Weather shifts aid New England crops and harvest plans
Reports from the Southern District show near normal weekly temperatures with a dry spell in most areas except Maine coast where light showers occurred. Growth conditions improved for hay, buckwheat, and corn. wheat and oats nearing harvest while some New Hampshire and Maine bean crops suffer rust. Observers note favorable outlook across many states despite localized drought and insect pressures.
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Merrimac
Maine
Newampshire
Vermont
Bowen
New Hampshire
Connecticut
New England Meteorological Society
West
Jonesport
Winslow
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Belgrade
Sumner
Brunswick
Littleton
Quincy
Hanover
Tilton
Canterbury
Newport
Stafford
Newton
Broomfield
Brattleboro
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Massachusetts
Amherst
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Falls Village
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Storrs
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Ohio
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Independent annual summary of religious organizations in the country
The annual statistics table lists churches ministers communicants by denomination from denominational year books. It notes Roman Catholics account for parent parishes and other churches reflect actual membership, with a net year gain of 4842 churches 6865 ministers and 676,995 communicants.
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Baptista
Christian Union
Jerusalem
Pepeeat
Saddler
Remarkable Postal Journey to Ruskin in 1887
A New York Sun note recounts a letter meant for Ruskin that began in Leith on November 21, 1887 and traveled through Edinburgh Kendal and London, chasing a Rye Lane Peckham address before vanishing. The post office pursued leads from office to office across the southeast and south without success.
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New York Sun
Ruski
Leith
Mr. Ruskin
England
Edinburgh
Kendal
Frere
Ruskin
Kendal Coitnantes
London
Rye Lane
Peckham
Edinburgh postmark redirects to Brantwood address
A fragmented note traces a journey from Birmingham to Carlisle and Edinburgh. The Edinburgh post master stamped Christ Church College Oxford and postal authorities there supplied the correct Brantwood address, revealing a cross city mailing chain and a helpful correction by postal staff.
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Ruskin
Joseph Chamberlain
Birmingham
Carlisl
Edinburgh
Christ Church College
Oxford
Brantwood
Strange Experience Swift Riding on a Locomotive
An excerpt from September Scribner's explores the thrill and danger of locomotive travel. It describes measuring speed by rail joints, the vivid danger perceived from in-train vantage points, and how night rides reveal rail fragility and the engineer’s reliance on others vigilance. The piece contrasts daylight and night experiences to illustrate perceived peril.
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Scribner's
Slips of Type and Pen in Dockstader Gag Parade
A Boston Theatre show featured end men reading quirky slips from newspapers. The piece lists humorous misprints and puns, noting jokes about a bass solo, a dainty foot, a chariot of socialism, shoes drying tears, and a misread telegram. It highlights signboard wordplay and a snake skin exhibit with mock religious lineage claims.
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Jonustown
K. Dierkes
Fnelsh
Boadicea
Charity Association
Cleveland
Sarah
Litter
Crispin
Garden of Eden
Adam
Asia
Little Lord Fauntleroy Suit Question in Tailor Shop
Adoring mother asks for boys suits in a tailor shop as a boy protests. The merchant offers a measure and a request for a specific style while the child resists and the mother admonishes. The scene centers on a request for a Little Lord Fauntleroy style suit and a brief interaction with a merchant tailor and a playful child.
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Lord Fauntleroy
The Masculine Shawl in 19th Century Style
The article recalls a 49 year old fashion trend when men wore shawls. It describes how shawls replaced overcoats in streets and country areas, making tall men look like bean poles and shorter men resemble rolling merchandise. The fad faded as quickly as it arose, though some holdout men kept it longer.
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Texas
Professional Courtesies at Seaside Palace Hotel
Self-possessed bather admonishes a hungry shark in a surreal dialogue about professional courtesies at the Skinnem and Fleecem Seaside Palace Hotel and Cottages, highlighting a humorous, improbable confrontation.
Miss De Ronge Opera Queen Sparks Typing Mixup
In a lighthearted gibe about newspaper supply, the editor reveals the foreman of the composing room is on vacation for his health after misreading a line about Miss De Ronge. The gag labels the mistake as “pads” in weekly theatrical gossip.
A Kindly Feeling
An old man notes playground sympathy as children play blind man's bluff on the green, saying they are always feeling for their fellow man.
Doctor Refuses Treatment for Dipso Mania Man
In a brief exchange, Sohker asks how a doctor would treat a man subject to dipso mania. The doctor answers he would not treat him at all and then the app leaves the scene after a usual fee is collected.
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Sohker
COMMERCIAL MATTERS. Butter and Cheese Prices Sight Demand
The report lists wide ranges for dairy products with Western Creamery demand up and Western imitation creamery extra priced around 14 cents. Butter markets show firm prices, with creameries including Northern Creamery and Franklin Co. Mass. extra Organicery quoted. cheese reports mark a quiet market with firmer tone on New York extra and other varieties.
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Creavery
Franklin Co
Mass
Vermont Dairy
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Fort Washington
New York Extra
Obio
Ashode
Nearby
Cape
Vermont
New Havanshire
New York
Michigan
Delaware
Florida
Russia
Arrivals of Livestock at Brichton and Watertown Week Ending Aug 28 1889
Week ending Friday Aug 28 1889 reports Western cattle 5428, Eastern 224, Northern 488 total 6140. Western sheep and lambs 8510, Northern 7893, Eastern 400 total 16303. swine 16860, veals 1069, horses 358. Beef cattle live weight Northern and Eastern 22.00 to 24.26 per cwt. dressed 40.76 to 50. Stock prices include hides, tallow, skins with Brighton and country entries. woolskins and calfkins listed.
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Brichton
Watertown
C. Cerus
Brighton
Lambakin Rocor
Leading Markets Quotations of Staple Goods in Major Cities
In New York on August 24 cotton prices held firm with a wide spread from 54c to 114c for various qualities. Flour receipts totaled 16,304 packages with exports of 6237 barrels and 17,884 sacks. prices showed moderate activity amid heavy gales. Wheat and corn meal traded dull to easier with No 2 red around 84 1/2 to 85 cents. rye quiet. barley nominal. state and western wheat bids varied, while Minnesota clear and patent varieties moved within firm ranges.
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Tex Mintreigh
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Taverpool
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E. F
Sheaston
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Luce
Do Creamery
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St. Louis
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Minnesota
Canada
Chinese firecracker boom beats U S in cost and labor
The Kansas City Times notes China can outproduce and outprice rivals in firecracker manufacture using Chinese prison labor, with costs of two cents per day per worker. A prior foreign firm failed trying to compete, as Chinese-made crackers sell to retailers for about one dollar, yielding strong profits for importers.
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Kansas City Times
China
Celestials
CHECKERS Edwin A Durgin 1889 Chess and Draughts List
Edwin A Durgin of Boston lists chess and draughts publications and problem sets with prices and ordering details. The note references various books by Gould, Strickland, and Smith, plus positions and problems including a midsummer problem by Durgin and cited examples from the Woonsocket Reporter.
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Edwin A. Durgin
Boston
Mass
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Nohaefer & Kelley
Sweet
Gould
Anderson and
R. D. Yates
James Wyllie
Strickland
Ayrsture
Laird
Lady
American Checker Review
Robertson
Lyman
Frazer’s
Mr. Smith
While
Telephone Girl Notice Says a Clerk’s Dilemma
A brief scene describes a man pushing a stranger away with one hand while speaking to a telephone operator at the other end. A clerk intervenes, and the man apologizes that he cannot both push away and talk at once.
The Thoroughbred American Eye Is Steel Blue
A Philadelphia oculist with 30 years studying vision argues that the thoroughbred American eye tends to steel blue in color. He notes historically blue or gray eyes among famous figures and suggests eye pigment may obscure clear vision, implying lighter eyes accompany advanced intellect. He cites living and dead greats like Bismarck, Gladstone, Huxley, Virchow, Buchner, Renan as evidence.
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Philadelphia Press
Bismack
Gladstone
Huxley
Virchow
Buchner
Renan
Prest
The Wrong Elixir Exposed by a Printer's Ink Gambit
A Court-street doctor peddles a Brown-Sequard elixir to a skeptical crowd. After a failed test in a store four months unadvertised, he admits the elixir cannot revive a business. He notes only printer's ink can move idle salesmen and draw people to the shop.
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Inghampton
Court-street
No Use for It
An old Chicago Tribune fragment shows a physician declaring a Kentucky man badly hurt requires amputation. The doctor plans a hypo dermic injection of a so called bixir of life to ease the shock, while the Kentuckian interrupts demanding a “chase black task” in the cup.
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Caroline
North America
Globe Universal Assisant
Hole in the Shoe Window to the Sole Riddle
In a playful exchange Wibble notes a hole in a shoe is better called an eye since it acts as a window to the sole. Wabble explains the pun, turning a simple wear-away into a joke from Terre Haute Express.
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Terre Haute Express
Unbreakable Lamp Chimneys Primer by Macbeth & Co.
The piece explains lamp chimneys vary in quality with some breaking easily and others lasting longer. It notes makers offer replacements for broken chimneys and compares costs over time. The unbreakable chimney is identified by a pearl-top, esperança of durability, and Macbeth & Co. of Pittsburgh promotes it with a primer for public awareness.
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Macbeth & Co
Pittsburgh
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