Massachussets Byways Through Salem and Marblehead
Tom travels on foot across Massachusetts from Salem to Lexington, visiting Marblehead Peabody North Reading and Woburn. He notes crisscrossed roads, curious locals, rough boardings and the mix of old towns and new fortunes, with sharp observations on hospitality and rural life along the way.
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Prentice Mulford
New York Graphic
Tom
Massachusetts
Salem
Marblehead
Peabony
North Reading
Reading
Woburn
Lexington
Concord
Boston
Marblelead
Sudce
Varely
N. B
Lowell Street
Peabody
Lyon
Laster
West Peabody
Lomestead
Lome
Battle site memories and tavern talk along Lexington road
The author notes a ground space with a liberty pole and an iron cannon near a 1799 monument to seven Lexiton men, mentioning a dohu Brown death at Lexington. A nearby tavern licenses liquor on premises and a back room bar. Savary is seen smoking, with little more on Lexington’s battle. Concord’s Wright Tavern owner cites railroads and freight shifts reducing tavern numbers and temperance changes reshaping manners.
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Lexioton
Dohu Brown
Lexington
Savary
Mao
Concord
Wright
New England
Feud era death recalls Peter Finkle and anti rent era
Tuoy New York October 31 Peter Finkle famed during the old anti rent troubles as big Thunder died at Schodack aged 75. He once killed a man at a sheriff sale in 1844 and was imprisoned for life, later pardoned by Governor John Young. The piece traces the anti rent movement, feudal lease practices, and legal battles shaping New York land tenure through the 19th century.
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Tuoy
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Big Thunder
Schodack
John Young
Supreme Court
Stephen van Rensselaer
Finkle
New York
Dutch West India Company
United Provinces
Eingland
Holland
Hub
Albany
Rensselaer
Columbia
Greene
Ulster
Delaware
Schoharie
Montgomery
Herkimer
Otsego
Oneida
Grafton
Rensselaer County
Anti-Reuters
Smith
Seward
Andes
Deaware County
Wright
Delhi
Hudson
Columbia County
Canadian Fisheries Show Big Gain in 1883 Output
United States Consul General Frye cites the Marine and Fisheries report showing Canada’s 1883 fish production valued at 16,958,192 dollars, up 134,100 from 1882. Mackerel and cod drives growth. Nova Scotia adds 143 schooners and 1,526 workers, boosting regional prosperity and future output projections.
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Washington
United States
Frye
Halifax
State Department
Department of Marine and Fisheries
Manitoba
Northwest
New Brunswick
Quebec
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Prince Edward Island
Rogers
Nova Scotia
Vassar College tables and marriage rates discussed by papers
The excerpt notes Vassar College dining room seating thirteen and a low marriage rate among graduates. It parodies student life and male intellect, contrasting campus routines with social outcomes while citing multiple newspapers’ satirical takes.
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Vassar College
Burlington Free Press
Vassar
New York Journal
Cleveland Herald
Liem
Wittsburg Dispatc
Insane Boy's Tragic Death by Self Chaining and Fire
Coroner Dr. Roberts investigates the Brookfield township suicide of Horace Deland, aged 18. The youth bound a chain around his wrist, attached it to a padlock, and burned himself on a brush pile in a field after writing a letter to his brother Arthur. The inquest is deemed unnecessary by local officials.
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Roberts
Wakefield
Carroll County
N. Hi
Thomas Deland
Brookfield Township
Farmer Deland
Mr. Deland
Horace
Arthur
Mothe
H.W. D
Goodiine
Churchill
Horace Deland
Haif
Walter
Kaleidoscope Making Tour Reveals Tiny Philadelphia Workshop
A Philadelphia Times feature tours a downtown kaleidoscope shop run by a German immigrant. Five workers craft the toy from glass scraps and brass rings, selling mostly at fifty cents to seventy-five cents, with finest pieces from Providence priced up to two hundred fifty dollars.
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Philadelphia Times
Chestnut Street
Mr. McAllister
Apt Clan
David Brewster
Providence
Mint Chief Clerk Reveals Bullion Value At $25 Million
In the Philadelphia Times report the Mint Chief Clerk Hikok states that the current gold bullion stock totals 25 million dollars. He notes the bars are six inches long and three inches wide, with further dimensions implied.
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Philadelphia Times
Hikok
Potato that Crows Above Ground Exhibit Shocks Reno Readers
One of the era's vegetable curiosities shows a potato vine at Thyes & Co.'s saloon. Potatoes grow above ground in the open air like tomatoes, with a slight green tinge distinguishing them from underground tubers. The unusual display is noted as a remarkable horticultural oddity in the Reno Journal.
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Reno (Ney
Thyes & Co
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