
Norwich
Maybe the Youngsters Steal Em Pennsylvanian
A keen observer notes that as gowns worn by the ’89 and ’0 increase the upper classes grow fewer every day. Questioning this trend, the writer asks why such fashion shifts occur and what they mean for society.
Floral tribute from Baltimore marks birth of Caldwell’s first child
Mrs. Theo Caldwell received a prepaid floral offering on Saturday to honor the advent of her first born son. The delivery came by express from Baltimore Maryland, reflecting a ceremonial display of congratulations in Canton.
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We Trust
Canton
Theo, Caldwell
Express
Baltimore
Springtime in Lowell Times Signals Flower Bed Prep
Fragmentary OCR hints at spring in the Lowell Times with notes urging readers to prepare flower beds and enjoy seasonal festivities. Limited legible words reference music and a handwritten emphasis on outdoor tasks and community events.
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Lowell Times
Boston Cooking School Demonstration Lectures Menu
The Boston Cooking School held its tenth demonstration lecture featuring lentil soup ragout of beef broiled shad with tartar sauce scalloped onions and pineapple cream. Instructions covered lentil variations boiling eggs and a pudding style pineapple cream with whipped cream and fresh or canned fruit notes.
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Boston Cooking School
Various Curious Tidbits From American Newspapers
A collage of brief items notes odd names and acts, small fortunes, rail and train facts, unusual wills, real estate sales, and local curiosities across New York and Philadelphia. Highlights include a ground sale on Broadway, a 12 week Pennsylvania legislature, a 4000 barrel daily flour mill, and oddities from Florida to California with light social commentary and miscellaneous anecdotes.
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New York City
New It
Pennsylvania
John Peterton
Grand Rapids
Bridewell
Albany
N. Y
Broadway
York
London
Bristol
Eng
Mole Hill
Ilini
University of Illinois
Nyack
Messrs
Chew, Swallow
Hungering
San Francisco
Messrs. Fish, Bacon
Plumb
Cooke
Kingston
Hue
Norristown Herald
Boston Club
New Orleans Picayune
Pee Public
Detroit Free Press
Greeley
Cal
McDuttie County
Lenty Vdney
Adney Detney
Elkey Betney
Ma Chy Ebney
Zebedee Redley
Mary Cunningham
Bucksport
Frank Hurd
Ohio
New York
Murray
W. D. Washburn
Minneapolis
Zanesville
Michigan
Philadelphia
Florida
Gainesville
Hotel World
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Salvation Army
Ralew
John Gee
Fitchourg
Bunker Monument
Henry Oaks
George Farrar
Zens
Allston
Massachu
Tome
Mosher
C. C. Woolworth
Convern
Castleton
Penn
Dry Goods Chronicle
Stas Banael Conamie
Remarkable First Aid Remedy Recalled by Mr Thompson
An elderly nurse recounts a home remedy once used by Mr Thompson to stabilize a patient. He placed a Bible under the head and heels and applied gentle lifting to the body, claiming rapid improvement each time. The anecdote highlights early 19th century folk practices and local trust in improvised care.
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